#59: Text Warping and Something You Might Ask About
Posted on 7:57 PM by Daniy
Warp. It sounds like Mr. Spock is talking inside The Enterprise starship. What I want to say in here is one of Photoshop Type feature. The warp feature allows you to bend all of your text into certain type of waving shape. You will be provided with a lot of shaped so you can put a more realistic look on any of your type layers quickly.You can have the Text warp menus on the type tool Option bar under the Menu bar. It seems I don’t have to tell you more detail about how to make it works since it’s just a piece of cake action. And sometimes when it goes to a warning that states "Could not complete your request because the type layer uses a faux bold style. Remove attribute and continue?", simply you can just click continue, and the Text warp menu is already to access. But you might ask for instance, why such warning comes up before you can get the Text warp options?
You may have notice about the Faux styles which I have described here. But if you feel quite not worthy enough to look back on the post, I’m gonna give a short description about this stuff [again]. Faux bold style is a feature of Photoshop [that was introdueced back in Photoshop 5.0] that lets you create fake [faux] bold or italic type style for fonts that don’t really have a bold or italic type. It’s toggled on/off in the Character’s palette pop-up menu. If you turn off the Faux bold on the pop-down menu in the Characters palette, you won’t see the warning again.
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#33 Photoshop Tips: Rendering Text In Two Clicks
Posted on 7:21 AM by Daniy
If you want to convert your type layer into an image layer, you can save some time by simply right-click [Mac: Control+click] directly to the corresponding layer that appears in the Layers palette. Choose "Rasterize Layer" from the pop up menu will and your Type will instantly rendered.
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#31 Photoshop Trick: Switch to Type Tools and Select Text Simultaneously
Posted on 7:12 AM by Daniy
Again, it’s the power of double-click. If you want to switch to Type tools and at the same time select all text on the corresponding layer, double-click directly on the "T" icon in the Layers palette, next to the Type layer you want to edit. Your tool will instantly turn to Type tool and the text will be highlighted at once.Read More...
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#30 Photoshop Tips: Converting Text to Path or Selection
Posted on 7:00 AM by Daniy
Text is certain object in Photoshop that you can modify its values such as color, warping, etc. But, sometimes you need to apply some filters to the type which is impossible to do on Type mode. Normally you can rasterize the Type layer, but today you want to edit them on the different layer so you’re not gonna ruin the original text. The choices are making them into paths or selections and modify them on a new layer.
If you want to convert your Type into paths, Photoshop provide your needs under the Layer > Type > Create Work Path menu. This is a lot simpler than trace the type itself, which I assume will costs you more time and effort. Before you do this, make sure you have copy the original Type layers by dragging it to the New Layers icon in the Layers palette.To make selection based on the Type shape, simply hold the "Ctrl" [Mac: Command] and click on the Type layer in the Layers palette. Whoosh! Look at those marching ants around your type. A precise selection, isn’t it?
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#25 Photoshop Tips: I’m Calling It Faux Bold Because It’s Fake Bold
Posted on 7:07 AM by Daniy
So I guess you’re a designer and have a huge pack of ideas to explore new things and put them into your design. Text is one of your design elements and rather than using that Arial text-book font for your design, you end up on those fancy fonts. You put the font as the body text, thus you need some of the text to bold or italic. Unfortunately, you don’t meet the option to make the text bold or italic which usually found beside the font type drop-down box.
Let me tell you, Photoshop had done this favor for you. You want it bold, you got it bold. These features are called Faux bold/ Faux italic. I suggest you to read it as “Faw” since it derived from French language which means “fake, imitation”.
Make selection on any of your type with any fonts, and then apply those "Faux" and they’ll be on their way. No hard efforts.
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#23: I’m Done With the Type and I Need to Switch Tools
Posted on 6:37 AM by Daniy
As we know in the previous type, we can jump to another tool by pressing a single key on the keyboard. Unfortunately, when we press “V”, the cursor tend to type “V” letter in the text rather than switch to Move tool. It’s a kind of crazy, isn’t it?
An action is needed to tell Photoshop that you’re done with the type. You can click the check icon at the far right of the Options bar, or press the Enter [Mac: return] key on your numpad, or switch tools by clicking on it manually in the Toolbox. Any of these action will tell Photoshop that you’re done with the type, and now you can switch tools by using single-key shortcuts.
Switching like the pro.
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#22: Do You Need Your Type Short or Tall?
Posted on 6:35 AM by Daniy
Words become more meaningful as they’re shaped to its specific form. For example, if I type the word “tall” I’d rather to make it stretched vertically rather than horizontally. Normally I can make it tall by using horizontal and vertical scaling through the Character palette.
But, now I can do it visually rather numerically. Set the type layer then switch to Move tool. Press “Ctrl+T” [Mac: Command+T] to bring up the Free Transform bounding box. To make it taller, drag the upper handle upward. That easy.Read More...
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#21: I Need A Kerning, Tracking, and Leading Control, but Not With That Palette
Posted on 6:34 AM by Daniy
Kerning is the space between individual characters, and tracking is the space between a group of words or letters. Leading is the space between lines of your text [some of us called it line-height]. Normally you can control and change the value in the Character palette, but when it comes for you to control visually, this handy trick is a valuable thing.
First, highlight your text by using Type tool, and use the “Alt” [Mac: Option] and the arrow key to operate them. “Alt+right arrow” [Mac: Option+right arrow] adds more space between the characters, while “Alt+left arrow” [Mac: Option+left arrow] will tighten them.Labels: type
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#20: Use the Move tool to Edit Text Properties, Can I?
Posted on 6:32 AM by Daniy
No argue. I can tell you that you’re not always need Type tool to edit text properties. With your current Move tool, you can do any changes on your text.
Go under “Window > Show Character” menu, then click on your type layer [in the Layers palette]. The popped out Character palette will shows you the entire properties for the selected type layer. You can now freely set the font type and size, tracking, kerning, color, etc.And now you know that Move tool isn’t always for moving objects.
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#18 Photoshop Tips: The Text’s Color is All You Need To See, isn’t It?
Posted on 6:28 AM by Daniy
How do you change your text color? Highlight it and choose colors from the palette, isn’t it? Yes, but have you noticed that while your text highlighted, the text color isn’t supposed to be. For example, when you highlighted blue text, it turns into yellow on black background.
Introducing the “Hide Extras” shortcut for your comfort. Press “Ctrl+H” [Mac: Command+H] after you highlight your type, and the black highlight will disappear and bring your text color to the way it was. That simple.
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#17 Photoshop Tips: Switch the Tools, but Don’t Switch It
Posted on 6:26 AM by Daniy
Want to save more of your time while formatting your type? Here you go. Once you type your text, if you need to move it somewhere, you don’t have to switch the Text tool to Move tool. “Then, how do I move it ?”, you asked.
Simply move your cursor away from the text, and the pointer will immediately change to the Move tool. You can now click-and-drag it anywhere you want. Need to edit your type again? Move the cursor near the type and it will come back to the vertical Type tool.
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