Digital Scrapbooking Tips

This is the time of year when children attend parties and come around to our homes, hidden behind costumes of every sort. These costumes can make it difficult to see who lurks beneath. You might be able to guess or you might have to ask them to lift their mask so that you can identify the sweet face underneath.

When you are working with text in Photoshop, getting the text tool and highlighting the text allows you to do a number of things like change the color, size, or even the font. But the highlight on the text is like a Halloween mask. It makes it difficult to see what the text looks like underneath.

Pressing Ctrl + H (Mac: Cmd + H) on your keyboard allows you to hide the highlight on the text, so you can clearly see what the effect will look like on your project as you apply it.

To see your text in a different font, first highlight your text, then highlight the font name in the Options Bar and press the arrow keys on your keyboard. If you take the extra step to hide the highlight on the text, you can clearly see how your text will appear on your project.