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We're about to create something fun by

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taking a simple word and giving it

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a makeover using the Rectangular Marquee

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and Paint Bucket tools. I'm

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in Adobe Photoshop and I've already

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opened the Lesson 3 worksheet from

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the class files, made a duplicate

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copy and closed the original.

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Now on our worksheet I've provided the

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word big as a PNG so we can

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jump right into the fun part.

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And as you can see, we also have

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the word big in gray that you can

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use as a reference for future words and

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fonts since font sizes can vary widely.

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I've also included the color swatches as

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shape layers so that you can easily

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change the colors of the swatches to

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match your projects. To edit the

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swatches, just double click on the

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thumbnail of the swatch in the Layers

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panel and choose a new color in

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the color picker, then click OK . Super

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easy. Now in the

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Layers panel, activate the word Big

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Layer. The gray big reference layer

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should be turned off. Press

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Control Plus or Command Plus on a Mac to

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zoom in on the word big. Making

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sure your color swatches and the sample

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deconstructed word are still visible.

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Let's hold down the letter I to get

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the Eyedropper tool and then click on the

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green color swatch on the document to

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sample the color. Get the P

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aint Bucket tool and in the Tool O

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ptions set the source to Foreground, t

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he Mode to Normal, the Opacity

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to 100% and the Tolerance to

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0. Check Anti-alias

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and Contiguous, and uncheck A

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ll Layers. Now on the

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document, click on the letter B with the

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Paint Bucket tool to fill it with color.

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Next, click on the rectangular part of

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the letter I to fill it with

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color, but not the circle above it.

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Then click on the letter G to fill it

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with color. Now you may notice if you

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zoom in further there may be a few jagged

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edges. This can happen when using the P

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aint Bucket tool because we're coloring

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pixels normally. When you're zoomed into

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100% it won't even be noticeable, so you

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can just ignore those jagged edges. Or we

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can easily fix it with a fun little

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trick that works well on flat items that

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need smoothing. So let's give it a try.

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In the Layers panel, Control Click or

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Command click on a Mac on the thumbnail

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of the Big word layer to make a

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selection of the word. Then in

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the Menu Bar, choose Select >

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Select and Mask. In the Properties

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panel., in the View Mode, set the V

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iew to Black and white. Check High

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Quality Preview. Check Remember

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Settings. Set Refine Mode

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to Object Aware. Under edge

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detection, the Radius should be 0

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pixels and check Smart Radius.

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Under Global Refinements, set

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Smooth to 18, Feather

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to 1pixel,

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Contrast to 10%, a

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nd Shift Edge to -10%.

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Under Output Settings, Decontaminate

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colors should be unchecked.

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Set Output to New Layer and then

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click OK. And now it's placed

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a smoothed version on a new layer and

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turned off the visibility of the original

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layer for us. Super handy. OK, if you

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zoomed in, go ahead and press Control

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minus or Command minus on a Mac to

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zoom back out so that you can see

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the swatches and example word.

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Now it's time to deconstruct our word,

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so let's get the Rectangular Marquee

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tool. In the Tool Options,

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click on the New Selection icon.

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Set the feather to 0, a

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nd the Style to Normal. Now

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on the document, click and drag out a

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selection over the entire letter B.

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And then press Shift Control J or Shift C

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ommand J on a Mac to cut out the letter

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and place it on its own layer.

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With the Rectangular Marquee tool still

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active and using the example word as

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a reference, click and drag out a

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thin rectangular shape over the left side

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of the letter B.

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And press the letter I to get the E

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yedropper tool. And then click on the

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orange swatch on the document to sample

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the color. Next, get the Paint B

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ucket tool. And on the document, click

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inside the selection on the letter B to

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fill it with color. And then press

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SHIFT CTRL J or Shift CMD J to cut out

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the selection and place it on its own

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layer. Now let's get the Move tool.

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And on the document, click on the orange

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section of the letter B and move it to

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the left. And up a bit

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using the example word as a reference.

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In the Layers panel, activate the Big

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layer. Get the Rectangular Marquee

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tool. And on

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the document, click and drag out a

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selection around the entire letter I to

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make a selection. Press Shift Control

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J or Shift Command J to cut out the

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letter I and place it on its own layer.

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Now click and drag out a selection around

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the circle shape above the letter I to

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make a selection. Press Shift Control J

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or Shift Command J to cut out the circle

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and place it on its own layer.

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With the circle layer active, click and

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drag out a selection over a little less

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than half of the bottom of the circle

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shape. Next, get the Paint B

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ucket tool. And on the document, click

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inside the selection to fill it with

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orange. And then press Shift Control J

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or Shift Command J to cut out the

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selection and place it on its own layer.

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Now activate the top half of the circle

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layer in the Layers panel. Now

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I have another quick trick. If you press

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and hold down the letter I, you'll not

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only get the Eyedropper tool so that you

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can sample a color. As soon as you let

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go of the letter I, it will revert back

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to whichever tool that you were using

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before. So in this case it would be the P

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aint Bucket tool. So go ahead and try it.

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So press and hold down the letter I. Then

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on the document, click on the pink swatch

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to sample the color. And then let

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go of the letter I and you now should

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have the Paint Bucket tool active. And on

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the document, click on the top half of

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the circle to fill it with color. Let's

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get the Move tool and on the document,

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click and move the top half of the circle

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upward. To create a space between the two

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halves of the circle shape. Next in

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the Layers panel. Activate the

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bottom of the letter I layer.

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Get the Rectangular Marquee tool.

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And on the document, starting at the top

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left side of the bottom of the letter, I

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click and drag out a selection over a

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little more than half of the shape to

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make a selection. Now press the letter

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I to get the Eyedropper tool. And

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then click on the yellow swatch on the

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document to sample the color. Get the P

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aint Bucket tool. And on the

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document, click inside the selection to

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fill it with color. Then press Shift C

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ontrol J or Shift Command J to cut out

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the selection and place it on its own

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layer. Get the Move tool.

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And on the document, click on the yellow

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section of the letter I and move it down

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a bit. Then hover the

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cursor over the top right corner handle

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of the bounding box until a curved double

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arrow appears and then click and drag it

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to the left to rotate it a bit.

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Click the checkmark to commit the

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transformation. And on the document,

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click on the layer and move it until you

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are happy with the placement. And don't

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forget you can always use the

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deconstructed example as a reference if

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needed. In the Layers

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panel, activate the Letter G layer.

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And then get the Rectangular Marquee

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tool. Now on the document, starting at

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the top left side of the letter G,

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click and drag out a selection over a

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little less than half of the letter to

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make a selection. And then press S

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hift Control J or Shift Command J to cut

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out the selection and place it on its own

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layer. Next, get the Paint Bucket

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tool. And on the document, click on

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the top left side of the letter G to fill

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it with color. In the

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Layers panel, activate the bottom of the

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letter G layer. Now press the

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letter I to get the Eyedropper tool and

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then click on the pink swatch on the

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document to sample the color. Get the P

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aint Bucket tool. And on

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the document, click on the bottom of the

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letter G to fill it with color. Get

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the Move tool. Now hover the

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cursor over the top right corner handle

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of the bounding box until a curved double

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arrow appears and then click and drag it

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to the left to rotate it.

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Then click inside the bounding box and

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move it down a bit so that there's a bit

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of white space between the two halves of

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the letter. Click the checkmark

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to commit the transformation. Use the

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deconstructed example as a reference if

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needed. Let's group our layers.

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In the Layers panel, activate the layer

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at the top of your layers, which will be

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the orange section of the letter B if you

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followed my steps exactly. Then holding

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down the Shift key, click on the pink

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bottom half of the letter G layer. So

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that all your deconstructed letter layers

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are active. Then click on the Create

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a New Group icon. Double

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click on the name of the group and

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rename it Deconstructed Word. Then press

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Enter or Return to commit the change.

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Wasn't that fun? Now you can create your

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own words and titles using the Type tool

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and your favorite bold style fonts to

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match your pages and projects. I've

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included detailed instructions in the

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manuals so that you can start from

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scratch and use the same technique with

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different words and fonts. OK,

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I have a little bonus for you. I'm going

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to quickly show you another way we can

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use the Marquee tools to add color and

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dress up our letters. I'll just walk you

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through this real quick since it's using

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the same techniques we just used minus

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cutting the letters apart. You will find

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more detailed instructions in the manual.

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Now I'm starting out with pink letters

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this time, and this time I don't need

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to cut the letters apart because I'm not

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deconstructing it. I'll start by clicking

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and dragging a selection around the top

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half of the letter B using the

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Rectangular Marquee tool. And

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then grab yellow from the color swatch

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using the Eyedropper tool and fill in the

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selection using the Paint Bucket tool.

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Now here's the fun part. I'm going

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to click and drag out thin rectangular

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shapes on the bottom half of the letter B

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to create stripes. And then fill them

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with color using the Paint Bucket tool.

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This is such a quick way to transform a

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solid colored letter. Next I'll add three

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different colors using the same technique

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to the circle over the letter I.

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And we aren't limited to the R

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ectangular Marquee tool. I'll use

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the Elliptical Marquee tool this time.

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And drag out a skinny vertical oval shape

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on the bottom part of the letter I.

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And I'll grab green from the color Swatch

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and fill in the selection with the Paint B

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ucket tool. Next I'm just going

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to click and drag out a tall oval

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selection on top of the letter G and fill

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it with color. And I'll follow the same

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steps to add several other colored ovals.

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How fun and easy is that?

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OK, now before you go, I've included

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a template in the class files that

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is the perfect way to showcase your

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new deconstructed word. Customize the

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template to fit your project, and I've

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included the words Smile and Dream for

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either smile big or dream big. I

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hope you have fun with it.

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Well, I hope this lesson inspires you

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to spice up your words by deconstructing

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them or just decorating them using the

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marquee tool and the paint bucket tool.

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Make sure to save your document in the

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class folder. For this lesson, this has

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been Syndee Rogers.