Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
Updating text styles
As you can see, saving styles can help you build more consistent text content, and it can
also help you edit text more quickly. In this next section, you will make a change to your
Headline paragraph style.
1
Double-click the Headline text style in the Paragraph Styles panel to open the
Paragraph Style Options dialog box.
2
Click once on the Color i eld at the bottom of the Paragraph Style Options dialog
box; the Color Picker appears.
3
Your cursor is now an eyedropper; use it to sample a color from your image. Choose
a light gray from the snow and click OK in both dialog boxes. The style has been
updated.
If your style does not automatically update, press the Clear Overrides (
) button.
4
Choose File > Save and then File > Close to close this i le.
Cropping an image
In this section you receive a quick overview of the Crop tool ( ) and how to use it in
Photoshop CS6. Keep in mind that if you have used the Crop tool in previous versions, it
has been improved on Photoshop CS6.
1
Choose File > Browse in Bridge. If you do not already have the contents of the
ps01lessons folder open, click the Favorites tab in the upper-left of the Bridge
workspace, and then choose Desktop. Locate the ps01lessons folder that you copied
from your DVD to the Desktop.
2
Open the ps01lessons folder and double-click to open the ps0101_done.psd i le. This is
a i nal version of the completed lesson i le from the previous exercise.
3
Choose File > Save As to open the Save As dialog box. Using the Save In drop-down
menu, navigate to the ps01lessons folder. Type
ps0102_work
in the File Name text
i eld and choose Photoshop from the Format drop-down menu. Then click Save. If
the Photoshop Format Options dialog box appears, click OK.
4
In the Layers panel, select the Background layer, and then hold down the Alt
(Windows) or Option (Mac OS) and double-click on the Background layer. This
converts the Background layer into a layer named Layer 0.
