Painting Away Color Quiz

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: Run The Last Filter
Apple+ Z: Undo
Apple+ A: Select all
Apple+ S: Save
Apple+ E: Merge
Apple+ N: New document
B + brush tool
D: Sets swatches to default
X: Swap swatches
Apple+click layer: put selection around text
Ctrl+click layer: Raterzize layer
Apple+X: Cut
T: Type Tool
Apple+ D: Deselect
Apple+C: Copy
Apple+V: Paste

Painting Away Color Tutorial

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

Step 2: Click on the brush tool. In the options bar, switch the Blend Mode to color. Change your foreground color to black.

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

Step 4: Start painting. As you paint, the color will disappear leaving image in grayscale.

Gold Chrome Tutorial

STEP 1- Type your text. Put a selection around your text.

STEP 2- Go under the select menu and choose save selection Click OK.

STEP 3- Go to the channels palette click on Alpha 1. Go under the filter menu, under blur, and choose gaussian blur. Enter 1 pixel.

STEP 4- Return to the layers palette and click once on the background layer. Go under the filter menu under render and choose lighting effects. Under the texture channel option choose Alpha 1 . Click OK.

STEP 5- Go under the image menu under adjustments then to curves. Create a curve input 64 output 186. Then Click OK.

STEP 6- Go under the select menu and choose load selection choose Alpha I from the channel pop up menu . Click OK. Go under the select menu, under modify and choose expand enter 3 pixels. Click OK.

STEP 7- Press Shift , Apple + J . Click on the background layer press Apple A, then press delete, deselect . Click on your text layer choose drop shadow from the layer styles. Click OK.

STEP 8- Choose color overlay from the layer styles. Change the blend mode to overlay then click on the colo swatch and use the following:

R=208, G=165, B=16. Click Ok

Shadow In Motion Tutorial

Step 1: Tap the letter "d" to change your foreground color to 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 the 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 and height to 130%.
Step 5: Click on your original type layer and rasterize it. Click on the top layer and press Apple+E to merge the 2 layers.
Step 6: To colorize your type, press Apple+U to bring up the Saturation. Click the colorize check bar and move the hue slider to the color you like.

Photoshop Shortcuts

Apple + U-Hue and Saturation
Apple + T-Free Transform
Option + Delete-change of image to foreground color
Apple + J-Duplicate Layers
Apple + E-Merge
Apple + F-Run the last filter