Layers TV: Kids Take Over Layers TV

CATEGORIES: Layers TV Archive | Web Editor | June 04, 2008

Corey and RC get some help from some up-and-coming podcast stars in this special, Bring Your Child to Work Day episode of Layers TV.

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Jackie Rosenstein shows us how to decorate a text layer using a clipping mask and a layer style.

Open a new background image and insert a type layer
Create a new solid fill color layer and drag it below the text layer
Create a clipping mask to bring the color into the text
Decorate the name with an outer glow layer style

Elaine McDonald has a tutorial about using the brush tool and a layer mask to decorate your favorite photo.

Open your image in Photoshop
Create a new fill layer and drag it below the image
Select your image layer and add a layer mask
Using the brush tool set at a low opacity, paint your picture back in, slowly

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Yay!! I’m so excited it’s up! I hope everyone enjoys it as much as I enjoyed making it! And I hope everyone learns something.
-Elaine (the redhead girl in video)

Comment by Elaine | June 4, 2008 @ 2:24 pm

Elaine is my great granddaughter I
am very proud of her and her talent
also for her parents who taught her.She is really a smart lady.

Comment by lavore Nesbitt | June 4, 2008 @ 5:53 pm

Good job Elaine.

Comment by Dorothy Bumbaugh | June 4, 2008 @ 5:57 pm

That is TOO AWESOME! I hope my little boy wants to grow up to be a Photoshop guru.

Great job ladies!

Comment by Kim | June 4, 2008 @ 8:32 pm

Great job!

Don’t let Scott see this! He’ll have them doing the news on PSUTV.

Comment by Earl | June 5, 2008 @ 1:17 pm

Great job! Fun tutorials!

Comment by Carl | June 5, 2008 @ 3:23 pm

Hi Elaine,

Awesome job!!! And,I learned something too!

Comment by Windi | June 6, 2008 @ 8:13 am

Quite impressive, amazing how young people are ‘into’ Photoshop and having fun doing it.

Comment by Paul | June 6, 2008 @ 11:01 am

Great job,Corey and RC better watch out.

Comment by Steve | June 6, 2008 @ 1:30 pm

You two did a great job! I am new to photoshop so you both taught me 2 new techniques. I have one question for Elaine. I can’t seem to find the flower brush you used. Do you happen to know which preset it was under?

Hey RC, could you guys start a kids segment? There are plenty of adobe users that are parents too.

Comment by Mitzs | June 6, 2008 @ 2:39 pm

I think you ladies should make regular appearances…You did a super job…You did not appear to be nervous and did a very professional job…

Comment by Keith | June 6, 2008 @ 3:11 pm

You girls were great. I get stuck using the same techniques over and over again, so it was great to see these two that I hadn’t used before. Very polished and professional presentations, too!

Comment by Vivian | June 6, 2008 @ 6:03 pm

Any way to download that? My internet is being really slow ATM and I can’t wait for i to buffer and I’d really like to see it from all the comments I have seen.

Comment by Johathan Barrett | June 7, 2008 @ 12:27 pm

Wow! That was realy cool! Girls were very professional. So, why don’t start a section: photoshop for kids? That would be very resourceful to teachers and kids alike.

Comment by Luciano | June 7, 2008 @ 11:31 pm

That was great. I’m glad to see young people using different tools in creative ways. I like the b/w cookie name…I think we’ll go with that in our office. Again, great job you two.

Comment by Joel | June 13, 2008 @ 8:25 am