Adobe Photoshop 7'0 Design Professional

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Chapter Lessons
OVERVIEW

• Learn about type and how it is created
• Change spacing and adjust baseline shift
• Use the Drop Shadow style
• Apply anti-aliasing to type
• Modify type with the Bevel and Emboss style
• Apply special effects to type using filters
• Create text on a path

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Understanding Type
INTRODUCTION

• In Photoshop, the term type refers to text
• Use type to express ideas displayed in imagery or
  to display an additional message
• Modify type by using different typefaces and
  colors

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Using Type
INTRODUCTION

• Type is used sparingly in Photoshop images to
  deliver short messages
• Type should be concise and easy-to-read
• Imagery that accompanies type should complement
  and reinforce the message conveyed by the type

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Appearance of Type
INTRODUCTION

• Modify type by changing
• Font
• Size
• Color
• Apply special effects that make type pop off the
  page

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Learn about Type and How it is Created
Introducing Type Types
LESSON 1

• Outline type
• Can be scaled to any size without losing clarity
• Bitmap type
• Composed of pixels
• Develops jagged edges when enlarged

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Using Type Types
LESSON 1

• Type created in Photoshop is initially Outline
  type
• Outline type is then converted into Bitmap type
  when filters are applied

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Creating Type
LESSON 1

• Use Type tools and the options bar to create
  horizontal or vertical type
• Use the options bar to modify the font size and
  alignment of type
• Use the Color Picker dialog box to change type
  color

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Location of Type
LESSON 1

• Type created in Photoshop is automatically placed
  on a new type layer on the Layers palette

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Font Families
LESSON 1

• Each font family represents a complete set of
  characters, letters, and symbols for each type
  face
• Three font family categories
• Serif
• Sans Serif
• Symbol

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Serif Fonts
LESSON 1

• A tail or stroke appears at the end of some
  characters
• Serif fonts generally used in text passages

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Sans Serif Fonts
LESSON 1

• No tail or stroke appears at the end of any
  character
• Sans Serif fonts generally used for headlines

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Symbol Fonts
LESSON 1

• Used to display unique characters

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Type Size
LESSON 1

• Character size within a font is measured in
  points
• PostScript measurements
• 1 inch 72 points or 6 picas
• 1 pica 12 points
• Traditional measurements
• 1 inch 72.27 points

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Using Type Size
LESSON 1

• Default Photoshop type size is 12 points
• In Photoshop, use either PostScript measurements
  or traditional measurements

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Acquiring Fonts
LESSON 1

• Most computer systems include many fonts
• Purchase additional fonts from private companies,
  individual designers, computer stores, catalog
  companies, or Web sites on the Internet

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How to Create Type
LESSON 1

• Click the Horizontal Type Tool on the Tools
  palette
• Click the Set the font family list arrow on the
  options bar
• Select the required font and font size
• Click in the image, then type the text

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Change Spacing and Adjust Baseline Shift
Understanding Spacing
LESSON 2

• Make finite adjustments to the space between
  characters and between lines of type
• These adjustments are called type spacing
• Type spacing affects the ease with which words
  are read

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Spacing Terms
LESSON 2

• Monotype spacing
• Proportional spacing
• Kerning
• Tracking
• Leading

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Monotype Spacing
LESSON 2

• Used by typewriters
• Each character occupies the same amount of space
• For example, o and w take the same space as
  i and l

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Proportional Spacing
LESSON 2

• Used in desktop publishing and word processing
• Each character takes up a different amount of
  space, depending on its width

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Kerning
LESSON 2

• Controls the amount of space between characters

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Tracking
LESSON 2

• Inserts a uniform amount of space between
  selected characters

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Leading
LESSON 2

• Amount of space between lines of type

Leading is 50 points
Leading is 75 points
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Using the Character Palette
LESSON 2

• The Character palette is used to control type
  properties such as kerning, tracking, and leading

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Defining Baseline Shift
LESSON 2

• An invisible line on which type rests
• The Character palette is used to adjust the
  baseline shift
• Vertical distance that type moves from its
  baseline

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Checking Spelling
LESSON 2

• The Spelling Checker checks the spelling of type
  on the current layer or on all the layers in the
  image
• To check spelling
• Click Edit on the menu bar
• Click Check Spelling

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Use the Drop Shadow Style Adding Effects to Type
LESSON 3

• Effects are layer styles which can be applied to
  a type or an image layer
• Use styles to enhance the appearance of text and
  improve its effectiveness

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Viewing Effects
LESSON 3

• The Layers palette shows what effects have been
  applied to text

Layer styles applied to the text Fresh Ideas
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Applying a Style
LESSON 3

• To apply a style
• Click Layer on the menu bar
• Point to Layer Style
• Click a style
• Work in the Layer Style dialog box to add effects
  to type

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Layer Style Dialog Box
LESSON 3
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Using the Drop Shadow
LESSON 3

• Create an illusion that another colored layer of
  identical text is behind the selected type

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Controlling a Drop Shadow
LESSON 3

• Options to control
• Angle where the shadow falls relative to the
  text
• Distance behind the type that the shadow appears
• Width of the shadow text (spread)
• Amount of blur (size)

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Drop Shadow Settings
LESSON 3
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Apply Anti-Aliasing to Type
LESSON 4

• Used to prevent jagged edges (jaggies) that can
  accompany bitmap type
• Partially fills in pixel edges with additional
  colors to produce smooth-edge type
• Use on type with a point size greater than 12
  point

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Five Anti-Aliasing Methods
LESSON 4
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Sharp
Crisp
Strong
Smooth
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Modify Type with the Bevel and Emboss Style
Using the Bevel Emboss Style
LESSON 5

• Used to add combinations of shadows and
  highlights to a layer
• Gives type the appearance of dimension and shine
• Use the Layer menu or Layers palette to apply the
  Bevel and Emboss style to the active layer

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Bevel and Emboss Settings
LESSON 5

• Structure determines the size and physical
  properties of the object
• Shading determines the light effects

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Bevel and Emboss Samples
LESSON 5
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Bevel and Emboss Structure Settings
LESSON 5
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Applying Special Effects with Filters
LESSON 6

• Filters can be applied to a type layer
• The type layer must first be rasterized
  converted to an image layer
• After rasterizing, the type layer cannot be
  edited for type content

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Sample Filters
LESSON 6
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Creating Text on a Path
LESSON 7

• Create a shape
• Add type to the shape (path)

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Chapter 5 Tasks
SUMMARY

• Learn about type
• Change the spacing of type
• Adjust the baseline shift of type
• Understand styles
• Use the Drop Shadow style

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Chapter 5 Tasks
SUMMARY

• Apply anti-aliasing to type to reduce jagged
  edges
• Use the Bevel and Emboss style
• Use filters to apply special effects
• Create text on a path