Overview

Project #3 get students into the text tool. It's a quick, down & dirty project that you shouldn't take a lot of time on.

Part 1 - Image & Canvas Size

There's a big difference between these two settings, and it's best that your students figure it out quickly, otherwise they'll be squishing and stretching images all over the place.

Part 2 - The Transform Option

It's important that you lay the squishy/stretchy rules out quickly, so I immediately go into the Transform tool so I can forbid the unfortunate mangling of beautiful images by telling my kids to NEVER pull the "handlebars" from the middle.

To get a perfectly proportional image, remind them to use the Shift key while resizing. Bonus: If they hold the ALT/OPT key as well, it will resize from the middle.

Part 3 - The Text Tool

Up until now, your students have probably learned to draw a text box to create type. Now is the time to break them of that habit. Tell them in Photoshop that it's not necessary. All they have to do is tap & type.

TAP & TYPE.

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