Layered Photoshop flag exercise

Photoshop layer practice

1. Open one of the docs in the JRN320 Liss folder called “Photoshop templates” These are layered templates for 175x126 images that include various effects and a text overlay. Save-as the image with your name on it so you are not modifying the base image the class is working with
   
2. Toggle the eyeball icon for some of the layers to become familiar with what each one does to the image
   
3. Double-click some of the effects and play around with them.
   
4. Cut an image of your own and paste it in as a new layer. Most of the templates have a “paste image here” layer that should be selected when you paste. Otherwise, paste it in anywhere and experiment with dragging layers up and down in the layer menu to get it “under” the various effects. (Be prepared to delete steps in your “history” if you get stuck.
   
5. Experiment with the text layer. (Go to Window > character to make sure the character window is visible) – font size, letting, color.
   

When you have practiced enough, create two layered images of your own starting from one of the templates. Your overall mission is to create a pair of “flags” that each tease a story and create a package as if it were going to go on a Website homepage.

• Select an image and text that start to tell a story. Create your layered image
  
• Upload the image to your blog and position it in a blog entry along with a headline and some copy that teases a story for a reader to read and interact in some way – comment, upload their own photo, etc.