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Nefrit posted this at 15:05—10th December 2007.

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I have a question regarding text in Photoshop. I'm using version 6 and I would like to produce text that is "hollow." That is to say, that it isn't filled in with a color, only an outline of the letters would be visible. I would also like to be able to vary the thickness of the outline, if possible. If this is possible, then is it also possible to place other images behind the text and still be able to see them through the hollow text?

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Gx3 Grafix posted this at 19:32—13th December 2007.

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create a selection around the type, cntrl-click on text type or use selection tool. Inverse the selection so that the outline will be outside of the text. Add a 'stroke' layer style. You can select the size colour and smoothness from the layer style menu. Drop the opicity of the text to 0 and your left with the outline and a transparent center to ad images behind.

There are a few different ways, this is the way I do it. Hope this helps.

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