Ultimate Typography for Photographers
Typography for photography! Join Dave Clayton for a set of amazing tips and tricks you can use to apply text to your photographs for different projects. After getting oriented on some basics, Dave teaches you how to find more fonts to add, convert fonts to shapes, create a variety of text effects, turn a photo into a poster, create a brush from text, and so much more! By the end of the class you’ll have the confidence to open Photoshop and apply these techniques to your own photos.
Release Date: 2024-03-07
Lessons
Basic Tools Overview
Dave introduces the class and discusses what will be covered in the lessons that follow, then covers the basic Photoshop tools you need to know.
Duration: 5 mins 24 seconds
Fonts and Glyphs
Dave discusses the glyphs and fonts you can find in Photoshop.
Duration: 6 mins 36 seconds
Find Fonts to Add
You can add new fonts to your computer.
Duration: 11 mins 37 seconds
Match Font
This is a great tool for finding fonts used in other designs.
Duration: 13 mins 8 seconds
Font to Shape
Since fonts are vectors by design we can use that to transform text into a shape.
Duration: 12 mins 15 seconds
Type Layer Sandwich
This is a cool effect using two type layers with a subject in a sandwich.
Duration: 5 mins 16 seconds
Retro Text Effect
Dave shares a cool technique for a retro effect.
Duration: 5 mins 16 seconds
Downloadable Smart Object Text Effects
You don’t have to be a graphic design wizard with these downloadable text effects.
Duration: 5 mins 24 seconds
Adding a Text Element
This is a great effect for adding behind any action image.
Duration: 5 mins 56 seconds
Turn a Photo into Poster
A common task can involve taking an ordinary photograph and turning it into a photograph.
Duration: 7 mins 11 seconds
Brush from Type
Dave shows you how to create a brush from type and then create an image.
Duration: 13 mins 9 seconds
Type Around an Object
Learn how to have text flow around a person or object.
Duration: 8 mins 15 seconds