Hi Ian, simplest thing to do is: in Photoshop 7, select your colors (I'm
assuming black and white) set one for the top and one for the bottom in the
fill boxes in the color window. (I figure you know how to go about this)
then with the image use the rectangle tool and make your color box then
simply use the text tool and add your text.

William Pike
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 [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Ian
Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2003 9:31 PM
Subject: [PCSOFT] Graphics question

I'm setting up a cafe computer with a wallpaper changing program
(Wallmaster).

There'll be 30-odd wallpapers of local scenes, for the benefit of tourist
customers.

I'm labelling each photo with a caption, using MGI Photosuite.  This works
ok, but the text often gets lost against the background, particularly in a
woodland scene, for instance.

It occurred to me that the text would show up better if I can paste it onto
a background of base color - say, a 12mm strip of plain white or black that
I'd set up before adding the text.

Only trouble is, I have no idea how to do that part of the operation!
Suggestions would be much appreciated.  I have several graphic editors,
including Photoshop 7, so I'm sure I can find the right tool somewhere.

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