Part Two [Cont.]

12. Let’s add some dimension to our flower. Select the shape layer and add a Bevel & Emboss:
    1. Click on the fx icon at the bottom of the Layers panel.
    2. Select Bevel & Emboss.
    3. Set the Size to 18.
    4. Click OK.

13. Now let’s move the flower image up to the left:
    1. Click on the photo layer in the Layers panel.
    2. Hold the Ctrl key (Mac: Cmd) down and click on the shape layer. This will select two layers at the same time.
    3. Select the Move tool in the Tools panel (the black arrow at the top).
    4. Click-and-drag in the image window to move the flower into the upper-left corner. Make a bit of it disappear off the top and left edges.

14. Save the file.

 

Part Three: Add Some Text

1. Select the top layer in the stack. We want to add a text layer above it, which will happen automatically when we start typing.
2. Select the Horizontal Type tool in the Tools panel.

3. In the Control panel, select a font (I chose BrodyD). Set the font size to something large like 250pt.
4. Click on the Set the text color rectangle. It is just to the right of the text alignment buttons. This will open the Color Picker for the text color.

5. In the Color Picker, type in 255-255-255 for the RGB values. this gives us a pure white.
6. Click OK to close the Color Picker.

7. Click anywhere in the image window and type the word spring.

8. Let’s flip the text sideways:
   1. Press Ctrl+T on your keyboard to transform the text.
   2. Right-click inside the transformation box.
   3. Select Rotate 90° CCW (counter-clockwise) from the contextual menu.
   4. Press Enter/Return on your keyboard to save the transformation.

9. Select the Move tool again and move the text to the bottom-right corner of the image.
10. Set the blend mode for the new text layer to Overlay (the blend modes can be found in the dropdown menu at the top of the layers panel).

11. Save the file.

Here is the final image:

 

Here is another image in which I used a custom shape for a clipping mask:

 

Here are two images done in a similar manner. However, instead of a custom shape, I used a text layer to clip an image to:

 

 

 

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