Ok heres a run through of basic editing and where to get Photoshop on trial (if you don't already have the full version bought or downloaded) and where to download the pack.

If you follow these instructions you should end up with this kit at the bottom... when designing your own, obviously you'd edit different templates, use different colours etc. But this is just a run through to show you how to do each stage, so you can then put those skills into your own.

Let me know if anyone tries it, whether you're successful, and also whether the step by step guide is any use.

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1) Download "SS'09 Templates" pack: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=IQW2Q3P5

2) Download free (30 day) trial of Photoshop CS5 if you don't already have PhotoShop: http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/tdrc/index.cfm?product=photoshop&promoid=EBYEU

3) Follow on screen steps to install Photoshop.

4) Open SS'09 Templates folder > Enter Addidas folder > Double click on Photoshop file "Addidas" (should be 1st file in that folder with blue PS icon, not a kit picture). This should open PhotoShop and load up all Addidas kits at right: http://img836.imageshack.us/img836/5286/screen1o.jpg

5) Click ">" arrow next to "Addidas" to open drop down of all different kit designs. Each has a blank box on the left of it. If you click in this box, an eye appears meaning this design is showing on top of your basic kit: http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/3076/screen2kg.jpg

6) Click the ">" next to Logos. 2 Layers should now be showing in this folder, both have eyes next to them: http://img820.imageshack.us/img820/6465/screen3su.jpg

7) We are going to remove the logo by deselecting the eye box, which will take it away from the kit on the left. Click the first layers eye as in this screen shot and notice the "Addidas" logo stop showin: http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/4298/screen4aa.jpg

8) Now click the arrow to remove the dropdown menu for "Logos" and click the arrow to open the menu for "Design". We are going to edit a colour. 6 layers should now be showing in the "Design" folder for number 1.

9) Right click on the "fx" sign to the right of the second layer "Shape 2" as shown in the screenshot, and select "Colour Overlay": http://img831.imageshack.us/img831/7366/screen5h.jpg

10) Click on the colour box next to "Blend Mode" as shown in screenshot. Then either:
a - select a colour from the colour chart: http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/2952/screen6q.jpg

or

b - Click on a colour on your kit to select that colour to use. I will use the grey of the body pattern: http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/7316/screen7c.jpg

11) Now we will merge some features from another kit template into this. So far we've only used features from kit template number 1. Close the Design and 1 folders and open folder 2, clicking the box to show the eye on this folder: http://img838.imageshack.us/img838/8771/screen8v.jpg

12) Keep Logo selected with the eye to keep the Adidas logo in the centre of the kit now. Deselect the Collar box to only show our previous collar as this was fine. Then open up the Design folder: http://img804.imageshack.us/img804/674/screen9l.jpg

13) Now deselect every layer by clicking all the boxes except the last (adidas8) and the 2 from last (rapid_wien3): http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/4999/screen10n.jpg

14) Now refer back to number 9 for how to change colour. Click "fx" next to "rapid_wein3", click the colour box (currently black probably) and select your new colour, click ok and see the half kit change: http://img691.imageshack.us/img691/7365/screen11l.jpg

15) Finally we will drop a logo onto the kit. Find a logo on the web, save it, then drag it from your folder onto the PhotoShop page. The result should look like this: http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/7203/screen12y.jpg

16) Resize the logo and drag it into position. Right click on it and select "place" to confirm it.

17) File > Save As > Make sure you change the file type to a Jpeg format.

You should now have a kit looking like this:

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For more help:

- See this video. It takes you through some of the steps but also shows a little picture editing in the drag and drop stage, useful if you're picking images with backgrounds (ie a badge with a white box background, you wouldn't want the white box on the kit (unless it were a white kit, then it wouldn't matter).

It took me 20 minutes to download photoshop

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