As always this assignment is open to EVERYONE, welcome to the forum.
Our lesson never end so if you find this late, please feel free to add your image.
Remember.... if you see an image that you like, please leave a comment for your fellow students. Everyone likes a pat on the back.
There is no right or wrong process here. The point of the creative homework is... to be Kreative!!
Just Jump in and Have Fun!!
A reminder.... this is not really homework. (it is just called homework) These exercises are open to everyone. Hope to see lots of entries!
Please use Pixentral if you can, so we can see a large version of your image.
Resizing to around 800 pixels.
I know my days are off.
When we settle into fall I will go back to our regular Tuesday lessons. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Creating a clear Watermark.
Element instructions are first....
Today we are going to go over making a clear watermark for your images. Not a brush but a PNG file saved to add to your images when ever you want to. =)
Create a new document. Ctrl N Make it 5x7 inches with a resolution of 300.
Fill your background layer with a medium red or light yellow color.
You can use the paint bucket and click on your layer or use the keyboard shortcut Alt backspace.
Pick a different color for you type.
A font I like for this effect. Traveling Typewriter But you can use anything.
Select your type tool and pick a font.
Let's start with typing the copywrite symbol.
Hold down the Alt key and type 0169. Let go of the Alt key and magic, you have your symbol. If you find nothing happened, change to another font. Not all fonts have the copywrite symbol.
If you are working on a laptop; hold down the Function and the Alt key and type MJO9. (the letter O)
Now continue by typing your name.
Click on your type layer to commit your type.
Hit Ctrl T to bring up free transform. Click on a corner and drag to make your type bigger.
Depending on what software you have you may need to hold down the shift key while you drag to constrain the proportions. Click Enter to commit the transform or you can double click inside the box or you can click the check mark in the top of the tool bar. (so many options)
Next you need to add a few layer styles. You want to add a bevel and a drop shadow.
Now I am going to assume if you have Photoshop you know how to do this and just talk to the Elements people.
In Elements you will want to open your Artworks and Effects palette.
Look on the top of the tool bar and click on the word Window. Make sure Artworks and Effect is checked. Your palette should show up on the right side with your other palettes. Under Layer Styles choose Bevel and double click on Simple Inner. Now go back and choose Drop Shadows and double click the Low one. Take a look at your type layer now. You will see it has a small (f) or sunburst added to the layer. Double click on this to adjust your layer styles. Bring your bevel down to around 5 and your drop shadow settings are going to be Size 2, Distance 0, Opacity 3.
Now comes the fun part. Open the layer styles again and Choose Visablity. Double click on the one that says hide. Cool huh??
Turn off the eye on your background layer so it becomes transparent. Select your crop tool and make sure No Restrictions is picked in the top tool bar. Crop around your type. Go to file and choose Save As. Name your new file Watermark and choose PNG for the format type in the drop down box. Choose None when the Option box comes up. That is it! Now you can open it, drag it onto another document and use Ctrl T to resize it to fit. You can do this over and over. ;-)
To make it where you can see more than one document at a time. You want to work in Cascade mode. Go back and click on the word Windows at the top one more time. Choose Images, Cascade. You can also use your F key to scroll thru your modes.
Click on the blue bar on the top of your document and you can move it around the screen. You can actually click on a layer and drag that layer into the other document.
Easy Peazy!!
No image is safe on the internet, it is smart to protect yourself. This is a good looking watermark that does not take away from your image. P. S. I did this using PSE5, if things are different in the newer versions... Speak Up.
Oh and I found this really cool font while digging around, Angelic War Font looks like a must have to me!
Photoshop directions:
We leave off on adding the layer styles. Click your layer styles effect button. (fx)
Select Inner Bevel, smooth and set your size to 1. Click on the drop shadow option and use these settings Distance 2, Spread 0, Size 3.
Take a look at your layer palette. Under the work Opacity, you will see the word Fill. Bring your Fill down to 0%.
Go back and follow the crop and save directions above.
BTW... You do have to hold the shift key to constrain your proportions when using Ctrl T.
Can't wait to see how everyone did??!!
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