Quick links to procedures on this page:

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To add text
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To change the color of text
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To paint text
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To fill text

Adding and editing text

You can add text to enhance images. When you add text, you can specify its font, size, and alignment, as well as the character spacing and line spacing.

Text is created as an object by default; therefore, you can move, size, scale, rotate, flip, skew, distort, and apply perspective; however, you will lose distortion or perspective effects if you add, remove, or edit text characters. For more information about working with objects, see Working with objects. Text can also be rendered as an editable area of a mask. For more information about creating editable areas, see Working with masks.

After you add text, you can edit the text by changing its color, painting it, or filling it with patterns and textures.

To add text Back to Top
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Click the Text tool .
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Choose a font from the Font list box on the property bar.
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Choose a font size from the Font size list box on the property bar.
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Click in the image window, and type the text.

You can also
 
Align multiple lines of text
On the property bar, open the Text alignment picker, and click a setting. Text is aligned with the bounding box.
Adjust character spacing
On the property bar, type a value in the Character and line spacing box.
Adjust line spacing
On the property bar, type a value in the Character and line spacing box.

You render the text as an editable area by selecting the text with the Text tool and clicking the Create mask button on the property bar. This produces a text-shaped editable area to which you can apply effects.

Text is created with the Text tool.

To change the color of text Back to Top
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Click the Text tool .
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Point to the text until the pointer becomes a cursor.
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Select the text.
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In the color control area, double-click the Foreground color swatch , and choose a color.
To paint text Back to Top
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In the toolbox, click the Object pick tool .
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Select the text.
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Enable the Lock transparency button in the Objects docker.
If the Objects docker is not open, click Window Dockers Objects.
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In the toolbox, click the Paint tool .
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Specify any tool settings on the property bar.
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In the color control area, double-click the Foreground color swatch , and choose a color.
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Drag across the text.
Ensure that text is correct before you paint. After painting, the paint effects are lost if you add, remove, or edit text characters.
To fill text Back to Top
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In the toolbox, click the Object pick tool .
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Select the text.
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In the toolbox, click the Fill tool .
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Specify any tool settings on the property bar.
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Click each text character that you want to fill.
You must click directly in a character; otherwise, the fill is applied to the entire image. You can undo an unwanted fill by clicking Edit Undo flood fill.
Ensure that text is correct before filling. After filling, the fill effects are lost if you add, remove, or edit text characters.
You can quickly zoom into a text character by clicking the Zoom tool in the toolbox and dragging in the image to enclose the text character.
You can render the text as an editable area by selecting the text object with the Text tool and clicking the Create mask button on the property bar. This produces a text-shaped editable area to which you can apply fills.

You can paint text or fill it with patterns and textures.

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