Painting Away Color Tutorial

Step1: Open the image you would like to work on. Apple+J.

Step2: Click on the brush tool. In the options bar, switch the blend mode to color. Change your foreground color to black.

Step3: From the brushes palette, choose a medium sized, soft-edged(0% hardness)brush.

Step4: Start painting. As you paint, the color will disappear leaving your image in grayscale.

Shadow In Motion Tutorial

Step1: Tap the letter "d" to change your foreground color to black. Hold down the options key and tap the delete key. Type your text using a medium gray color (#666666).

Step2: Duplicate your type layer by using the Apple+J shortcut. Rasterize your layer.

Step3: Go under the filter menu, under pixelate, choose fragment. Run this filter two more times by using the Apple+F shortcut.

Step4:Press Apple+T. In the options bar change the width and height to 130%.

Step5: Click on your original type layer and raterize it. Click on the top layer and press Apple+E to merge the 2 layers.

Step6: To colorize your type, press Apple+U to bring up Hue/Sarturation. Click the colorize checkbox and make the hue slider to the color you'd like.

Photoshop Shortcuts

1. Apple+U: Hue and saturation
   
2. Apple+T: Free transform
   
3. Option+delete: changes color of image to your foreground color
   
4. Apple+J: Duplicate layer
   
5. Apple+E: Merge
   
6.  Apple+F: run the last filter
   
7. Apple+Z: Undo
   
8. Apple+A: select all
9. Apple+S: Save
10. Apple+N: New document
    
11. B: brush tool
    
12. D: Sets swatches to default
    
13. X: Swap swatches
    
14. Apple+click layer: put selection around text 
15. Ctrl+click layer: Raterzize layer
16. Apple+X: Cut
17. T: Type tool
18. Apple+D: deselect
19. Apple+C: Copy
20. Apple+V: Paste