The document provides instructions for students to set up file management and work with layers and effects in Photoshop. It instructs students to create folders to organize their work. It then guides students through various tasks involving finding and saving images, and manipulating layers like adding text over images and adjusting effects. The main task is to recreate a movie poster using layers with different images and text.

1. File management
&
Layers and effects

2. File management

3. Step 1
• Each student create a folder
• Click file – new folder
• Name ‘Student 29’
• (top of list is student 1)

4. Step 2
• Create 5 new folders in your folder
• Call 1 ‘Photoshop intro tasks’
• Call another folder ‘layers’
• Leave rest unnamed

5. Step 3
• Copy all the tasks into your folder
• If in pairs, copy and paste the files (to
duplicate)

6. Step 4
• Make a media file on your USB
• Copy the folder on your USB if you want to
save your work
• Go back to desks (or watch videos on your
computer)

7. Layers and effects

8. Step 1
• Go back onto computers

9. Step 2
• Go online (google from bing)
• Type ‘mountain’ ….
• save this image as ‘mountain in layers folder’

10. Step 3
• Go online and type in ‘grass field’, copy the
first image
• Save this picture as ‘grass field’ in ‘layers’
folders

11. Step 3
• Go online and type in ‘horse’, copy the first
image
• Save this picture as ‘horse’ in ‘layers’ folders

12. Step 4
• Go online and type in ‘skyfall james bond’,
copy the first image
• Save this picture as ‘jb’ in ‘layers’ folders

13. Step 5
• Go online and type in ‘skyfall james bond’,
copy the first image
• Save this picture as ‘jb dark’ in ‘layers’ folders

14. Step 6
• Go online and type in ‘skyfall logo’, copy the
first image (with white background)
• Save this picture as ‘logo’ in ‘layers’ folders

15. • Go back to desks…….

16. Step 1
• Watch this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIcYWEQH
4z4

17. Step 2
• Open photoshop
• Open mountain photo
• Use the paintbrush/healing brush tool to get
rid of the logo in bottom corner

18. Step 3
• Create a text box and type MOUNTAIN
• Change font to white, sans serif, at about 20
pt size
• You can add an effect in ‘fx’ in layers window if
you want

19. Step 4
• With marquee, create a sqaure and paint it
black
• Then move your text layer under the black box
so the text fits on top

20. Step 5
• layer……flatten image
• (or shortcut)
• SAVE AS ‘mountain with text layer’ in your
folder

21. Further layering skills

22. Step 1
• Watch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fx_YR5-
k1Ko

23. Step 2
• Open photoshop
• Open ‘grass field’ (background)
• Put ‘horse’ on another layer (layer 1)
• On layer 2 create text saying ‘Horse’
• Change the colour/size/font as you wish

24. Step 3
• Play around with layer styles and apply one/a
few of your choice

25. Step 4
• Type ‘horse’ and create an effect on the text
that matches the effect on the horse
• Flatten image
• Save as ‘horse layers’

26. Main layer task

27. Step 1
• Watch
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACed8qlT
hFE

28. You will make this!

29. Step 2
• Create new file, A4 landscape
• Make the background layer all black
• (by painting it)

30. Step 3
• Jb layer – burn and add drastic shadows and
blend into black

31. Step 4
• Jb layer – burn and add drastic shadows and
blend into black
• This must be the 2nd top layer

32. Step 5
• Darken and desaturate the ‘jb dark’
• Bring the opacity down so it’s see through

33. Step 6
• You will have to delete the white from the
skyfall logo for it to be transparent
• This must be the top layer

34. Step 7
• With type tool type
Daniel Craig and Javier Bardem
• In white and change the font/size to look like
original ….you might need to bring opacity
down

35. Step 8
• Flatten image
• Save as ‘skyfall poster’