Layers: Hamburger and Ice Cream Building

You will learn how to use layers by building a hamburger and ice cream cone

Step 1

•  Go to
  •  File
    • New

Step 2

• Change pixels to INCHES
  • Width 15 Inches (NOT pixels)
  • Height 25 Inches (NOT pixels)
    • Resolution 72
      • Background Color White

Step 3

• You now have a blank white canvas
  • You be using this to build your hamburger and ice cream on

Step 4

• Open the Hamburger or Ice Cream file
  •  File
    • Open

Step 5

• Go to Downloads
  • Pick hamburger layers.psd
    • or
  • Ice Cream layers.psd

Step 6

• A file will open with parts of a hamburger and/or ice cream

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The LAYERS pallete

Everytime you do something to an image in photoshop it will show up in the layers section.

It is a visual record of the steps you do in photoshop.

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Step 7

• Find the Layers for the Hamburger or ice cream
• The File will have different layers with different ingredients
  • Each layer is conncected to an ingredient in the Hamburger or Ice Cream  
    • The layers  have been named for you.
      • Ex Bun, Lettuce, cone

Step 8  :  Moving the ingrediants

• Pick the Move tool (top left)
  • Click on the ingredient you want to move first
    • When you click on the ingredient you will notice it’s activated in the layers pallete
      • Click the layer
        • Hold and drag the ingredient over to the blank canvas

Step 9:  Layer Order

• The ingredient that is on the bottom of the layers pallete, will be underneath all the other ingredients (Ex Bottom Bun)
  • To move the bottom bun in front of the other ingredients
    • Click on the Bottom Bun Layer
      • Drag the Bottom Bun Layer to the top of the layers pallet

• You can move any layer to the top or bottom of your hamburger
  • Ex lettuce is moved ontop of the other ingredients

Step 10:

• When your hamburger is built you will Flatten all the layers into one
  • Right Click the Background Layer
    • Choose Flatten Image
      • You will now have ONE layer

Step 11:  Saving the File

• File
  • Save As
    • Pick Downloads (or any other folder you would like)
    • Name it and click ok.

 Hamburger 1

• Create a Hamburger with 8-20 ingredients.  This can be a small burger or a crazy large one.
• You MUST have
  • The plate on the bottom
  • The bottom bun on the bottom of the burger
  • The top bun on the top of the burger
    • Anything else inside may go in any order

Ice Cream Cone

• Create an ice cream cone with the following in ingredients in the following order.
  • A Cone
  • 3 Flavors of Ice Cream
  • Melting Drip under bottom of ice cream
  • Sauce
  • Sprinkles
  • Cherry or Strawberry