How to Create Highlighted Text in Photoshop

How to Create Highlighted Text in Photoshop
How to Create Highlighted Text in Photoshop

There's no straightforward way to create highlighted text in Photoshop like you can in Adobe InDesign. However, with this trick you can create highlighted text with great results in less than a minute. There are two ways to create highlighted text in Photoshop. The first is to simply draw rectangles behind your text with the Rectangle tool. Another way is to transform the underline which is what you'll learn in this tutorial.

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10 comments on “How to Create Highlighted Text in Photoshop”

  1. I use InDesign to make the highlighted text and then copy and paste that into Photoshop. Not the most elegant way, but it works.

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