by Terry Felke-Morris

Adobe Photoshop CS3 Tutorial:
Creating a Logo Banner Page 4

Photoshop Tool Panel


Vector PanelSelect the Horizontal Type Tool in the Tools Panel.

Your cursor changes to an "I Beam".

Configure the Tools Option Panel with the following as shown below:

  • Arial font
  • size 64
  • bold italic

Configuring text with the Options panel

Use the Swatches palette to choose a light blue, Pure Cyan Blue.

Swatches panel

Click on your checkerboard canvas. A flashing cursor displays.
Ttype "Acme Web Design".

Entering Text

Your text might look different from the sample shown above. That is OK, you will configure your text in a moment. You will notice the sample text happens to start on the left side of the canvas. Move the text closer to the left side of the image canvas (as shown in the screen shot below) by selecting select the Move Tool (see page 3), using it to select the text area, and dragging the text area closer to the left side of the image canvas.

Moving the text

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