Notes - Week 12

Units:

Photoshop preferences, units, rulers, mm

Start next measurements from blue lines. Add 1cm inside the 3mm.

Start adding in new elements. Background – make sure it goes all the way to the edge.

DROP SHADOW

FX., drop shadow. OR Layers, layer style, drop shadow.

Change distance, spread, have preview on, size = softness, opacity.

Can also add outline to define shape. FX, stroke. Can copy layer styles to other layers.

Add effects to fonts. Layer, rasterize (to change text layer to pixels/image), type.

SAVING

File

Save as

Photoshop, save

Save to desktop as TIF file (want to include layers)

Layers palette, menu, flatten image. This is how you can print a photoshop file.

Open illustrator. New file.

Size A3. Chamge orientation, add in bleed (3mm).

File open, TIFF file. Copy and paste it into blank file. Move into place.

File, save as, PDF! Click marks and bleeds.

Want colour bars. And use document bleed settings. 

Start thinking about background, and find 2 fonts! One fancy, one legible.