By following this tutorial, you'll learn how to create that ever-popular, over-exposed type that is used frequently in magazines and advertisements. C'mon, you too can be trendy and rebellious, just like everybody else! This tutorial explains how to achieve this effect using Photoshop or PaintShop Pro.

Here are the instructions for creating over-exposed type in Photoshop:

1. Start with a new file, 70 x 200 pixels in size, in RGB color. Create your type. I suggest using a medium to bold type face, but feel free to experiment.
In Photoshop 3: Deselect the type (Control+D on Windows, Command+D on the Mac).
In Photshop 4: Turn off the Preserve Transparency Checkbox on the Layer Palette by using the / keyboard shortcut.

2. Select Filter/Noise/Median, and use a setting of 1 or 2 or 3 pixels, depending on the typeface you're using.

3. That's all there is to creating over-exposed type! You can add a drop shadow or other effects once the type is created. To save the file as a GIf file for your web page, in Photoshop 3 select Mode/Indexed, in Photoshop 4 select Image/Mode/Indexed, then save as a gif file.

To create over-exposed type in Paint Shop Pro:

1. Start with a new file, 70 x 200 pixels in size, in 16 million (RGB color).

2. Select Image/Special Filters/Median.

3.Creating over-exposed type is as simple as that. To change the color, select Colors/Colorize. If you would like a different color, change the Hue to a different setting. To save the file as a GIF file, select Colors/Decrease Color Depth/256 colors, and save the file as a gif file.