Use TypeStyler and Photoshop to improve Keynote

Jan 20, '03 10:01:37AM

Contributed by: philcozz

If you have Keynote, Photoshop, and Typestyler (TS) you have the ability to really jazz up Keynote slides. I have Typestyler v. 3.7.2 (runs in Classic). You create your title (or any text for that matter) in TS. Export it to Photoshop making sure to deselect the otions "Export visible layers only" and "Include thumbnail." I also save it at a decent resolution (300 dpi).

Then open the file in Photoshop (I run v.7) and make sure you delete the "TS3 shadow layer" so you are left with just the "TS3 main layer." You save this as a Photoshop file and then you can use the "Place" command in Keynote to bring it into that app. Once there, it is a transparent graphic that you can manipulate (you can control the drop-shadow effect from Keynote's inspector) and include in builds.

Going from a Classic app to OSX apps in a matter of moments and you get beautiful text effects for titles!

[Editor's note: As noted in another hint, OmniGraffle graphics also place beautifully well, so there are some good tools available to improve your Keynote slides.]

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