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DESIRED RESULT

Students will be able to merge an image of their choice into text (their name) on Adobe Photoshop program.

OBJECTIVES

Students will learn to use Photoshop to change the effect on text; students will learns how to use specific tools in this program, such as layers, text, colors, and clipping masks.

STANDARDS

Observe and Learn to Comprehend. Invent and Discover to Create. Relate and Connect to Transfer.

MATERIAL

Computer with Adobe Photoshop program and Internet connection.

VOCABULARY

Terms related to the use of the software: layer, mask, background, mask, tool

ACCOMMODATIONS AND MODIFICATIONS

Teacher can pre-download optional background images for students to use or let students download or bring their own picture to work with. The text can be changed from their name, a place, a new vocabulary word, any word or text that inspire the student. If students find the assignment challenging, or do not have previous knowledge of how to use the program, they can look their peers’ work or ask for help.

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Open the desired image.

2. Add a white solid color to new layer.

3. Drag the new Layer between the two image layers and release.

4. Go to layer 1 and then press T (text tool).

5. Click anywhere on the image and type your name.

6. Resize and move the entered text.

7. Go to Layer 1 again and create a Clipping Mask and save.

1. OPEN THE DESIRED IMAGE.

Open the desired background image and make a copy of this layer using Ctrl+J or Command+J

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2. ADD A WHITE SOLID COLOR TO NEW LAYER. Add a white solid color to this new layer (this will be the

background of the final piece) by clicking on the New Fill or Adjustment Layer icon. Select Solid Color and choose white (or the desired color) and Enter.

3. DRAG THE NEW LAYER BETWEEN THE TWO IMAGE LAYERS AND RELEASE.Drag the recently created Solid Color Layer (on the left color

swatch icon) and drag the layer down until it appears between the two image layers and release.

4. GO TO LAYER 1 AND THEN PRESS T (TEXT TOOL).Go to layer 1 and then press T (to select the text tool), if

desired, select color and font from the Tool Options Bar (it is easier if selected color contrast the colors from the image).

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5. CLICK ANYWHERE ON THE IMAGE AND TYPE YOUR NAME.Click anywhere on the image and type your name (or desired

word) and click the checkmark to accept the text.

6. RESIZE AND MOVE THE ENTERED TEXT.

Go to the layers panel and select the Type layer. Press Ctrl+T or Command+T to select the Free Transform tool and be able to resize and move the entered text. Click and drag the corners that now surround the text and drag it into the desired position. When done, press Enter.

*NOTE: if students want to keep the text as it is and avoid any distortion, they should hold the Alt or Option key while dragging and resizing their text.

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7. GO TO LAYER 1 AGAIN AND CREATE A CLIPPING MASK.

Select the new text layer and drag it down just below Layer 1. Go to Layer 1 again and create a Clipping Mask by clicking on the small menu icon on the top right of the Layers panel.

*NOTE: This clips the image, only the area of the image that is above the text will be visible, making it seem that the image is inside the text.

Save image as a new document

EXTRA STEPS (OPTIONAL)

If students want to go beyond the assignment steps and already dominate the previews Photoshop tools, they can take a step farther.

INSTRUCTIONS (EXTRA STEPS)

1. Merge layers.

2. Select background and inverse selection.

3. Copy selection.

4. Open new background image.

5. Paste selection and resize.

6. Save new image.

* NOTE: these few extra steps are optional and up for any changes and modifications that teacher or student may want to, to ensure creativity exploitation.

1. MERGE LAYERS.

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2. SELECT BACKGROUND AND INVERSE SELECTION.Select the Magic Wand tool to select the white background.

Type and hold the SHIFT key, to add selections (like the inside of certain letters and vowels.)

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3. COPY SELECTION.

CCopy

4. OPEN NEW BACKGROUND IMAGE.

5. PASTE SELECTION AND RESIZE.

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Type and hold the SHIFT key, scale the figure without transforming it.

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6. SAVE NEW IMAGE.

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