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Photoshop Training: Creating Halo Effect to Text

admin — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:14:55 +0000

Apart from applying effects to photos and images we can use Photoshop software to provide special effects to textual content as well.

In this Photoshop tutorial we shall learn how to apply halo effect to a textual content.

Step 1: Open a New document and set the content to transparent.

Step 2: Insert the textual content by clicking the ‘T’ button. Click Ok when you have finished inserting the text.

Step 3: Holding the ‘Ctrl’ button, left Click with your mouse on the layer palette. The text alone gets selected.

Step 4: Then Select à Feather, and set the feather radius to 5 pixels.

Step 5: This selection has to be applied to Layer1. So, clicking this layer will activate the layer palette.

Step 6: Pick a color for both the foreground as well as the background by clicking on the color selection option in the main toolbox.

Step 7: Next, Edit à Fill and choose the ‘Foreground Color’ in the dialog box.

Step 8: Click ‘Ok’ when you finish doing this.

The desired halo effect can be seen on the screen.

Photoshop Training in Los Angeles, Ca

admin — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 17:51:06 +0000

Are you looking for Adobe Photoshop training in Los Angeles?

Looking to learn Photoshop in El Segundo, Glendale, Inglewood, Pasedena, Thousand Oaks or another city in Los Angeles County?

AcademyX offers Photoshop training in Los Angeles.

From cropping, retouching, fixing red eye, and layering images, AcademyX has experienced instructors by your side to make sure you learn at a pace you are most comfortable.

By the end of the workshop you’ll be able to manipulate & retouch photos, transforming them into works of art you can be proud of.

If interested, register for Photoshop classes or visit our site to see the full course outline.

Photoshop Training: Using Image Metadata and EXIF

admin — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 17:56:13 +0000

Metadata is information about the image such as the creation date, width, height, copyright info, etc. Adobe Bridge even displays Camera-specific EXIF information. Metadata is located in the lower left hand corner of the bridge window.

Metadata can be searched for keywords, colors, image resolution, and much more. Once common batch task is to attached Metadata to a series of images. The SHIFT key will select consecutive items, the COMMAND (MAC) or CONTROL (PC) key will select non-adjacent items. Using the ITPC section of the Metadata pane, you can now attach up to 30 fields of custom Metadata.

Metadata plays an important role in search engine optimization (SEO) because it helps to describe the image/photo to search engines, which in turns will help the search engine categorize the content of the page.

AcademyX offers Photoshop training in San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Jose and Sacramento. If you are interested in learning more about photo-editing with Adobe Photoshop, please visit us at AcademyX.com to see our full schedule of workshops and courses.