Photoshop’s Raw dialog box has long offered the ability to create localized adjustments by painting over the area you want to control. The ability to try out different fonts without having to change each one is very useful. This is especially useful when creating things like book titles, where you might want a number of pieces of text at different sizes. When more than one such layer is selected, the panel will show the font and the weight, if these are both the same you can choose another font to have them all changed at the same time. The biggest improvement to the Properties panel is the ability to change the font and color of multiple type layers simultaneously. To fix this, click the three dots at the bottom of the toolbar, and drag the Curvature tool into the Pen tool nest at the location where you want it to appear. If you find the new tool doesn’t show up for you, then it’s probably because you’re working in a custom workspace that you’ve created. You’ll find the Curvature Pen tool nested beneath the old Pen tool. In the example below, I clicked with the tool at the bottom left, then at the top, and finally moved the cursor to the bottom right: Photoshop has created the smooth arc between all three points, adjusting it on the fly as the cursor is moved around. Now there’s the Curvature Pen tool, which automatically creates curves between points where you click.
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As well as being a good bonus for everyday use, this will be a real boon for those creating video tutorials on how to use the Pen tool, as for the first time paths can really stand out.ĭrawing paths with the Pen tool has always been a tricky process for the uninitiated. Now you have the ability to change both the thickness and the color of the path, making it easier to see against a range of backgrounds. Photoshop’s Pen tool produces paths that can be hard to see on some backgrounds. For that, you’d have to go through the old Save for Web or Export routes.
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You can choose to send either the full size image or a smaller version, but you’re limited to 1200 pixels as the maximum dimension of ‘small’ versions, there’s no way to set a custom size. How often have you wanted to send a low-res version of an image you’re working on to a client? Or share one on Facebook, or Twitter? That process is now greatly eased by the inclusion of a new Share button, which allows you to send files to email or a range of social and other locations with a single click. It’s an ingenious solution that greatly expands the capability of the included fonts we look forward to seeing many more fonts added to the collection. Rather than just stretching fonts horizontally, which results in ugly glyphs (particularly with sans serif fonts), the new technology produces clean, evenly-stroked fonts at any width you choose. Photoshop ships with six variable fonts, and you can find them by typing ‘variable’ into the font name field in the Options bar. But be aware that this may well produce unwanted artifacts as Photoshop attempts to enlarge and shrink strokes on either side of the path to cope with the curved symmetry.Īdobe has reintroduced their old Multiple Masters font technology from the 1990s, allowing users to change the weight, width, and in some cases slant, of fonts on the fly. You can also choose a wavy path, to create symmetry either side of that path you can even edit the path itself into any shape you like. It makes the creation of complex patterns, such as wallpapers, much easier and more controllable. Painting symmetrical strokes is wholly new to Photoshop, and you can choose from a range of symmetries-from simple vertical or horizontal mirroring to the two-axis quad mirroring shown below. More after the jump! Continue reading below↓įree and Premium members see fewer ads! Sign up and log-in today.
If you find this leash an irritating visual incursion, as I do, you can turn it off in Photoshop’s Preferences dialog box. Here, the blue version is with no smoothing but in the red version, with the tool set to just 30% smoothing, the result is cleaner and less jagged.īy default, painting now features a ‘leash’ that tethers the stroke to the cursor, showing where you drag while the brush tool catches up with you.
When writing text, though, too much smoothing can slow down the operation and produce awkward lettering. In the example below, the blue line is set to zero smoothing, and the red line to 100% smoothing: the smoothed line is clearly far more attractive, ironing out the lumps and wrinkles. Photoshop now includes the ability to automatically smooth brush strokes, using a slider that goes between 0 and 100% to turn jagged strokes into much smoother, flowing lines. Let’s take a look at some of the most important and exciting new features. The 2018 release of Photoshop CC brings a range of new features, tools and working methods, which will enhance your image editing experience and boost your productivity.
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