Photoshop 6 for Windows Bible- P26

Photoshop 6 for Windows Bible- P26:If you are reading this foreword, it probably means that you’ve purchased a copy of Adobe Photoshop , and for that I and the rest of the Photoshop team at Adobe thank you. If you own a previous edition of the Photoshop Bible, you probably know what to expect. If not, then get ready for an interesting trip. | Chapter 15 Fully Editable Text 721 Figure 15-28 I managed to transform a strange drab composition into this mighty attractive poster art using nothing but text. Figure 15-29 Creating the Jelly-Vision logo was as simple as distorting the text and applying a Pillow Emboss layer effect. 722 Part IV Layers Objects and Text Layer effects bonanza You ll have a blast experimenting with layer effects and type. Layer effects are fast flexible easy to use and they were designed largely with editable type in mind. Sure they get overused. But as with any cool feature you can stay ahead of the curve by applying your effects creatively. Figure 15-30 shows three very simple but unusual implementations of layer effects. All three effects rely on character masks but I created these selection outlines using standard type layers. I clicked with the type tool entered the words Shake Murder and Imprint and then formatted them. Then I Ctrl-clicked on the layer to draw out the selection outlines as I needed them. Tip Why use a standard type layer to create selection outlines instead of the type mask . . option Simple because type on a layer is forever editable a type mask is not. 1 Editing type on a layer doesn t affect an existing character mask but I can Ctrl-click to generate new masks any time I like. The upshot is that a type layer serves double duty to create both editable text and type masks. This one tool does everything you need which is why I for one never change type tools I always work with layered type. Figure 15-30 Three examples of childishly simple layer effects applied creatively to character masks Chapter 15 4 Fully Editable Text 723 That s really the key to creating cool effects. The rest is just scribbling and bibbling as a dramatized Mozart once said. But because the scribbles and bibbles may prove of minor interest to you here s how I made each effect 4- Shake First the boring stuff. I extracted the layer mask for the word Shake by Ctrl-clicking on my type layer and

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