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Unit 4 - Working with Text
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my banner and logo for this portfolio. Below, are the steps I went through
to create create several banners with matching logos before finally deciding
which to use. |
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I started out with this photograph that I took in the butterfly house
at the Memphis zoo.
- I cropped out a portion of it to use as my background layer.
- I used the rubber stamp tool to create a second butterfly up higher
on the image.
- I used the text tool to create my text and applied the flag shape
to the text.
- I selected 60 pt. Georgia ref as my font and applied bold.
- I locked all the layers except for the background and adjusted the
brightness to darken the image. This was necessary in order for the
font text to show up well.
- I optimized the image as a medium quality .jpg.
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the intention of using it as my banner for my home page and a smaller version
for all the inner pages. This one is 577 X 161 pixels. I applied an arc
shape effect and a drop shadow to the text. I applied an emboss effect to
this banner lift it just a little. |
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Alternatively, I used the text tool to create
this logo for the top of each of my inner portfolio pages at this time.
I used Book Antigua text with a drop shadow. I applied the 2 pixel border
with the Stroke effect, set at inside. |
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| I created this banner for my portfolio home page,
as the match. I felt more width would be appropriate for the home page while
the smaller, wrapped version would work well for the inner pages. I applied
the 2 pixel border with the Stroke effect, set at inside. |
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| For this banner, I cut pictures of animals out
with the marquee tool, feathered at 25 pixels. I saved this as a .jpg as
the file size was smaller and the quality was better than as a .gif. I did
not create a matching logo for this one, because it is long and narrow.
It could easily go on the top of each page. If I would have decided to use
this one, I would not have used a logo at all. |
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| At last I decided to use this one. Many techniques
went into this one. I used a photograph of a leopard I took at the Memphis
zoo. I cropped it and lowered the opacity. I applied a drop shadow to my
text. I filled a color layer with yellow and played with the opacity unit
I got the look I wanted. |
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I decided to use the leopard banner and logo because I have a lot of
zoo pictures in my examples. I created buttons out of paw prints to top
off my zoo motif.
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| I decided against using a plan text banner and
logo because this is a Photoshop portfolio. Although you can create all
types of custom art work with Photoshop, it is most famous for working with
photography. |
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