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1. Choose an energy vocabulary word. 2. Research books that show visual illustrations that define the energy word chosen. Choose three to five illustrations. 3. Scan, then save the illustrations into your folder. 4. Using Photoshop, open a new page 11 x 8.5 (landscape view). 5. Merge and manipulate images to create a collage that illustrates the definition of the energy word. To make images smaller, go to Edit and Free Transform. Hold shift key down while dragging smaller so images will not be distorted. To blend the edges of the images together, and/or to make object edges transparent, follow these steps a) Click on layer that represents the object to be rendered. b) On the tool bar, click on the gradient tool. c) On the layer box, click on the bottom left icon to take photograph of the object in that layer. d) Click inside object and drag out past the edge of the image to become transparent. If effect is not desirable, choose Edit and Undo. When satisfied, drag the photocopy of image in the layer to the trash & click apply. * Be careful not to trash the layer. If layer has been trashed then choose Edit and Undo. e) Repeat these steps as needed to complete composition. |
6. Merge all the graphic layers together. To do this, make sure that the layer that is highlighted is directly on top of the layer to be merged. To merge, go to Layer and Merge Down. Continue until all graphic layers are merged. Do not merge with the background layer. You should end up with two layers. 7. Select the Type tool and type in the vocabulary word. Make the word as large as possible to fit across the canvas. While in this layer, hold down the command key and click with the mouse in the area highlighted. This should select all of the type in the layer. Drag the Text Layer to the trash. 8. Click Command "J" to make a copy of the typed text to put it on its own layer. 9. While on the vocabulary word layer, go to Layer and Effects. Use any of these options to enhance the word. |
