2015
Lynda
Dennis Meyer
1:05
English

Games often require many variations of a single asset, such as cards, tokens, or badges. Using Photoshop variables, designers can speed up and simplify the process of creating these repetitive elements. They can create a single template for their artwork, load all the text and graphics from an external data file, and generate 100s or 1000s of assets at one time. This workflow also allows for adjustments to the design, text, and imagery very late into the process—without impacting the production schedule.
In this course, Dennis Meyer shows how to create and manage the artwork for an example card game using Photoshop variables. He'll show how to organize a basic template in Photoshop, assign variables for the text and images, and build an external data source in a Google spreadsheet (taking advantage of calculations and other powerful spreadsheet functions). Then he'll show how to load data into the template, export artwork, and make the template available to others.

Introduction
Welcome
What you should know
Using the exercise files
1. Working with Photoshop Variables
Why use Photoshop variables?
Understanding the card template
Creating text replacement variables
Creating pixel replacement variables
Creating visibility variables
2. Working with Your Data Source
Setting up a data source file
Referencing images in a data source file
Creating a management spreadsheet
Reviewing Photoshop variable errors
Challenge: Building a master from a data file
Solution: Building a master from a data file
3. Revising Your Template
Preflighting your data
Exporting your data sets
Working with your output files
Conclusion
Next steps

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