Photoshop for Video: Lower Thirds - 3

A CreativeCOW Photoshop Video Tutorial

CreativeCOW presents Adobe Photoshop Lower Thirds Part 3 -- Video Training

Richard Harrington
Washington, District of Columbia USA

©2007 Richard Harrington and Creativecow.net. All rights reserved.

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In part 3 of this Photoshop Video Tutorial series on lower thirds, Richard Harrington continues to describe how to create spectacular lower thirds for your video projects. Some of the features covered in this episode are type on pattern techniques using layer styles, drop shadows, outer glow, text spacing, and text readability.

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