Creating a layer set and adding a layer

You can nest layers within the Layers palette. This makes it easier to manage your work and minimizes the clutter when you work on large, complex files.

In the Layers palette, a Conf Info folder appears above the Background layer.

Adding type layers to a flattened background

You’re now going to work on two text layers that will have identical information but in different languages.

1.	In the toolbox, select the type tool ().
2.	In the tool options bar, set the following type specifications: For Font family, select Adobe Garamond (or another serif font). For Font Style, select Italic. For Font Size, enter 24 pts. Click the color swatch to open the color picker and select the same yellow color you used for Outer Glow earlier in this lesson (R=255, B=255, G=0); then click OK to close the color picker. Make sure that the Crisp option and the Center Text icon () are selected.
3.	Make sure that the Conf Info layer set is selected in the Layers palette. Then click the type tool () in the upper right area of the image window and type the following: The Frinds of the Flowers. Then press Enter or Return, and type Montreal. (The misspelling “Frinds” is deliberate, so be sure you type it exactly as shown here.) In the Layers palette, a new type layer appears, nested under the Conf Info layer set.
4.	Select the move tool () and drag the text so that it is nicely centered between the brick archway and the upper right side of the image. Notice that the name of the layer in the Layers palette is now “The Frinds of the Flowers.”
5.	Select the “The Frinds…” layer in the Layers palette and drag it to the New Layer button at the bottom of the palette. When you release the mouse button, a duplicate of the text layer appears, also nested in the Conf Info layer set.

If you decide later that you want to reposition the two text layers, you can select the Conf Info layer set in the Layers palette, and then use the move tool to drag both layers, as if they were linked.

You now have an identically formatted and positioned text layer that you can simply edit to create alternative text about the conference information.

Creating alternate text and designating dictionaries

Photoshop 7.0 now includes the power of a spelling checker that can selectively reference dictionaries for various languages. You can designate entire text layers or individual words to be checked in different dictionaries. When you run the spelling checker, Photoshop automatically compares each word to the appropriate dictionary.

1.	In the Layers palette, click the eye icon () for the unselected copy of “The Frinds…” text layer to hide that layer. Leave the other copy selected.
2.	Drag the type tool to select the words The Frinds of the Flowers, and type Les Amis des Fleurs to overwrite the upper line of the original text. If necessary, press Enter or Return to keep the word Montreal on a separate line.
3.	Choose Window > Character to open the Character palette.
4.	Make sure that the Les Amis des Fleurs layer is selected in the Layers palette. Then, on the dictionary pop-up menu in the lower left corner of the Character palette, select French.

Using the multilingual spelling checker

Now that you’ve designated the dictionaries that Photoshop will use for different text within your file, you’re ready to review the text for spelling errors.

1.	In the Layers palette, click the eye icon () for the The Frinds of the Flowers layer without selecting it, so that both text layers appear in the image window. Since these are right on top of each other, you won’t be able to read the text easily, but that is OK for now.
2.	Choose Edit > Check Spelling. The Check Spelling dialog box appears, indicating that the word Montreal is misspelled in French because it lacks an accent over the letter e.
3.	Click the Change button to accept the suggested replacement, Montréal. The text in the image changes, and the display in the dialog box also changes, now indicating that the word Frinds is not in the English: USA dictionary. Notice that the Change To option is (probably) Finds—not the word you want.
4.	In the Suggestions list, click the word Friends to select it in the Change To option, or type Friends to enter the word manually. Then click Change.
5.	If a message appears indicating that the spell check is complete, click OK.
6.	Alternately click the eye icons on and off for the Les Amis des Fleurs and The Friends of the Flowers text layers to see the two versions of the text.
7.	Choose File > Save to save the image with one flattened layer and two unflattened text layers.

Notice the change in file size in the Info bar. Although your file size has grown slightly, it is still not nearly as large as the completely unflattened project would be.

Your image for the garden event is now complete.