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How Do I Add Words to Pictures?

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Summary: When adding words or text to pictures in Photoshop, use the text tool to type words and the font menu to select the right font. Add words and captions to digital images and pictures with the tips in this free video on digital imaging from an Internet design specialist.

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Luis Estrada has a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science. He specializes in developing web sites and web applications. Estrada has been designing and creating websites for more than 8...read more

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"Hello, my name is Luis Estrada and I am a software developer. In this video I'll show you how to add words to pictures. I'm using Adobe Photo Shop CS2. Photo Shop is a registered trade mark of Adobe. A company to which I have no affiliation. To add text to the picture select the type tool. From the tool bar or press T on your keyboard. Lets write some text. Select the entire text and then press on the toggle of the character button. From this pallet you can control the entire appearance of the written text. You can can choose the font type. This size of the font from the selection box or you press and drag left or right. To change the size. You can change the space between lines. The space between characters. The vertical scale. The horizontal scale. The color. The font styles and effects. For example bold, italics, capitals, small capitals, super script and sub script, underline and strike through. If you press the change orientation button. You switch between vertical and horizontal text. You can also change text alignment. For nice text effects press on the wrapped text button and select one of the styles. For each style you can choose the bend. The horizontal distortion and the vertical distortion. I'm Luis Estrada and I've just shown you how to edit your digital images."

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