Comments on: How to outline type in Photoshop tutorial

By: Colin Smith

Colin Smith — Fri, 31 Dec 2021 21:38:38 +0000

In reply to Dazzy. Don't use Fake Bold, its an option in the type tool

By: Dazzy

Dazzy — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 17:26:14 +0000

I couldn’t do this – when I tried to “convert to a shape” it says – “could not complete your request because the type layer uses a “faux bold style” – I tried it with different fonts but they all said the same. HELP PLEASE!

By: Colin Smith

Colin Smith — Sat, 14 Sep 2019 00:33:21 +0000

In reply to Tony. I wasn't aware of that limitation. Makes sense though, you might have to choose a different face that has a bold in the family.

By: Tony

Tony — Tue, 10 Sep 2019 12:11:09 +0000

Hi Colin, great video as usual. Is there a way of using convert to shape when using a faux bold style? When I have tried I just get an error message. Thanks in advance.

By: pcadmin

pcadmin — Thu, 02 Aug 2018 00:51:18 +0000

In reply to Hazel. Great addition! Thanks for sharing.

By: Hazel

Hazel — Tue, 31 Jul 2018 19:56:55 +0000

Good tip!
As a former preflight tech, I would add one step:
Before converting the text to a shape, duplicate the “live text” layer, and hide it. This will enable you – or your print provider or web technician – to edit the text, without the time-consuming hassle of having to identify the fonts. Of course this is also best practice with rasterized text, but I thought I’d drop it in here.

Thanks for another great tutorial!

By: Rory

Rory — Sat, 07 Jul 2018 00:30:38 +0000

Colin I think this is one of most valuable tuts you have made. I had no idea you could this. No more messing around with Illustrator. Huge time saver!!! Many thanks, mate.

By: Donna

Donna — Wed, 04 Jul 2018 16:37:49 +0000

All this time that I have been using Photoshop (6 years) and no one ever told me this before! Thank you so much. You rock!

By: Cheryl Perez

Cheryl Perez — Mon, 02 Jul 2018 20:53:54 +0000

So helpful. I love getting my weekly message that there is a new video. Always a highlight!! I also don’t get a thumbs-up option, however. If I did, I WOULD smash it into dust.

By: Samantha Tro

Samantha Tro — Mon, 02 Jul 2018 07:56:02 +0000

EXCELLENT! Colin I really do appreciate this tip and your timing is spot on as I was working on a project I was struggling with. Thank you!