Experimenting with Text
Go to the following sites and check out the tutorials for PhotoShop text:
http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/photoshoptutorialstextfx/Creating_Text_Effects_with_Photoshop.htm
http://www.photoshopessentials.com/photoshop-text/text-effects/image-in-text.php
http://www.planetphotoshop.com/category/text?id=tutorials_text
http://www.dwphotoshop.com/photoshop/textindex.php
http://www.tutorialized.com/tutorials/Photoshop/Text-Effects/1
http://www.fstutorials.com/category/photoshop_text_effects_tutorial/9/
http://www.photoshoproadmap.com/Photoshop-blog/2007/07/22/the-best-80-photoshop-text-effects-on-the-web/
http://www.designvitality.com/blog/2007/09/photoshop-text-effect-tutorial/
Choose several that you particularly like, and follow the step-by-step instructions to create your own special effects text. Start each one on a new 8x10 canvas. On Friday, you will print a contact sheet of your best FOUR creations in color! Use your choice of special effects and your choice of words. Keep it imaginative, but clean! Project will be graded on creativity, skill, and effort, with consideration for level of difficulty.