Author Archives: Corey Barker

Make Your Text Jump Into Action

Earlier, I gave you the quick tip for rasterizing your type by Control-clicking (PC: Right-clicking) on your Type layer in the Layers palette, then choosing Rasterize Type from the contextual menu that appears. Believe it…

Fonts, Fonts, And More Fonts

Here’s a tip to quickly change typefaces and see the change while you make it. First, highlight the type you want to change, and then press Command-H (PC: Control-H) to hide the highlighting (the type…

More and More Photoshop Stuff

If you are finding yourself wanting to get more acquainted the Photoshop, you must check out the National Association of Photoshop Professionals, otherwise known as the NAPP. This is an organization started by best-selling author…

Text-Path-Making Maniac

If you want to convert your Type layer into paths (as if you meticulously drew the type with the Pen tool—your clients won’t have to know), simply go under the Layer menu, under Type, and…

More Hollywood Inspiration

A while back I did a post about a company called Daniel Clark and Associates. They design marketing material for major motion pictures. Well, there is another company I found online that does even more…

Made To Fit

To create a text box for your type to fit within, press T to select the Type tool, then click-and-drag out the area you want for your text box. Your type will now fit within…