PART III [Adding texts and Changing Background]

Hello girls (I don’t think any boy exists in our club :P)

Iti is back with another lesson of icon making. So today I will tell anda how to change background of an image (while making icon) and adding texts to it. So, I will start the main problem that occurs during changing background, for beginners.

While changing background one need to know which tool is perfect. So here we start.

Steps

1.    Open a picture.

2.    Now click on “magic wand” and select the area anda want to remove. For this anda can click on “add” in the above box, where anda can see which tool anda selected. atau directly press “cntrl + shift” and keep pressing it.

3.     When you’ll select the places, press “delete” button. And the required area will get deleted.

4.    Remember don’t deselect the area.

5.    Now use paint brush to color the required area in any color anda want.

6.    You can add the shade of dark color in borders (remember in sebelumnya artikel I told anda how to do it? If not anda can read it again)

7.    Now anda can add “soft edge dots” as I told anda how, in sebelumnya chapters.

8.    If anda have problem in selecting any area anda can also use Lasso tool, it really helps.




Now as anda know how to change background I will tell anda how to add texts.

Steps for adding texts


1.    You need to download beautiful fonts first. anda can download them from link

2.    Now, go to the icon anda prepared and click on “T” button which means text. Write down whatever anda want to.

3.    Press “Cntrl + T” together and anda and you’ll be able to resize it and place it where ever anda want, anda can also turn it around.

4.    If anda use Photoshop, then open Layer box.

5.    Click on “f” button in bottom of layer box. And then follow what’s written below

Click on “f” -> Drop Shadow -> adjust opacity and spread shadow

6.    This will give a touch to anda icon.

7.    G o to “Layer” on the puncak, atas it’s in the same box from where anda see “File”, “Edit” etc.

8.    Click on option “Merge Visible.



Now anda should get something like this icon below.

I hope it had helped. Now anda guys tell me what anda want to learn in selanjutnya article.