Wednesday, February 11, 2015

4: Postcard via layers...due 9-22-15

Part 1: Make a Title banner in Photoshop

Step 1: Open Photoshop: in the menu bar goto NEW and set 
a new file size W= 6" H=1" resolution 200 
                                                     with a background color that contrast your Title

Step 2: Select an opposite color to your foreground color then click on " T " for text to add your  Birthplace/ethnicity  title  save as Title. JPG. close the file. 

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Part 2: Making a collage...

Step 3Find 9 pictures online about your birthplace... save it in your folder.

Step 4: Open Photoshop and create a new document [Ctrl+N] with the following specs. 
6 " x 4" with 200 Resolution




Step 5: Open the a picture on the side and the do the following: Ctrl+A (select all) Clrt + C (Copy)


Step 6: Select the the Postcard document and Ctrl+V (Paste) your picture into the postcard. 
            Apply Ctrl+ T (Transformation)  to adjust the size to fit. 

Step 7: Save your collage as .PSD and .jpg ( what is .PSD?)


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Step 8: Open the Title .jpg from Yesterday & the new Collage.PSD -  you should have 2 tabs now... copy the Title.jpg into the collage.


Step9: Use Magic wand (4th button down) to select the text and then Delete to let the collage show through....

Step 10: Send the final document with 10 layers as .PSD and .JPG to complete this assignment. 


see example by Alfa...

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