Cindy Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 I do a lot of custom templates for clients, myself and groups. I need to be sure that I can create a shareable file that (lack of maybe better terms) embed them within the template. I know that most times PS wants to change the missing font. I need the font to be there. I have purchased these fonts and understand the licensing and am adhering to them. I need to know how if there is a way or if I am doing it right. Here is the psd https://drive.google.com/file/d/1O4sVueKWi6uSEo8RN-kbbaNSd9ND47K3/view?usp=sharing the word "joy" is a purchased font. Maybe I am overthinking this I just don't want any problems for other photographers (this is just a quick sample don't laugh). Thank you ALWAYS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 I don't understand why you need the font in the template. Surely you don't want to allow people to change the word "Joy" to something else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cindy Posted October 17, 2018 Author Share Posted October 17, 2018 Right... so how do I lock it? I had someone test this with PS and it asks if you want the font replaced she said no and it remained. But many don't know their way around and I need to be sure when I share this with photographers etc that the font stays put and they don't in haste replace it. How do I do that? But the layers have to remain so they can clip their images in and what not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 Just before you save the final version, go to Layer>Type>Convert to Shape. This will mean your text layer is still a vector (infinitely scalable) but no longer editable as text, and doesn't need fonts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cindy Posted October 17, 2018 Author Share Posted October 17, 2018 AWESOME!!!! That's what I needed to know. I don't want to go about this half assed when dealing with photographers. THANK YOU!!!!!! Gosh I owe you a case of beer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 What this might mean, though, is that you'll need to keep two PSDs. One with your fonts still embedded, in case you need to change things later. And one for sharing, with no fonts in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cindy Posted October 17, 2018 Author Share Posted October 17, 2018 No problem doing that. I have multiples anyway for my own use and other. I just needed to know to how lock that font down but leave everything else. I searched everywhere and could not find the answer and all the answers I did find referred me to illustrator. I knew you knew how to do this. I can't begin to thank you enough. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cindy Posted October 18, 2018 Author Share Posted October 18, 2018 Just a FYI you may know this already. But I couldn't figure out why Lorem Ispum was showing every time when I went add text yesterday. It was driving me nuts and more so for the person that was doing some testing of the templates. I did not know that this was for dummy text or filler text, placeholder text is text that is used to preview fonts, spoof an e-mail spam filter, or reserve a specific place on a web page or other document for images, text, or some other object. When PS updated the other day it threw this back into a default (it wasn't a default) previously. So you have to turn it off via preferences / type Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted October 18, 2018 Share Posted October 18, 2018 Lol, yeah, that's really surprising if you're not expecting it! What a silly setting. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cindy Posted October 19, 2018 Author Share Posted October 19, 2018 Just thought I would let you know is all.. I went a different approach. I saved the original as a TIFF and then I copied the font layers to the same size PNG file, then deleted the font layers within the TIFF and placed the fonts as a PNG. That way it preserves everything and I locked all my graphics layers onto one PNG also so no one could take the individual elements of those. Out of the 8 that I've done in the past two days my two testers preferred it this way since there is no dialog box on any of them popping up. Thank you so so much once again!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 This is a BAD idea. PNG is a pixel format. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cindy Posted October 19, 2018 Author Share Posted October 19, 2018 What will happen? Talk to me like I am 5 right now.... I've been working on these all day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cindy Posted October 19, 2018 Author Share Posted October 19, 2018 I have one card that has 62 layers in it due to individual graphics (flowers, vines, you name it).... I can't do a psd with that I don't want them to have the individual elements. Apparently I didn't think this out as well as I thought. Damn it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cindy Posted October 19, 2018 Author Share Posted October 19, 2018 Sorry I am a pain in your butt today. I just test printed them 6 of them and they are fine fonts and all are clear as can be. They are 5x7 cards that will have images in them. So they are not CYMK files they will be going to a lab for printing. But please again, talk to me like I am 5..... I thought I processed this right in my planning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 None of this makes sense. Why take the step of PNG? Why not just merge the layers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cindy Posted October 19, 2018 Author Share Posted October 19, 2018 I don't want the layers editable other than the clipping masks and some have of them have more than on option to them (like gold font, white font etc). They still have to have control of the masks and be able to move the fixed font, background etc if they wanted to. You make a valid point though. I would save a tiff (hypothetically tiff 1) merge them and then add the clipping masks after the fact. Just messes up my flow of my thinking and developing of the product. Because I would have to add the background, masks and shapes after the merge and they wouldn't have access to the font to move it unless I locked it as shape as you advised? I've worked on these too long today to go back and change the ones that I did. I printed them on my Canon pro and they are tack sharp. So moving forward I will try doing it kind of backwards (your way of merging them) and then adding what can be moved. Way different than what I have done in the past. But makes sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 Why Tiff? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cindy Posted October 19, 2018 Author Share Posted October 19, 2018 Ummmmmm cover my butt????? You taught me with image and all to always save a tiff some files due to merging I have multiple tiffs so that I can always go back. I am a CYA girl!!!! Okay... I suppose it could be multiple PSD's also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 The way I figure it, you should have two PSDs, that's all. One is the main master one with all of those 62 layers you mentioned. Then you merge the layers that you don't want people to access, and save a "for clients" PSD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cindy Posted October 19, 2018 Author Share Posted October 19, 2018 Okay... I will try it that way on the next few that I may or may not get to yet tonight. THANK YOU!!!! Enjoy some beer you deserve it after this mess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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