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Create Nondestructive Text Effects with Photoshop's Smart Filters
Apply Photoshop's Smart Filters to text to get special effects you'll love and still keep the text live.
Written by Russell Brown on August 25, 2008
Categories: Fonts, Print, Print Design & Layout, Typography, Web Design & Layout, Web/Mobile, How-Tos
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This tutorial is an installment of The Russell Brown Show.
Russell Brown, senior creative director at Adobe, demonstrates how to use Photoshop CS3 to convert a text layer to a Smart Object, then apply Smart Filters. You'll create amazing special effects that are nondestructive, which means you can edit the text at any time!
Click on the image below to begin streaming the 10.9MB QuickTime tutorial:
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Smart text objects
Great tutorial
Didn't know it was better to have white background on text before doing this process.
Thanks
Pete
DreamSpeaker Graphics
Re: video problem?
Hi Harry,
The movie works in the browsers we've tested it on. What browser and OS are you using?
Terri Stone
Editor in Chief, CreativePro.com
Russell Browns Non Destrutive Text..........
When clicking on the image to start the movie as per instructions the movie doesn't run. Is this a problem on my end or yours?
Harry