Cre8it/Jessica Wesolek
Creating a Classy Photo Greeting Card
Everyone loves those beautiful photo greeting cards you usually find in galleries and fine gift shops. Now, they can be found on your desktop. This is a great way to show off your favorite scenic photos.
This project makes use of one of our Template Style Virtual Rubber Stamps (5x7 Greeting Card Template, included on the CD)
Skills Learned in this Chapter:
Combining PhotoShop Files
Pasting and Sizing An Image
Using Save As to save a copy
Adding Text to Your Photo Card
What can make a classy photo card even classier? And more suitable for occasions? Quotes, of course.
In this Chapter, you learn to use PhotoShop’s Type Tool to add type to the card you made in Chapter 3.
Skills Learned in this Chapter:
Adding Type
Working with Layers
Choosing Colors from an image with the EyeDropper Tool
Virtual Stamping with “Colored Ink”
Black ink is great, but we wouldn’t all have stacks of ink pads if we didn’t think colored ink is better!
The beauty of computer art is that you have millions of colored “ink pads” available, and they don’t dry out!
Skills Learned in this Chapter:
Using the Magic Wand Tool
Choosing Colors from the Color Swatches Window
DeSelecting a Selection
Making a Butterfly Color Sampler
In this Chapter, you become a PhotoShop color virtuoso - well, sorta.
You learn all about using, creating, and saving colors as you put together this sampler - and a bunch of other PhotoShop skills as well.
Skills Learned in this Chapter:
Resampling an image and Resizing the Canvas
Moving and Duplicating an Image
Creating new Colors
Adding Color Swatches
Saving and Loading Color Swatches
