Adobe Photoshop CS6 Top 100 Simplified Tips and Tricks by Lynette Kent

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The areas of text that
overlap are reversed
out.
! Repeat steps 8 to 10 for
any other lines of text.
@ Click and hold the
Rectangle tool and click
the Custom Shape tool.
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DIFFICULTY LEVEL
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# Click the Shape dropdown
menu and click a
shape to select it.
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$ Click the Path
operations button and
select Exclude
Overlapping Shapes.
% Make sure that the vector layer
thumbnail in the Layers panel is
selected.
^ Click and drag to draw a shape
over the letters.
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The areas of the shape and text
that overlap are reversed out.
& Click the Path Selection tool.
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18
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* Click the shape and drag it to
reposition it in the design if
necessary.
The shape interacts differently
with the type as it overlaps
different areas.
( Click the Background layer to
view the design.
TIPS
More Options!
You can apply a layer style to the
shapes and letters. Click the shape
or the letters with the Path
Selection tool ( ) and try adding
an Inner Shadow or a Bevel and
Emboss layer style. Click Texture
and select a pattern for the Texture
Elements. The pattern is applied to
all the colored areas.
Important!
The vector layer thumbnail in the
Layers panel must be selected
before adding the shape in step
16, and all the type and the shapes
must be on the same layer for the
Exclude Overlapping Shapes
button ( ) to function.
Did You Know?
The Path Selection tool (
) is
quite different from the Move tool
( ). You can use the Path
Selection tool to move individual
letters or the shape separately.
Click one letter and move it to
create a different look. To undo the
move, click the previous state in
the History panel.
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