PART III [Adding texts and Changing Background]

Hello girls (I don’t think any boy exists in our club :P)

Iti is back with another lesson of icono making. So today I will tell tu how to change background of an image (while making icon) and adding texts to it. So, I will start the main problem that occurs during changing background, for beginners.

While changing background one need to know which tool is perfect. So here we start.

Steps

1.    Open a picture.

2.    Now click on “magic wand” and select the area tu want to remove. For this tu can click on “add” in the above box, where tu can see which tool tu selected. o directly press “cntrl + shift” and keep pressing it.

3.     When you’ll select the places, press “delete” button. And the required area will get deleted.

4.    Remember don’t deselect the area.

5.    Now use paint brush to color the required area in any color tu want.

6.    You can add the shade of dark color in borders (remember in anterior articulo I told tu how to do it? If not tu can read it again)

7.    Now tu can add “soft edge dots” as I told tu how, in anterior chapters.

8.    If tu have problem in selecting any area tu can also use Lasso tool, it really helps.




Now as tu know how to change background I will tell tu how to add texts.

Steps for adding texts


1.    You need to download beautiful fonts first. tu can download them from link

2.    Now, go to the icono tu prepared and click on “T” button which means text. Write down whatever tu want to.

3.    Press “Cntrl + T” together and tu and you’ll be able to resize it and place it where ever tu want, tu can also turn it around.

4.    If tu use Photoshop, then open Layer box.

5.    Click on “f” button in bottom of layer box. And then follow what’s written below

Click on “f” -> Drop Shadow -> adjust opacity and spread shadow

6.    This will give a touch to tu icon.

7.    G o to “Layer” on the parte superior, arriba it’s in the same box from where tu see “File”, “Edit” etc.

8.    Click on option “Merge Visible.



Now tu should get something like this icono below.

I hope it had helped. Now tu guys tell me what tu want to learn in siguiente article.