When creating a project, you have to use various sources, tools and programs. Any useful information is involved, the issue of saving time is no less important. But it happens that some object must be created in an application that is poorly adapted to the task.
Suppose we need to create a table in a graphical environment. For many, the question of how to make a table in Photoshop CS6 will become a stumbling block. It is quite simple, but building an object will take longer than in specialized programs.
How to make a table in Photoshop
Unfortunately, the graphical environment is not intended for such actions, therefore, directly creating a table will not work. Well among us there are geniuses with imagination and quick wit. They came up with an algorithm to solve the question. Immediately it is worth noting that a smart (the implementation of certain functions and calculations) tables cannot be created. In this situation, it is possible only to create a layout.
The ways to create a table in this program are as follows:
- The rectangle tool. The principle of this method is to combine all created shapes into one table.
- Line tool. By combining the drawn lines, you can work directly with the table.
- Brush tool. Create tables for a quick hand.
- Images from the web. It is possible to simply take the finished grid of the table and add it to Adobe Photoshop.
- Build in other programs. Some users create tables in special programs, and then insert them using pre-cut from the original program.
Rectangle Tool
The method is based on the mutual copying of layers with drawn shapes. It is worth paying attention to the fact that this is easiest to implement in the program Adobe Photoshop CC. Self-adjustment of distance is included here, which greatly facilitates this task. We describe the steps required to build a table.
- Before you make a table in Photoshop, you must select the curly tool "Rectangle", which is located on the quick access panel.
- We begin to create the frame of our table, that is, inferior borders and strokes. At the user's choice, it is necessary to set the thickness of the contour and the inner fill. Object settings can be found at the top of the program. After construction, an object layer is automatically created.
- Now you should build the top row. On the edge we create cells of certain sizes.
- For accelerated construction, we will use the hot key combination Alt + LMB, which will duplicate the cell to the selected location. Thanks to the pop-up measurements, you can create a symmetric table.
- After all the free space is filled with cells, you need to combine all the cells in one table. In the layers section, select all the graphic shapes and combine everything into one layer.
Line tool
Before you create a table with text in Photoshop using lines, you need to understand the geometry of construction, as this is more complicated than creating it with the Rectangle tool. In this case, it is necessary to use straight lines that will be perpendicular to each other. The main difficulty will be to transfer the lines so that they are parallel to each other.
Building a table with this method will include the following steps.
- You must select the Line tool in the same cell as the Rectangle.
- Set the width and height of the table by drawing two perpendicular lines with the Shift key held down.
- Using the keyboard shortcut Alt + Shift + LMB, you can duplicate and move layers with objects parallel to the original layer. Select the two lines shown and duplicate them.
- Now it remains to create a grid inside the object. To draw the perpendicular from point to point, hold down the Shift key.
- After building the table, you need to combine all the curly elements into one.
Other programs for building a table
The most famous and common way is to bring Microsoft Office software to the process. Here you can make a table by the size of Photoshop, as well as other elements. Word and Excel packages are just designed to build this graphic image. It is most convenient to use the Word text editor, as a regular table without frills is compiled here. MS Excel can be used for unusual table design.
What steps does the user need to take to migrate the table?
- You must have a ready-made table.
- You can then take a screenshot with the Prt Scr key.
- After the screenshot, open Adobe Photoshop and insert the screen image into the document.
- With the help of the selection, we cut off all the excess parts.
Ready tables
How to make a table in Photoshop without resorting to its creation? In some cases, some users turn to ready-made table layouts that can be found on the Internet. The general methodology of actions is almost no different from that given in the paragraph above - just save the image and open it in Photoshop, and then just crop it.