Adobe PHOTOSHOP 5.0, User Manual, Page: 26 / 400

CHAPTER 1 18
A Quick Tour of Adobe Photoshop
19
Double-click the T icon on the Mezzo Piano
layer in the Layers palette. In the Type Tool dialog
box, select the word “PIANO” and change it to
“FORTE.” Notice how the layer effects are applied
to the new word.
20 If you like, try applying other layer effects to
the text. When you are finished, click OK.
21 Choose File > Save.
Filters
To quickly add special effects to your artwork, you
can choose from a wide variety of filters. In this
part of the tour, you’ll apply some filters to
transform the background.
1
Click the background in the Layers palette to
make it active.
2
Choose Filter > Distort > Wave. In the dialog
box, set Number of Generators to 3, Maximum
Wavelength to 350, Minimum Amplitude to 1, and
Maximum Amplitude to 20. Click OK.
3
Choose Filter > Brush Strokes > Angled Strokes,
and click OK to accept the default settings.
4
Then choose Filter > Fade Angled Strokes. In
the dialog box, set the opacity to 50%, select
Multiply for the mode, and click OK.
Explore some additional filters if you like.
Painting
With the Photoshop painting tools, you can add
color to your artwork using preset swatches, colors
you create, or colors you sample from existing art.
Now you’ll paint part of the background using the
paintbrush tool.
1
Double-click the paintbrush tool ( ), and
make sure that the opacity in the Paintbrush
Options palette is set to 100%.
Note: Each tool in Photoshop has its own Options
palette, which you can display by double-clicking the
tool in the toolbox.
2
Choose Window > Show Brushes, and click the
35-pixel brush from the bottom row of the
Brushes palette.