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lockhartgary
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November 20, 2024
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Photoshop variables - text repositions itself

  • November 20, 2024
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I am creating some lower thirds for college basketball games; I thought using variables would save some time.  I've positioned all of the assets (names, position, height, etc) in a psd file and set up the variables and data sets.  The data and image successfully changes BUT the text fields don't maintain their positions.  For some reason the text fields are stacked on top of each other, which means I have to make adjustments to each individual file, which ends up taking more time than if I'd just done the lower thirds manually.  I hope this is explained clearly.  Any suggestions?

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Correct answer lockhartgary

Are you using multiple type layers for each line of text? Separate each line onto its own type layer. Perhaps you are experiencing an issue with what is known as leading?


Issue resolved!!  Thanks to your question about leading, I looked at each line of text again.  Turns out that I had some unnecessary carriage returns at the beginning of  some of the lines of text that I had to delete.  Thanks again!!

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Stephen Marsh
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Stephen MarshCommunity Expert
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November 20, 2024

When you preview the data sets, is it different to the final merged results?

 

Can you post screenshots showing the exact issue?

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    lockhartgaryAuthor
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    November 20, 2024

    The data sets and the merged results match perfectly; it's just the alignment that's off.

    I have attached 2 images that show the issue.  The before image is before the merge; the after image shows the results of the merge.

    Stephen Marsh
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    Stephen MarshCommunity Expert
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    November 20, 2024

    I would expect the data set and variable preview to match the output. It would help to have a copy of the PSD and a limited set of example CSV entries.

    Bojan Živković11378569
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    Bojan Živković11378569Community Expert
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    November 20, 2024

    Data sets (variables) are an old functionality that has not changed for a long time; everything remains the same as it was. There may be a bug in the recent version(s), or resetting preferences might help, as it has often resolved strange issues. What version of Photoshop and which platform are you using so we can check on our end?

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