The genius concept for layer tennis was created by Coudal Partners and regular games are played on a Friday afternoon to keep the guys over there entertained. It involves two people adding elements to a document using all the usual Adobe packages in volleys – each player trying to out play the other. They usually play for about 5 rounds and each player has about 15 mins to prepare a volley. After all the rounds a winner is picked! You can follow the matches live at layertennis.com

It sounds like much fun and I would like to organise a game with you guys – with rounds spread over a few weeks rather than an afternoon!

So here is how to play:

1. I’ve created a photoshop file, put a little something inside and posted it below.
2. Download the file and add something to it in which ever program you like.
3. Change it all you like but try to keep it on a theme.
4. Send your volley back to me at dialdfordesign[at]googlemail.com, tell me why you made the changes you did and links to any attributions you need to make for elements you used.
5. After a bunch of files get submitted I’ll post pics of all the entries and pick 3 to put back up for the next round.
6. Bring it on and spread the word!

Click Here To Download Round 1!

A few things to remember:  Try and keep the layers intact, don’t worry about making it look too fancy and have fun!

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(original image by zoomar)