Add Stroke/Outline to Text
Using Adobe Photoshop 6

Before

After

1) Open Image
Go to File and Open. Find your image and select open.
2) Image, Mode, RGB
Go to image, go down to mode, and then down to RGB Color
3) Make Background a Layer
If the layer reads "background" double click on the Background layer and rename it to Layer 0. If the layers palette is not showing go to Windows , Show Layers.

4) Insert text
Insert text into the picture file using the text tool.


5) Open the Layers Palette
Choose the Window--> Show Layers menu. (the layers pallate may already be open).
6) Open the Layer Effects Window on the Text Layer
Double click on the text layer.
8) Outer Glow
Click on the little box to select the Outer Glow.

9) Apply and Change Your Outer Glow Settings.
To apply the outer glow (stroke) to you image, check the apple box. Then change the:
a. Mode to Normal
b. Opacity to 100%
c. Color to White
d.Size to 3, and Spread to 100%
e. Range to 100% and Jitter to 0 %
f. Select ok