Color and Typography
Explore color contrast and legibility
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See Quick Reference pdf with color information.
Explore type (foreground) and offset path (background) relationships
Assignment:
Type Challenge
IN PHOTOSHOP
During Class:
Create GHOST lettering with the SMUDGE TOOL
![](https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/desantiscomd2427d036fall24/files/2023/01/Screen-Shot-2023-01-23-at-7.40.25-PM.jpg)
Create a new 1920px x 1080px fi le in PHOTOSHOP
This will work best if your background is black, and the letters are white
Go to the TYPE TOOL and type in the word GHOST (or SPOOKY, HALLOWEEN, etc). Select a bold typeface, size and any other edits as usual
This will be in a new layer. To smudge you will need to rasterize this layer.
GO TO LAYER> RASTERIZE>TYPE
![](https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/desantiscomd2427d036fall24/files/2023/01/Screen-Shot-2023-01-23-at-7.40.16-PM.jpg)
Go to the SMUDGE TOOL (little hand with pointing fi nger in toolbar
You can control size and hardness of this tool (top workspace)
![](https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/desantiscomd2427d036fall24/files/2023/01/Screen-Shot-2023-01-23-at-7.39.56-PM.jpg)
Go over the letters, and start smudging the type
![](https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/desantiscomd2427d036fall24/files/2023/01/Screen-Shot-2023-01-23-at-7.39.36-PM.jpg)
![](https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/desantiscomd2427d036fall24/files/2023/01/Screen-Shot-2023-01-23-at-7.39.30-PM.jpg)
a few different versions
Save Photoshop File
Export as a JPEGLast Name_First_Name_ TC_smudge.jpg