The cork board tutorial

1. The cork board tutorial By: Krystle Lincoln

2. Step 1 • first you open up adobe photoshop. • Then you get a Cork board of what ever you want from the internet. • When you find a cork board you right click on the picture and click save picture as and save it in any file you want just remember where you saved it at.

3. Step 2 • Go on your adobe photoshop and click on file on your menu at the top • Click on open and then you find the cork board where ever you saved it at. • then click on the picture and press open. that will put it on your Photoshop.

4. Step 3 • You go on image on you menu on top and click on image size. • On your document size put 30 inches on the width and then click OK. • The picture may be huge but you come make it zoom out by pressing the ctrl and - key. • Press it a few times to zoom out so you can see it all and if you want to zoom in then you press the ctrl key and +key.

5. Step 4 • Now you can put pictures on your cork board. first you have to have pictures in your photo file. you can upload pictures to your photo files or you can get pictures from the internet. • You open them by going to your file in your menu at the top and click on open and open any picture you want.

6. Step 5 • Your picture will open up onto a new tap for the picture you have picked. • On your picture you want to capture that picture and put it on the cork board. • You select the picture by pressing the ctrl-a keys. That will select the whole picture with the marching ants. • If you want to crop it and want a certain part of the picture you click on the Rectangular Marquee tool (m) and click on the corners you wanted to crop. • Last you click on the Move Tool (V) and click on the picture and move it to the cork board tap at the top and drop it on the board where ever you want it to be.

7. Step 6 • If the picture is to big or if you want to tilt it a little pit you press the ctrl-t • That will select the picture and you can also move it and change the size and press enter. • If you already have the picture on your cork board you can exit the picture on the other tap.

8. Step 7 • If you want a thumbtack on your board to hold your pictures up you can go online and search for a good thumbtack of what ever you want and save it on your picture file or were ever you will remember where you saved it at. • Then open it on to a new tap on adobe.

9. Step 8 • On the thumbtack picture you want to grab it by using the Rectangular Marquee tool (M). • Then you click on the corner of the thumbtack and to the other end of the corner just like cropping the picture. That will have the marching ants of where you selected it. • Then you click on the Move tool (v) on your tool menu. • Then click on the thumbtack picture and drag it to the cork board tap above and drop it on the board.

10. Step 9 • To get rid of the back ground of the thumbtack you click on your Magic Wand Tool (w). • Then you click on the back ground of the thumbtack and press delete on you key board. • Then press ctrl-d so the marching ants will go away. • To erase the left over’s on the picture you click your eraser tool (e) and erase them.

11. Step 10 • Then you click on the Move tool (v) and click on the thumbtack and move it on top of the your picture to hold it up. If you want more thumbtacks then you click on the thumbtack layer on the expand panels and press ctrl-j on your key board. That will copy the thumbtack picture. If you want to rotate and Chang the size of your Thumbtack then press Ctrl-t. and if your done Then press ctrl-d to get rid Of your marching ants line.

12. The End • That is how you add pictures you a cork board. • You can put more pictures if you want to and do the same steps. • This is my cork board that I finished.