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Using leading, kerning, and tracking - Photoshop Tutorial
From the course: Photoshop 2023 Essential Training
Using leading, kerning, and tracking
- [Instructor] In the next few minutes, we're going to take a look at the leading, kerning, and tracking options in Photoshop. I'll tap the T key in order to select the Type tool. But because I want to add to this type layer instead of adding a new one, I'll click right to the right of the Y in City. Then I'll tap the Return key and add, "The Crossroads of the West." As we can see, the text is too large, it doesn't fit on the canvas. So I'm going to triple-click in order to select the entire line of text. And Photoshop will select the text that even extends beyond that canvas area. Then, to modify the text, instead of using the Options bar, let's take a look at the Properties panel. Here, I can change the size of the text, again, using the scrubby sliders. Or we can use this dropdown menu. Or we can enter in a specific value. Or if we highlight the text here, we can use the up arrows or the down arrows to increase…
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Understanding file formats7m 40s
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Mastering bit depth and color mode9m 7s
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Choosing a color space6m 55s
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Making sense of document size7m 53s
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Using Image Size to change document dimensions5m 47s
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Discover flexible editing using the History panel4m 4s
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Saving and exporting documents7m 50s
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A tour of the Camera Raw interface6m 27s
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Removing distortions and cropping photos6m 34s
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Working with profiles and presets7m 21s
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Enhancing contrast, color, and tone9m 20s
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Removing distracting elements9m 20s
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Using the masking tools to adjust a portion of an image15m 53s
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Using masking to retouch portraits5m 42s
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Black-and-white vintage color toning effects7m 34s
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Saving and opening files in Photoshop5m 46s
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Introducing adjustment layers3m 32s
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Adjusting color and tone with Levels and Curves9m 59s
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Changing colors using Vibrance, Hue/Saturation, and Color Balance5m 30s
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Converting to black and white and color toning with Gradient Maps4m 52s
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Applying adjustment layers to multiple layers4m 15s
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Scaling, skewing, and rotating layers using Free Transform5m 41s
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Correcting the perspective of an image4m 41s
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Warping images6m 23s
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Using Liquify to reshape an image6m 55s
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Using Vanishing point to paste in perspective5m 27s
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Using Smart Objects to transform multiple layers as one4m 2s
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Filter essentials1m 54s
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Applying filters nondestructively with Smart Filters5m 1s
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Sharpening images8m 53s
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Creative blurring effects11m 6s
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AI-assisted (neural) filters6m 30s
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Creating painterly effects using Filter Gallery4m 50s
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Applying Camera Raw as a filter4m 4s
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