For your final project of the year, you will create a vintage “Cal High farewell postcard.” You will use images that you take of Cal High, yourself, your friends, events, etc. You can use images that you have already taken as well as new images. This can be themed from a Cal High perspective, a personal perspective (all about you), or something in the middle. Color correct your images for quality - Have Fun!

1. Make a new Photoshop file.The size is 8”w x 5”h @ 300ppi.

2. File/Place your background image. This should be a landscape type image that sets the scene. If you play football - maybe it’s the football field, if you swim - maybe the pool, drama - maybe the theater, etc.

3. Using your text tool, type one letter. You should be typing something like Cal High, or Class of 17, or your name (6 letter minimum).Make sure it is the font and size you want. This should be a bold font with lots of interior space to place an image. Type Only One Letter

Create a Vintage Cal High

Postcard.

4. Duplicate that layer and using your text tool, change that letter to the next letter in your word. Do this until you have completed your word/s.

5. Highlight all your layers in the layer panel using the shift key, and align them using the align tools and/or move tools to get all of them in the right spot.

8. Once complete with adding all the attributes to the layer style panel, close it. Keep the layer highlighted / active and right click. Choose copy layer style. Next click on the un-styled letters holding down the shift key to select multiple layers, and then right click and click on paste layer style. This will add the styles to each layer that was selected.

9. Import your images to mask by your text. Scale them in front of your text to your liking, making sure to fill the entirety of each letter.

10. Turn the eye off on the photo that you want to mask, use your magic wand to select the letter, then turn the eye back on the layer you want to mask. Make sure the layer is selected and click on you layer mask icon (Japanese flag). Do this for every letter.

11. Add any additional text & style it.

12. Add a vignette: Make a new layer, select all (command +A) then fill with 50% gray. Next change the blending mode to soft light. Next select filter/lens correction. Select custom. In vignette turn the midpoint to 0 and the amount to 50.

13. Save, then save as .jpg and post to your blog.

6. Make one text layer active and add a drop shadow to your text by double clicking or choosing layer/layer style. Settings: Multiply, 60, 120, 15, 15, 10, 0

7. With that same layer active, add a stroke to the letter in the layer style panel. Make the stroke 10px and white.