Type Tool (T)
Horizontal type text tool (T): –
- This tool lets you to type the text horizontally
- Click on type tool
- Click on the document and type the text
Vertical type text tool: –
Vertical type text tool lets you to type the text vertically
- Click on vertical type tool
- Click on the document
- Type the text
- On the option bar select the required font e.g. Arial, Impact, Times New Roman etc and select bold or italic.
- Left alignment (Ctrl + Shift + L)
- Center alignment (Ctrl + Shift + C)
- Right alignment (Ctrl + shift + R)
- Font color (double clicking on it to select the required font color from control panel.
- Wrap Text (e.g. Flag, Arc etc)
Shortcut keys: –
- Increasing font size —- (Ctrl + Shift + >)
- Decreasing font size—— (Ctrl + Shift + <)
- Leading —-(Alt + up arrow )and (Alt + down arrow key)
- Tracking – Alt + right arrow key and Alt + left arrow key
Horizontal /Vertical type mask tool: –
Horizontal/Vertical type mask tool lets you to type the text as the selection
- Create new document (Ctrl + N)
- Create a new layer (Ctrl + Shift + N)
- Click on horizontal/Vertical type mask tool
- Type the text, increase font size
- Press enter key from the number pad to apply the text
- Now you can fill color, gradient, pattern in side the text
- [Note*- You can’t edit the text after applying ]
Image inside the text: –

- Open an image
- Create a new document
- Select the image document
- Type the text with horizontal/vertical type mask tool
- Font – impact, Press enter key from the number pad to apply
- Click on move tool(V)
- Click and drag the selection into the new document
- Edit >Stroke
- Color- Black width –2
To raster the text: –
- Type the text
- Layer >rasterize >type or
- Right click on the text layer
- Click on rasterize
- After rasterize you cannot edit the text
- After rasterize the text you can fill,erase apply filter effect etc
Reflection text effect: –
- Type the text
- Duplicate it (Press alt key and drag) Raster it
- Edit >transform >perspective
- Click and drag the corner point
Text effect: –
- Type the text with horizontal type mask tool (Font impact)
- Fill red color
- Select the layer (Ctrl and double click on the text layer)
- Select >Modify >contract – ( 5-6)
- Select >Feather (Ctrl + Alt + D)
- Define feather radius e.g.( 3-5)
- Fill white color press ok
3D Text: –

- Type the text with required size and color Black
- Click on Create warped text
- Style: Flage
- Press Ctrl + J (Layer via-copy)
- Change the Text color into Red
- Select black text layer
- Press up or down arrow
Fair text effect: –
- Type the text
- Color- Red
- Font – Impact
- Layer >Rasterize >Type
- Click on smudge tool
- Choose brush (size 35-45)
- Click and drag up