Novice users of "Photoshop" quite often ask themselves a question about adding their own text to a photo or any picture. You can easily cope with this task if you use the tools from the panel of the same name.
It is necessary
Adobe Photoshop software
Instructions
Step 1
To create personal cards, photographs and images downloaded from the Internet are now increasingly used. It is enough to add a few decorative elements and text to them. Ready-made postcards can be used in different ways, for example, sent by e-mail or posted on the walls of users of social networks.
Step 2
First of all, you need to launch the program itself by double-clicking on the icon on the desktop or by finding the shortcut in the Start menu. In the window that opens, call the file open dialog box by pressing the Ctrl + O key combination or by double-clicking the left mouse button on an empty workspace. Select a photo and press the Enter key or the Open button.
Step 3
Remember that the picture is the primary element, not the text. On a dark background, use light tones of the font; for light objects, this value will be exactly the opposite. Select the Text tool (capital T icon), click on the image and drag out the text layer. At this time, a new line will appear in the layers panel.
Step 4
If this does not happen, you should add the text layer yourself. To do this, click the "Create a new layer" button. The new layer will be positioned above the main layer and will be colored like a checkerboard, which means empty space. An extension panel for the text layer will appear at the top of the window, select a font, size and style.
Step 5
Check which layout the language switcher is in before entering text. It so happens that a person writes a long greeting without looking at the screen, and as a result, he gets a bunch of text that he does not understand.
Step 6
After entering the text, it is worth adding a few effects so that the congratulation does not look too simple. Click the top menu "Layer", then select "Layer Style" and "Relief Effect" in succession. You will see a window for setting this effect. By default, the necessary values are set here, if you do not like the relief, try changing its settings. Close the window by clicking the "OK" button.
Step 7
It remains to add translucency to your text, for this, in the layers panel, you need to change the value of the parameter of the same name by scrolling the slider to the left or right. Save the image by pressing the key combination Ctrl + S or through the item of the same name in the File menu.
