Thread:J1coupe/@comment-26461540-20151113142000/@comment-4490782-20151113144811

Jason doesn't come on that often anymore but I can give you some instructions.

Firstly, t he typeface ERB use is Cicle. If you wanna use it, find it online and download it before opening your picture editor. If you already have a typeface installed that you want to use, then use that.

Use GIMP or Photoshop. I use GIMP cuz it's free.

Create an image using File > New.

Set the dimensions to any of 1920x1080 (very big, only if you've found really high resolution pictures), 1280x720 (the one I use because it's difficult to find such high resolution pictures), or 640x480 (if you absolutely can't find a bigger picture).

Find a background online on Google Images which is larger than or the same size as your chose resolution and copy paste it in. This can sometimes create a weird copy+paste layer depending on the program. Not sure about Photoshop but for GIMP you'll have to right-click on the pasted layer and click "to new layer" or something. Move it around using the Move Tool (in the toolbox, the four-directional arrows) and resize using the Scale Tool. When you click on the background to scale it, be sure to click the little chain links next to the height and width values so that when you scale it the proportions stay the same.

Once you're happy with that, find a picture of the person(s) you want to put on the title card. If you find one on Google Images that happens to have a background that looks white but if you look close is actually small white and grey squares, use that one. Save it to your pictures and drag it in from your files. This eliminates the need to remove a background. Otherwise, if you have a picture with a background, copy+paste it in.

Next you'll need to use the lasso tool. In Photoshop, this is separated into the polygonal and freeform lassos. The polygonal one allows you to draw straight lines by clicking a point which will join with the last one. The freeform lasso allows you to drag. In GIMP, you click for polygonal, drag for freeform. Start drawing an outline around the person. (It may help to zoom in using Ctrl+Mousewheel for GIMP and Alt+Mousewheel for PS). Once the outline is complete and joined up, Ctrl+X to cut the selection out. Delete the original layer that the picture came on. Press Ctrl+V to paste the cut-out person. Click "to new layer" and resize it with the Scale Tool again. Move it around into the place you want then repeat with another picture of the same person.

Now, click on the layer of the first image of the person you obtained. (I only know how to do this in GIMP btw). Go to Filters > Light and Shadow > Drop Shadow. Then in the Window which you have now opened, increase the Opacity bar to 100, uncheck "allow resizing", and click OK. Repeat with the other one.

Now for the text. Click the Text Tool (the A). Click somewhere on the image and type your character's name. Select the text you made, change the colour to white, change the typeface to Cicle or whatever text you want, and increase the number in the box until it's a good size. You can move around layers in the Layers window as you choose. Be sure to move both the layer and its Drop Shadow directly beneath it. Do the same Drop Shadow for the text and you should be fine.

Jesus that took ages to write. Good luck :)