The Photoshop Workspace
Opening Files:
Open files by selecting File > Open from the menu bar, or pressing Ctrl-O Command. You can select and open multiple files by holding down Ctrl Command and clicking on all the files you require in the file dialog box same as you would do when selecting multiple files on windows.
Saving Files:
Save a file by selecting File > Save, or pressing Ctrl-S Command. For a newly-created document, this will save your work in Photoshop Document (PSD) format. If you would prefer to save a copy of the document in jpg,png,pdf, you can use File > Save As or pressing Ctrl-Shift-S Command instead.
Usually, Photoshop has a lot of prompts and notifications. You can read and ignore most of these and also you can tick the “Don’t show again” button underneath to not show these again.
Photoshop editing is usually made up of layers. My templates come into several layers. A layer is a part of the whole template such as the background layer, information text layer, the photo layer, etc. These layers are editable and combining all these layers produces the whole template.
You can edit the template easily. The only thing you need is a view layer's by pressing the F7 key on the keyboard or you can click "Window" tab and click on layer's. From that moment layers will begin be visible and you will able edit that template same as you saw in the description of the product.
See screenshot example below
Photoshop Layers:
Layers is a powerful feature of Photoshop that allows you to work on one part of an image without disturbing the rest of it. Actually this is what Photoshop is centered on.
You can show and hide each layer in an image by clicking on its corresponding eye icon in the layers palette.
Changing text in Layers:
Two times click into “T”
You will then type in the text on your keyboard.
Sometimes, you might see this yellow notification or something similar.
Do not worry, this means that your computer does not have the appropriate font. You will need to install it on your computer. Search Google and look something like “EuphemiaCAS download font.” After you download the font, you will need to double click on FONT icon, and undertake installation. Restart Photoshop and now you should not see this warning anymore. You may need to repeat this process for all missing fonts.
Clicking "OK" will automatically assign font as substitution.
It could be useful in some cases, but sometimes it will completely change design and looks of letters. This could have an effect on the realistic looks of ID or Documents. For example, having a different font passport scan or different font CC scan will not pass verification.
Obtaining fonts
Usually it is easy to obtain a font especially if you use a windows OS. Oftentimes, it may occur that a font can have a new or slightly different name.
For instance, font name “EuphemiaCAS” has a font family:
- EuphemiaCAS regular
- EuphemiaCAS light
- EuphemiaCAS Bold
As from my experience, light and regular are close to each other. If you cannot see a regular option choose light.
Font samples on Photoshop
Let's say that you need font “Gentium Light” and there is nowhere on the Internet you can find it. Below on the Photoshop Font panel, you can see that all Gentium fonts are same or very similar in example.
Simply choose one of the family.
Conclusion
Editing templates is very easy and user friendly.
These templates are made with the thought that changing info and layers will be done by various people with different skill levels.
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