Valentines Day Mixed Tape

Valentines Mixed Tape

what's better than receiving a thoughtful, handmade gift!!

Criteria

-Gradient background

-different text that adds to the meaning of each song and different colors

-a text effect on 5 + fonts

- masked images one for each song

Gradient

1) Click on the gradient tool, it "lives" under the paint bucket tool

Fonts

1) click download on the font

2) Open Finder

3) go to downloads and double click on the font you just DOWNLOADED!

4) Double click on the .zip file then open folder

5) double on any and all files with ".otf" or ".ttf" ending

5) window pops up, click INSTALL

6) ta-dah, font will be in PS

Text Effects

1) Select/ highlight your text layer

2) Click on the FX button at the bottom of your layers

3) Select ONE or MORE effects:

*EACH EFFECT can be editted to your need

Masking

1) Select the layer with the image you want to edit

2) Using a selection tool of your choice:

select your subject

*if you OVER SELECT, hold down the OPTION key and click on top of the excess selection to DESELECT without starting over

3) When you have a good selection, click on the MASK icon at the BOTTOM of your layers!