In this tutorial I am going to show you the procedure to make this simple text layout.

I first inserted a background image

To insert it, just click on the image and drag the cursor onto the paper; area where we draw and it will automatically be put. Some images are very large but we can move them as we wish.

Add Text and choose font type

In order to add text, we are going to use the Text tool (T) that is regularly on the toolbar on the left side of the screen. We can also press the T key.

When having selected the tool, it will appear on the one hand, a menu with all the properties that we can give to the text such as the font, size, etc.

In a new layer, above the image; let's write the text. In this case I chose the "Segoe Script" font but you can choose the one you like.

Duplicate layers

I wrote the word awesome in black and then I'm going to duplicate the text layer three times.

To duplicate the layer, right-click on the text layer and after a menu appears, choose the "Duplicate layer" option. We do the same thing three times. At the end we will have four layers with text.

Change text color

Then, we are going to change the color of the text to each of the layers that we duplicate. The original text should be black and then red, blue, and white.

 

You can change the red and blue as you wish.

 

EYE. To change the color of the text in each layer, we must have the Text tool (T) selected.

 

 

Then we select each layer, one by one and double click on the text and select the color. In my case I have the colors on the left side but it may be on the right side.

If you do not have much experience in using layers, I recommend that when making the color change, start with the layer that is at the top so you can see the difference or hide each layer depending on the case.

To simplify the process a bit, we can name each layer. I named them according to color.

 

Move text

Then we're going to move the red and blue text layer a little bit. So that they stand out from behind the white text and also show the other color. Black doesn't matter for now.

To move the text we click on the layer that we are going to move having the text tool (T) selected. We move the cursor closer to the blue box that borders the text and the cursor arrow will change to an arrow with a cross with arrows at each point xD. Then we click, hold and drag the text freehand until we see the layer that in my case is the "blue" layer behind the "white".

then, we click on the bottom layer that follows which in my case is the "red" and repeat the procedure

you can move the layers as you like

TIP! zoom in and out layer

You can zoom in or zoom out the text with the "Browser" bars at the top right of the screen.

In the browser you can move the red box with the cursor and thus position yourself anywhere on the layer.

With the top bar, you can zoom in or zoom out on the layer.

With the bottom bar you can rotate the layer.

You can also change the values by double clicking on the numbers.

If you do not have the "Browser" active, you can activate it in the "window-browser" menu

Blur "text"

Convert text to image

We are going to duplicate the "white" layer once.

and later; To the duplicated layer, we right-click and choose the raster option from the drop-down menu that appears next.

Now we have a layer with the word that we wrote but without the property of "Text"

Filter "blur"

To add the filter, all layers should be visible.

Now, we are going to select from the menu bar, the option "filter - blur (B) - radial blur ...

 

After a menu is opened, we can choose the blur distance, as well as the direction and method.

if you notice that the blur is not enough, you can repeat the process

 

You can also try the other blur variants such as motion, Gaussian, etc.

Shadow

Now finally; we are going to work with the "black" layer.

Select the black text layer, right-click on it and select "rasterize".

 

If you want to keep the text for future editing, you can duplicate the layer, hide the original and rasterize the copy; which is the one we are going to work with.

Then, we select the raster layer and press the control key and the T key CTRL + T.

Next, a blue box will appear that allows us to modify the background word.

on the left side, in the toolbar. We have a menu to choose how we want to transform the black text that is below all the letters. Although not seen.

I chose the "free transformation" mode and "Free Position" as the center of rotation. But you can choose the one that you like the most.

Then, with the cursor, we select one of the lower corners and drag down and a little outside to give the shadow effect on the text.

If you don't like the result press CTRL + Z to return to the way it was before.

When you're done, press accept and READY! =)

If you want you can add some rectangles, in a new layer.

They are in the toolbar.

when choosing the figure tool (U) a menu of properties appears that we can give to the figure. To make the rectangle make sure that the option "Roundness of the corner" is inactive.

It also gives the possibility to make the line, the fill or the fill and the line. In my case I activated the "line" option. The options are the three blue fans.

TIP! move layer group

If you want to move the text and raster layers, just press the ctrl key and hold it that way while selecting each of the layers you want to move. then you press CTRL + T and a blue box will appear to be able to move the layers as a group.

 

If you make a mistake when choosing a layer, just click again. When selected they change color slightly.

Export the image

To export the image, we follow the following sequence. Menu "file - export (one layer) - .png (PNG ....)" then select the place where the image will be saved and give it a name.