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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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Adobe Photoshop and I've already opened

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the Swatches worksheet from the class

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files, made a duplicate copy and

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closed the original. To keep

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things simple, we'll be using the color

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palette provided on the worksheet in this

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lesson, but I've included editable

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swatches so you can try out different

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color combinations for future projects,

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and you will find instructions on how to

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customize them in the manual.

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OK, the filter we're going to use

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in this lesson is the Polar Coordinates

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filter. And the results will change

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depending on the location of the swatches

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on the document. You'll see what I mean

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here in a minute. Basically, the Polar C

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oordinates filter takes a rectangular

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image and warps it into a circular

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image. Or we can also do the

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opposite, taking a circular image and

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warping it into a rectangular image.

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Thankfully for us, we don't need to

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understand how and why the filters in

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Photoshop do what they do because it's

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all done for us. We just get to play

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with them and enjoy the act of creating,

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which is what this class is all about.

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However, if you want to take a deep dive

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into Polar Coordinates, you can find a

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link to an article in the manual for this

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lesson. OK, let's activate

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the Merged Swatches group in the Layers

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panel and press Control J or Command

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J on a Mac to duplicate the

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group. Then click on the visibility

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icon of the original Merged Swatches

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group to hide it. With

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the duplicate group active, open the M

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erged swatches group and activate the S

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watches 1 layer. OK, now

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for the fun part. In the Menu B

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ar, choose Filter > Distort >

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Polar 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

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a color will and makes a fun little

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accent. Now can you remember the location

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of the original Swatch layer?You

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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 1 layer. This is

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why we made a duplicate copy of the

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group, so you can easily find out the

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starting location of the swatches. OK,

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I'll 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 P

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olar Coordinates at the top of the menu.

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It 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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2 layer to hide it. And

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activate the Swatches 3 layer. And

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then click on its visibility icon to turn

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it on. Let's use a shortcut which

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will run the previous filter with the

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same settings. Press Ctrl Alt F.

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Or Cmd Ctrl F on a Mac to

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run the filter. And as you

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can see, it's an even thinner version of

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the previous result. Now in the Layers

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panel, click on the visibility icon of

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the modified Swatches 3 layer to hide it

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and activate the Swatches 4 layer, and

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then click on its visibility icon to turn

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it on. Let's go ahead and

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use the shortcut. Press CTRL Alt F or

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CMD CTRL F on a Mac to run

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the same filter with the previous

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settings. And now we have an even

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bigger and thinner result. And if

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I turn on all my modified Swatch

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layers, you can see the kind of

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nest together. Each one has progressively

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gotten bigger and thinner. Pretty fun.

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Let's go ahead and turn off the Swatches 4

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see what happens if we apply the

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same filter and settings to an element

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that has 10 color swatches instead of

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five. Activate the Swatches 1b layer

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in the Layers panel and turn it

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on. This swatchs layer is

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in the same location as the Swatches

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1 layer. OK, press CTRL Alt

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F or CMD CTRL F on a

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Mac to run the same filter with

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the previous settings. And this

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has created a complete color wheel style

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element. Now in the Layers

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panel, turn off the Swatches 1b

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layer and activate the Swatches 2b layer

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and turn it on. Now

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press Control Alt F or Command Control

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F to run the filter and the

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result is a bigger and thinner color

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wheel. You might be asking why

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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

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see, the swatches are further down on the

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page. OK, I'll just use the shortcuts

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Control Alt F or Command Control F on

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a Mac to run the filter using the

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previous settings. And now you can

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see that this color wheel is more of

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an Oval shape. It's not really what I

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was going for. So again, the location of

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your swatches or elements plus the size

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will affect the result. My advice

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is to just play and have fun with this

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filter and also be ready to use the undo

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shortcut. OK, I'll go ahead and activate

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my 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 group.

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And click on its visibility icon to hide

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it. Now let's activate the S

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watches Resize layer and turn it

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on. Press Control

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T or Command T on a

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Mac to get the Transform Options.

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And in the Tool Options make

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sure Maintain Aspect Ratio is

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deactivated. Set both the

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width and height to 12 inches.

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And set Rotate to 90°.

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Click the check mark to commit the

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change. Next, 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 to

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run the filter. This has given us a

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fun multi-colored circle 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 Control

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J or Command J on a Mac to

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duplicate the layer and then in the Menu B

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ar choose Edit > Transform > Rotate

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90° clockwise.

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Then press Control E or Command 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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In the Layers panel, turn off

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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.

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Mac to get the transform options. In the T

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ool Options, set the width to 12 inches

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and the height to 6 inches.

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Click the check mark to commit the

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change. Now press CTRL Alt

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F or CMD CTRL F to run

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the filter. We now have a different

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version of a color wheel or a

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pie chart. But let's modify

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it a bit by pressing Control J

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or Command J to duplicate the layer.

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Then press Control T or Command T

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on a Mac to get the Transform O

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ptions, and in the Tool Options set

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Rotate to 10°. Click the checkmark

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to Commit, or you can press Enter

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or Return. Next, press Control E or

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Command E to merge the two layers.

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This creates a solid color wheel with no

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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 S

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watches Resize 2 layer and then activate

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the Swatches Resize 3 layer and turn

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it on. Press Control T

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or Command T to get the T

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ransform Options and in the Tool O

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ptions set the height to 11.91

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inches which should match the width.

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And set Rotate to 90°. Click the

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checkmark to commit. Now press CTRL

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Alt F or CMD CTRL F to

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run the 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

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design there's a white area where the

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colors do not make a complete circle.

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We can remedy this using the same

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steps we used earlier. By pressing

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CTRL J or CMD J to duplicate the

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layer. And then press Control T

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or Command T to get the Transform O

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ptions. And in the Tool Options

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set Rotate to 90°. Click the check

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mark to commit. Or you can

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press Enter or Return. Next press

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Control E or Command E to

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merge the two layers. Now I'm

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going to show you on another

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copy of the Swatches worksheet, a

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different variation using the original

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swatches resize three layer. So

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I'll activate my demo document and

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I have the Swatches Resize 3

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layer active. I'll go ahead and

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get the Transform Options and I'll

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set the height to 11.91 inches

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just like I did in the

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last variation, but this time I

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won't rotate the layer. And

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I'll press Control Alt F or Command

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Control F to run the filter with the

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same settings. And now I have a color

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wheel that has 10 sections of color.

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This is fun as is, but if I

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want a solid version, I can follow the

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same steps we used in the last variation

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to duplicate the layer. Then get

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the Transform Options and this time I'll

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rotate the layer 5°. And finally,

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I'll merge the two layers. So just

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another fun variation using those

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swatches. If you want to create this

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variation, you can find the instructions

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in the manual. I'll go ahead and activate

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my swatches worksheet. OK, Are you

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ready for something super fun and cool?

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This is my favorite filter effect in this

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lesson. This time we are using

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round color swatches. Let's see what

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happens. In the Layers panel, click on

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the visibility icon of the Swatches r

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esize 3 layer to hide it and

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then activate the Circle Swatches Flower

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layer and turn it on.

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Then press Control T or Command

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T to get the Transform Options

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and in the Tool Options set

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both the width and height to

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11.90 inches. And then click the

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checkmark to commit. Now press Control

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Alt F or Command Control F to run the

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filter. How fun is that? I just love it

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so much and it's easy to just click on

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one of the corner handles of the bounding

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box to resize it. OK, well that's it for

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this lesson. I hope you had as much fun

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as I did. Make sure to save your document

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in the class folder for this lesson.

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This has been Syndee Rogers.