The Professional Photoshop Book - Volume 7 2015

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FOOD TIME

Next we are to add the food element. Choose stock photography food textures that fit into your

chosen theme, think of how they will work within the letterforms and then draw Paths around the selected

areas you wish to add to your piece. Activate these Paths and then copy the area. Return back to the master

artwork and then draw a Path around the area you wish the food to feature on, ideally below the outlined

section we created in 3D earlier. Then make the Path active and paste your imagery into the area you require

using the Edit> Paste Special>Paste Into command.

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ADD DETAILS

Add details above this whole section:

drops of chocolate, apples falling from the stack,

drips and drops. Consider how these will interact

with the filling: is the solution gloopy like honey

or solid crumbs that bounce? Add as much or

little as you feel is necessary without making

the legibility suffer. Sometimes less is more in

these cases.

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CONTINUE MASKING

Once you are happy with the area on one

letter move on to the next. In your original sketch you

should have thought about how these letters look and

the colours of the fillings, for instance all browns, like

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MASK OFF LETTERS

This layer will now have a layer mask. Click

on the mask in the Layers palette, and using the

Brush tool, carefully remove sections of this mask by

painting white on the mask. Think about allowing

certain areas to break through, be visible and interact

with the lines of the text to add interest and

interaction. If you make a mistake simply Undo or

alternatively paint black instead, which will stop that

area being visible.

ADD AND REFINE THE DETAILS

IT’S TIME TO MAKE THE TYPE REALLY TASTY

001 CAKE

A cake effect is applied to the letter T on

the word tasty, and masked so that the T on type swirls around it.

002 SWEETS

The candy texture on the left-hand side of

the letter Ato form the symmetrical arms of the letter. is duplicated onto its right arm

003 FRUITY TEXT

A strawberry texture is used on the letter S.

The Clone tool can be used to extend the texture if it doesn’t fill the entire letter.

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Consider how details will

interact with the filling: is

the solution gloopy like honey or

solid crumbs that bounce?

cake and chocolate, or mixed colour fillings. Have fun

and create something that works for the look you are

going for. Remember to allow sections of each layer

to show through slightly to add interest.

Try tasty type tricks

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