One of many workflows. Free stuff provided.

1. Photoshop for Design
NOT A VECTOR PROGRAM.
Which means, if you’re serious about
design, then you should be using a
combination of this and a vector
program such Adobe Illustrator.
However, if you know what size your final product will be...proceed.

2. To create a new blank document: File→ New
Consider your final product size needs.
Ie. Where will this live when you are done?

3. To Create Text:
Click the T icon, adjust font,
sizing, paragraph orientation,
and color in the top menu.
Text
Use Groups to
stay organized.
Groups

4. 1. Browse the texture folder
2. Select a texture by clicking on it
3. Download with the three dots on the bottom right of the
screen.
4. In Photoshop, File→ Place Embedded, and find the file you
downloaded. (It will likely be in your download folder).
5. Click Place.

5. Use the links provided on slide 8, as well as my textures
(also in the public domain), to find imagery for “compositing.”

6. Transform, Scale, Rotate the image
as much as you desire (try not to
warp it). Then press Enter or click
the arrow at the top. You will be
frozen at this screen if you do not
click the arrow or press enter.
This
This
Don’t worry, you can
always transform it
later. Press CTRL T
to reactivate this.

7. The Following are archives that (mostly)
allow the work contained to be free to use,
modify, and distribute.
Collaboration and the “remix”
drive progress forward.
To that end,
These sites serve the Cultural Commons.

8. The Cultural Commons
Click, Click, Click

9. 1. Reduce opacity of
texture layer
2. Add a mask to the
texture layer.
3. Paint out
unnecessary texture.
Paintbrush
Mask
Opacity

10. Blending options: Right click on a layer to access.
In this, you can do a variety of additional effects to a
layer. Try Color Overlay. Click on it. Then Click inside it.
Change the color and reduce opacity.

11. Filter→ Render→ Lighting Effects (on a flattened copy)

12. Remember Masking?
Look at the layers to
see what masking was
done.
How was this masking
accomplished?
Based on the hard
edges remaining in the
image, how might we
proceed?