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Step 8 : As soon as CTRL+Click a column of marching ants will surround the heart shape.
Step 9 : Click on the Foreground color.


Step 12 : Now click on the Paths pallete and click the icon shown. Hover your cursor over it to read its name. A workpath forms.
Step 13 : Now click back on the Layers pallette.


Step 15 : In the top panel click where the arrow points to set the font. I have chosen Impact, which you will find in photoshop. Set the points (size) of the fonts in the next window.
Step 16 : Now I have just gone on typing 'Be My Valentine". You will find that the text is restricted to the heart shape.

Step 17 : Right click the Text layer and choose Rasterise Text. Click on Rasterise Text to rasterise the text.
Step 18 : Now CTRL+Click the Layer thumbnail of the Rasterised Type.
Step 19 : Marching ants appear around the text.
Step 20 : Now click the Gradient Tool from the flyout. Then click on the top panel as shown to bring up the Gradient Editor.
Step 21 : The Gradient Editor opens. I have clicked on one of the Gradient. The small white hand points to it. You can choose any Gradient.












Step 32 : Click back on Layer 1.
Step 33 : Bring up the Drop Shadow dialogue box as in Step 28 and 29.
Step 34 : In the controls of the Drop Shadow I have set the Size at 21, Spread at 4 and Distance at 7. There is nothing hard and fast about the settings. You can apply your own. Lastly reduce the Opacity to 50 %.
The Drop Shadow has been applied to the heart. This is the first part.