Photoshop question - moving text
Barry
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Question for the Photoshop gurus...
Let's say I've created a text layer in a photo and after typing the text, I want to move all of it down a little.
The Move tool doesn't seem to work on text, so I've rasterized the text layer, then used the move tool. Only problem with this, is I can no longer eidt the text itself if I want to make a change. Am I missing some easy way of moving the text? BTW, I'm using PS v7.
Let's say I've created a text layer in a photo and after typing the text, I want to move all of it down a little.
The Move tool doesn't seem to work on text, so I've rasterized the text layer, then used the move tool. Only problem with this, is I can no longer eidt the text itself if I want to make a change. Am I missing some easy way of moving the text? BTW, I'm using PS v7.
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<< <i>With CS2 i can move the text around with the move tool as long as the text layer is the one highlighted on the layers palette. With the text layer selected I can change the text by clicking on the text control and then clicking on the text itself. Can also change the text directly off of the layers palette by clicking on the text there. >>
Works that way with Elements, too.
Perhaps it had something to do with the font I chose. I'm using Arial Narrow and there's a quirky Microsoft/Adobe incompatibility. MS updated this particular font recently (2006 vs 1998 file dates) and my computer has it because it was installed with Office 2007. It wasn't available to Photoshop until I reinstalled the old version, taken off another computer.
(Edited for typo)
<< <i>Question for the Photoshop gurus...
Let's say I've created a text layer in a photo and after typing the text, I want to move all of it down a little.
The Move tool doesn't seem to work on text, so I've rasterized the text layer, then used the move tool. Only problem with this, is I can no longer eidt the text itself if I want to make a change. Am I missing some easy way of moving the text? BTW, I'm using PS v7. >>
Rasterized?
Hmmmmmmm...............
Okay, thats a new word for this 63 year old.
Sounds like something that somebody did that causes touble or something.
Ray
Rasterizing is what the Jetson's dog does to something.
Or, in the case of Photoshop, here are th definitions you need:
Vector graphics are made up of lines and curves defined by mathematical objects called vectors. Vectors describe an image according to its geometric characteristics. For example, a bicycle tire in a vector graphic is made up of a mathematical definition of a circle drawn with a certain radius, set at a specific location, and filled with a specific color. You can move, resize, or change the color of the tire without losing the quality of the graphic.
Vector graphics are resolution-independent--that is, they can be scaled to any size and printed at any resolution without losing detail or clarity. As a result, vector graphics are the best choice for representing bold graphics that must retain crisp lines when scaled to various sizes--for example, logos.
Bitmap images--technically called raster images--use a grid of colors known as pixels to represent images. Each pixel is assigned a specific location and color value. For example, a bicycle tire in a bitmap image is made up of a mosaic of pixels in that location. When working with bitmap images, you edit pixels rather than objects or shapes.
Text is a vector graphic. So, when you resize an image, the text remains proportional to the size change and does not change its resolution and it doesn't turn into visible squares as a low resoution (or highly compressed) image does.
When rasterizing text, it's converted from a vector graphic into a bitmap, just like any "regular" image graphic.