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COMBINE CAPTURE & COLOUR
Adobe Capture CC is a fantastic app
that enables you to find fonts and
colours simply by taking a photo. You
may be wondering what fonts are
used on a favourite magazine, ahem.
Or you may wish to take colour
references from an object or scenery.
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FIND COLOURS
FROM A PHOTO
From the Colors tab within
the app, simply tap the ‘+’ button and
point the camera towards the object
or scenery you wish to capture. You
will see that the app is already working
at finding popular colours. Once you’re
happy with your arrangement, take
the photo and refine it further.
Youcanproceedtosaveyour
captured colours to a library, picking
them back up and using them in
other Adobe tools.
Quickly create a
palette with Adobe
photo and then make sure the app
has cropped the text correctly. Hit the
big tick and let Adobe analyse the
image. Once it has finished analysing,
it will provide you with a list of best
matched fonts within Adobe Typekit
that you can then go on to use.
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DOWNLOAD THE APP
You can find the app on the
iOS App Store or Google
Play. Simply search for Adobe Capture,
download and register/log in.
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WHAT THE FONT?
You can also find out what
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closely matched fonts in printed
material. Head over to the Type tab
within the app and direct the camera
over the typography you wish to
capture. There will be a blue line that
helps you with alignment. Once you
have the typography in view, take the
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CREATE A SHAPE
Although it’s not strictly
typography or colourrelated,
Shape is a very useful feature
for a number of reasons. It’s a great
way of vectorising an object so that
you can play around with it further
in Illustrator.
For example, you may wish to
vectorise a signature or perhaps
some freehand typography. It’s
great for capturing elements that
are just sometimes easier to draw
with pen and paper.
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