Photoshop Text Layers

Photoshop 5 allows you to edit text and make changes to individual characters and words within a text block. This is because Photoshop text layers now include both the actual text you typed in and the graphic representation of that text, including the attributes you assign such as font, size, anti-aliasing, and color. PhotoWebber recognizes Photoshop 5 text layers and includes both the graphical representation of the text as well as the real text.

When you import a Photoshop text layer into PhotoWebber, it is initially set as a graphic layer and is treated in the same way as any other graphic layer. When you build your page, the graphical text will be output as a GIF, JPG or PNG file as you define it in the graphics properties window.

You can change also any Photoshop text layer to real text.

In this tutorial we will convert a graphic text layer into type.

1. Import TUTORIAL1.PSD
2. Convert the center bottom text area to type. Select the layer named "PhotoWebber automatically gener". From the Layers menu, select Set Type and then Text, or Click the small arrow on the Text icon in the Layers list and select the simple T icon.
Note: When using Tables for alignment, text layers are always the topmost layers on the page. The background color of text layers will match the background of the area on the page where the top left corner of the text block is placed. The text block will obscure any graphics behind it.
3. Add a hyperlink to the word "PhotoWebber". Double-click on the text layer in the Document window. Highlight the word PhotoWebber. In the Hyperlink box, type http://www.photowebber.com and select This Frame (no target) as the Target Frame. Click OK.

Build the page and view it in your browser. Notice that the text layer has not been output as a graphic but, rather, the text has been incorporated into the HTML page with a link to the PhotoWebber Web site.