Semi-Transparent Type Tutorial

Step 1: open the image of your choice. press''T'' to get the type tool and enter your text.

Step 2: put a selection around your text. hide your type layer by clicking on the eye icon. click on your image layer.

Step 3: press apple + J. add drop shadow, and inner shadow, and inner glow effect using your layer styles.

Step 4: drag your original type layer into the trash.

Painting away color Tutorial

Step 1:Open the image you would like to work on.

Step 2:Click on the brush tool.In the option bar,switch the Blend mode to color.Change your forround color to black

Step 3:From the brushes palette, choose a medium sized,soft-ed ged(0%hardess) brush.

Step 4: Start painting.As you paint, the color will dis appear leaving you image in gray scale.

Shadow in Motion tutorial

Step 1:  Tap the letter "d" to change your foreground color to black. Hold down the options black. hold down the options key and tap the delete key. Type your text using a medium gray color (#666666).

Step 2 : Duplicate your type layer by using the Apple+J shortcut. Rasterize your layer

Step 3:Go under filter menu , under Pixelate, choose fragment. run this filter two more times by using the Apple + f shortcut.

Step 4:Press apple + t. In the options bar change the width & height to 130%.

Step 5:Click on your original type layer and Rasterize it. Click on the y=top layer and press apple + e to merge the 2 layers.

Step 6:To colorize your type, press Apple + u to bring up Hue/saturation. Click the colorize checkbox and make the hue slider to the color you'd l ike.

Photoshop Shortcuts

•Apple+U- Hue and Saturation

•Apple+T - Free Transform

•Option+Delete- changes color of image to your foreground color

•Apple+J- Duplicate layer

•Apple+E-Merge

•Apple+F-Sum the last Filter

•Apple+S-Save

•Apple+A-Select All

•Apple+V-Paste

•Apple+C-Copy

•Apple+Z-Undo

•Apple+X-Cut

•Apple+N-New Document

•Apple+D-Deselect