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TUTORIAL THREE: BLOCK IT OUT

Here’s our third (and last) poster style for

another space image. This time, we’re

going to block out some of the image

using a vector mask, and add some text

in between the shapes.

Step One: Create another 12x12" docu-

ment, as before. Then, place the third

image of this set, the famous footprint!

To download it, go to this link, click the

Download button, and choose Original.

Resize the image so that the footprint

stretches almost to the center of the

frame; we’ll readjust this at the end.

Step Two: To make this easier, put the

image into a group of its own by pressing

Command-G (PC: Ctrl-G). We’re going to

apply a vector mask to this group to mask

out some of the image and make space

(excuse the pun!) for some text.

Step Three: Now, we’ll create our

first rectangle shape. To help with this lay-

out, go to View>Show>Grid to turn on the

grid, then under the Photoshop CC menu

(PC: Edit), go to Preferences >Guides,

Grid & Slices. In the Preferences dialog,

go to the Grid section, and change the

Gridline Every setting to 1 Inches and

set Subdivisions to 2. Click OK. With

the grid showing, press U to select the

Rectangle tool, and change the tool

mode menu in the Options Bar to Path.

Draw out the first rectangle at the top

of the image from the first subdivision

down to the second subdivision. You can

have multiple shapes and sizes; we’re

going to create several strips across the

image for this design.

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