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In today’s class we will learn how to apply different effects to images and review our previous exercise.

For this exercise we will create a new document as we always do...

Exercise1. Ctrl + N or File>New (to create a new document)

2. Create a frame holder using the RectangleFrame Tool that cover the entire page

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3. Place image called “flamingo”

4. Once image is placed, right click select Fitting>Fill Frame Proportionally5. Go to Window>Layers, double-click on Layer 1, rename it “background,” andclick OK.

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6. Lock the”Background layer”, by clicking inside of the box

7. Create a new layer and rename it “Text”

8. Create a Text frame using the “T” Toolthen drag it whatever you like.

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9. Select your text frame with your selection tool10. Fill text frame with white

11. Select text frame, right click>Text Frame Option12. Set inset to 0.25 all around

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13. Place Text called “flamingo diet” in text box

14. Select your text box, go to Effects on yourpalettes menu on the right hand sideof your screen. If you can not find it go toWindow>Effects. Once you find theEffects Tab> Select Fill then go to Opacity andlower it to 50%

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15. Another effect that you can apply to the text frame is the feather effect.To apply that effect go to the fly out menu Select Effect>Basic Feather

16. Select the Rectangular Frame tool to create another frame on top of yourdocument

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17. We are going to select another image called “island2” to place in our newframe

18. Right click> Fitting> Fit Content to Frame19. Select the Effect’s Tab , go to the fly out menu and select Gradient Feather.Select the direction of the gradient and type > Ok.

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