Finding where to change text in a style

[Rosemary A]

Hi, I am attempting to make a slideshow about Mt. Etna and I thought that a slidestyle made for Version 10 by Lin Evens (RIP) that has text strokes around a flame would be appropriate as an intro. My problem is that I cannot find where to change the text! Can someone help please?

Rosemary

Fire filled text.pte

[jkb]

I don't use SlideStyles, but would have thought you could just apply the Style & then go into O&A & amend the Text there.

Jill

[Rosemary A]

You are correct, Jill and I often change the text used in slidestyles. Unfortunately I just don't see how I can do this with this  slide style.

Thank you - Rosemary

[davegee]

Rosemary,

I believe that this was something that I developed and Lin modified.

The Text, in this case, is made in Photoshop and introduced into the Mask in PTE.

It might even have been before it was possible to introduce video into the mask!

It is not difficult and with the ability to use Video would be more realistic. I will have a quick search to see if I still have it.

DG

P.S. Here is my original Style...it can be probably be done more easily now.

Text - See Through.ptestyle

P.P.S

Try this, change the "Video or Image" element in O&A for your own choice.

To move etc (the whole thing) use the FRAME.

Mount Etna.ptestyle

[Rosemary A]

Thank you Dave I got the slidestyle to work. I also found lots of ways to change it up for different effects. Sorry I got the wrong author though. I think this style was made for version 9 but not sure. Rosemary 

[meadjm]

You can also achieve this natively in PTE without an external editor. Simply create the text in PTE and duplicate the Drop Shadow (using the Ring preset) four times at different angles to produce a sharp, tight text stroke. I used version 12 to create this style.

Mount Etna2.ptestyle

[jienense]

I’d like to add a few more points. Given the compatibility with PSD files (see the last slide), I believe the shadow (outline) feature in version 12 needs some adjustment; when you increase the size—for instance, to 5—it results in an unnecessary blurring effect.

Regarding @meadjm’s suggestion to duplicate the text multiple times while varying the angles: I don’t see any improvement in terms of the blurring that occurs. Since the distance is set to 0, changing the angle makes no difference—though it does help with the thickness.

 

https://www.mediafire.com/file/nnbqga5s1wt2ygw/Texto+Fuego_Oct16-2026_9-24-38.zip/file

[davegee]

2 hours ago, jienense said:

I’d like to add a few more points. Given the compatibility with PSD files (see the last slide), I believe the shadow (outline) feature in version 12 needs some adjustment; when you increase the size—for instance, to 5—it results in an unnecessary blurring effect.

Regarding @meadjm’s suggestion to duplicate the text multiple times while varying the angles: I don’t see any improvement in terms of the blurring that occurs. Since the distance is set to 0, changing the angle makes no difference—though it does help with the thickness.

 

https://www.mediafire.com/file/nnbqga5s1wt2ygw/Texto+Fuego_Oct16-2026_9-24-38.zip/file

Very little has changed in this area since I did the original Style. I still think that the best way forward is the way that I did it i.e. Photoshop.

DG

[jienense]

Yes, there aren't many other options; creating an outline in PTE doesn't look quite right (it should be possible to remove that blurring). What has improved is compatibility with PSD files: you can now edit text directly, moving between PTE and Photoshop.