Go to the File Menu and choose New. Make your Image Size 640 x 240 pixels

Pixel is a word that means picture

element. A pixel is the smallest part of

a digital picture.Pixels that make

up the mouth

Use the Paint Bucket tool to fill the image with black.

Foreground is the color you paint on top of the background.

If the foreground isn’t black, double click into the foreground square and choose black.

Go to the Edit Menu

Choose Fill with FG Color

FG stands for foreground.

Be sure you save your file to your hard drive or flash drive!

Absolutely Admirable Active Alive Ace Alert

Agreeable Amazing Beautiful Bright Best Brilliant

Care Cool Clean Charming Courteous Confident

Dazzling Dependable Delightful Divine Distinctive Dreamy

Dynamic Efficient Energetic Exceptional Essential Exciting

Exquisite Effervescent Expert Excellent Famous Fair

Fantastic Fashionable Fascinating Finest Free Friendly

Gentle Generous Genius Glamorous Glorious Goodness

Graceful Great Happy Healthy Heavenly Incredible

Inspire Impressive Joyful Kindness Logical Lucky

Memorable Mighty Miracle Outstanding Pride/Proud Pure

Peaceful Priceless Powerful Precious Protect Quiet

Quick Radiant Reliable Right Safety Sensitive

Sensational Serene Share Silent Skillful Smiles

Special Spectacular Sparkling Splendid Star Strong

Success Superb Supersonic Supreme Sweet Terrific

Totally Trust/Truth Treasure Ultimate Unbeatable Unique

Valued/Valuable Versatile Victorious Winner Wise Wonderful

Use the Text Tool and pick a nice THICK font and type

your name in the Text Editor box.

Use a very large font size.

A skinny font will not work for this!

Using the Magic Wand tool, you will select each of the letters in your name. You will need to hold down the SHIFT key to continue selecting till you

have them all.

The Magic Wand tool lets you select all of the same color pixels at once.

Contiguous means they are connected

Since these letters are not connected, we have to make multiple selections.

Hold SHIFT and drag your mouse to the bottom of the area.When done correctly it should look like the image below.

The Gradient Tool lets you fill a selected area with one of many color combinations.

One of the meanings of gradient is a change in the value of a quantity (in this case color)

Choose the Brushed Aluminum Gradient.

Use the Gradient Tool to click near the top of your word.

Go to the Colors Menu and choose Colorize Play around with the Hue and Saturation till you get the color you like.

Hue is the name of the color like REDSaturation is how much color

Go to the Select Menu Choose ShrinkShrink the selection 8 pixels

Go to the Edit Menu and Fill the shrunken selection with white

Most of the time, white is the

background or BG Color

Go to the Filters Menu and choose Noise and then RGB NoiseSlide all the sliders to the rightUncheck Independent RGBMake sure Correlated noise is checked and then click on OK

We’re almost done now!

Go to Filters and choose Decor and then Add Bevel

This will make the inside part of the letters look deeper

Go to the Image Menu

Choose Flatten Image

Make sure you have the correct layer selected

The bevel below is 30 pixels deep

Now for the finishing touch we will add a Lighting Effect found under Filters

Go to the Filters Menu

Choose Light & Shadow

Then choose Gradient Flare

1. Choose one of the styles

2. Explore the Settings

3. Place it wherever you like

4. Click on OK

5. Use at least 3 lighting effects

Don’t over do it!

Use Good Craftsmanship!

Sub-Menu

Lighting effects can make a simple word look many different ways!

And now you have your very own Bling!

Craftsmanship is the skill with which an artwork is made.

Create your own look using various colors

and lighting effects in coordinating colors

Created by ACE Students

Created by ACE Students