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1° Year. #1 Tools Using the text Tool. Page 5 . Posterize. Page 6 . Layer Styles. Page 7 . Basic Effects Neon Effect. Page 9.

Change back-ground color. Page 10 . A Cool Effect for Pictures. Page 11 .

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In this first edition you will learn how to make three different effects, but first you have to know the tools that you’ll need for start working.

The first tool that we

need is the Text tool; like

all the the other tools, you’ll find it in the tool bar. Well, the

text tool will help us to write anything in Photoshop;

like in other software you can use many types of letter and resize your text.

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This isn’t a tool, is an effect that you can use for any picture. When you use the posterize effect, your pictures will have a different contrast (darker in the black or dark colors, and brighter in the white or clear colors). For using this effect try this, go to the ‘Image menu/Adjustments/ Posterize’. Select a level for making the posterize lower or higher.

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The layer styles are a group of effects that you can use not only for pictures, it also works with text, forms, pictures, etc. For use a layer style, only give a secondary click on your layer and then, a click in the option layer styles. In the layer styles window select one effect of the list or maybe more than one effect; you can use many effects as you want.

Here is an example of one effect.

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It’s a very simple process and you can use it for your logos, posters, etc. 1.- Take the text tool and write something. 2.- Go to the layers panel and turn the filling to 0 % (the filling is under the opacity). 3.- In the layer where you have your text, give a secondary click and

enter in the layer styles window. 4.- Activate the outer glow effect and turn the opacity to 100 % and give a size as you want. 5.- Now do the same process but with the inner glow effect. Your effect have to looks like in the picture.

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It’s very useful if you want to change a color that you don’t like. 1.- Open the picture that you want to change its background. 2.- Go to the tools menu and select the ‘Magic Wand’ .

3.- Select the color to be be changed. 4.- With the background selected go to the ‘Edition Menu/ Fill…’ 5.- In the Fill window display the list and gice a click in the option ‘Color…’

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6.- Select a color. And give a click in Ok.

This effect is only for give another appearance to a picture. 1.- First open your picture. 2.- Then make a copy, so you’ll have two identical images. 3.- Turn the copy to grayscale by doing this: ‘Image Menu/Adjust-ments /Black and white’.

4.- Now let’s use the posterize effect. Use this effect as you want. 5.- Now in the layer panel on the top near the opacity display the list and give a click on the ‘Soft light’ option. See the difference on your first picture and the result, after use the effect.

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If you have any doubt, see the tutorials in Youtube. www.youtube.com/blogastful

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