Photoshop designs

Text only with blending styles on ALL text (size can not be larger that 10 x 4 at 300 dpi)
1: classmates (we did as class)
2: YOUR NAME use 4 or 5 words to describe you
3: word of choice and then use 5 or 6 words to describe the main word

Below are some examples:

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Pictures with Phrase (you may change the orientation of layout to 10 height 4 width)
1:  Go Lynx (we did as class)
2:  phrase of choice (must be representative of one hobby of yours) with no more than 2 pictures
      - you must utilize at least one blending style
3:  same phrase as #2 or a different one representative of one hobby with a picture as the background and no more than 4 additional images as a collage

Below are some examples:

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Your name
1:  Use pictures to spell your name out.  You should be able to tell what the picture is as the letter.  The pictures should represent your interests/hobbies.  The background is your choice (color or picture).  Apply blending effects to the letters.

2:  Size of the canvas will be 10 x 4

Below are some examples:

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Your choice of 3 additional layouts:
1:   all 3 must fit on a normal page (no larger than 8 x 11)
2:  2 of them cannot be a 4 corner square/rectangle when cut out
3:  you can use any combination of pictures/words

Below are some examples:

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Word of choice
Use one picture to fill the word
Must be able to tell what picture is
Picture must relate to the word

To get the same size as the image,
start with the image open
CTRL + N for a new image, then continue below

Type the text
Copy and Paste the image
On the Image layer (CTRL + G)

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Steps to remove background from pictures:

1. open the file
2. duplicate the layer (right click in the layers window)
3. remove the eye from the original background
4. use the magnetic lasso tool and trace around the part of the picture you will use
5. when you get the marching ant effect, click on the edit in quick mask mode (located at the bottom of the tool on the left)
6. if you need to select more of the picture (removing the pink) use the eraser or the paint brush to remove more of the picture (adding the pink)
7. switch back to edit in standard mode (located next to the quick mask mode button)
8. select the marquee tool
9. right click on the picture you want to keep and select inverse
10. hit the delete key
11. use the marquee tool to select the image (click somewhere to remove the marching ants before clicking and dragging)
12. Control + C to copy OR use the move tool to click/drag the image to your canvas
13. go to your 10 x 4 canvas and Control + V to paste
14. use the marquee tool, right click and Free transform to re-size or rotate the image...hit ENTER
15. use the move tool to place the image where you want it
16. add a blending style

to send things to the back or front click and drag the layer either up or down...change the order of the layers