Photoshop Elements 3 Solutions: The Art of Digital Photography- P9

Photoshop Elements 3 Solutions: The Art of Digital Photography- P9: This book rocks! It is not just a revised version; this is a brand new edition.So much has changed in Adobe Photoshop Elements 3 that it is practically a whole new program,and Mikkel Aaland has completed quite an amazing undertaking with PhotoshopElements 3 Solutions.
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Photoshop Elements 3 Solutions: The Art of Digital Photography- P9 Applying Liquify to Type If you really want to have fun with your type, use the Liquify filter. You’ll need to sim- plify the type layer before doing so, but after your type is in the Liquify filter work area, you’ll have trouble deciding when to stop. Artist Tom Mogensen used about every technique outlined in this chapter to cre- ate the wine label shown in Figure 9.19 for his friend Ellen Deitch. I won’t go into all the details of what he did, but I was particularly impressed with his treatment of the word Champagne and how he used the Liquify filter to create a ripple with the letter C.224 TA K I N G T Y P E F U R T H E R ■ 9: CHAPTER Figure 9.19: Tom Mogensen used a variety of type tricks to create this wine label. This is what he did: 1. He duplicated the type layer containing the warped word Champagne (Layer Duplicate Layer). 2. He flipped the duplicate type layer and moved the flipped Champagne to a position below the original warped type (Image Rotate Flip Layer(Vertical), as shown on the left in Figure 9.20. 3. He used the Type tool to create a large C and applied an Outer Glow layer style to it. He positioned the C over the C in Champagne. He duplicated the C type layer and positioned the duplicate C over the C in the flipped copy of the word Champagne, as shown on the right in Figure 9.20.Figure 9.20: Tom flipped a copy of the word Champagne and dragged it below the originaltype (left). The bottom C will soon get liquified (right).4. He simplified the layer containing the duplicate C and selected the Liquify filter (Filter Distort Liquify).5. With the Liquify filter Reflection tool ( ), he lightly brushed the letter to get the effect shown in Figure 9.21. As a final step, he played with his Layers 225 palette Opacity settings to make the reflected word Champagne and the liqui- ■ A P P LY I N G L I Q U I F Y T O T Y P E fied letter C look right.Figure 9.21: The Liquify filter Reflection tool distorted the letter C as shown. By the way, as discussed earlier, there is a Text Effect called Water Reflection. IfTom had used this effect, he would not have had as much control over the final lookof his work. N o te : If you want type to be visible outside the image area, you’ll need to expand the canvas. To do this, choose Image Resize Canvas Size and enter the desired dimensions in the Width and Height boxes. Give yourself plenty of room; you can crop later. If you want an equal amount of extra canvas surrounding your image, leave the Anchor set in the middle position. You can also choose a canvas extension color directly from the pop-up menu. 226CHAPTER 10: P R E PA R I N G I M A G E S A N D G R A P H I C S F O R T H E S C R E E N ■ Preparing Images and Graphics for the Screen There is a big difference between preparing images and graphics for the Web and other electronic presentations and preparing images for print. DPI, for example, is not an issue 227 when you are display on an electronic screen, ■ P R E PA R I N G I M A G E S A N D G R A P H I C S F O R T H E S C R E E N but choosing an appropriate file format is. This chapter focuses on using Photoshop Elements to prepare visual content that not only looks great on as many display systems as possible10 but downloads or displays quickly as well. It’ll also walk you through the creation of essential Web design components, such as navigational buttons and web page backgrounds. Chapter Contents Choosing a F ...