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Adobe Photoshop Basics
Working with type
Creating type
Photoshop and ImageReady provide excellent support for adding graphic type and text to images. You can
enter and preview type directly in an image, as well as specify a full range of formatting options. Type is
automatically added to a new layer.
Set a type insertion point
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To enter type at a point, click in the image to set an insertion point. The type is added starting from the
point you click.
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To enter type inside a bounding box, drag in the image to define the box. The type automatically wraps
to fit inside the bounding box.
Set type attributes
type attributes, such as orientation, font, style, color, and alignment.
Enter the desired text using the keyboard, pressing Enter or Return to start new paragraphs.
Enter text
You can continue to change type attributes in the options bar, the Character palette, or the Paragraph
palette as you enter additional text.
In Photoshop, you must commit the type to its type layer before you can perform other operations.
Click the Commit button (
Select the type tool ( ) in the toolbox, and do one of the following:
You can use the options bar, Character palette, or Paragraph palette to specify various
) in the options bar to commit the type.
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