Lab 3: Design a Picture Frame

Lab 3 Objectives Upon completion of this lab, you will be able to: Create custom textures Use channels to mask selected areas from changes Render lighting effects to make your images more realistic Rotate layers for correct alignment

Tools and Palettes Tools in this Lab Elliptical Marquee Move Tool Paint Bucket Foreground and Background Color Swatches Tool Palettes in this Lab Swatches Layers Channels Options Actions

Lab 3 Procedures

	Step 1: Delete the preferences file
	Step 2: Open Photoshop, set preferences and working environment
	Step 3: Create a new Photoshop file
	Step 4: Create a new layer and fill it with the foreground color
	Step 5: Set up the actions palette to save the next set of commands
	Step 6: Create a dark, wood grained texture
	Step 7: End the actions recording
	Step 8: Create a cutout in the texture layer
	Step 9: Save the current marquee selection
	Step 10: Create the lighting effects channel for the cutout
	Step 11: Add the border mask to the Lighting Effects channel
	Step 12: Apply the Lighting Effects channel to the Frame layer
	Step 13: Apply the grain to the background layer
	Step 14: Add an image inside the picture frame
	Step 15: Save the image