BEGINNERS’ WORKSHOPKELBYONE.COMthe end result, use at least 300 ppi
(pixels per inch), so the pixels will
be nice and small once printed.
If necessary, darken the brick
wall. To do that, click the half-black/
half-white circle at the bottom
of the Layers panel (circled) and
choose Levels.
STEP TWO: In the Properties panel
that opens, drag the midpoint slider
(circled) rightward to approxi-
mately 0.36.
STEP THREE: This is optional, but
you may find it useful to turn off the
automatic placeholder text Photo-
shop adds with each type layer. To
do that, choose Photoshop (PC:
Edit)>Preferences>Type, turn off Fill
New Type Layers with Placeholder
Text, and click OK.
STEP FOUR: Press T to grab the
Horizontal Type tool (circled) in
the Toolbar, and in the Options
Bar, click the color swatch (also
circled). In the Color Picker that
opens, choose white (simply enter
FFFFFF into the # field) because
it’s easy to colorize using layer
styles later on. Click OK to close
the Color Picker.