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Adobe Creative Suite 5 Printing Guide 64
Vector Text in Photoshop
Viewed in Photoshop (le), the text appears rasterized. It will image as pixels if printed
directly from Photoshop, unless Include Vector Data is checked in the print dialog (and the
printer is a PostScript device). If the le is saved as a Photoshop PDF (right), text is crisp
when viewed in Acrobat, and prints as vectors.
Shape Layers: To create a Shape Layer, choose a vector drawing tool,
such as the Pen tool, set the paths behavior in the Options bar to Shape
Layer ( ), and select a foreground color. Use the Pen tools and the
geometric tools (Rectangle, Ellipse, Custom Shape tool, and so on) to
create what are essentially vector masks for a layer filled with color. The
vector shapes can be edited with the selection tools and modified with
the Add/Delete Anchor Point tools. The rules for imaging Shape Layers
are the same as for vector text: to ensure crisp, vector edges, save the
file as a Photoshop PDF.
Shape Layer Pixel Fill
Paths
Shape Layers
Created with vector drawing tools such as the Pen tool and Custom Shape tool, Shape Layers
are essentially sheets of color with vector masks. is image has three shape layers; note
that each Shape Layer consists of a color component and a vector mask component, which
can be edited independently.
Vector Masks: Very similar to Layer Masks, Vector Masks are created
with vector tools such as the Pen tool. After a vector shape is created,
the user chooses Layer > Vector Mask > Current Path. The selected
path is then used as a vector silhouette for the layer, much like a
clipping path. As with vector text and Shape Layers, images with Vector
Masks should be saved as Photoshop PDFs to retain a crisp, vector edge
when placed in other applications, such as InDesign or Illustrator.
Smart Objects: Vector art placed as a Smart Object in a Photoshop
image receives special handling. While it displays as pixels, the source
vector art is embedded within the Photoshop file as vector. If a Smart
Object is scaled in Photoshop, the content is re-rendered from the
embedded vector information. Thus, no fidelity is lost from
interpolation during cumulative transformations. Raster art can also be
designated as a Smart Object, with the same benefits. But vector Smart
Objects differ in an important way from the vector components
discussed earlier: Smart Objects display and image as pixels, regardless
of how the file is saved. That is, saving as a Photoshop PDF does not
result in sharp vector edges; Smart Object content is rendered at the
resolution of the image.
Smart Objects do not retain any link to the original file; thus, any edits
performed to the original file won’t be reflected in the Smart Object
embedded in the Photoshop image. The Smart Object data is part of
the Photoshop file with no external links.
To edit a Smart Object, double-click its thumbnail in the Layers palette.
If the Smart Object is vector, Illustrator CS5 will launch, and the vector
art will open as an Illustrator file. Edit as
necessary, then choose File > Save; the edited data will be written back
into the Photoshop
file, and the Smart Object will be updated accordingly. If the Smart
Object is a pixel image,
double-clicking will open the image data in Photoshop for editing and
will write the corrected image data back into the parent image when
saved. Note that Camera Raw images can be placed as Smart Objects,
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