RE: photoshop 5.0 and text...

by "Shay Jones" <shay(at)wcnet.net>

Date:	Tue, 22 Sep 1998 02:18:52 -0500
To:	"'Nathalie Esteban'" <nate(at)ucla.edu>, <hwg-graphics(at)hwg.org>
In-Reply-To:	ucla
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Which brings me to another question... how the heck do I apply filters to
text layers on Photoshop 5? I have tried to apply eyecandy filters, but
they are all grayed on the menu =/

-Nathalie


Nathalie,
To apply filters to the text:
1. make sure you're operating in RGB mode and not indexed color or greyscale
2. make sure your text is selected
	- use the magic wand to select the text
	- use the magic wand to select the area around the text and invert
	- use Select\Color Range - best option
3. while you may or may not get an error message about this, it's the one
thing that'll prevent your filters from working
	- make sure to uncheck the "Preserve Transparency" box in the layers menu

That's it - just apply the filters now and they should work.  If you have
further problems I'll be glad to walk you through them - just drop me a note

Shay

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