Letters Out of Objects

Letters Out of Objects

Creating a Word out of the Objects 

 

Photography Section

Step 1: 

  • Pick a word or phrase that goes with that theme
    • Must be appropriate
  • Think of a theme and take photos of that theme to make it more interesting (baseball, music)

Step 2: 

  • Take a photograph of objects that look like letters
  • You may NOT use real letters!
  • If your word has the same letter twice in it you must pick two different objects for that letter
    • Ex the C below.  Must take two different C photos

 Yes                                                       No

     

 

Points for word length 

  • 6 points
    • 8  + Letters
  • 5 Points
    • 7 Letters
  • 4 Points
    • 5-6 Letters
  • 3 Points
    • 4 or Less Letters

Photoshop Section 

Step 1: Crop your letters

  • Open each letter in photoshop
    • Crop out the extra area around the image so that you just see the letter
      • Save image back to your computer/sd card so you have the cropped version saved

Step 2a: For Single Word.   For two words see step 2b

  • File
    • New
      • 22.222 inches width
      • 4 inchs height 
      • 150 resolution
      • Background White or Black

Step 2b: For Two words

    • 22.222 inches width
      • 7.792 inchs height
        • 150 resolution
    • Background White or Black
Step 4:
  • Select the 1st letter of your word
  • Click Place
Step 5:
  • The photo will appear in the middle of the canvas
    • Pick the move tool
      • Move letter to the left
        • Leave a little space on the left for a border at the end
    • Click Enter
Step 6:
  • Repeat Step 3-5 with the 2nd letter in the word
  • Move this letter next to the first letter
Step 7:
  • Continue with steps 3-5 until you have the whole word
  • Pick the Crop tool
    • Crop out the address areas of the canvas, but leaving a small boarder around the whole word
Step 8:
  • Flatten Image
    • Edit in Camera Raw
    • Save as jpeg
    • No LOGO

 

 

 

Step 3:   We will be creating blue lines.  These lines are only guides and will disappear when you save your project at the end. 
  • Go to View
    • Guides
      • New Guide Layout
 
Step 4a:  Single Word.   For two words see step 4b
  • Color: Blue
  • Columns
    • Number:  8
    • Gutter:  0.2in
  • Margin
    • Top 0.3
    • Left 0.3
    • Bottom 0.3
    • Right 0.3
Step 4b:  Single Word.   For two words see step 4b
  • Color: Blue
  • Columns
    • Number:  8
    • Gutter:  0.2in
  • Rows
    • 2
  • Margin
    • Top 0.3
    • Left 0.3
    • Bottom 0.3
    • Right 0.3
 
Step 5
  • Click on the Rectangle Tool
    • Fill Black
    • Stroke white box with red line through it
Step 6
  • Draw a rectangle in the far left blue graph box
Step 6
  • On the Layers Pallet
    • Double click on the second layer where it says Rectangle 1
      • Rename it 1 Letter
Step 7
  • Click Control J
  • Select the Move tool
    • Move the black box into the next graph section
Step 8
  • On the Layers Pallet
    • Double click on the third layer where it says Rectangle 1 copy
      • Rename it 2 Letter

Step 9

  • Click Control J
  • Select the Move tool
    • Move the black box into the next graph section
Step 10
  • On the Layers Pallet
    • Double click on the third layer where it says Rectangle 1 copy
      • Rename it 2 Letter
Step 11
  • Continue until you have filled all of the boxes
Step 12
  • Click on 1 Letter on Layers Pallet
  • Go to
    • File- Place Embedded
Step 13
  • Pick the first letter of your word/phrase
  • Click Place
         
Step 14
  • Your photo will appear in the middle of your canvas BEHIND the black boxes
  • Select the move tool
Step 15
  • Drag the photo to the left until it’s in front of the first black box
  • Make the photo a little bigger than the black box
Step 16
  • Go to Layer Pallet
  • Click on the layer of the image you just moved
    • Be SURE that it is directly above 1 Letter Layer
  • Right click on that layer
    • Choose Create Clipping Mask
Step 17
  • The photo will now be “Clipped” inside of the black box
  • Make the image larger or smaller until it looks perfect to you
Step 18
  • Click on 2Letter on Layers Pallet
  • Go to
    • File- Place Embedded
Step 19
  • Choose the second letter of the word
    • Place image
    • It will show up in the middle of the canvas behind black boxes
  • Move the letter to the Left and over the second black box
  • Right click on the Layer
    • Create Clipping Mask 
      • The image will be “clipped into the box”
      • Make it bigger or smaller to fit
Step 20
  • Click on 3Letter Layer
  • Repeat the steps from above until you have placed all the letters in your word/phrase

Step 21

  • When word /phrase is complete
    • Flatten Image
    • NO LOGO
  • Finish by editing in Camera Raw to clean up images