A quick note: We hope that you will find something from the Tips and Tricks that will add a little pizazz to your yearbook pages!

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2 A quick note: The following pages are tips and tricks for Basic Photoshop users. You may notice that some instructions indicate that non-awpc fonts were used, and that some colors were created using the Color Editor in Photoshop. Please keep in mind that Walsworth always encourages our customers to use AWPC fonts and the Walsworth Formula Colors to ensure that fonts will print properly and colors will print as expected. As a publisher, we do understand there are many colors and fonts that can be used, but please be aware we cannot guarantee that all mixed colors or non-awpc fonts will print as seen on your computers. Most backgrounds were set up for a size 9 book, allowing for extra trim space. This is to ensure that regardless of what size book you print, the backgrounds will work for you. If you have any questions or concerns regarding any of the Tips and Tricks, please contact Computer Support at or computer.suppport@walsworth.com. We hope that you will find something from the Tips and Tricks that will add a little pizazz to your yearbook pages!

3 Basic Photo Effects 01 Painting out color Open an image. 1. Open a color image. Select the Paintbrush tool. 1. Select the Paintbrush tool from the Tool palette. 2. In the Options bar, set the paintbrush blend mode to Color. 3. Choose a soft-edged, medium-sized brush from the Brushes drop-down menu. Paint away the color. 1. The foreground color must be set to black to paint away the color in the image. 2. To set the foreground color to black, press the D key. 3. Start painting. As you paint, the color in the image will turn to grayscale. 1. Go to File > Save As. 2. Select JPEG format. 3. Click Save. 4. Set Quality to 8 under the Image Options area. 5. Set Format Options to Baseline ( Standard ). 6. Click OK. Basic Photoshop Tips and Tricks

4 Basic Photo Effects 02 Applying Color to a Black and White image Open an image 1. Open a Grayscale image or a color image. 2. Change the mode to Grayscale by going to Image > Adjustments > Desaturate. Select a color. 1. Select Window > Show Swatches. 2. From the palette menu, select Replace Swatches. 3. Insert the Photoshop Enhancements CD and navigate to it. 4. Open the Walsworth Colors folder. 5. Select the WPC Formula Color file. 6. Click Load. 7. To select a color from the palette, place the cursor over a color and click. The color will appear as the foreground color in the Tool palette. 8. Click OK. Apply color. 1. Select the Paintbrush tool from the Tool palette. 2. In the Options bar, set the paintbrush blend mode to Color. 3. Choose a soft-edged, medium-sized brush from the Brushes drop-down menu. 4. Click and drag the Paintbrush tool over the area in which the color is to be applied. 1. Go to File > Save As. 2. Select JPEG format. 3. Click Save. 4. Set Quality to 8 under the Image Options area. 5. Set Format Options to Baseline ( Standard ). 6. Click OK. Basic Phtoshop Tips and Tricks

5 Basic Photo Effects 03 Photo is Half Black & White and Half Color Open an image. 1. Open a color image. ex.1 Select the Gradient tool. 1. Select the Gradient tool from the Tool palette. 2. In the Options bar, click on the gradient editor (ex.1) and select Foreground to Transparent (ex. 2). 3. In the Options bar, set Mode to Color. ex.2 Place the gradient on your image. 1. The foreground color must be set to black for part of the image to appear black and white. 2. To set the foreground color to black, press the D key. 3. Place your cursor towards the middle of your image or where you would like the grayscale effect to end. 4. Click, hold and drag your cursor to the right, left, top or bottom. 1. Go to File > Save As. 2. Select JPEG format. 3. Click Save. 4. Set Quality to 8 under the Image Options area. 5. Set Format Options to Baseline ( Standard ). 6. Click OK. Basic Photoshop Tips and Tricks

6 Basic Photo Effects 04 Photo to Line Art Open an image. 1. Open a color image. 2. Create a duplicate layer of the image by pressing Ctrl + J (Win) or Cmd + J (Mac). Create the line art. 1. Click on the duplicated layer in the Layers palette. 2. Select Filter > Stylize > Find Edges. 3. Press Shift + Ctrl + U (Win) or Shift + Cmd + U (Mac) (desaturate) to remove all color. 4. Select Image > Adjustments > Levels. Move the top right arrow to the left until just the most substantial lines show. 5. Click on the Layer Mask icon on the bottom of the Layers palette. 6. Make sure your foreground color is set to black, then select the Gradient tool. 7. Click on the Gradient Editor in the options bar and set the gradient to Foreground to Background (ex. 1 for settings). 8. Drag the Gradient tool from the center of your image to the left, right, top or bottom. As you drag, the image will become transparent, blending with the line art. 9. Change the Blend Mode on the Layers palette to add a little color to the line art (try Lighten or Vivid Light). 2. Go to File > Save As. ex. 1 Basic Phtoshop Tips and Tricks

7 Basic Photo Effects 05 Photo to Vector Open an image. 1. Open a color image. Create the vector-drawing look. 1. Go to Filter > Artistic > Cutout. 2. Adjust the three sliders. Note that low numbers generally give the image too little detail and higher numbers generally give the image too much detail. Try starting with 4, 5 and Click OK. 4. Go to Image > Adjustments > Desaturate. 5. Go to Image > Adjustments > Levels for the Levels dialog box, or Ctrl + L (Win) or Cmd + L (Mac). Grab the top right slider (white) and drag left until most of the gray areas in the image turn white. 6. Click OK. 7. At the bottom of the Layers palette, click on the Adjustment Layer icon (half black/half white icon). 8. Select Solid Color. Choose your color and click OK. 9. To blend the color layer with the image, change the Blending Mode on the Layers palette to Color. 2. Go to File > Save As. Basic Photoshop Tips and Tricks

8 Basic Photo Effects 06 Border Effect Open an image. 1. Open a color image. Create the border. 1. Duplicate the layer using Ctrl + J (Win) or Cmd + J (Mac). 2. Choose a Marquee tool, such as rectangle or elliptical. 3. Draw a selection around the image, leaving an area for the effect to be placed. 4. Enter Quick Mask mode by hitting Q on the keyboard. 5. Go to Filter > Pixelate > Crystallize > Press Q again to leave the Quick Mask mode. 7. Select the Add a Layer Mask button at the bottom of the Layers palette. 8. Delete the background layer. Basic Phtoshop Tips and Tricks

9 Basic Photo Effects 07 Image Blueprinting Open an image. 1. Open a color image. Create the blueprint. 1. Duplicate the layer by using Ctrl + J (Win) or Cmd + J (Mac). 2. Go to Filter > Blur > Surface Blur. Set the Radius to 8 pixels and Threshold to 50 pixels. 3. Go to Filter > Stylize > Find Edges. 4. Invert the duplicate layer. Go to Image > Adjustments > Invert or Ctrl + I (Win) or Cmd + I (Mac). 5. To add the blue color, go to Layer > New Fill Layer > Solid Color. Click OK. 6. The Color Picker window will open. Set the color value in the lower right corner to 3953a4. 7. Select the solid Color layer from the Layers palette and change the Blending Mode to Hard Light. 8. Select the duplicate layer in the Layers palette, Image > Adjustments > Desaturate. Basic Photoshop Tips and Tricks

10 Basic Photo Effects 08 Colorful Picture Style Open an image. 1. Open a color image. Create the effect. 1. Duplicate the layer, Ctrl + J (Win) or Cmd + J (Mac). 2. Create a solid color layer. Go to Layer > New Fill Layer > Solid Color. Click OK. 3. The Color Picker window will open. Set the color value at the bottom to F2EADF. Click OK. 4. In the Layers palette, drag the solid color layer below the duplicate image layer. 5. Pick the Lasso tool. Set the Feather on the Options palette to 25 pixels. 6. Select the duplicated image layer from the Layers palette. Draw a selection around the area of the image that will remain. The rest of the area will be deleted. 7. Once the selection is created, go to Select > Inverse. 8. Click Delete on the keyboard to remove the inverted area. Deselect the selected area, Ctrl + D (Win) or Cmd + D (Mac). 9. Go to Layer > New > Layer to create a new layer. 10. Change the Blend Mode on the New Layer to Soft Light or Screen, as you prefer. 11. Select the Brush tool from the Tool palette. Select a medium to large soft brush from the Options palette. 12. Use the Swatches palette, or the Foreground color option from the Tools palette, to pick different colors to paint around your image on the new layer. Allow some colors to overlap the image. 13. (Optional step) Select the Smudge tool from the Tool palette. Pick a medium to large soft brush and set the strength to 55% on the Options palette. Use the Smudge tool to blend the colors painted on the new layer. 14. Click on the duplicated image layer. Select the Lasso tool. 15. Create a selection around the image trying to recreate the shape. Start close to the edge of the image. 16. Go to Select > Inverse, then go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur. Set the Radius to 50 pixels. 1 Deselect the selected area, Ctrl + D (Win) or Cmd + D (Mac). Basic Phtoshop Tips and Tricks

11 Basic Photo Effects 09 Blending Images Open an image. 1. Open two images to blend together. The two images must be the same width and height, resolution and color mode. 2. Use Select > All to make a selection around the image that will be placed on top. 3. Go to Edit > Copy. Go back to the first image, then Edit > Paste. Close the copied file. Blend the Images. 1. With your copied layer selected in the Layers palette, add a layer mask using the button at the bottom of the Layers palette (square with the circle inside). 2. Select the Gradient tool from the Tool palette. 3. Press D on the keyboard to set the foreground color to black. 4. In the Options bar, click on the Gradient Editor and select Foreground to Transparent. 5. Using the Gradient tool, drag in the direction so that the subject from the first image shows through. Basic Photoshop Tips and Tricks

12 Basic Photo Effects 10 Cool Collages Open images. 1. Select three images. Two images should be background images, and one should contain a subject (person, animal or object). Color mode and resolution must be the same for all images. 2. Open the images. Create the collage. 1. Click on the image with the subject. 2. Select the Type tool and type the text that will appear in the image. Use any point size and font, but set the color to white. Note that when typing text, a text layer is automatically created. Use the Move tool to position the text. 3. With the Type Layer still selected, apply a Threshold effect to the text and image. Go to Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Threshold. Click OK. When the Threshold window opens, adjust the Threshold Level to the desired effect. For the tutorial, the Level was set to Go to the first background image using Select > All. Then Edit > Copy. 5. Go back to the image file and Edit > Paste. Repeat steps 4 and 5 for the second background. Close both background images. 6. Make sure the background layers are at the top of the Layers palette. Select the first background layer, change the Blending Mode to Linear Burn and set the opacity to 65%. Repeat this step for the second background layer. Basic Phtoshop Tips and Tricks

13 Basic Background Effects 01 Psychedelic Open a new document. 1. Open Photoshop. Go to File > New. Width:10 inches Height: 13 inches Resolution: 300 dpi Color: RGB Background contents: White These settings can be altered. Create the effect. 1. Go to Layer > New > Layer to create a new layer. 2. Select the Gradient tool from the Tool palette. Click on the Gradient Editor from the Control palette and choose the Blue, Red, Yellow gradient. Select the Linear Gradient. 3. Click and drag the Gradient tool over the document to create the first gradient. On the Options palette, change the blending mode to Difference. 4. Continue to click and drag over the document to create different effects. Try using the Radial Gradient for added effect. 5. (Optional step) Once the desired effect is reached, create a Hue and Saturation layer. Go to Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Hue and Saturation. Click OK. Select Colorize in the window. Move the sliders until the desired color is found. Click OK. with Hue and Saturation applied Basic Photoshop Tips and Tricks

14 Basic Background Effects 02 Grunge Open a new document. 1. Open Photoshop. Go to File > New. Width: 19 inches Height: 13 inches Resolution: 300 dpi Color: RGB Background contents: White These settings can be altered. Create the effect. 1. From the Tool palette, click on the Foreground color option to open the Color Picker. Pick the desired color. For the tutorial, dbc699 was used. 2. To quickly fill the background, click the Alt + Backspace (Win) or Option + Delete (Mac). 3. Press the D key to reset the colors to Black/White. Then go to Filter > Render > Clouds. 4. To lighten the clouds, go to Edit > Fade Clouds. Set the Opacity to 65% and the Mode to Soft Light. Click OK. 5. Go to Filter > Noise > Add Noise. Set the Amount to 2. Use Uniform for the Distribution and deselect Monochromatic if selected. 6. Go to Layer > New > Layer to create a new layer. 7. Pick the Brush tool from the Tool palette. 8. Load some grunge brushes. Click on the Brush drop-down menu from the Options palette, then click on the flyout arrow. Choose Load Brushes. Grunge-style brushes can be found on the internet. 9. On the new layer, use different grunge brushes and sizes to create the grungy look to the background. Extra layers can be added, if it becomes necessary to make adjustments with the brushes. For the tutorial, some brushes were rotated. 10. Set the Opacity for the brush layer to 40% on the Layers palette. If extra layers were created, merge those layers by selecting the first layer, use the shift key to select the others (do not select the background layer), then Ctrl + E (Win) or Cmd + E (Mac). Then lower the opacity. 11. (Optional step) Have white set as the forground color, then go to Layer > New > Layer to make a new layer. Select the Custom Shape tool from the Tools palette. From the Options palette, choose Fill Pixels. Click the Shape drop-down menu. Click on the fly-out arrow and choose the Shape option. Click OK. Pick the solid black star. Draw the shape on the page, then pick the thin outlined circle. (Note that any shape can be used). Set the Blend Mode on the Layer palette to Soft Light. 12. To add the embossed look to the shapes, click the FX icon at the bottom of the Layers palette and select the option for Bevel and Emboss. Leave all options the same except change the Depth to 150% and the size to 7 pixels. Click OK. Save the image Basic Phtoshop Tips and Tricks

15 Basic Background Effects 03 Stained Glass Open a new document. 1. Open Photoshop. Go to File > New. Width: 19 inches Height: 13 inches Resolution: 300 dpi Color: RGB Background contents: White These settings can be altered. Create the effect Click the Foreground color on the Tool palette. Choose any color. For the tutorial, color 6099f7 was used. To quickly fill the background with the color, use Alt + Backspace (Win) or Option + Delete (Mac). Go to Layer > New > Layer to create a new layer. Press the D key to change the Foreground color back to black. Go to Filter > Render > Clouds. On the new layer, go to Filter > Texture > Stained glass. Use the sliders to make the desired adjustments. The tutorial uses Cell Size: 35, Border Thickness: 5 and Light Intensity: 3. Click OK. Change the Blend Mode on the Layers palette to Multiply. 6. (Optional step) Create a new layer using Layer > New > Layer. Click the X key on the keyboard to switch the black and white colors on the Tool palette. Choose the Gradient tool and from the Options palette, click the Gradient Editor and choose the Foreground to Background option and the Radial Gradient. On the new layer, start at the middle of the document and drag either left or right. Play with the differnt blend modes for different effects. For the tutorial, Overlay was used. Flatten the image, Layer > Flatten Image. Select File > Save As. Select JPEG format. Click Save. Set Quality to 8 under the Image Options area. Set Format Options to Baseline ( Standard ). Click OK. Additional step applied Basic Photoshop Tips and Tricks

16 Basic Background Effects 04 Chiseled Background Open a new document. 1. Open Photoshop. Go to File > New. Width:19 inches Height: 13 inches Resolution: 300 dpi Color: RGB Background contents: White These settings can be altered. Create the effect. 1. Click the Foreground color on the Tool palette. Choose any color. For the tutorial, color ae8c42 was used. 2. To quickly fill the background with the color, use Alt + Backspace (Win) or Option + Delete (Mac). 3. Go to Filter > Noise > Add Noise. The tutorial uses the Amount: 4, Distribution: Uniform, Monochromatic selected. Click OK. 4. Go to Filter > Texture > Texturizer. The tutorial uses Texture: Sandstone, Scaling: 60%, Relief: 3, Light: Top Left. Click OK. 5. Go to Filter > Sharpen > Sharpen. 6. Open a stone image. Go to Select > All, then Edit > Copy. Close the image. On the new document, go to Edit > Paste. From the Layers palette, set the Blending Mode for the Image layer to Hard Light. 7. Merge all layers using Layers > Merge Layers. Go to Filter > Render > Lightning Effects. Use similar settings as below: 8. Select the Type tool and type the text, using any size, font and color. The tutorial uses the font Trajan Pro. 9. On the type layer, change the Blending Mode to Multiply and the Fill to 0% Basic Phtoshop Tips and Tricks

17 10. Click the FX icon at the bottom of the Layers palette for the type layer. Apply an Inner Shadow, Bevel and Emboss and Stroke. The settings below were used for the tutorial. Basic Photoshop Tips and Tricks

18 Basic Background Effects 05 Background from Words Open a new document. 1. Open Photoshop. Go to File > New. Width: 19 inches Height: 13 inches Resolution: 300 dpi Color: RGB Background contents: White These settings can be altered. Create the effect. 1. Press the D key to fill the Background with Black if the colors are not black/white. 2. To quickly fill the background with the color, use Alt + Backspace (Win) or Option + Delete (Mac). 3. A text layer will need to be created. Use the Type tool and type the text using any font, size and color. The tutorial uses the AWPCHelvetica font, 20 points, color 4d60c4, typed in Microsoft Word, then pasted into Photoshop. It may be necessary to select where the text ends and continue to paste the text into the Photoshop document to fill the background. 4. Go to Edit > Free Transform and rotate the text to a 45 angle. Increase the text size by holding the Shift key and dragging from any corner. The text should fill the whole document. Hit Enter to set the transform. 5. Open an image and cut out the background, so that only the subject (person, animal, object) is selected. Create a selection around the subject, go to Edit > Copy, then close the image. 6. In the new document, go to Edit > Paste. Go to Edit > Free Transform and hold the Shift key to resize the image if needed. Use the Move key to position the image in the document. Position the image wherever desired now, since you cannot move it once the next steps are completed. 7. To select the text, use Ctrl + Click (Win) or Cmd + Click (Mac) on the Text layer in the Layers palette. Go to Select Inverse. 8. While the text is selected, click on the layer with the Image in the Layers palette and click the Backspace (Win) or Delete (Mac). 9. (Optional Step) Hide the text layer by clicking on the eye in the Layers palette. Use the Type tool to create other text layers. Use the Free Transform option to rotate the text if desired. Once completed, turn the first text layer back on by clicking on the eye again. Save the image 1. Flatten the image, Layer > Flatten Image. 5. Set Quality to 8 under the Image Options area. 6. Set Format Options to Baseline ( Standard ). Basic Phtoshop Tips and Tricks

19 Basic Text Effects 01 Fractured Text Open a new document. 1. Open Photoshop. Go to File > New. Width: 19 inches Height: 13 inches Resolution: 300 dpi Color: RGB Background contents: White These settings can be altered. Create the effect. 1. Press the D key to fill the Background with Black, if the colors are not black/white. 2. To quickly fill the background with the color, use Alt + Backspace (Win) or Option + Delete (Mac). 3. Create a text layer. Use the Type tool and type the text using any font, size and color. The tutorial uses Trajan Pro, 210 points, color white. 4. From the Layers palette, click the FX icon at the bottom and then choose Bevel and Emboss and Gradient Overlay. Below is an example of the settings used. Click OK. 5. The text layer will need to be Rasturized to apply the new step. Right-click on the text layer and choose Rasturize Type. 6. Select the Polygonal Lasso tool to create a selection around the text. Make a selection like the example below. 7. Select the Move tool from the Tools palette, then use the arrow tools to move the selection to the right and up slightly. Use Ctrl + D (Win) or Cmd + D (Mac) to deselect. 8. (Optional Step) Use the type to add extra text. Any font, size and color can be used. Basic Photoshop Tips and Tricks

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21 Basic Text Effects 02 3D Text Open a new document. 1. Open Photoshop. Go to File > New. For the tutorial: Width: 8 inches Height: 6 inches Resolution: 300 dpi Color: RGB Background contents: White These settings can be altered. Create the effect. 1. Select the Type tool from the Tool palette and type the text in any font, color and size. The tutorial uses AWPCEddie, 110 point. The text needs to be rasturized (to apply the 3-D effect) and a gradient applied. Rasturize the text by right clicking on the text layer in the Layers palette and choosing Rasturize Type. Then select the Gradient tool from the Tool palette and apply the gradient to the text. 2. Go to Edit > Transform > Distort. Using the two handles in the middle of the text selection, position the text to give it a 3-D perspective. For the tutorial, the top middle point was pulled downward, and the bottom middle point was moved slightly up and to the right. Hit Enter to set the transform. use the 2 middle points to distort the text 3. Duplicate the Text Layer using Ctrl + J (Win) or Cmd + J (Mac). 4. Select the Duplicated Layer and click the FX icon at the bottom of the Layer palette. Click the Bevel and Emboss option. Use the default settings. Click OK. 5. From the Layers palette, click on the fly-out arrow and choose New Group. Click OK. Drag the duplicate layer to the new group. 6. Select the Move tool from the Tools palette. Make sure that the duplicate layer is selected. Hold the Shift key and click the down arrow two times. 7. Hold Ctrl + Alt and click the up arrow 19 to 20 times. 8. (Optional Step) Click on the arrow beside the New Group in the Layers palette, so that all of the extra layers are hidden. Click the fly-out arrow and choose Duplicate Group. Click OK. Select the duplicate group and Ctrl + E (Win) or Cmd + E (Mac) to merge all layers in that group. Change the opacity for the layer to 30%. Move the layer below the group layer, then use the Move tool to move the text down to create a reflection. Basic Photoshop Tips and Tricks

22 Basic Text Effects 03 Cardiac Rate Text Effect Open a new document. 1. Open Photoshop. Go to File > New. Width: 13 inches Height: 10 inches Resolution: 300 dpi Color: RGB Background contents: White These settings can be altered. Create the effect. 1. Go to Layer > New > Layer to create a new layer. 2. Select the FX icon from the bottom of the Layers palette and choose Gradient Overlay. Leave all options the same, but click on the Gradient Editor to change the colors. The tutorial uses the color 8106a2 on the left, black in the middle and color 8106a2 on the right. Click OK, then OK again. 3. Create a text layer. Use the Type tool and type the text using any font, size and color. The tutorial uses the font AWPCYellowJacketOutline, 90 points and the color white. 4. Go to Layer > New > Layer to create a new layer. Select the Line tool from the Tool palette. Make sure white is the Foreground color. Create a line similar to the picture below. It will be necessary to create different lines to get the effect. 5. Select the text layer from the Layers palette and, using the Move tool, move the text so it touches the line. Merge the two layers. Hold the Shift key and click on the Line layer so both layers are highlighted. Use Cntrl + E (Win) or Cmd + E (Mac). 6. Select the Eraser tool from the Tool palette and delete the parts of the line and text where they touch. For the tutorial, the inside of the P was also erased. 7. Rotate the layer. Go to Edit > Transform > Rotate 90º CCW. 8. Go to Filter > Stylize > Wind, and use Method: Wind, Direction: From the Left. Click OK. Use Ctrl + F (Win) or Cmd + F (Mac) to apply the wind once again. 9. Go to Filter > Stylize > Wind once more and change the Direction to From the Right. Click OK. Use Ctrl + F (Win) or Cmd + F (Mac) to apply the wind once again. 10. Go to Edit > Transform > Rotate 90º CW to rotate the text and line back horizontally. 11. Click on the FX icon at the bottom of the Layers palette and choose Outer Glow and Color Overlay. For the outer glow, change the Opacity to 60% and click the color option to choose any color. The tutorial uses color E028fc. For the Color Overlay, click on the color picker and choose a tint lighter than the outer glow color. The tutorial uses color f4b7fd. Click OK. Basic Phtoshop Tips and Tricks

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24 Basic Text Effects 04 Text on Turf Open a new document. 1. Open Photoshop. Go to File > New. Width: 13 inches Height: 10 inches Resolution: 300 dpi Color: RGB Background contents: White These settings can be altered. Create the effect. 1. Go to Layer > New > Layer to create a new layer. 2. From the Tool palette, click on the Foreground color option to open the Color Picker. Pick the desired color. The tutorial uses color To quickly fill the background, click the Alt + Backspace (Win) or Option + Delete (Mac). 4. Go to Filter > Noise > Add Noise. Set the Amount to 20%, Distribution: Gaussian, select Monochromatic. Click OK. 5. Select the Type tool from the Tools palette and type the text in any color, size and font. The tutorial uses AWPCEddie, 150 point, color 07268c. To squeeze the text closer together, the tracking value was lowered using the Character palette under the Window menu. 6. Duplicate the text layer using Ctrl + J (Win) or Cmd + J (Mac). In the Layers palette, move the duplicate layer below the first text layer, and click on the FX icon at the bottom. Choose Color Overlay. Click on the color picker and choose the desired color. Click OK, then OK again. The tutorial uses color 57da Click back on the first text layer and click the FX icon and the bottom and choose Stroke. Select the color editor and change the color to white. Click OK, then OK again. 8. Select the Move tool from the Tool palette. Use the arrow keys to move the top text layer up and to the left. 9. With the first text layer selected, hold the Shift key and click on the duplicate text layer below it so both layers are selected. Use Ctrl + E (Win) or Cmd + E (Mac) to merge the two layers. Click the FX icon at the bottom of the Layers palette and choose Stroke. Select the Color Editor and change the color to Black. Click OK, then OK again. 10. Go to Filter > Noise > Add Noise. Set the Amount to 20%, Distribution: Gaussian, select Monochromatic. Click OK. Basic Phtoshop Tips and Tricks

25 Basic Text Effects 05 Bling Bling Open a new document. 1. Open Photoshop. Go to File > New. Width: 13 inches Height: 10 inches Resolution: 300 dpi Color: RGB Background contents: White These settings can be altered. Create the effect. 1. Go to Layer > New > Layer to create a new layer. 2. Select the Gradient tool from the Tools palette. From the Options palette, click on the Gradient Editor. Select Foreground to Background, then use the gradient ramp to pick the desired colors. Click OK. Use the Gradient tool and drag from top to bottom to apply the gradient. The tutorial uses color 8908ae on the left, e107bb in the middle and 908ae on the right. 3. Select the Type tool and type the text using any font, point size and color. The tutorial uses Hobo, 300 point, color 07268c. 4. Right-click on the type layer from the Layers palette and choose Rasterize Type. 5. Use Ctrl-Click (Win) or Cmd-Click (Mac) on the text layer in the Layers palette to make a selection. Hit the D key to change the colors in the Tools palette to black/white. Go to Filter > Render > Clouds. 6. Go to Filter > Distort > Glass. Use the settings below. Use Ctrl + D (Win) or Cmd + D (Mac) to deselect the layer once the settings are applied. 7. Click on the FX icon at the bottom of the Layers palette and choose Bevel and Emboss and Stroke. Use the settings below or make adjustments as desired. Basic Photoshop Tips and Tricks

26 8. Go to Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Hue and Sauration. Click OK. Adjust the Hue and Saturation sliders to pick a gold color for the stroke around the text. Click OK. The tutorial uses Hue set to 20, Saturation to (Optional step) Go to Layer > New > Layer to create a new layer. Switch the black/white colors from the Tools palette by pressing the X on the keyboard. Choose the Brush tool from the Tools palette. From the Options palette, click on the Brush menu and choose one of the Star brushes. For the tutorial, Star 70 pixels was used. Click different places on the text to add some sparkles. Some areas may need to be clicked more then once so the sparkles are bright enough. Basic Phtoshop Tips and Tricks