tailieunhanh - Photoshop Elements 3 Solutions: The Art of Digital Photography- P9

Photoshop Elements 3 Solutions: The Art of Digital Photography- P9: This book rocks! It is not just a revised version; this is a brand new edition. So much has changed in Adobe Photoshop Elements 3 that it is practically a whole new program, and Mikkel Aaland has completed quite an amazing undertaking with Photoshop Elements 3 Solutions. | Applying Liquify to Type If you really want to have fun with your type use the Liquify filter. You ll need to simplify the type layer before doing so but after your type is in the Liquify filter work area you ll have trouble deciding when to stop. Artist Tom Mogensen used about every technique outlined in this chapter to create the wine label shown in Figure for his friend Ellen Deitch. I won t go into all the details of what he did but I was particularly impressed with his treatment of the word Champagne and how he used the Liquify filter to create a ripple with the letter C. 224 CHAPTER 9 TAKING TYPE FURTHER Figure Tom Mogensen used a variety of type tricks to create this wine label. This is what he did 1. He duplicated the type layer containing the warped word Champagne Layer Duplicate Layer . 2. He flipped the duplicate type layer and moved the flipped Champagne to a position below the original warped type Image Rotate Flip Layer Vertical as shown on the left in Figure . 3. He used the Type tool to create a large C and applied an Outer Glow layer style to it. He positioned the C over the C in Champagne. He duplicated the C type layer and positioned the duplicate C over the C in the flipped copy of the word Champagne as shown on the right in Figure . Figure Tom flipped a copy of the word Champagne and dragged it below the original type left . The bottom C will soon get liquified right . 4. He simplified the layer containing the duplicate C and selected the Liquify filter Filter Distort Liquify . 5. With the Liquify filter Reflection tool 5 he lightly brushed the letter to get the effect shown in Figure . As a final step he played with his Layers palette Opacity settings to make the reflected word Champagne and the liquified letter C look right. 225 APPLYING LIQUIFY TO TYPE Figure The Liquify filter Reflection tool distorted the letter C as shown. By the way as discussed earlier there is a Text Effect called Water Reflection. If .