Adobe Photoshop 7 - 2

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Adobe Photoshop 7 Module 2: Hands on activities.

Activity 1: Create a Background by blurring a picture. File > New. 2272 x 1704 pixels. File > Open the given file. Select > All. Edit > copy. Close the original picture. Edit > Paste. Image > Adjustments.

Select Variations.

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Select the lighter picture, as shown in the figure above. Redo the process until it suite your taste.

Click OK.

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Activity 2: Text Editing. File > New. (768 x 576) Copy a picture into layer 1. Rename it to BG. Blurring the picture.

Zoom in & maximize the window. Add in a new layer. Rename it to Label. Choose the color & select the rectangular tool. Draw a rectangular as shown in the figure below.

Select the text tool. A new layer will add in automatically.

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Change the text orientation to vertical, color to green, size to 20. Type a text Institut Perguruan Rajang, as shown in the figure below.

Highlight the text, Layer > layer Style > Bevel & Emboss

Make some editing.

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OK.

Add in another layer. Prepare a text Selamat Datang Ke IPR. Highlight the text.

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Highlight the text. Select Create Warped Text. Make some editing.

Add some more features/effects.

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Add in a new layer. Type the text: Welcome to IPR.

Click the layer : Welcome to IPR.

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Filter > Render > Lighting Effects. Make some changes.

OK.

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Activity 4: Frame File > new. 220 x 270 pixels. File > Open. Open the frame (type PNG). Select > All. Edit > copy. Close the original picture. Edit > paste.

Rename the layer to Photo Frame. Add in another layer. Rename it to Photo. Select a picture. Select the area, edit > copy. Close the original picture. No. 9

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Edit > Paste. Maximize the file.

Edit > Transform > Scale. Click on Maintain aspect ratio icon.

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Resize the picture until it fit into the photo frame.. Click Commit transform (return).

Interchange the layer. Resize the photo until it fit into the frame.

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Save as jpg/jpeg/png/gif.

Activity 5: Clone a part of picture. File > New (1024 x 768 pixels) Select > All Edit > copy. Close the original picture. Edit > paste on the stage. Rename the layer to BG

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Add layer. Rename it to Pole. Click layer BG, select Clone tool. Change the Brush size to 8.

Move the mouse over the pole, press Alt key & Click the mouse simultaneously. Zoom in the picture. Select the layer Pole. Trace the pole (either one) to make a new pole as shown in the figure below.

Check the eye of layer BG.

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Erase the unnecessary part. (Please zoom in & make the brush smaller, if necessary.)

Duplicate the layer. Name it as Pole 2.

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OK. Uncheck the eye of layer BG. Put the pole at the appropriate location, as shown in the figure below.

Add in new layer, rename it to Bunga. File > Open > Bunga kertas. Selection tools (Elliptical tool), change the feather to 80 px. Select the appropriate area. Edit > copy , close the original picture. Clict layer bunga, edit > paste. Resize it accordingly. Edit > free transform. Adjust the angle. Move the bunga and put it beside the staircase, as shown in the figure below.

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Duplicate the bunga layer. Put it on the other side of the staircase.

The End.
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