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Letter Rotation Photoshop Tutorial

21,222 views November 3, 2012 4:10

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Step one: To convert text into a shape, make sure the Type layer is selected in the Layers panel, then go up to the Layer menu at the top of the screen, choose Type, then choose Convert to Shape:

Step two: if we look in the Layers panel, we see that the Type layer has been converted into a shape layer

Step three: With the text now a shape, we can easily select any of the individual letters. To select a letter, we need the Path Selection Tool (the black arrow) which you can grab from the Tools panel:

Step four: Then, with the Path Selection Tool in hand, simply click on the letter you want. Anchor points (little squares) will appear around the letter to show that it's now selected:

Step five: I'll press Ctrl+T (Win) -Command+T (Mac) on my keyboard to quickly bring up the Free Transform bounding box and handles and this time, rather than appearing around the entire word, they appear around the letter I selected:

Step six: When you're done transforming and moving the letters around, click on any other layer in the Layers panel to deselect the shape. This will remove any visible outlines or anchor points from the letters. Since I only have two layers in my document, I'll click on the Background layer to select it:

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SmokeyTheAnbu published this 4:10 video tutorial on November 3, 2012. It has been watched 21,222 times on YouTube.

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