ABC Part 2: Photoshop Putting the Letters All Together

Step 1: 

• Click on the yellow folder at the bottom of the computer screen

• Click on Downloads Arrow

Step 3: 

• Click the yellow folder at the top
  • This will create a New Fold
    • Name the folder ABC

Step 4:

• Open the sd card with the photos you took for the ABC project
• You will only want to select the photos you took for this project
  • Highlight all the photos you took for the ABC project
• When they are all highlighted
  • Right click with your mouse
    • Select Copy

Step 5:

• Return to the ABC folder you made
  • It’s in Downloads
• Right click on the ABC folder
  • Paste the photos into the folder

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Part 2: Shrinking the Photos

Step 1

• Go to
  • File- New
• Make your canvas size 10 Inches in width 10 Inches in height  
• 200 resolution
• Background Contents:  Black or white

Step 2:

• Go to
  • View
    • Guides
      • New Guide Layout

Step 3:

• Color pick Light Blue
• In Columns
  • Number 5 px
  • Gutter 5 px

• In Rows
  • Number 6
  • Gutter 5

Step 4:

• Click on the box shape at the bottom left of tool bar
  • Fill can be any color of blue you would like
  • Stroke must have a white box with red line through it

Step 5a:

• Zoom in closely on the First box in the upper left hand

Step 5b:

• Draw a blue box so that it fits in the first square area perfectly
  • LEAVE the area of white around the box.
    • You will want to have white space between all the letters as you build the graph

Step 6:

• Go to the Layers pallet
• Double click where it says Rectangle 1
• Rename it A

Step 7a:

• Stay on Layer A
  • Click Control-J   (You have now made a copy of Layer A Box)
• Select the Move Tool
  • Click on the first blue square you made
  • Move the duplicated square to the box on the Right

Step 7b:

• Be sure you are leaving white space between the boxes.  This is why we made a graph with extra lines.

Step 8:

• Go back to the Layers Pallet
  • Double Click on the Layer that says A copy
    • Rename it B

Step 9:

• Stay on Layer B
• Click Control-J
  • You will now have another blue square made
• Select the Move Tool
  • Move the blue square to the next box on the graph to the right
• Double Click on the Layer that says B copy
  • Rename it C

Part 4: Inserting the A-Z

Step 1:

• Go to the Layers Pallet
  • Make sure you are on Layer A
• Go to File
  • Place Embedded

Step 2:

• Go to
  • Downloads
    • ABC Folder
      • Double Click to open folder

Step 3:

• You will see a yellow folder called JPEG
  • This is the folder where all the ABC shrunk images are
  • Pick the letter A

• The Photo will appear in the middle of the page

Step 4:

• Move the photo (Letter A) ontop of the first box

Step 5:

• Right click on this layer
  • Create Clipping Mask
    • We will fix the photo to fit perfectly in the next step

• Click
  • Control T
    • Hold Shift Key
      • Make the letter smaller to fit into the box
• Click Enter when you are done

Step 7:

• On the Layers Pallet, make sure you are on layer B

Step 8:

• Go to
  • File
    • Place Embedded
• From the Jpeg folder (the shrunk letters) pick the letter B
• The Photo will appear in the middle of the page.

Step 9:

• Move the photo (Letter B) ontop of the second box

Step 10:

• Right click this layer
• Pick Create Clipping Mask
• Your photo will now be clipped inside of the box
• (We will fix the photo to fit perfectly in the next step)

Step 11:

• Click Control T
• Hold the Shift Key and move/drag your letter smaller to get it to fit into the box
• Click Enter when you are done

****Continue steps 1-6 with every letter until you have all letters listed A-Z****

Step 12:

• When you have finished A-Z
• Flatten Image
  • No Logo
• Must do final step 13

Step 13:

• The final A-Z MUST BE EDITED
  • Open in Camera Raw
  • Do a quick edit to make all the letters look consistand in color/lighting.