Cool little tip I just came across.. In Photoshop CS2 you can save commonly used typeface settings in ‘text presets’. For example, if you use Arial, size 24 Bold with -50 tracking… you can save it, and go straight to it whenever you need.
Ok.. I know Photoshop CS3 is on it’s way… but I’m still finding cool things in CS2… I’ve just discovered Smart Objects, and I reckon it’s going to dramatically change the way I use Photoshop. Basically, a Smart Object is a group of layers that you combine to edit as a single, non-destructive object.. meaning you can scale down, then rotate, then scale back up bitmap images without losing image quality……………. very cool.
You can also create duplicates of a single smart object, which, when the original is editied, all duplicate smart objects are updated too, much like an object instance in Flash.
It gets better though… ‘Smart Filters’ are on their way in CS3, which are non-destructive filters like Blurs you can add to Smart Objects… like it.