Adobe Photoshop CS6 Top 100 Simplified Tips and Tricks by Lynette Kent

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0 Open the original
image again.
! Click the Custom Shape
tool.
@ Click a custom shape
and fill color from the
Options bar.
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DIFFICULTY LEVEL
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# Click and drag out a
shape onto the image.
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$ Press Ô+T (Ctrl+T) to transform
and position the vector shape.
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% Click and drag the Transform
anchors to reposition the shape.
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^ Click the Commit button.
& Click the Type tool and type
some text on the image to go
with the vector shape.
* Repeats steps 14 to 16 to adjust
and commit the text.
TIPS
Did You Know?
If your grayscale image has very strong contrasts, you
can reduce the amount of texture in the displacement
map image by somewhat blurring the image after
changing it to grayscale. Click Filter ➪ Blur ➪ Gaussian
Blur. Increase the Radius slightly and click OK. Then
save the image as the displacement image in the
Photoshop (.psd) format.
More Options!
If the subject appears in the background image and
the text or design layer needs to go on a wall or cloth
behind the subject, you can add a layer mask and
paint with black to hide the effect on certain areas,
bringing the subject back in front.
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