On the Layers panel, double-click the T icon for a paragraph type layer, then click anywhere in the text.. Right-click an editable type layer name and choose Warp Text.. D In this image
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➤ When applied to paragraph or point type, the trans-form commands, such as Free Transform, affect both the bounding box and the characters within it (see pages 312–313)
➤ You can move, scale, rotate, and skew both editable and rasterized type, plus you can apply a distortion or perspective transformation to rasterized type
➤ If you want to transform individual characters, create them on separate layers
B When we made the bounding box wider, the type reflowed into the new shape.
Transforming the bounding box for
paragraph type
By changing the shape of the bounding box that
surrounds paragraph type, you can change the line
lengths of the type without distorting the characters
Enlarging the bounding box is a necessity when you
want to reveal overflow type (when a bounding box
contains overflow type, a plus sign displays in the
handle in the lower right corner) You will find less
of a need to rotate type, but instructions for doing
so are also included
To transform paragraph type via its
bounding box:
1 On the Layers panel, double-click the T icon for
a paragraph type layer, then click anywhere in
the text A dashed bounding box surrounds the
type
2 Do one of the following:
To reflow the type by reshaping the bounding
box, position the cursor over a control handle,
then drag.ATo preserve the proportions of
the bounding box while scaling it, start
drag-ging a corner handle, then hold down Shift and
continue to drag The type will reflow into the
new shape.B
To rotate the box, position the pointer just
out-side one of the corners (it will become a curved,
double-arrow pointer), then drag in a circular
direction
3 To accept the transformation, press Enter on
the keypad or click the Commit button on the
Options bar (To cancel it, press Esc or click the
Cancel button on the Options bar.)
➤ To align or distribute multiple type layers, follow
the instructions on page 247
➤ To access the Move tool temporarily when you’re
working with type (perhaps to move the type),
hold down Ctrl/Cmd instead of using the letter
shortcut (V) If you do press “V,” make sure your
type cursor isn’t inserted in type, or you will
unintentionally either replace selected type with
that letter or insert it into your text
A Drag a control handle to transform the bounding box.
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Using the Warp Text command
The Warp Text dialog transforms the type
bound-ing box, and the characters within it are warped
accordingly The command offers many
customiz-able style choices, such as arc, arch, shell, wave, and
fish Best of all, warped type remains fully editable
To warp editable type:
1 Do either of the following:
On the Layers panel, double-click a T icon,
then click the Warp Text button on the
Options bar
Right-click an editable type layer name and
choose Warp Text
2 The Warp Text dialog opens A Move it aside if
it’s in the way
3 From the Style menu, choose a preset style
4 Click Horizontal or Vertical as the overall
orientation for the distortion
5 Optional: Move the Bend, Horizontal
Distortion, or Vertical Distortion sliders
6 Click OK B–EA Warp Text icon appears in
the layer thumbnail
Note: Characters that are added to warped type
adopt the same warp characteristics
➤ To reopen the Warp Text dialog at any time, repeat step 1 on this page For example, you could choose a different style or adjust the slid-ers (or to undo the warp, choose Style: None)
➤ Once you move the sliders in the Warp Text dialog, those settings are applied to all the other Styles in the dialog To restore the default settings to all the sliders, choose a Style of None
➤ To warp type using manual controls, see page 316
A The Warp Text dialog offers many Style presets, as well
as three sliders that enable you to customize the effect.
D Style: Flag (layer effects are also applied) E Style: Rise
C Style: Arc (layer effects are also applied)
B Styles: Shell Lower for “Greg’s,”
Bulge for “Boat Yard”
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D In this image, a type selection that we converted to a layer mask is masking a group of image layers We also applied a gradient to the mask on each image layer to hide part of the imagery (see also pages 244–245).
A In this image, the type is the base layer in a clipping mask
B This image was created the same way as the one above, except here we also rasterized the type layer (which is the clipping mask), then softened the edges via the Gaussian Blur filter to make it look more “snowy.”
Rasterizing type
To edit type by applying a filter or the Transform >
Distort or Perspective command, or to draw strokes
on it with a tool such as the Brush, you have to
convert it to pixels first via the Rasterize Type
com-mand Unfortunately, you can’t change the
typo-graphic attributes of rasterized type
To rasterize type into pixels:
1 Optional: To preserve the editable type layer,
duplicate it (Ctrl-J/Cmd-J), then hide it Keep
the duplicate layer selected
2 Right-click an editable type layer name and
choose Rasterize Type The layer thumbnail now
has a checkerboard pattern, which represents
areas of transparency
3. Be creative!
Filling type with imagery
To spark your imagination, these are some of the
ways you can make editable type look as if it’s filled
with imagery (and good news: you don’t need to
rasterize the type layer first):
➤ Use an editable type layer as the base layer in
a clipping mask to clip the image layers above
it.A–BYou can edit the image layers (e.g., apply
filters or brush strokes to them) or reposition
them without disturbing the type To learn more
about clipping masks, see page 306
➤ Apply the Pattern Overlay effect to an editable
type layer (see pages 363–364).While the Layer
Style dialog is open, you can scale the pattern by
using the Scale slider or move the pattern within
the type by dragging in the document To create
a custom pattern, with the Rectangular Marquee
tool, select all or part of an image to use as a
pat-tern tile, choose Edit > Define Patpat-tern, then click
OK Choose your new pattern from the Pattern
Preset picker in the Pattern Overlay panel of the
Layer Style dialog.C
➤ Use a type selection in a layer mask (follow the
instructions on the next page).D For an extra
bit of fun, try warping some type, then use the
resulting shapes as a layer mask
C We applied the Pattern Overlay layer effect to the type layer using a custom pattern that we made from an image (we also applied the Drop Shadow, Inner Shadow, Outer Glow, and Emboss effects).
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C To reveal layer imagery within the selection, click the
Add Layer Mask button (it’s a “ski mask,” ha-ha).
D To create a solid backdrop for the type shapes, we added
a layer below the image layer, which we filled with white.
A Ctrl-click/Cmd-click a type layer thumbnail to create a
selection from type.
B Hide the type layer — but don’t deselect!
E This is the Layers panel for the final image, which is shown in Figure D.
To use type shapes as a layer mask:
1 Create an editable type layer.
2 Ctrl-click/Cmd-click the type layer
thumb-nail to load the type shapes as a selection.A
3 Hide the type layer by clicking its visibility
icon.BThe selection marquee will remain visible
Don’t deselect it
4 Click the image layer to which you want to add a
mask
5 On the Layers panel, do either of the following:
To reveal layer pixels within the selection area,
click the Add Layer Mask button C–E
To hide layer pixels within the selection area,
Alt-click/Option-click the Add Layer Mask button
The type shapes are now represented by white
or black areas in the layer mask thumbnail
➤ To reposition the layer mask, unlink it from the layer by clicking the link icon (the icon disappears), click the layer mask thumbnail, then with the Move tool, drag in the document
Or to move the layer imagery within the mask, click the layer mask thumbnail, then drag
When you’re done, click to restore the link
➤ You can also add a layer mask by clicking the Add Pixel Mask button on the Masks panel
To toggle the function of the mask between hiding and revealing pixels, click Invert on the panel
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Making type fade
To make it seem as though type is fading into thin
air, apply a gradient to a layer mask
To make type fade:
1 Click an editable or rasterized type layer (for this
exercise, make the type relatively large)
2 On the Masks panel, click the Add Pixel Mask
button A layer mask thumbnail appears on
the type layer
3 Choose the Gradient tool (G or Shift-G)
4 On the Options bar:
Click the Gradient picker arrowhead, then click
the “Black, White” preset in the picker (it’s the
third swatch in the default gradient library)
Click the Linear gradient button
Choose Mode: Normal and 100% Opacity
5 Make sure the layer mask thumbnail is still
selected, then in the document, Shift-drag
ver-tically or horizontally from the middle of the
type to one of its edges (we dragged from the
middle to the left) The type layer mask will fill
with a white-to-black gradient Aand the type
will be hidden where black is present in the layer
mask.B
6 On the Masks panel, lower the Density value to
reveal more of the type and soften the transition
between the visible and hidden areas.C–D
➤ To modify the type or the layer, click the type
layer thumbnail; to modify the layer mask, click
the layer mask thumbnail; or to toggle the two
thumbnails, click the layer, then click the Select
Pixel Mask button on the Masks panel on or
off To learn more about layer masks, see pages
168–173
A We clicked the layer mask thumbnail, then dragged with the Gradient tool in the image from the middle of the type to the left edge of the layer.
C To fade the type more gradually, we lowered
the Density of the layer mask to 89%.
B The type is now fading, but a bit too abruptly.
D In the final image, the type fades gradually.
DON’T FORGET ABOUT LAYER EFFECTS!
Layer effects can be applied to both editable and rasterized type layers To open the Layer Style
dialog, double-click next to a layer name Browse through the next chapter and you’ll see many examples of effects that we’ve applied to type