NOTE to lurkers & snaggers - You are welcome to make the image, but DO NOT snag the images from this tute and post them in any other groups. Bow Name Bette Noir       Lights TY, Nancy!      Star Remember the transparent overlay names? This is so much easier & quicker, thanks to the rgba colors which allows for transparency in the font color!! Refer to this tutorial for more info on using rgb colors at IM. CCP url for the font in find bx. CCP url for lights. At IM make a black xc - 400x400 (You can probably make this on any color bg you want, I just think the lights go best on black.) Comp lights OVER @ center +0+30 Annotate name - adjust scale & point size for length of name. North +0+90 Point size 70 -- Scale 1.0,1.6 FIll color - type this exactly: rgba(0,148,57,.50) Comp stars if you wish. Trim and output as jpg. Add sparkles where ever you like. Sparkles Code - adjust as needed for your name: <<>table background="lights-name.jpg" width="306" height="254"> <<>tr><<>td width="60"> <<>/td> <<>td align="center" valign="top"> <<>br><<>br> <<>img src="white-spkl.gif"> <<>/td><<>/tr><<>/table> ©December 9, 2006 Gnubee & Choco Club Choco Tutes Do not reproduce or duplicate this tute. Do not post the steps Please post this page.