Editing text in a picture

How do i edit a text in a picture without changing the font or colors?

Hey there mike-tram!
Well if you don't want to change the font or colors in your image, you can change the size, and position of your text.
Here is a image I have with a layer of text. Right now I don't like the orientation or size of the text.
First I need to select the type layer. In your layers panel shown below, select the type layer.
Select the type tool in the toolbar show below.
By highlighting the text in my text layer with my type tool, I can change the size of my text.
In the top tool bar with the type tool selected, you can see a place to change the size, as shown below. I am going to change the size here from 150 to 72pts.
The size of the text shown below, is now a smaller size at 72pt.
To change the posistion of your text, select the move tool as shown below.
With the move tool, you click and drag where you want the text to be located. You can see below I moved it to the center of my image.
I hope that answers any questions you may have. Below I have included videos that show MORE options with editing text.
enjoy,
Janelle

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