Help with Outlining Text

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October 17, 2021
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Prior to purchasing Elements I was using a free site called Pixlr. On Pixlr, there is an option to outline text. You can even change the color of the outline. I'm trying to replicate this in Photoshop Elements and can't seem to figure it out. The best solution I've come across so far is to make a copy of the text layer and contract and cut out the center. This works but isn't as clean as the outline option in Pixlr. Is this possible to do in Photoshop or is this simply a Pixlr feature?

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Greg_S.

Community Expert

See my post here. You have to apply a style to a layer.

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Siobhan1950

Participating Frequently

I had success (almost!) in outlining text by doing the following:

Select a paragraph using the rectangular marquis tool
Select Stoke/Outline from the Edit Drop-Down menu
Set pixels at 20
Select color (yellow)
Set "outside" for location
Blending mode "Normal"
Opacity 100 per cent
Everything works out okay EXCEPT that the border won't take the color. It remains gray. What am I doing wrong???

Jeff Arola

Community Expert

I tried changing the text page image from black and white to color. I then repeated the process. There is now a yellow "box" around the text that I wanted to highlight, but it looks more like a smear than a box. I am enclosing a screenshot below.

Thank you for your help.

Pam

In the tool options for the Rectangular Marquee Tool make sure the Feather is set to 0 px (zero) before drawing out the selection.

Walter_H

Legend

Place Text and click the green check to finish. Then right-click on text and choose Edit Layer Style from the pop-up menu. Then choose Stroke and pick your Size, Position, Opacity, and Color.

--Walter in Davie, FL

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defaultw5g2q0b436c1Author

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Is there anyway to make the border less rounded? I like how on Pixlr the border has sharp edges like the text. If not, this will definietly still get the job done.