Step 1: open the image of your choice. press''T'' to get the type tool and enter your text.

Step 2: put a selection around your text. hide your type layer by clicking on the eye icon. click on your image layer.

Step 3: press apple + J. add drop shadow, and inner shadow, and inner glow effect using your layer styles.

Step 4: drag your original type layer into the trash.

painting Away Color

Painting away color

Step 1: open the image you would like to work on. 

Step 2: click on the brush tool. in the options bar,  switch the blend mode to  color. change your foreground color to black

Step 3: from the brushes palette, choose a medium sized, soft edged ( 0% hardness)

brush.

Step 4 : start ,painting. As you paint, the color will disappear leaving  your image in gray scale.

Painting Away Color

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Shadow in motion Tutorial

Shadow in Motion

• Step 1: tap the letter''d'' to change foreground color to black. hold down the option key and tap delete key. type your text using a medium gray color. (666666)
  

Step 2: duplicate your type layer by using the apple+j short cut. rasterize your layer.

Step 3: go under the filter menu under pixalate  choose fragment run this filter two more times by using the Apple+f shortcut. 

Step 5: click on your original layer and rasterize it. click on the top[ layer and move the hue slider to the color you'd like.

Step 6: to colorize your type , press apple +u to bring up hue/saturation. click the colorize check box and move the hue slider to the color you'd like.

photoshop short cut

Photoshop Shortcut

Apple +u -Hue and saturation

Apple +t - free transform

Option delete- change color and image

Apple +j- Duplicate layer

Apple +e- merge 

Apple +f- run the last filter

Apple+s- save

Apple+A- select all

Apple+ v- past

apple+ c copy

Apple+x - cut

Apple+n- new document

Apple+z - undo