Wednesday May 4, 2011

Layer Mask:
What does a Layer Mask allow you to do?
When working with a layer mask what 2 colors are you using?

Creating a Triad  Color Scheme

• A triad is a group of three colors that are separated on the color wheel by 120 degrees in either direction.

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1. Open Photoshop from Monday
2. Turn all of your layers off
3. Set your colors to the default colors
4. Type the word "Triads". Make sure you have a fat font (San Serif)
5. Create a new layer
6. Create a selection with the square or circle
7. Fill your selection with a color of your choice.
8. Create a copy your filled square or circle layer
9. Deselect (Ctrl+D)
10. Move your 2 circle so they cover up your text.
11. Create a selection of your text (Ctrl+Mouse Click on the layer thumbnail)
12. Make one of your circle layers active
13. Go to the layer menu and select Layer adjustment -> Hue Saturation.
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15. Make sure you have "Use Previous Layer to Create Clipping Mask"  screen shot below
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17. Move the Hue Slider to either 120 or -120 degrees
18. Repeat the process for the second circle
19. Create a layer group called Triads and move all the layers we created today inside of that group.
20. Save
21. File Save for Web and insert on your daily notes