Photoshop CS3 for Screen Printers- P13

Photoshop CS3 for Screen Printers- P13: The toolbox is the heart of Photoshop CS3, and where you’ll find thetools you need to create your artwork and perform editing tasks. Fromthe toolbox you can access the selection tools, shape tools, type tools,Crop tool, and eraser tools. These are basic tools that any screen printeror graphic artist needs.
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Photoshop CS3 for Screen Printers- P13336 Part IV / More Tools photograph that he wants screened, but without a border, the screen print looks unfinished and unprofessional. Project 18-2: Creating a Border Using an Existing Pattern Let’s take a look back to some artwork that we worked on in Chapter 16. This artwork definitely needs a border before the final print can be con- sidered complete. 1. Open the file CosmosPeppersII.psd from the Chapter 18 folder on the companion CD. 2. Change the foreground and background colors to white for the fore- ground and black for the background if necessary. 3. Choose Image>Canvas Size to increase the size of the canvas. Change the width to 21 inches and the height to 18 inches. Maxi- mize the file by clicking the large square in the top-right corner of the window. 4. Select the Pattern Stamp tool ( ) from the toolbox. If you loaded a different set of brushes in the last exercise, in the options, select Reset Brushes. Do the same for the Patterns palette. 5. From the options bar, choose Brush number 100 (Soft Round 100 pixels). 6. Click the down arrow next to Pattern to open the pop-up palette for the available patterns. 7. From the additional options in the pop-up palette, select Reset Pat- terns if you did not do so in step 4. 8. Double-click the blue pattern called Woven. 9. Change Opacity and Flow in the options bar to 75 percent. 10. Enable airbrush capabilities by clicking the Airbrush icon in the options bar. 11. Verify the Airbrush icon is indented; that means it’s selected.] Tip: Notice that using the Airbrush is like spray painting with a can of paint. The longer you hold down the mouse in a single area, the more paint is applied. Chapter 18 / Cloning and Correction Tools 33712. Paint a border around the edges of the canvas.13. Crop the image appropriately.14. Choose the Smudge tool from the toolbox and work around the image to soften the edges. See the final result in Figure 18-5. Save this file as CosmosPeppersIII.psd. Figure 18-5: Creating a border with the Pattern Stamp toolThere are many other ways to enhance this border. Experiment withother patterns, change the options in the options bar, check and uncheckthe options in the Brushes palette, etc. With practice, you’ll be able tocreate any border you want!The Impressionist OptionThe Impressionist option, accessed by clicking the check box in theoptions bar, can be used to give an impressionist “feel” to the patternthat you are painting. Impressionist artists like Monet made this type ofartwork popular, and you can apply this look to your artwork too.338 Part IV / More Tools Open the file CosmosPeppersII.psd again, and apply some other pat- terns. This time, apply the chosen pattern to the top of the image with Impressionist unchecked, and apply the same pattern to the bottom of the image with Impressionist checked. You’ll quickly be able to tell the difference.] Tip: Choose a pattern with a visible repetitive pattern and strong colors and lines for the best effect. Matching Patterns Of course, you can create your own pattern too. This pattern can be a cli- ent’s logo, or a picture, text, numbers, shapes, etc. In the next project, we learn how to create a pattern using a client’s name, save that pattern, and then paint with the pattern to create a new design for that client. Project 18-3: Creating Your Own Pattern Using a Name and Logo Think of one of your favorite clients—one that’s been with you from the beginning, and that you have already created a logo for. I’ll use Rowlett Golf for this example, but you can use any client name that you’d like. 1. Type in the name of the client, as shown in Figure 18-6. 2. Select the type using the Rectangular Marquee tool, also shown in Figure 18-6. Figure 18-6: Create your own pattern with the Pattern Stamp tool 3. Choose Edit>Define Pattern. Chapter 18 / Cloning and Correction Tools 339 4. Name the pattern appropriately, such as the client’s company name, and click OK. 5. Minimize this file, and then open the file that contains the existing client logo. The file should have a transparent background for best results. See Figure 18-7. 6. Select the Pattern Stamp tool. 7. Choose Layer>New>Layer. Name the new layer text layer. Select None for Color, Normal for Mode, and 100 percent for Opacity. Click OK. (You’ll now have at least two layers in your image, depending on the original composition.) Figure 18-7: Open the existing logo 8. Select a brush size. Use a hard for the client round brush. 9. Set the Opacity and Fill; this is entirely subjective. I’ll leave both at 100 percent. 10. From the Pattern pop-up choices, choose the new pattern that you created in steps 3 and 4. 11. Paint over the logo with the pattern until the canvas is filled with the logo. You won’t be able to see the original logo while painting. If the pattern doesn’t look right, see the tip below.] Tip: You might run into problems when painting with the pattern when the pat- tern is entirely too big or too small for the image. If this happens, return to step 1, increase or decrease the font size, and start again. (This usually hap- pens when the resolution size of the two files a ...