Preparation of Scanned Documents for FamilySearch: Difference between revisions

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*Click the OK button.  
*Click the OK button.  
*Add additional text in different locations as desired.  
*Add additional text in different locations as desired.  
*Save the image.
Adding text in '''Photoshop''':
*Select the "T" on the toolbar to turn on the text tool.
*Click the point in the image where you wish the text to start.
*Select a font, a font size, font color, and justification in the fields at the top of the screen (not the very top).
*Type or paste the text into the text insertion point on the image.
*Results are immediately visible. Adjust font, etc. as needed.
*To quit inserting text, click on the arrow at the top of the Toolbar.
*Text is inserted in individual layers, but an existing text layer can be selected and re-edited.
*Add additional text in different locations as desired.
*With one or more text layers, Photoshop defaults to saving the file as PSD, which will not work for FamilySearch. During the save, change the save from PSD to JPG. Alternately, flatten the layers before saving.
*Save the image.
*Save the image.


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