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February 26 :: How to place text BEHIND an object in Adobe Photoshop!

Expectations:

C: Voice Level 2 (only the people next to you can hear you and no shouting across the room)

H: Ask your team, elbow partner or raise hand

A: Work on the assignment

M: Stay in your assigned seat

P: Work till assignment is completed

S: Finishing your work

Typing.com ASSIGNMENT!

Intermediate: Speed Drills

Due Friday, March 1

typing.com

Typing:

Log in to typing.com
Click Lessons
On Intermediate Tab, Click Speed Drills
Due Friday, March 1
10 Pts.

If you are finished or waiting, work on Clever!

Students click on the Clever icon on the desktop

Click on the square that says iReady

Continue until time is up!

Lessons have been assigned to them based on their diagnostic test results both in Math and Reading. Within each lesson are brain break games. The district is pushing a goal of 45 minutes per week on Online Lessons in ELA and 45 minutes per week in Math to close the gaps found in the diagnostic. Math and ELA are providing some of that time during the week, but not all.

Clever/iReady

Get to know Photoshop!

What you NEED to know!!!!

WHAT ARE WE LEARNING: Adobe Photoshop

WHY IS IT IMPORTANT: Adobe Photoshop, computer application software used to edit and manipulate digital images. Photoshop was developed in 1987 by the American brothers Thomas and John Knoll, who sold the distribution license to Adobe Systems Incorporated in 1988.

HOW WILL MY TEACHER KNOW WHAT I LEARNED: You will practice different tools and techniques and gradually show your success!

Text Tool 101

Using the text tool is just like Illustrator!

Let's practice! Open the Tree1 file we completed earlier! (First Last Tree 1)

Make sure you have selected the TREE layer!

Add a layer: Click the + on the bottom of the layers panel

Double click the TEXT of new layer and rename it NAME

Horizontal Type Tool:

Select the Horizontal Type Tool from the tool bar on the left

Click and drag to create a text box

You should see the marching ants

Change font and size

Try Arial Black at 90 pt

With the text selected (should be highlighted)...Type Your FIRST NAME!

Press Ctrl + S to SAVE!!! Do this often!

Select the Move Tool

Move you name so it is partially over the mountains in the back!

This is how the TYPE TOOL works! Pretty simple right?

Press Ctrl + S to SAVE!!! Do this often!

KEEP THIS FILE OPEN!

We will be using this after the next lesson below!

Place text behind an object

A popular design trick is to make text look like it's behind an object in a photo. It's frequently used in advertising, especially on magazine covers.

We need to grab a file first!

Click the Ps Image on the left!

Left click the DOWNLOAD button on the top right

This will save the file to your Arts & Media folder!

SAVE (as) YOUR DOCUMENT!

Shortcut: Shift + Ctrl + S

(or File: SAVE AS)

Save to YOUR COMPUTER!

Click the Save on Your Computer button

On the left click THIS PC

Select Desktop

Select Arts and Media Folder

Name the document:

"First Name Last Name MAUI"

Click SAVE

Select the MAUI layer

Select the Add Layer Mask Icon

Layer masks are like digital masking tape. They let you hide part of a layer nondestructively, without removing what's on the layer.

Press Ctrl + S to SAVE!!! Do this often!

Hide part of the text: Select the BRUSH tool

Painting on the mask with BLACK hides the text and reveals what's on the layer below. We will hide part of the I so it appears to be behind the whale.

Open the Brush Presets picker (on the top dropdown).

Set size to 25 px and Hardness to 40% for a small, semi-soft brush.

Opacity set to 100%

Make sure the Opacity for the brush is set to 100%!

Hide part of the text...painting

Tip: Make sure BLACK is the FOREGROUND COLOR by pressing X on your keyboard!

Paint over the upper right and lower right of the letter I. Painting with black on the mask hides the text, revealing the whale on the layer below!

Don't worry about being too careful as you paint. We will learn ho to clean up any overspray next!

Hide part of the text...in the water

Paint over the very bottom part of the M, A U, so they look like they're coming out of the ocean. Once you begin to paint, you can also hold the SHIFT key down and drag to paint a straight line!

Press Ctrl + S to SAVE!!! Do this often!

Need to correct any mistakes?

If you accidently hide too much of the text, the fix is to paint with WHITE on the layer mask! (press X on the keyboard to switch it to white in the foreground)

Press Ctrl + S to SAVE!!! Do this often!

SHOW ME ON YOUR SCREEN!!

Do NOT close PHOTOSHOP until your work is verified!!!

Now...Go back to the Tree1 file (hint: click the Maui Tab that is open)

Based on what you have just learned, add a layer mask to you NAME layer and brush away the parts of the letters to look like your name is behind the mountains!