A year after he became disabled he learned web design and html coding along with building his own computer. He also started with his own Web Design company. He designed a website for his local Chamber of Commerce. While designing websites, he began looking for graphics to use on websites but he found nothing. What he found was PSP (Paint Shop Pro), a graphic program, with it he made his own graphics. From there James began Painting. He stopped for a few months due to health but now he’s back and continues his legacy in digital painting. If you want samples of his wonderful works, they are exhibited at http://www.jamesgslade.com/paintings/paintings.htm.

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5 Color & Texture. To bring back a bit of color that was lost by applying texture, open Effects panel, from Add effects and presents drop-down menu, choose Adjust Color|Hue/Saturation.

6 Choose Edit|Clone. You don't need effects you added to text for top text object. To remove existing effects from cloned text, click on Hue/Saturation Effect in Effects panel and then click on trash can icon to delete it.

7 Fill Fill. In Fill panel, change Texture Amount to 0%

8 Place & Nudge. The amount you nudge top text object will depend on size of text.

9 Stroke Stroke. In Stroke panel, from Stroke Category, choose Charcoal and Soft for Stroke name. The Tip size is 1.

10 Affect Effects. From Effects panel choose Adjust Color/Brightness And Contrast and enter a value of 20 in Contrast area. Click on OK.

11 Select both text objects. Choose Select|Select All (Ctrl/Cmd+A).

12 Modify: Choose Modify|Group.

13 The final touch. Add a shadow from Effects panel. Shadow And Glow|Drop Shadow. Change settings of distance, softness and opacity depending on thefont used.

There you have it! A well-crafted rusted font!