Adding outlines, gradients, and patterns to text
Now you know how to make your font appear in your font list, and you have text on your canvas, we can start manipulating text to make it closer to your visual requirements.
Of course, you can select a color other than black or white for your text while entering it, but what if you want to apply a gradient, a texture, or create an outline for the text to make it pop off the page? In this section, we'll cover those exact topics! All of these are easy effects to accomplish with just a few button clicks and some tricks in the Layer and Layer Property palettes.
Adding an outline
This technique works for anything on a layer that you may want to add an outline to, not just text. Here, we'll use our BOOM! sound effect as an example. It's very easy to create an outline in Clip Studio Paint using the Layer Property palette.
Follow these easy steps to add an outline to the contents of a layer. In this case, we're...