Quote Originally Posted by Neurowiz View Post
Not counting the 30 min of my life now gone trying to make the area behind the labels look nice... and failing miserably *chuckle*)
I usually just stick with outlining the labels with a contrasting colour:

- select the text layer and in the text tool hit the "Path from Text" button
- create a new blank layer below the text.
- select the paintbrush tool with a soft brush in a contrasting colour
- open the path dialog, and click "Paint along Path".
- select "Stroke with Paint Tool" using the paintbrush on the new layer.
- Adjust opacity/blend modes as required.

-Rob A>