Tutorial: Holly
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Christmas is next week so here’s a festive tutorial.
Step 1
Create a new document (Width 872, Height 486, DPI/Resolution 300) set the background to white.
Step 2
Get your PEN tool and select the shape layer box at the top to create a vector image. Set your foreground color to green and draw a leaf shape
Step 3
Next rasterize your leaf layer. Now use a hard edge circular brush to erase portions of the leafs edge 4 times on the left and 4 times on the right… this is what your leaf should look like.
Step 4
Next double click the layer and select Gradient Overlay, we’ll use this to frost the edges of the leaf. set the Gradient Opacity to 40% and use a Transparent to White Gradient. The Style should be REFLECTED and adjust the ANGLE should be at 0. This I what you’ll get.
Step 5
Very simple. Duplicate your leaf 2 times and connect the leaves together at the tip.
Step 6
Select the Ellipse Tool and change your foreground color to a redish berry color. Draw the berry and apply these effects. Gradient Overlay: Opacity 40%, Transparent to white gradient, 90 degree angle. Stroke: 1, Position: Outside,
Duplicate your berries and layer them in the center of the leaves. And heres your Holly.
You can also resize you leaves and ad a stroke to them.
Christmas is next week so here’s a festive tutorial.
Step 1
Create a new document (Width 872, Height 486, DPI/Resolution 300) set the background to white.
Step 2
Get your PEN tool and select the shape layer box at the top to create a vector image. Set your foreground color to green and draw a leaf shape
Step 3
Next rasterize your leaf layer. Now use a hard edge circular brush to erase portions of the leafs edge 4 times on the left and 4 times on the right… this is what your leaf should look like.
Step 4
Next double click the layer and select Gradient Overlay, we’ll use this to frost the edges of the leaf. set the Gradient Opacity to 40% and use a Transparent to White Gradient. The Style should be REFLECTED and adjust the ANGLE should be at 0. This I what you’ll get.
Step 5
Very simple. Duplicate your leaf 2 times and connect the leaves together at the tip.
Step 6
Select the Ellipse Tool and change your foreground color to a redish berry color. Draw the berry and apply these effects. Gradient Overlay: Opacity 40%, Transparent to white gradient, 90 degree angle. Stroke: 1, Position: Outside,
Duplicate your berries and layer them in the center of the leaves. And heres your Holly.
You can also resize you leaves and ad a stroke to them.
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Photoshop Tutorial: Metal Texture
Metal Texture Tutorial
WorkSpace
Create a new document at the size of 600×500. Resolution 300.Step 1
Create a new layer rename it ‘BG’ .
Go to Edit > Fill > 50% Gray and press ok. Duplicate BG layer and rename it ‘Metal‘ .
Make sure the Metal Layer is at the Top.
Step 2
Select Metal layer and applyFilter > Noise >Add Noise.
These are the Settings I used.
Amount: 16
Gaussian
Check Monochromatic
Step 3
To the Metal layer add Filter > Blur > Motion BlurI used these settings:
Angle: 0
50 pixels
Check Gradient Overlay
Click the Gradient bar to open the Gradient Editor
Now we’re going to edit the colors
Color Stop 1 is set at Black
Color: #000000 (Black)
Opacity: 50% (Opacity node is above the color node)
Location: 0%
Color Stop 2 is White (click the diagonal in the center of the gradient)
Color: #ffffff (White)
Location: 50%
Color Stop 3 is set at White (Change to Black)
Color: #000000
Location: 0%
Opacity: 50% (Opacity node is above the color node)
Image > Adjustments > Hue & Saturation > Check the Colorize button and choose your color.