Tuesday May 3, 2011

1. If you would like to create a selection of just the image on a layer. For example selecting just the text. What keyboard short cut should you use?
2. What does it mean to rasterize a layer?
3. What is a monochromatic color?

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1. Open Photoshop from Yesterday
2. Create a Layer Group called Complementary Colors
3. Move all your Complementary colors inside of this group
4. Select a color that is in the middleish area of the color picker.
5. With the text tool type  "Monochromatic"

1. Create a new layer
2. Create a selection with the square or circle
3. Fill your selection with the the same color you used for your text.
4. Create a copy your filled square or circle layer
5. Deselect (Ctrl+D)
6. New Concept Layer Adjustments
7. Go to the layer menu and select Layer adjustment -> Hue Saturation.
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9. Make sure you have "Use Previous Layer to Create Clipping Mask"  screen shot below
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11. Move the Saturation slider to the right or left and you have a perfect monochromatic colorfor you color.....
12. A color opposite on the color wheel.

Save As Color Wheel