[Art Doerge]

Hi Jack,

I think what you’re looking for is under the Window menu (Window>Arrange>choice).

[Art Doerge]

Hi Derrick,

Okay, you say you clicked on “the little icon” in the history palette. I’m assuming you mean that box at the top of the palette. That box is a snapshot of the initial state of the document. Once you close and reopen the document, all states and snapshots from the last working session are cleared from the palette. But, if you saved the document before closing, when you open it the next time you’ll see that the top snapshot now represents the saved state.

Each time you apply a change to an image, the new state of that image is added to the palette (as you know). If you click on one of those states and then continue to work on your document, all the states below the one you clicked on will be discarded. That’s what happened when you clicked on that top state (the initial state) and then continued to work (you selected part of the image). Clicking that top snapshot is like clicking on any other state listed on the palette. The reason the states are dimmed, by the way, is so you can see what will be discarded if you continue to work.

After you made that selection, if you had done a keyboard undo (ctrl + z) you would have seen all the states return. Instead, you used ctrl + alt + z which moves you backward within the states (ctrl + shift + z moves you forward). But since you now had only the one state (the selection) you couldn’t move backward.

This explanation won’t help get your adjustments back but I hope it will give you a better understanding of the History palette. You could also read about the History palette using “Photoshop Help” found in the Help menu.

Art

[Art Doerge]

Hi Hope,

With the Line Tool selected in the options bar, you’ll see a down pointing arrow just to the right (next to the Custom Shape Tool). Click on that arrow and de-select the Start or End box.

Hope this helps.

[Art Doerge]

Probably just about any method you use (that’s simple and fast) is going to increase the thickness of the letters. Theo has done a nice job and I’ve given it a try (example below) myself. The only real success I’ve had results in thicker letters 🙁

[Art Doerge]

You’re very welcome Yaron,

Like I said, I had never actually tried that so I’m glad it worked for you. BTW – In my previous post I should have said “down sample the image to one half of the pixel size” (not half of the desired pixel size). Sorry about that but apparently you understood anyway 🙂

[Art Doerge]

Hi Yaron,

I don’t do much scanning myself so I really can’t speak from experience 🙂 However, I’ve read that it often helps to scan at twice your desired resolution, soften the image a little, and then down-sample the image to one half size in Photoshop. For example, start by scanning at 600 dpi. Next, in Photoshop, apply a slight blur or despeckle filter. Now, down sample the image to one half of the desired pixel size. Lastly, sharpen the image a little using the USM filter. You might give that a try to see if it helps.

Also, I think some scanner software comes with a de-screen filter that is supposed to help. But, I think that filter is for scanning printed material such as magazines etc.

[Art Doerge]

Hi John,

Well, I’ve never used two monitors so I can’t be sure but…. I really don’t think that would be something you would set up in Photoshop. I’m on a Mac and I think to use two monitors I would go to “Displays” in Preferences and tell it to “Detect Displays”.

On a PC running Windows, probably right click to Properties > Display Properties > Setting?

If you still have the problem, you might try re-creating Photoshop’s preferences but I don’t think that should be necessary. Anyway, to re-create the preference files for Photoshop, start the application while holding down Ctrl+Alt+Shift (Windows) or Command+Option+Shift (Mac OS X). Then, click Yes to the message, “Delete the Adobe Photoshop Settings file?”

Hope this helps.

[Art Doerge]

Regarding this problem… is that shape layer, by any chance, under other layers with blending modes that could be effecting the color of the shape? Is the opacity at 100%?

[Art Doerge]

Hi Martin,

Unless the shadow you’re referring to is might subtle, it’s just not there when I view your posted image on my monitor. Looks perfectly normal to me 🙂

[Art Doerge]

Hi Ron,
You cannot transform type using free transform because the type is a vector. As David mentioned, you would have to rasterize the type first. Once rasterized, you can use free transform on it but the result will be rough and blurry looking. The best way to do what you want to do is either transform the type into a shape before using the free transform or like Peter said, just use the build in warping tool.

Here’s a web page (link below) that should be of interest to you.

https://www.webdesign.org/web/photoshop/text-effects/perspective-text.297.html

Hope this is helpful.