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In this lesson, we'll use color

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swatches and filters to create unexpected

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accents. I'm in

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advanced mode of Photoshop elements and

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I've already opened the Swatches

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worksheet from the class files, made

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a dulicate copy and closed the

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original. To keep things simple,

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we'll be using the color palette provided

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on the worksheet in this lesson, but I've

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included editable swatches so you can try

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out different color combinations for

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future projects, and you will find

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instructions on how to customize them in

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the manual. OK, the filter we're

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going to use in this lesson is the

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polar coordinates filter, and the results

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will change depending on the location of

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the swatches on the document. You'll see

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what I mean here in a minute.

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Basically, the polar coordinates filter

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takes a rectangular image and warps it

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into a circular image. Or we

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can also do the opposite, taking a

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circular image and warping it into a

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rectangular image. Thankfully for us, we

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don't need to understand how and why the

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filters in Photoshop do what they do

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because it's all done for us. We just get

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to play with them and enjoy the act of

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creating, which is what this class is all

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about. However, if you want to take a

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deep dive into polar coordinates, you can

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find a link to an article in the manual

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for this lesson. OK, let's

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activate the Merged Swatches group in the

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Layers panel and press CTRL J or

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CMD J on a Mac to duplicate

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the group. Then click on the

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visibility icon of the original Merged S

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watches group to hide it.

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With the duplicate group active, open

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the merged swatches group and activate

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the swatches one layer. OK,

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now for the fun part. In the M

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enu Bar, choose Filter >

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Distort > Polar

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coordinates. In the

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dialog box, choose Rectangular to P

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olar and click OK.

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Isn't that fun? It looks like half of a

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color wheel and makes a fun little

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accent. Now, can you remember the

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location of the original Swatch layer?

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You can easily find out by opening the

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original merged swatches group and then

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turn on the swatches one layer. This is

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why we made a duplicate copy of the group

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so you can easily find out the starting

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location of the swatches. OK, I'll

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hide the original group again.

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Next, in the Layers panel, click on

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the visibility icon of the modified

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Swatches 1 layer to hide it.

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And activate the swatches 2 layer and

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then click on its visibility icon to turn

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it on. In the Menu B

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ar, choose Filter. And then Polar C

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oordinates at the top of the menu. This

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will run the filter using the previous

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settings. This result is a bigger

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and thinner color wheel style element.

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Now let's try another variation.

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In the Layers panel, click on the

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visibility icon of the modified swatches

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to layer to hide it. And

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activate the Swatches 3 layer. And

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then click on its Vsibility icon to turn

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it on. Let's use a shortcut

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which will run the previous filter with

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the same settings. Press CTRL F

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or CMD F on a Mac. And

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as you can see, it's an even thinner

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version of the previous result. Now in

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the Layers panel, click on the visibility

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icon of the Modified Swatches 3 layer to

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hide it and activate the Swatches for

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layer and then click on its visibility

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icon to turn it on. Let's

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go ahead and use the shortcut. Press Ctrl

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F or Cmd F on a Mac to

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run the filter. And now we

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have an even bigger and thinner result.

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And if I turn on all my

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modified Swatch layers, you can see the

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kind of nest together. Each one has

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progressively gotten bigger and thinner.

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Pretty fun. Let's go

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ahead and turn off the swatches 4 layer

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in the Layers panel. Let's see

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what happens if we apply the same filter

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and settings to an element that has 10

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color swatches instead of five. Activate

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the Swatches 1B layer in the Layers

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panel and turn it on.

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This swatches layer is in the same

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location as the Swatches 1 layer.

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OK, press CTRL F or CMD F

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on a Mac to run the same

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filter with the previous settings and

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this has created a complete color wheel

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style element. Now in the Layers panel,

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turn off the Swatches 1b layer

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and activate the Swatches 2b layer and

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turn it on. Now press Ctrl

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F or Cmd F to run the filter

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and the result is a bigger and thinner

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color wheel. You might be asking

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why we didn't just start out creating the

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full color wheels. Well, depending on the

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location of the 10 color swatches layer,

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you may end up with a distorted shape.

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Let me demonstrate on a separate

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document. As you can see,

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the swatches are further down on the page

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in the same location as the original

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swatches for layer. OK, I'll just use the

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shortcut Ctrl F or Cmd F on a

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Mac to run the filter using the previous

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settings. And now you can see that this

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color wheel is more of an Oval shape.

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It's not really what I was going for.

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So again, the location of your swatches

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or elements plus the size will affect the

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result. My advice is to just

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play and have fun with this filter and

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also be ready to use the undo shortcut.

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OK, I'll go ahead and activate my

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Swatches worksheet. Next we're

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going to use the same 5 color

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swatches from earlier and resize them and

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see how that changes our results.

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So in the Layers panel, turn off

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the Swatches 2b layer.

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And close the Merged Swatches copy

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group. And click on its

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visibility icon to hide it. Now

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let's activate the Swatches Resize layer

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and turn it on.

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on a Mac to get the T

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ransform Options, and in the Tool O

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ptions uncheck Constrain Proportions. Set

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both the width and height to

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12 inches. And

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set the angle to 90°.

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Click Done in the contextual taskbar. If

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you're using an earlier version of

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Photoshop Elements, click the check mark

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to commit. Next in the menu

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bar choose Filter and then polar

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coordinates at the top of the menu to

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run the filter. This is given us a

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fun multi colored circles design, but as

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you can see there's a white line at

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the top middle of the circles. A quick

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way to fix that is to press Ctrl

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J or Cmd J on a Mac to

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duplicate the layer and then in the menu

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bar choose Image > Rotate >

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Rotate layer 90° right.

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Then press Ctrl E or Cmd E on

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a Mac to merge the two layers.

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And now we have a fun background.

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Let's move on to another variation.

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the Swatches resize layer and then

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activate the Swatches Resize 2 layer.

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And turn it on. Press

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Ctrl T or Cmd T on a

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Mac to get the Transform Options. In

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the Tool Options, uncheck Constrain

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Proportions. Set the width to 12 inches

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and the height to 6 inches.

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Click Done in the contextual taskbar, or

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you can press Enter or Return in earlier

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versions of Photoshop elements. Click the

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check mark to commit the change.

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the filter. We now have a different

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version of a color wheel or a pie chart.

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But let's modify it a bit by

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pressing Ctrl J or Cmd J to

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duplicate the layer. Then press Ctrl T

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or Cmd T on a Mac to

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get the Transform Options, and in the T

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ool Options set the angle to 10°.

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Click Done in the contextual taskbar. If

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you're using an earlier version of

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Photoshop Elements. Click the check mark

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to commit. Next, press Ctrl E or

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Cmd E to merge the two layers.

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This creates a solid color wheel with

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no white space between the colors. It's

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a versatile and fun element.

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Let's try another variation.

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In the Layers panel, turn off the Sw

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atches  Resize 2 layer and then activate

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the Swatches Resize 3 layer and turn

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it on. Press Ctrl

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T or Cmd T to

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get the Transform Options and

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in the Tool Options uncheck

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Constrain Proportions. Set the height

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to 11.91 inches which should

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match the width. And then

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click on the Rotate Clockwise icon in

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the contextual taskbar to rotate the

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layer and then click Done.

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version of Photoshop Elements, set the

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angle to 90° in the tool options

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and then click the check mark to

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commit. Now press CTRL F

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or CMD F on a Mac.

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To run this filter, This variation has 10

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thinner colored circles and as you can

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see in the top middle of the design

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there's a white area where the colors do

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not make a complete circle. We can remedy

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this using the same steps we used earlier

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by pressing Ctrl J or Cmd J to

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duplicate the layer. And then

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press Ctrl T or Cmd T to get

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the Transform Options. And in

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the contextual taskbar. Click on

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the Rotate Clockwise icon or an

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earlier versions of Photoshop elements, s

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et the angle to 90° in

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the Tool Options. Then press

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Done in the contextual taskbar or

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click the check mark to commit

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an earlier versions of Photoshop

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elements. Next, press Control E or

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Command E to merge the two

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layers. Now I'm going

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to show you on another copy

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of the Swatches worksheet, a different

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variation using the original Swatches

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resize three layer. So I'll

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activate my demo document and I

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have the swatches resize three layer

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active. I'll go ahead and get

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the Transform Options and I'll set

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the height to 11.91 inches just

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like I did in the last

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variation, but this time I won't

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rotate the layer. And then press

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Control F or Command F to run the

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filter with the same settings. And now

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I have a color wheel that has 10 sections

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of color. This is fun as is,

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but if I want a solid version, I

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can follow the same steps we used in

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the last variation to duplicate the

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layer. Then get the Transform Options

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and this time I'll rotate the layer

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to 5° and finally I'll merge the

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two layers. So just another fun variation

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using those swatches. If you want to

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create this variation, you can find the

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instructions in the manual. I'll go ahead

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fun and cool? This is my favorite

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filter effect in this lesson. This time

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we are using round color swatches. Let's

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see what happens. In the layers panel,

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click on the visibility icon of the S

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watches Resize 3 layer to hide it,

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flower layer and turn it on.

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T to get the transform options

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Click Done in the contextual task bar.

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an earlier versions of Photoshop

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Elements. Now press Control F or Command

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F on a Mac to run the filter.

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How fun is that? I just love it so much

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and it's easy to just click on one of the

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corner handles of the bounding box to

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resize it. OK, well that's it for this

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lesson. I hope you had as much fun as I

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did. Make sure to save your document in

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the class folder for this lesson. This

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has been Syndee Rogers.