Adobe Photoshop CS3 - Manual (Page 439)

PHOTOSHOP CS3
User Guide
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Create a type selection border
When you use the Horizontal Type Mask tool or Vertical Type Mask tool, you create a selection in the shape of the
type. Type selections appear on the active layer, and can be moved, copied, filled, or stroked just like any other
selection.
1 Select the layer on which you want the selection to appear. For best results, create the type selection border on a
normal image layer, not a type layer. If you want to fill or stroke the type selection border, create it on a new blank
layer.
2 Select the Horizontal Type Mask tool or the Vertical Type Mask tool .
3 Select additional type options, and enter type at a point or in a bounding box.
A red mask appears over the active layer as you enter the type. After you click the Commit button , the type
selection border appears in the image on the active layer.
Add a drop shadow to text
Add a drop shadow to give depth to text in an image.
1 In the Layers palette, select the layer containing the text to which you want to add a drop shadow.
2 Click the Layer Style button at the bottom of the Layers palette and choose Drop Shadow from the list that
appears.
3 If possible, position the Layer Style dialog box so that you can see the layer and its drop shadow.
4 Adjust the settings to your liking. You can change various aspects of the shadow, including the way it blends with
the layers below it, its opacity (how much the underlying layers show through), the angle of the light, and its distance
from the text or object.
5 When you’re satisfied with the drop shadow, click OK.
To use the same drop shadow settings on another layer, drag the Drop Shadow layer in the Layers palette to the other
layer. When you release the mouse button, Photoshop applies the drop shadow attributes to the layer.
See also
“About layer effects and styles” on page 297
Fill type with an image
You can fill type with an image by applying a clipping mask to an image layer placed above a text layer in the Layers
palette.
1 Open the file containing the image you want to use inside the text.
2 Select the Horizontal Type tool or the Vertical Type tool in the toolbox.
3 Click the Character tab to bring the Character palette to the front or, if the palette isn’t open, choose Window >
Character.
4 In the Character palette, select the font and other type attributes for the text. Large, bold, thick letters work best.
5 Click an insertion point in the document window and type the desired text. When you are satisfied with the text,
press Ctrl+Enter (Windows) or Command+Return (Mac OS).
6 Click the Layers tab to bring the Layers palette to the front or, if the palette isn’t open, choose Windows > Layers.