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Text graphics made easy
Created: 10/24/2008
Video description: If you've been looking for an affordable way to make great buttons, banners, and other stylized text, look no further. Art Text offers tons of templates and plenty of effects to bring life to any graphics project. Not convinced? Check out our First Look at Art Text.

Text graphics made easy Video Transcript

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>> Not everybody has graphic design experience, but fortunately you can download software to do the heavy lifting for you. I'm Jason Parker from Download dot com and this is a first look at Art Text. Art Text is a design app developed specifically for making stylish looking text and it's even fun to use. You can create stylized website headings, buttons, or logos simply by playing around with Art Text feature set to get the look you want. Along with the toolbar and preview area, you also can work with multiple layers to experiment with different styles. Added effects like color and texture fill, linear and radial gradients, and metallic material options let you create the perfect graphics to fit your desired theme. With Art Text, you don't need to start from scratch. It comes with several predefined templates, styles, textures, and shapes to help you get started. When you're finished, Art Text lets you export to a variety of different formats, letting you work on your project in other graphics programs to create your final product. Overall, we think that although Art Text only deals with a limited part of the design process, you will enjoy using this stylized text tool to make great looking buttons, banners, or even fliers. I'm Jason Parker from Download dot com and this has been a first look at Art Text. Thanks for watching. [ music ]

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