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Add Speech Balloons and Text Bubbles to Your Photos in Photoshop or Elements

By Sue Chastain, About.com

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Add Speech Bubbles to Your Photos - Adding Text

Adding Text
When you release the mouse button, the balloon shape will appear, already formatted with the layer style to give it a white fill, black outline, and slight drop shadow. Feel free to customize the layer style if you like.

Use the move tool to reposition the speech balloon if necessary.

Select the Type tool from the toolbox or by pressing the keyboard shortcut, T.

From the options bar, choose a cartoon-style font and set the size, color, and alignment.

Click in the speech balloon and type your text. Press the checkmark button or press Enter on your numeric keypad when you are finished typing.

Use the move tool to reposition or scale the type if necessary.

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