Join Deke McClelland for an in-depth discussion in this video 762 Free-transforming shape layers, part of Deke's Techniques.
- [Instructor] In this movie we're going to be…free transforming some shape layers…in order to create this green lawn, this white door,…which includes some four point distortion,…as well as this black edge.…Alright, so for starters here,…I'm going to click on the sky layer to make it active.…And I'm going to jump a copy of it,…by pressing control + J, or command + J on the Mac.…And then I'll double click on a shape layer's thumbnail…in order to bring up the Color Picker dialogue box.…I'll change the hue value to 120 degrees.…I'll take the saturation down to 90,…and I'll take the brightness value down to 80%.…
And then, I'll click OK.…And I'll rename this layer lawn.…Now I want to make the shape half as tall as it currently is,…and so I'll go up to the Window menu,…and choose the Properties command…in order to bring up the Properties panel.…And notice this height value right there,…I'm going to click after it and enter /2.…Now this assumes that you're using the most recent version…of Photoshop CC, by which I mean…
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Deke McClelland
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10/15/2019Released
1/13/2011This course is a collection of short Photoshop and Illustrator projects and creative effects that can be completed in ten minutes or less. The series is taught by computer graphics guru Deke McClelland, and presented in his signature step-by-step style. The intent is to reveal how various Photoshop and Illustrator features can be combined and leveraged in real-world examples so that they can be applied to creative projects right away.
Note: Because this is an ongoing series, viewers will not receive a certificate of completion.
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