This article explains how to make text stand out against a background in Photoshop Elements.
This makes a marquee selection surrounding your text.
Go to Selectmenu > Modify > Expandand punch in a number from 5-10 pixels.
This expands the selection surrounding the punch in.
Leave the Blending section alone in this dialog and clickOKto fill the selection with color.
Deselect (Ctrl-Din Windows orCommand-Don Mac).
The major difference is the ability to convert text to a selection is no longer available.
This is actually quite easy to accomplish but it’s crucial that you approach this project a bit differently.
You will need two text layers with the lower layer having a Gaussian Blur applied to it.
This will be the color of the blurred text.
Select theTexttool and enter some text.
One or two words are usually sufficient.
Font choice for this sort of thing is critical.
Italics and Script fonts just don’t work as well as you may think.
In this case, we chose Myriad Pro Bold Semi Extended.
Due to the fact the image is rather large, we chose a font size of 400 points.
Move the text to an area of the image where the text color will contrast with the underlying image.
In the Layers panel duplicate the Text layer and name the bottom text layerBlur.
choose the Blur layer and chooseFilter>Blur> Gaussian Blur.
This will open an Alert telling you the layer must be converted to a Smart Object or rasterized.
The Gaussian Blur dialog box will open and you could use theRadiusslider to adjust the strength of the blur.
When satisfied, clickOK.
If you do, be sure to move the blur back into position under the text.
