• Adobe Photoshop

  How do I just have a layer with TEXT?

  Posted by John Lee on August 15, 2013 at 6:08 pm

  Photoshop newbie here – please be kind. 😉

  I have a .PSD project I’ve been working on. The text box has exactly what I want (e.g. size, color, certain effects, etc.)

  Can I create a new .PSD file with just by copying/pasting this text on to a new .PSD file? I want to eventually make a .PNF file of just the text I wrote, and then put that in my Sony Vegas project.

  I’m sure I’m missing something basic. If I start a new .PSD, it asks me for the dimensions. But when I paste my text, the dimensions don’t match up with the text. I want a .PSD (and eventually a .PNG) of just this text, but I can’t figure out how to make the layer JUST the text itself with no background.

  Thanks.

  Kendrick Drews replied 11 years, 2 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  Kendrick Drews

  March 12, 2015 at 8:07 pm

  There are two things you can do.

  If you make a selection of just the text itself, with a tool like the magic wand (w) >>right click inside selection>> select inverse>> delete –

  That will delete everything except the text, and it will be on a layer on its own.

  Or,

  If you have the text/image you want to move to a new document selected >>Crtl+c>> Ctrl+n>> Change the Preset to ‘clipboard’>> Create file.

  ‘Clipboard’ will be the exact dimensions of anything you have recently copied or cut.

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