Type Tool In Photoshop CS2

... but if you zoom in on the page you should be able to see it provided the text is not 2 points in size or something really small - there is a zoom tool - the magnifying glass in the tools palette, but there are also the following shortcuts:

mac
Zoom in Cmd-Space-Click or Cmd-Plus(+)
Zoom out Option-Space-Click or Cmd-Minus(-)

pc
Zoom in Ctrl-Space-Click or Ctrl-Plus(+)
Zoom out Alt-Space-Click or Ctrl-Minus(-)

Sorry... That just makes me giggle. :)

If you're doing the type of stuff that you find on MySpace and the like, then you also want to make sure that you're designing at 72 ppi (Pixels-Per-Inch). Look under the "Image" Menu and select "Image Size" and set your height and width there and set your resolution to 72 ppi.

You can still zoom in and out when working on detailed stuff, but check the bottom left corner of your PS window. There should be a percentage there (by default). 100% means that the art that you are creating (if working at 72 ppi) is at the same size it will appear on the web.

If you're image is at 72 ppi, and you're viewing at 100%, and the text is still too small, just select the text with the text tool and change the point size to your liking.

By the way, post a link if you're following a tutorial somewhere. I'd like to see what you're doing.

I guess the glitter text is fine, but please if you ever want to design something don't design in photoshop as the program's name suggested is for photos only. (just can't stand all that inner, outer, super glow text that you see in tacky ads and design)

Thanks for your advice. The very thing I'm great at is designing, but designing with softwares is where I lose my shine. That's why to start off, I was hoping there's a software that's friendly enough for me to learn as if I've know it :)
I've only have been working with photoshop for a couple of days and yet I've already learned a lot of course with a help of people like you :) but I do have another problem and it is saving my file for the web. I wanted to put the glitter text on my website. My glitter text is done and I am now trying to save it as web. I've optimized it and saved it as image only gif, which I think it's the only option I could use other than HTML and the setting is set at default because the other option sdoesn't seem relevant for web. When I tried to pull the file back to on my website, the isn't there. What's wrong here? What did I do wrong?

PS: Please don't ask me put provide you a link to my website because it's not ready yet :) I'll make sure to link it later though :)

Thanks in advance

In order for it to save to the web. Otherwise, you're losing those filters, because you probably have it saved as a psd (Photoshop document). You'll need to flatten the image first and then go to save for the web. Basically, what it's doing at that point is taking all of the layers that you created the filters/text in and flattening it into one big image—no filters. That's probably why you're losing the glittering, or whatever it is you're talking about. =P

I hope this helps. Good luck.

suzanne maestri-walters :: graphic designer :: www.onegirlcreative.com

designing in photoshop is just out of the question well if you are looking to do it professionally. every place I have worked for before and also at school you design on illustrator and multiple page documents on Indesign (also quark express but that's old school) so I recommend to use illustrator, which is a great program to work on and if you like some of those glows that I don't recommend you to use from CS2 the new illustrator has also some filters

Hi All,

It's me again :( I was excited for a minute because I actually succeeded in creating the glitter text for my website. I optimized it, then saved optimized as, I named it, then saved as image only gif under defaulted settings per save options. I saved the file both in my picture and my document folders. Just when I thought I was done and ready to post the image on my website, I went to go and tried to grab it from my folders and they are not there. I couldn't find the files, but when I went back to my computer I found it there. I don't know what I'm doing wrong? Per member advice, I have to flatten it and I did that. Still I wasn't able to post my work on my website. How do we post our photoshop files on our website? I'm following instructions very carefully, but nothing seem to work as far as saving the files for web. It's on my computer but It seem to disapear when I'm browsing to insert the image on my website. Can you feel my frustrations? Need More Help from the experts out there please! :) I'm keeping my chin up. I know I'll get it with your help :)

Thanks in advance!

Is it in your site root folder where your website files are? Or are you just grabbing it from your computer's hard drive? You have to put it in your site root folder FIRST in order for it to be in your site (I think).

I'm assuming since you're doing a save for the web, that's it automatically saving it as RGB. If not, double-check that. If it's not saved as RGB, the image won't show up at all.

Also, save as a jpg, not a gif. You have more options with a jpg online than with a gif. A gif was an extension many moons ago before the internet had millions of colors, or whatever. I hope I'm explaining this correctly.

Otherwise, if none of these are working, I'm at a loss. I'm not very good at website design/creation, so I'm sure there's someone else out there who could figure it out.

Good luck.

suzanne maestri-walters :: graphic designer :: www.onegirlcreative.com