Adobe Photoshop CS3 User Manual

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PHOTOSHOP CS3

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Two versions of an image based on the same template
A. Visibility variable B. Pixel Replacement variable C. Text Replacement variable

You cannot define variables for the Background layer.

Choose Image > Variables > Define.

Select a layer from the Layer pop-up menu that contains the content you want to define as a variable.

Select one or more types of variables:

Visibility

Shows or hides the content of the layer.

Pixel Replacement

Replaces the pixels in the layer with pixels from another image file.

Text Replacement

Replaces a string of text in a type layer.

Do one of the following:

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Choose Name and enter a name for the variable. Variable names must begin with a letter, underscore, or colon and
cannot contain spaces or special characters (except for periods, hyphens, underscores, and colons).

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Choose an existing variable from the Name pop-up menu to link this layer to. Layers linked to the same variable
are shown next to the Name menu, along with the link icon.

For Pixel Replacement variables, set the following options.

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Choose a method for scaling the replacement image: Fit scales the image so that it fits in the bounding box (which
may leave parts of the bounding box empty), Fill scales the image so that it fills the bounding box entirely (which
may cause the image to extend beyond the bounding box), As Is applies no scaling to the image, and Conform
scales the image non-proportionally so that it fits in the bounding box.

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Click a handle on the alignment icon

to choose an alignment for placing the image inside the bounding box.

(This option is not available for Conform.)

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Select Clip To Bounding Box to clip areas of the image that do not fit in the bounding box. This option is available
only when the Fill or As Is replacement method is selected. (This option is not available for Conform.)