3d animal text effect

STEP 1:  Choosing your letter and image

•Choose a letter out of the basket

•Do a Google image search for a high resolution image of an animal that begins with the same   letter as the letter you have picked.  You can also look on schoology at the folder of High  

  Resolution images and download them.  Save the image(s) to your (P) drive 

•Save at least 2 images just in case one of the doesn't work.  

STEP 5: 

•File Place embedded - your animal image.  

•Make sure you have that layer selected and lower the opacity so that you can see the                letter  

•Be sure you are still on the animal layer and press Ctrl T.  Move and adjust your animal image

 to where you would like it to be.  Make sure it somehow fits with your letter shape.     

•When you like how your image fits the letter, bring the opacity back up to 100% 

STEP 6: 

•Be sure the animal image layer is selected and RT click in the gray space - 

  Create Clipping Mask

STEP 7: 

•Select that bottom text layer and change the color of the letter to medium gray - you will not

  see the letter because the layers above are covering it.   

•If you do not see the properties window, go to window at the top of the screen and click on       properties. The properties window should now be open.  Click on the color rectangle next to    color and choose a medium gray 

• Be sure that bottom layer is selected and click Ctrl T •Use the arrow button to move the          gray letter to create a 3D effect. 

STEP 9: 

•Be sure the bottom image layer is selected

•Click on the adjustment layer at the bottom of the layers panel - The half filled in circle. •Select Exposure - Right click next the the Exposure layer - Create Clipping Mask 

•Double click on the =/- part of the exposure layer - Move the exposure slider to the left until     you can see a difference in the images.  Don't make it black, we still want to see the image.     You can adjust the offset and gamma slightly if you would like.  

•Once you are happy with the way it looks, you can close the properties window.  

STEP 10: 

•Select the top animal image layer - Right Click - duplicate layer - Title it cut out 

•Rt click on the cut out layer and release clipping mask 

•You will now see only the full animal image. 

•With that layer still selected, click on the quick selection tool. •Select Subject - Your   

 computer will / should select only the animal. 

•If it does not, you may need to use the + or - to select or deselect areas of your image. 

•Once you are happy with the selection, click on the mask button - the white rectangle with a   hole in the middle 

•Your image should appear similar to the one below.  You may need to click on the mask icon     and clean it up some with the brush tool and the black and white tool.

STEP 11: 

•Select the TOP text layer 

•In that layer to the right in the gray space - double LEFT click 

  OR

•Click on The FX icon at the bottom of the layers panel and select STROKE 

  A pop up window will appear. 

•Click on the + and adjust the size between 5 and 10

•Click inside of the color box to change the color - move your cursor over your image and you    should see a dropper tool.  

•Click around on your image until you find a border color that you like.  

STEP 12: 

File - Export - Export As 

Add to your typography page on your portfolio

Publish - Publish - Turn in  

TAKE IT A STEP FURTHER!   CREATE A REFLECTION OF YOUR IMAGE.