Text Effects

[Jesse Sampson]

Ok I havent messed with Photoshop in a long time. Im a little rusty. Well anyway I loaded a set of text effects but when I try to load them it doesnt show them in the file I unzipped them in. It only looks for .atn files and they are like .8bf files. I think Im missing something. Either that or I just forgot. Thanks

[Jesse Sampson]

Ok I havent messed with Photoshop in a long time. Im a little rusty. Well anyway I loaded a set of text effects but when I try to load them it doesnt show them in the file I unzipped them in. It only looks for .atn files and they are like .8bf files. I think Im missing something. Either that or I just forgot. Thanks

[dave milbut]

I think you put the 8bf's in the Filters folder of Photoshop and they
should show up when PS loads as it reads the filters folder.




Or even better. Create a new folder, put the filters in there, and point to it via the 2ndary plug in folder option in edit> prefrences> plug-ins and scratch disk. That way they're not mixed in w/pshop's default filters and you can add and remove at will.

[SAIMA HASNAIN]

Do you meant different fonts, and how to load them in photoshop? If so then mail me at [email]saimahasnainali@yahoo.com[/email] I will be glad to help. I am an expert.

[Thee_DarkOverLord]

Hey no thats not what Forums are all about dude, can you not just share all your problems and anwers here with the rest of us?

[dave milbut]

Saima, I agree the tDO. please share here rather than via email. This forum is about users helping users. Sometimes the best help is the one you get from reading the resolutions to other's problems. Please don't hide your expertize candle under a basket! Post here and let it shine! :)

[dave milbut]

Saima, I agree the tDO. please share here rather than via email. This forum is about users helping users. Sometimes the best help is the one you get from reading the resolutions to other's problems. Please don't hide your expertize candle under a basket! Post here and let it shine! :)

[Thee_DarkOverLord]

So we can all bathe in the light of your expert font knowledge.

[dave milbut]

Ewww! I prefer showers anyway!

[Thee_DarkOverLord]

as long as they are not golden, so do I. (But each to theit own, whatever floats your boat and all that)

[Phosphor]

"...Well anyway I loaded a set of text effects..."




What version of Photoshop are you using? What were these "text effects" promoted as being? Actions?

"...but when I try to load them..."




How are you trying to load them (whatever 'they' are). Through a drop-down menu on the Actions Palette?

"...it doesnt show them in the file I unzipped them in."




Are you saying here that you have forgotten where you saved the "de-zipped" and are therefore at a loss to navigate to them? Or, have you successfully navigated to the folder where you know they are, but they do they not appear as a valid file format in your Open/Save dialogue

"It only looks for .atn files and they are like .8bf files."




I assume that you're saying here that when you find the files you want to load into your Actions Palette, that the files you're looking for don't appear as being available to load.

"I think Im missing something. Either that or I just forgot. Thanks "




Yes, you do seem rusty, and by not using generally accepted terminology and being clear with your questions, this has been a difficult question to decipher. This is why you haven't received much help so far. To the best of my ability to figure out your problem it sounds like the files you are trying to load as actions might actually be "Layer Style" presets. If you're working on a version of Photoshop earlier than version 7.0.x, these are unuseable to you.

If you can make another stab at describing your problem a little more clearly, you'll ge better help. What would help is if you could provide a link to the files you downloaded, so that one of us can have a look at them to see what they actually are.

[LenHewitt]

Jesse,

I have moved your duplicate topic to join this, your original posting. Please post only ONE topic for ONE PROBLEM. Not only will this make it far easier for you to find the relevant replies but also avoids upsetting the natives.

[Jesse Sampson]

Ok I downloaded this set of Plugins from Kazaa. I have used it before with the lightning effect. I am using version 6.0. I only have one problem, Trying to use these fonts.

[dave milbut]

pirate!

[Phosphor]

No soup for you! ONE YEAR!

[dave milbut]

and you give your email to [email]piracy@adobe.com[/email] who will be sending goons to your house. better delete all pirated sw and music before they get there.

[Jesus Vargas]

How do you add the shining affect to text as if one of the corners was shining and gave out a start shaped shine?

[Carl B. Johnson]

Filters>REnder>Lens Flare