Photoshop for Designers – Type Essentials 2018
Release date:2018, October 5
Duration:01 h 49 m
Author:Nigel French
Skill level:Beginner
Language:English
Exercise files:Yes
Learn the fundamentals of working with type in Adobe Photoshop. In this course, instructor Nigel French distinguishes when it is appropriate to set type in Photoshop rather than InDesign or Illustrator and what makes Photoshop unique for certain type treatments. He demonstrates essential techniques, such as entering and editing text; interacting with type layers; and adjusting the color, transparency, and character formatting of type. Plus, he discusses some evolving technologies in type, including the new frontier of color fonts.
Topics include:
The pros and cons of setting type in Photoshop
Choosing fonts
Sizing type
Entering glyphs
Selecting and formatting multiple type layers
Creating, applying, and editing paragraph styles
OpenType features
Aligning elements as a group
Masking multiple type layers
Creating warped text
Variable type and color fonts
1.Introduction
01.Welcome
2.1. Getting Set Up
02.Setting type in Photoshop
03.Missing fonts
04.Create workspace
3.2. Choosing and Entering Text in Photoshop
05.Type anatomy
06.Entering, selecting, and moving type
07.Choosing fonts
08.Point type and paragraph type
09.Returns and breaks
10.Sizing type
11.Point size and resolution
12.Vertical type
13.Rasterizing type
4.3. Working with Text
14.Working with dummy text and copy and pasting
15.Find and replace
16.Spell-checking
17.Text and anti-aliasing
18.The Glyphs panel
19.Match Font
20.Filtering type layers
5.4. Formatting Text in Photoshop
21.Adding color to your type
22.Spacing type – Leading, kerning, and tracking
23.OpenType features
24.Shaping paragraphs
25.Alignment options
26.Hanging punctuation and bullets
27.Aligning as a group
28.Distributing type layers
29.Paragraph styles and character styles
6.5. Simple Photoshop Type Treatments
30.Type and texture
31.Type and transparency
32.Masking type
33.Applying a gradient
34.Type and layer effects
35.Setting type on a path
36.Create warped text
7.6. Evolving Technologies in Type
37.Variable type
38.Color fonts
8.Conclusion
39.Goodbye
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