Photoshop
Text Tool
Hotkey (T)
-Text Tool (T) is used to create text in a project. Clicking in the space will drop text down as free-form.
For more control over the space the text is in, click and drag to create a text box. When a text box is added, and there are 2 different options to choose from:
-Horizontal Type Tool (T) is the first and main option of the text tool, to type horizontally. Clicking on the layer and type to create text. A new layer will appear labeled as a “[T]” text layer.
-Vertical Type Tool (T) allows text to be typed vertically, and adjusted at different angles. Other type tools allow text to be masked and create other effects.
Illustrator
Text Tool
Hotkey (T)
-Text Tool (T) is used to create text in a project. Click to make a line of text appear, and can start typing. To get out of the text area, hold down COMMAND (MAC) / CONTROL (WINDOWS) and click anywhere else on the project board.
-Clicking will create another text or other tools can be used.
-After clicking out of text when finished, a text box will surround the text.
-Making the whole text editable as an image (can be stretched, transformed, etc.)
Click, hold, and drag to create a text box. This is good for making paragraph boxes to type in or large text sizes.
The difference between a line of text box and a paragraph text box — is if the box is pushed smaller, the line text box with shrink the text, and the paragraph text box will hide the rest of the text. A small red square and + sign will indicate more text is hidden. If there is more hidden, an option can be to click the red box, click and drag to make another text box and the hidden text will continue in it. This is helpful when controlling text around other graphics.
InDesign
Text Tool
Hotkey (T)
-Text Tool (t) makes text lines, or clicking and dragging to make a text box. There are many options a normal document software would have. Change text size, fonts, spacing, type, and special text modifications that go deeper in editing the text.
When text become hidden, click the red + box to continue the text on more text boxes, continuing on another project page for example.
InDesign makes text easy to organize in columns and shapes.
Premiere Pro
Text Tool
Hotkey (T)
-Text Tool (T) creates text in sequence clips, which becomes titles for a video or text overlay. It appears above sequence as a graphic. Instead of being called an image, it becomes a graphic to manipulate for a video.
Effect controls:
-Using timeline markers (anchor points)
-Edit how text plays out in each frame.
-Change font position, type, size, color, spacing, stroke, etc.
After Effects
Text Tool
Hotkey COMMAND + T (MAC) / CONTROL + T (WINDOWS)
-Text tool (T) Click to create text line or click and drag to create text box onto composition project window. OR right click, click “NEW”, then “TEXT”. Both make a new text layer appear in the layer work space and allow text to be edited.