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Preparation

Before you begin creating your artwork, experiment by making one or more designs for a centre square. As you do this:

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Teaching note

Step 1: template made up of four green squares, two diagonally opposite squares are lighter green

1 Open the practice template (optional)

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Step 2: a micro photo of red berries and dark green leaves

2 Open a suitable digital image

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Step 3: the same photo as step 2 with a marquee or selection area around a portion of the image

3 Select and copy an area of the image

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Step 4: the template with one light green square replaced with a portion of the berry photo

4 Insert the copied area into the template (or new document) and adjust

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Step 5: four repeated images of the red berries with a green leaf

5 Replace the other template segments (or paste the image three times)

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Step 6: a ring of berries in front of a green ‘x’ with other berries behind

6 Select and flip three segments of the image so they mirror each other

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Create the design in Photoshop: PowerPoint slideshow (3.5 MB) or text only

Create the design in Paint (Windows only): Flash demonstrations or text only