How to make an English Binder Cover

I'm sure you guys saw my previous post on my binder covers and were jealous, angry and confused. Don't worry; I am here to show you how you can get binder covers as awesome as mine.

Final Product

Materials Needed:

• Photoshop or Microsoft Word (Photoshop preferred. Remember that you can download a free 30 day trial.)
• Creativity
• Starting Picture

Directions:

1. Download your starting picture. I am using one from deviantart.com: http://ome-13.deviantart.com/art/English-Binder-179043247
2. Open the picture on Photoshop.
3. I will assume you are using my starting picture. So crop out the binder spine with the crop function (The fourth button.)
4. Right now the picture is pretty boring. It needs some color. What I did is highlight random words, but you can also add a border, underline, or whatever. Since we didn't take the time to type this ourselves, we'll have to add a shape, which will require finesse and precision. Haha just kidding, it's not that hard.

• Create a new rectangle shape. 
• Drag it over one of the words you want to highlight. 
• In the layers path on the right, bring down the opacity until it is to your liking. 
• Duplicate the layer and move it over whatever other words you want highlighted. 
• To change the size, transform the shape (Ctrl-T) and drag the corners to an appropriate size. The process is similar for an underline. (If you want to underline, do the same thing just create a line shape instead of a rectangle.
• Add your name, using the Arial Black font. If you want it to be similar to the text "English.", make it all lowercase and don't forget the period.
• Do the same thing in Word, but copy and paste instead of duplicating the layer and all that jazz.