Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
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In the Layers panel, click the topmost layer, called Shape 1 copy 3, and then
Shift+click the layer called Shape 1. This selects all four layers. Notice that your layers
might have slightly dif erent names.
Select all the new layers.
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Press Ctrl+E (Windows) or Command+E (Mac OS) to merge the layers. You can also
select Layers > Merge Shapes .
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Select the Path Selection tool ( ) that is located directly beneath the Type tool in the
Tools panel, and click and drag any of the snowl ake shapes to reposition it. Notice
that the shapes remain independent even though you have merged the layers to vector.
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Select one snowl ake and press Ctrl+T or Command+T (Mac OS); a bounding box
appears. Grab a corner point to resize the snowl ake down in size; no specii c size is
necessary. Press the Enter (Windows), or the Return (Mac OS) key when you are
i nished resizing to commit the change.
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Using the Path Selection tool, select and resize several other snowl akes to random sizes.
Adding Text layers from another document
In this next section, you will add text to the image and then save the text as a style, thus
allowing you to reuse the style and keep your text styles consistent. To save time, you will
open a .psd i le with the text layers already created. You will then move both layers to
your ps0101_work.psd i le.
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Choose File > Open, and then browse to and select ps0102.psd; a i le opens with a
transparent background and two text layers in the layers panel.
