Ten obscure PS text typesetting tools

As we all know, text typesetting is very important for both artistic creation and web design. Photoshop, as a very powerful image processing software, also has many tools to help us to better complete the text editing and typesetting work. Here, we can share 10 of unknown Photoshop text typesetting tools, hoping to bring some help to PS beginners. Let's start right now!

Photoshop has a number of tools available for efficient processing of text typesetting

　　First, placeholder text

Sometimes, we need to complete the screen design without any copy of the text. As a designer, we certainly make an estimate of the number of texts, but even so, we usually do the entire design without a copy of the final text. In this case, we need to select the placeholder text in the menu bar of the Photoshop cc, and fill the text frame with "Lorem ipsum" (Chinese called "chaos", meaning Latin in the field of typesetting design). "Lorem Ipsum" is a virtual word that has no meaning, it looks similar to Latin, but does not have the real meaning of Latin. Placeholder text can help you quickly create formatting and layers in text, and once you get a copy of the text, we just need to make a simple replacement of the text content of the version.

Placeholder text

　　Two, 3D postcards and 3D models

As the Photoshop version of the update, PS 3D function is becoming more and more powerful. Although the use of these 3D features may seem complex, we should try to use this type of layer as much as possible. You can convert your text content to a 3D postcard layer, and we can go and move the plane where the text is, to get the desired 3D effect. Alternatively, we can also use the 3D model to increase the depth of the text. Before using these 3D tools, it is a good idea to adjust the parameters in the 3D property panel to better use the 3D tool to complete the text editing design.

3D Postcards and 3D models

　　Convert to point/segment and horizontal/Vertical text

In Photoshop, we typically create text in two ways: click Create and click Drag to create it. If you simply click on the canvas with the Word tool, click Create Text, and if you click and drag to create a text frame, you will get a paragraph text layer. Both are useful, but the good news now is that you can change them later. You can convert the point text to paragraph text at any time, simply select the Type tool and right-click and select it in the pop-up menu bar.

The same transformation also exists in horizontal, vertical text conversions. They can also be created and converted to each other through these two methods.

Convert to point/Che Wen

　　Four, quickly apply color to text

There are a number of ways to apply the colors you want to your text, but the quickest way to do this is to apply the shortcut keys and the foreground and background colors in the toolbar directly. Select the text you want to replace, press Option/alt+backspace to fill the foreground color, and press Command/ctrl+backspace to fill the background color.

Quickly apply color to text

　　V. Convert to Shape

After you convert text to a shape, it means you can't edit the text again, but you can use the selection tool and the path selection tool directly to make the changes while maintaining the vector shape. It should be noted, however, that this conversion cannot be reversed.

Convert to Shape

　　Vi. text applications with no loss true and smart filters

Converts a text layer to a smart object, which allows the text to be used as the source of editing for the smart object, allowing non-destructive effects to be applied. In addition, all filters will also be added as smart filters, and even the free transform tool remembers the twist path applied to the text, which makes it easy to revert back to the original shape.

Application of lossless distortion torsion in this paper

　Seven, keyboard shortcuts to edit text

In Photoshop, there are a number of keyboard shortcuts available for quick text editing, and see the following detailed shortcut key description:

1. Jump between words: command/ctrl+ left ARROW/right Arrow

2. Jump between paragraphs: command/ctrl+ up ARROW/down ARROW

3, move the cursor selection character: shift+ Left/Right arrow

4, move the cursor select Word: command/ctrl+shift+ left arrow/right Arrow

5, move the cursor selection line: Up/down ARROW

6, move the cursor Select paragraph: command/ctrl+shift+ up ARROW/down ARROW

7, by clicking Select: 2 click: Word; 3 click: line; 4 Click: Segment

8, select/Cancel All: Command/ctrl+a/command/ctrl+shift+a

9, Style: command/ctrl+shift+ (i italic, b bold, u underline)

10, Size: command/ctrl+shift+./, (including Opt/alt)

11, aligned: Command/ctrl+l left-align/R right/C Central alignment/j two segment alignment

12, Capital: command/ctrl+shift+k

13, KERNING/tracking: option/alt+ left ARROW/right Arrow

14, line spacing: Select/alt+ up ARROW/down ARROW

15. Baseline shift: option/alt+shift+ up and down arrows

16, in PS new layer input text: Select the Type tool, and then press shift+ click

17, in Photoshop Specify the size of the text box: Select the Type tool, and then press Option/alt + click

　　Eight, character and paragraph formatting

Character and paragraph formatting tools can help you save a lot of time when you need to use a lot of the same type of text in the same PS document. You can modify the selected text using the character format, but the paragraph format is only for the entire paragraph. You can also try to mix the two types of formatting to handle the text.

Character formatting options settings

　　Ix. path and Internal object types

In fact, mixing the pen tool box vector shape tool in Photoshop creates a very unique and interesting layout design. Before you start creating text for a path or shape, it's a good idea to set the pen tool and shape tool to path mode. In this way, they will not appear in your design, and you will only see their effects in the copy.

Text on a path

　　Ten, copy CSS

Finally, it is worth mentioning that you can convert your text style to CSS code used on the site. All you need to do is use the simple CSS Copy command in Photoshop, and then put the code in your Dreamweaver CSS file or any other text-editing application OK.

CSS code copied from a PS text layer

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