Step 9: At this point, let’s not forget we have the original text that we typed out in Step 1! We’re going to use that text to add a subtle dropshadow to our text. This will help bring out the text just a tad more to ensure it’s at least readable. This is especially effective if the text is a bit slimmer.

So once again go to your object docker (If you don’t have your object docker open, you can do so by clicking on Windows > Dockers > Objects on the main menu. You still won’t see it because the blended text is over it, but now we can apply some effects to it.

Step 10: Let’s darken up that text so it can be used for a dropshadow. Click on Image > Adjust > Brightness/Contrast/Intensity or just hit ‘Ctrl-B’ to bring up the adjustment tool. Move the Brightness bar all the way left to make the text back.

Step 11: One you have that done, we’ll apply a slight blur effect to the text to help blend it into a shadow that doesn’t have a harsh line. Click on Effects > Blur > Gaussian Blur from the main menu to apply the blur. You probably want to use a setting of 1 – 3 pixels, but as usual, feel free to play around! Here’s what I used:

Step 12: We’ll now move the shadow into place. For this tutorial, I simply moved the object a couple of pixels to the left and down.

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