Creating shapes from text layers

- If you want to be sure that the users…of template projects get exactly the right look…for the text that you're providing them,…and maybe you want the content…of the text to remain the same,…then it can be useful to convert the text…to shape players or masks…so that they can't actually edit the text.…Obviously, this means the text won't be editable,…so you wouldn't want to do this…with something like this that is obviously…placeholder text.…But say you wanted to provide them with a title…for your template project.…

If I double click this to edit it,…I'm going to call it CC HUD,…and then underneath subtitle,…I'm going to call it CIRCLES.…So I may want to provide them with…this composition, which is the title…of my template project.…If I want to lock that down so they…can't change it and make sure it still says…CC HUD CIRCLES and I want to make sure…the typography's exactly right,…I can select them and I can convert them to shapes.…Now you'll notice it's grayed out…at the moment, and that's because…I've got two selected.…