Smashing Photoshop CS5 by Sue Jenkins

Author:Sue Jenkins
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Wiley Publishing
Published: 2010-04-28T16:00:00+00:00

Figure 46-1

Step 3 In the Layers panel, move the type layer below the background texture layer so you can no longer see your text. Now, hold down the Alt/Option key and hover your cursor right above the dividing line between these two layers. When your cursor turns from a hand to the Clipping Mask symbol (which looks like two overlapping circles), click the divider. This clips the background image with the shape of the letters on the text layer, as seen in Figure 46-2.

Figure 46-2

HINT: You can also create a clipping mask from a selected layer by pressing Ctrl+Alt+G/+Option+G or selecting Layer > Create Clipping Mask.

Step 4 That’s good, but the text would look better in all caps. Double-click the text layer’s thumbnail to reselect all the text and replace the type with three rows of the word MINIMALISM in all caps. Much better.

Step 5 Now add some Layer Styles to the text layer. Click the Add Layer Style button at the bottom of the Layers panel and choose Drop Shadow. Set the distance to 18 px and the size to 7 px. Add the Inner Shadow style and set the distance to 5 px and the size to 6 px. Next, add the Stroke style, set the color to #662d28 (or a dark color sampled from your background texture image), the size to 3 px, and click OK.

Step 6 To finish the postcard layout, select the white background layer, press T to select the Type tool, set the font to Impact, the size to 24 pt, the tracking to -2, the alignment to Center, and the color to Black. Type the words (in all caps) AMERICAN MINIMALISM 1960s-1970s AT THE PARK MUSEUM. Use the Move tool to position this text evenly below the other type layer, as illustrated in Figure 46-3, and you’re done.

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