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Circular Container 002

For Use With Web Creation or Graphic Design

Below you will find various graphic design instructions as they relate to web design.

Step-By-Step Instructions:

1. Open a new document in Photoshop. 600x600 pixel width/height allows a good workable canvas area.
2. Create a new layer. Name it "Circle".
3. Select the Eliptical Marquee tool. Hold down the SHIFT key and drag to make a perfect circular selection.

4. Select the Paint Bucket tool. Fill in the selection with a color of your choice.

5. Click Ctrl+D to deselect.
6. Create a new layer. Name it "Rectangle".
7. Select the Rounded Rectangle tool. Make sure that "Fill Pixels" is active in the options bar.
8. Choose black as your foreground color.
9. Draw a rectangular box in the upper left corner of the circle.

10. Right click the "Circle" layer. Choose "Blending Options" from the pop-up list.
11. Set the properties for "Stroke" to the following:

12. Click OK to close out and return to image.

13. Choose white as your foreground color.
14. Make sure top layer is active.
15. Select Type tool. Type out what you want to say over the black rectangle.

16. Then proceed to type out what you want inside the container. As you type out your content, remember that each time you do a carriage return, you need to use your space bar so that your text fits nicely in the circle.