Lesson 4: Remove Color Halo/Max Screen Space/View-Size Fonts

[DeadeyeRich]

Remove Color Halo

If you copy an image from a bright colored background and later paste it into an image that contains a dark background, you'll often see some remnains of the old, lighter background color showing up on the edge of the object producing a halo effect.

To remove that halo of color, choose Layer-Matting-Defringe. Start with the default 1 pixel. If the halo is still there, try 2 pixels.

Defringe replace the halo with a combination of the lighter and darker backgrounds.



Maximize Your Screen Space

If you need more screen space to work on your project, press the Tab key to hide your tools and palettes. Press the tab key again to return your palettes.

Still need more, press the F key. The F key will hide your menus and center your project. Press F again and and a black frame will surround your project. Pressing F a third time will return your menus.

For the maximun amount of screen space, press F-F-Tab. This is where knowing your keyboard shortcuts comes in handy.



Viewing Fonts on PS 6 and earlier.

Photoshop 6 and earlier do not have WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) for fonts. Here is a way to get around that.

Place text on your project.
Make sure that your text layer and text tool are active.
Click on the name of the font in your font field. It should now be highlighted. DO NOT click on the arrow for the drop down list and then the font name.

Use your up and down arrow keys to change and view fonts on your project.

You can also press any letter on your keyboard to jump to the first font that starts with that letter.



Changing Font Size

You can change font sizes to your liking with Free Transform (Ctrl-T) and not have to guess the point size. It will remain crisp as long as you did not Rasterize the font layer.

To keep the aspect ratio of the font, hold down the Shift key and drag the corner handle to the size you want, then press the Enter key.

Be aware that when scaling with Free Transform, the display is a low resolution preview but will change back to full resolution when you press the Enter key to finalize your changes.
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