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Making a 3D postcard
21Lesson 1, Exploring Photoshop
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4 Hold down Ctrl+Shift (Windows) or Command+Shift (Mac OS) and then repeatedly
press the > (Greater Than) key to make the text incrementally larger. Continue
pressing the > key until your text is approximately 36 points. If you are not in favor of
using keyboard shortcuts, you may simply type 36 into the Font size text box in the
Application bar.
To make text incrementally smaller, you use the < (Less Than) key instead of the > key.
5 Change the leading, or space between the lines of text, by pressing Alt+up arrow
(Windows) or Option+up arrow (Mac OS). If you decrease the space too much, you
can press Alt+down arrow (Windows) or Option+down arrow (Mac OS) to increase
the leading, the vertical space between the lines of type. You do not need any speci c
settings for this step; simply set the leading to the amount you feel works well.
6 Click and drag to highlight the font name in the Application bar at the top of the image
area, and then press the up or down arrow key to change your font selection to the font
that is on the list before or after the current font selection. This is an easy visual method
to use when selecting a font. No speci c font is required; in the example, the Poor
Richard font is selected.
7 To change the color of the text to white, click once on the Set the Text Color box in the
Application bar. When the Color Picker appears, click on a white (or light) color in the
upper-left corner of the color pane. Press OK. The text is now white.
Change the text to 36 points, and then select the font and text color.
8 If necessary, switch to the Move tool ( ) and reposition the text to be centered in the sky
area o to the right in the image.
9 Press Ctrl+S (Windows) or Command+S (Mac OS) to save this  le. Keep it open for the
next part of this lesson.
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