Digitalizing Images from a Print Document
Joe Erickson| COMP 3230 | University of Minnesota Duluth
Matrix Shadow Effect
|What to do |How to do it |Pgs* |
|Open a new document and fill the |File> New. Press the letter D to change the foreground color to black. Press Alt-Backspace to|46 |
|background color with black |fill the background with black. | |
|Swap foreground and background |Press X |46 |
|colors, making the foreground color| | |
|white and the background color | | |
|black | | |
|Use the type tool to create some |Click on the type tool, then click on the document where you want the text to go and start |46 |
|type (one or two words) |typing. (I’ll be using the font, Parade, but feel free to choose your own). | |
|Covert type layer into an image |Right click on the text layer name in the layers palette. Choose rasterize from the popup |46 |
|layer. |menu. | |
|Make a duplicate of your rasterized|Drag the layer to the new layer icon at the bottom of the layers palette. |46 |
|text layer. | | |
|Apply the Blur filter |Under the filter menu, choose Blur, then choose motion blur. Set the angle to 0 and the Blur |47 |
| |distance to around 100 pixels. Click OK. | |
|Duplicate original rasterized |Drag original rasterized layer to the new layer icon at the bottom of the layers palette. |47 |
|layer. | | |
|Apply Blur filter to the text |Under the filter menu, choose blur, then chose motion blur. This time set the angle to 90, and|47 |
| |set the blur distance at about 30 pixels. Click OK. | |
*Pages from Kelby, PhotoShop 7, Down and Dirty Tricks.
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|1. Open the working file “banner.psd” from the exercise “Banner Techniques” and view it at 100% |
|Be sure you don’t open “banner.jpg,” which was your “product version” from the previous exercise. That version no longer has |
|the layers intact. |
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|View > Actual pixels |
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|2. Create new layer |
|open Layers Pallet (Window > Show Layers) |
|click page icon (“New Layer”) at bottom of Layers Pallet (or choose Layer > New) |
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|3. Type in text for another part of the title (a very different font) |
|Be sure you’re on the new layer by checking the Layers Pallet (blue highlight) |
|Easy way to mix fonts successfully (usually) is to contrast serif fonts with san serif fonts |
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|4. Size type after deciding on composition |
|on the Layers Pallet, select the layer with the type on it |
|highlight text |
|choose desired point size (pt.) from the Character Pallet (or Options bar, see pg. 5) |
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|5. Adjust Leading between lines (on same layer) for both the new type and the old type |
|with the type highlighted, see Properties Pallet or Character Pallet |
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|6. Adjust Kerning among letters (on same layer) for both the new type and the old type |
|with the type highlighted, see Properties Pallet or Character Pallet |
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|7. Modify background image for readability and design with text (here, I’m getting rid of excess detail) |
|choose layer with background image (Layer Pallet) |
|choose the Clone Stamp tool |
|select area to be cloned with click + alt |
|click on areas to be stamped out with the cloned image |
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|8. Color the type (trick: try picking up colors in the photo itself, or from combinations that appear together in nature) |
|choose background layer (Layer Pallet) |
|choose Eyedropper Tool |
|click desired colors on background image |
|choose layer with type on it |
|choose Type button |
|highlight text to be colored |
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|9. Modify colors of background image if necessary |
|Magic Wand tool |
|Paint bucket tool (with gradient) |
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|10 Create drop shadow or other effects on the type layer |
|double-click layer with type on it |
|choose Drop Shadow |
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