– Can I transform font layers to vector outlines in Photoshop?

Using Photoshop 7…

Is there any way for me to save a logo done in Photoshop 7 and made up entirely of fonts (all vector) but not require those fonts when re-opening at the other end, while retaining the vector qualities of the file? Something like "create outlines" in Illustrator.
You can’t edit the logo, but the filesize would be light enough, and you could easily resize it to humongous dimensions without losing detail

4 color process).

I’d like the person at the other end to be prompted for what specs he’d

to open the file in (width, height and resolution) upon opening, like certain EPS files do.

Can I do that? Save the file as an EPS, and have the printer open it and resize it without losing detail (still vector) but without having to

the fonts, or even know which ones were originally used?
And what happens to effects like dark shadow and outer glow, when I do

Yes, and this is often what printers prefer so the actual font isn’t required. Select the type layer and go to Layer > Type > Convert to Shape. As long as it is a vector, there should be no quality loss. I’ve never sent
just text converted to shape to a printer, but I have done text and Photoshop graphics (pixel based). I’ve had good success saving the file as PDF and check the box by "Include Vector Data." If it’s just text, an EPS would probably work too.

I had bevels and drop shadows on my text converted to lines and they maintained their original quality just fine.

Converting Type to a shape also allows for modification of the shape of the
text, which may come in handy sometime in your future.

Peadge 🙂

Awesome.

Now for problem #2 – when the printer resizes this logo, the bevels and drop shadows don’t follow the size change proportionately. A 35 pixel bevel height remains 35 pixels in height even if the logo is reduced to half its size.

How does one tell the effects to follow the various resizings of the layer they’re applied to?

Thanks!

"Peadge" wrote in message

Yes, and this is often what printers prefer so the actual font isn’t required. Select the type layer and go to Layer > Type > Convert to Shape. As long as it is a vector, there should be no quality loss. I’ve never sent
just text converted to shape to a printer, but I have done text and Photoshop graphics (pixel based). I’ve had good success saving the file as PDF and check the box by "Include Vector Data." If it’s just text, an EPS would probably work too.

I had bevels and drop shadows on my text converted to lines and they maintained their original quality just fine.

Converting Type to a shape also allows for modification of the shape of the
text, which may come in handy sometime in your future.

Peadge 🙂

Using Photoshop 7…

Is there any way for me to save a logo done in Photoshop 7 and made up entirely of fonts (all vector) but not require those fonts when re-opening at the other end, while retaining the vector qualities of the file? Something like "create outlines" in Illustrator.
You can’t edit the logo, but the filesize would be light enough, and you could easily resize it to humongous dimensions without losing detail (unlike 4 color process).

I’d like the person at the other end to be prompted for what specs he’d like to open the file in (width, height and resolution) upon opening, like certain EPS files do.

Can I do that? Save the file as an EPS, and have the printer open it and resize it without losing detail (still vector) but without having to install the fonts, or even know which ones were originally used?
And what happens to effects like dark shadow and outer glow, when I do that?

Sock Puppet #4 wrote:

Awesome.

Now for problem #2 – when the printer resizes this logo, the bevels and drop shadows don’t follow the size change proportionately. A 35 pixel bevel height remains 35 pixels in height even if the logo is reduced to half its size.

How does one tell the effects to follow the various resizings of the layer they’re applied to?

Thanks!

"Peadge" wrote in message

Yes, and this is often what printers prefer so the actual font isn’t required. Select the type layer and go to Layer > Type > Convert to Shape. As long as it is a vector, there should be no quality loss. I’ve never sent
just text converted to shape to a printer, but I have done text and Photoshop graphics (pixel based). I’ve had good success saving the file as PDF and check the box by "Include Vector Data." If it’s just text, an EPS would probably work too.

I had bevels and drop shadows on my text converted to lines and they maintained their original quality just fine.

Converting Type to a shape also allows for modification of the shape of the
text, which may come in handy sometime in your future.

Peadge 🙂

Right click on the "f" on the layer and choose Scale Effects from the context menu.

Right click on the "f" on the layer and choose Scale Effects from the context menu.

"edjh" wrote in message

Right click on the "f" on the layer and choose Scale Effects from the context menu.

Coolness, many thanks! I’ll try that!