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In this tutorial i will show you how to create a seamless pattern in Photoshop.

Note: This tutorial was published before on this site. This is one of the first tutorials being updated to fix errors and add more details to the original tutorial.

Final Image Preview

Step 1

Create a new document with size of 600 x 300 pixels and 72 dpi and fill it with color black.

Step 2

Now we are going to start creating our pattern. Select the Custom Shape Tool, go to Shape and if not loaded click on arrow on right side and select Ornaments. Select shape as seen on image below.

Step 3

Select white color and create shape.

Step 4

Rasterize this shape with Layer > Rasterize > Shape. After that select Rectangular Marquee Tool to create selection as seen on image below. You have to select only 1/4 of flower, this proportion is important for our future pattern.

Step 5

Invert selection by going to Select > Inverse and press Delete to clear selected area.

Step 6

Remove selection width Select > Deselect (Ctrl+D) and select Custom Shape Tool to add another shape.

Step 7

Add shape to the canvas.

Step 8

Press Ctrl+T and rotate this shape about 45 degrees and move it a little bit below. Hold the Shift button when rotating the shape to get the exact angle of rotating object.

Step 9

Select and merge both layers with shapes into one with Ctrl+E and duplicate new layer with Ctrl+J. Use Edit > Transform > Flip Horizontal to flip new layer horizontal and move it right like shown on image below.

Step 10

Merge again both layers and after that duplicate again new layer with Ctrl+J. Use Edit > Transform > Flip Vertical to flip duplicated layer vertical and move it below like shown on image below.

Step 11

Merge both layers together. Press Ctrl+T to reduce the size of shape created keeping Shift key pressed.

Step 12

Now press Ctrl+A to select all on our canvas and press Ctrl+C to copy selected area. Go to File > New (Ctrl+N) to create a new document. Add 2 px more to width and height values presented there and change background to Transparent.
After document created, fill layer with color #003e16 and finally press Ctrl+V to paste copied shape to this document.

Step 13

Change layer mode to Overlay and reduce Opacity to 40%.

Step 14

Go to Layer > Layer Style > Outer Glow and apply settings below.

Step 15

Go to Edit > Define Pattern to save this image as pattern, give pattern a name and close current document without saving. After that you can create a new document of any size and fill it with our pattern for example.
Create a new document, select Layer > New Fill Layer > Pattern and select pattern created.

And we have a custom pattern created. But we can create a different pattern based on shape we created.

Step 16

Go back to our main canvas and copy current shape three more times and arrange it as shown below:

Step 17

Merge all four layers with shapes into one layer. Select Rectangular Marquee Tool to create selection like show below.

Step 18

Press Ctrl+C to copy selected area. Go to File > New (Ctrl+N) to create a new document. After document created, fill layer with color #003e16 and finally press Ctrl+V to paste selection to this document.

Step 19

Change layer mode to Overlay and reduce Opacity to 40%.

Step 20

Go to Layer > Layer Style > Outer Glow and apply settings below.

Step 21

Go to Edit > Define Pattern to save this image as pattern, give pattern a name and close current document without saving. After that you can create a new document of any size and fill it with our pattern for example.
Create a new document, select Layer > New Fill Layer > Pattern and select pattern created.

Final Image

And now we have two different patterns created.

Keep working and create new patterns like these.

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Sometimes designers have to create a collage from several photos. In Part 2 (of two) of this tutorial I would like to show you the technique of creating collages, by creating a gothic collage as an example.

Final Image Preview

Step 1

Open PSD file that was created on Part 1 of this tutorial. Create a new layer, move it at bottom and name it Background. Select Paint Bucket tool, choose black color (#000000) and fill new layer with selected color.

Step 2

As we are finished with the sky, we should correct the cathedral taking into consideration the sky colors. There is much red color in this image, so we should make cathedral more red. Go to the layer with the cathedral (it should be above all the layers) and apply Image > Adjustments > Color Balance to it.

Step 3

The composition centre is where we should put emphasis on so in this case it’s the cathedral, to be more precise a couple of towers, that stand out above the cathedral. Copy layer with the cathedral and desaturate copied layer using Image > Adjustments > Desaturate.

Step 4

Change brightness and contrast by using Image > Adjustments > Brightness/Contrast with next presets:

Step 5

After that assign Soft Light blending mode to this layer and get this result:

Step 6

The whole cathedral became sharper, but we should put emphasis only on some of its parts, in order to make the cathedral look more three-dimensional. Therefore we select the Eraser Tool and soft-edged brush, 200 px in diameter and partially delete this layer along the edge of the cathedral on the left and on the right, erase the cathedral fragment with the tree and leave only the central outstanding part of the cathedral.

If we assign Normal blending mode to this layer, it would look like my image below (this helps you see where you should have applied Eraser tool). This image shows clearly, what parts of the layer were deleted from the black-and-white layer.

If you update blending mode to this layer to help you apply Eraser tool, don’t forget in the end to go back to Soft Light blending mode.

Step 7

Now it’s worth putting emphasis using shadow and light. Create a new layer, assign Multiply blending mode to it, select the Brush Tool (Opacity: 30%) with soft-edged brush, black color (#000000) and darken the cathedral on the left and on the right.

Step 8

Then change the color to white (#ffffff) and brighten the outstanding parts of the cathedral, the other parts darken again. If we shift the layer to Normal blending mode, we get such a result, as in the screenshot below.

Shift back to Multiply blending mode in this layer and you will get this result:

Step 9

The cathedral seems to be separated from the sky, we should remove this drawback. To begin with let’s admit, that cathedral is reddish, it’s a warm color, and there’s cold blue color in the sky. Let’s add some cold tone to the image of the cathedral. As the sky is the majority carrier of color, in contrast to it the cathedral should not be too many-colored, so let’s avoid bright colors, just play with tones a little. Copy the layer with the cathedral and place it above all the layers.

Apply Image > Adjustments > Color Balance with the following adjustments:

Step 10

As the color gamut is dark enough, it’s worth making this layer much darker using Image > Adjustments > Levels:

Step 11

Change blending mode to this layer to Soft Light.

Step 12

We should pay attention to the fact that despite of the dark sky, there is still a source of light in the composition, so there can’t be such dark roofs on the cathedral, they should be brightened. For this purpose select the Dodge Tool and brighten the roofs of the cathedral on the top layer.

Step 13

For the cathedral to harmonize with the sky, we should process it’s edges partially. Go to the original layer with the cathedral and erase its edges a bit by using the Eraser Tool (Opacity 100%) and a soft-edged brush, in this case the edges of the cathedral will visually partially acquire the background color adding perspective. After that, set brush opacity to 30%, choose a small-scale diameter and go thoroughly along the edge of the cathedral on the three remaining upper layers in order to intensify the effect of perspective.

Step 14

At the moment the cathedral doesn’t seem to be separated from the sky, but it’s still missing the reflections. We should just select the Eyedropper Tool and move the colors from the sky to the cathedral, thus adding reflection. Create a new layer. As we’ve already mentioned before, the cathedral shouldn’t be the same colored as the sky, therefore it’s worth selecting all the colors slightly more gray than the original ones and using the Brush Tool (opacity 30%, soft-edged) to impose them to the cathedral.

Step 15

Assign Color blending mode to this layer.

Step 16

Now the cathedral and the sky is a united composition. In order to make any picture look bright, we need contrast. For that purpose use warm and cold color, we have already performed this method while adding contrast of the sky, now we should do the same with the cathedral; let’s choose less bright colors again. Create a new layer, assign Overlay blending mode to it. Select the Brush Tool (Opacity: 30%) and soft-edged brush again, then paint out prominent parts of the cathedral using cold color (#8d8fd3), for other parts of the cathedral we choose warm color (#753d3d).

Step 17

If we assign Normal blending mode to this layer, the result should be approximately the following:

Step 18

There is only one detail left. If we look on the edges of the cathedral, we can notice that the main source of light is situated behind the cathedral, so the rays that come through the clouds should light the walls of the cathedral partially.

Create a new layer, select the Brush Tool (Opacity: 100%) and soft-edged brush again and light the corner of the castle partially, select color using the Eyedropper Tool.

The general picture should approximately look like my screenshot below:

Step 19

In order to make the picture look better, it’s worth making the edges dark, it will draw attention to the centre and will give the feeling of depth and volume. Create a new layer, select the Brush Tool (Opacity: 100%) with soft-edged brush again and darken the edges with black color.

Final Image

Now change blending mode for this layer to Soft Light.

That’s it, our tutorial is over. We’ve got an excellent result, haven’t we?

Part 1

Part 1 of this tutorial has been published here.

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Sometimes designers have to create a collage from several photos. In Part 1 (of two) of this tutorial I would like to show you the technique of creating collages, by creating a gothic collage as an example.

Final Image Preview

Resources

• Unique Sunset
• Cathedral Saint Julien du Mans
• Dock To Nowhere

Step 1

Start by opening Cathedral Saint Julien du Mans photo.

Step 2

To begin let´s remove the sky from this photo. Double click on the background layer in the layers palette to remove the lock. Now we are going to select blue sky. It can be easily done by using the Magic Wand Tool, as the sky is monotonous. Select the sky with Magic Wand Tool (Tolerance: 20). If you want to add to selection press Shift and click, if you want to subtract from selection press ALT and click. Use Lasso Tool or Polygonal Lasso Tool to select areas identified on photo below and add those to selection.

Step 3

Press Delete button to clean the selected area.

Step 4

Open Unique Sunset photo. Drag the photo on our main canvas and go to Edit > Transformer > Scale to scale it down.

Step 5

Place the layer with the sky under the layer with the cathedral.

Step 6

Although cathedral is the centre of composition, the mood of the whole picture is indeed made by the sky, so let´s try adding more contrast. Create a new layer above the layer with the sky. Select soft-edged brush, 400px in diameter, opacity 30% and colors: red (#cb1e00) and blue (7389f8). Then using the Brush Tool add these colors to the canvas carefully as show on image.

Step 7

With layer selected change blending mode to Color.

Step 8

Now change the layer opacity to 50%.

Step 9

Open Dock To Nowhere photo. Cut out a fragment of sky by using the Polygonal Lasso Tool (Feather: 10px).

Step 10

Copy the selected area on the main canvas below the layer with the castle.

Step 11

Transform this layer using Edit > Transform > Scale and move to the right a bit.

Step 12

Then desaturate this layer using Image > Adjustments > Desaturate.

Step 13

Adjust brightness and contrast using Image > Adjustments > Brightness/Contrast with the following parameters:

Step 14

Now select the Eraser Tool and soft-edged brush and erase the empty area of the sky on the left.

Step 15

Set Hard Light blending mode for this layer.

Step 16

Then change layer opacity to 65%.

Part 2

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In this Adobe Photoshop tutorial i will show you how to turn a new photo into an old photo.

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Resources

• Small Bridge

Step 1

Start by opening photo. Go to Image > Image size to reduce photo size to 1000px width and 750px height.

Step 2

We are going now to create noise effect. Create new layer, press D to set up foreground and background colors as black and white and then apply Filter > Render > Clouds.

Step 3

After that apply Filter > Noise > Add Noise with next presets:

Step 4

Change layer mode to Soft Light for this layer.

Step 5

Now we are going to create light sepia effect. For this purpose I created new layer above and fill it with color of #e6e1cc.

Step 6

Then change layer mode to Color and you should get next effect.

Step 7

After that create additional layer with Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Levels:

And set up following levels presets:

Step 8

To add scratches to the photo create new layer, press D to set up foreground and background colors as black and white and then apply Filter > Render > Clouds again.

Step 9

Apply Filter > Render > Fibers:

Step 10

Now apply Image > Adjustments > Threshold:

Step 11

Now apply Image > Adjustments > Threshold:

Step 12

Apply again Filter > Blur > Blur More.

Step 13

Change layer mode to Soft Light and you will see the difference.

Step 14

Reduce layer opacity to 70%.

Step 15

Create a new layer. Select Gradient Tool, select some appropriate colors, for example colors of #e5e5e5, #000000 and drag a radial gradient.

Final Image

After that change layer mode for this layer to Overlay and tutorial is complete.

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In this lesson, you will learn step by step how to create a fog. We will also add a picture fantasy character which will be walking on our landscape.

Final Image Preview

Resources

• Forest Path
• Fantasy character

Step 1

Start by opening forest image. Go to Image > Image size to reduce photo size to 1000px width and 669px height.

Step 2

To create a sense of dense fog on the distance and dispersion on the foreground, we will make a few layers of fog, but with different gradations of saturation. Create a new layer (press Shift+Ctrl+N) and fill it with white color by using Paint Bucket Tool, then set up opacity to 95% for current layer. After that we need to create mask for current layer. Use Select > Load Selection to select layer content, then use Layer > Layer Mask > Reveal All to create mask for all layer. Now remove selection with Ctrl+D and move to the next step. Select the Gradient Tool and fill our layer with linear black-and-white gradient as you can see on the picture below:

Step 3

Select the Eraser Tool (Soft Brush, Size: 100px, Opacity: 20%) and make a few strokes with brush on Layer Mask area and paint over the nearest tree and stone, the middle and foreground.

Step 4

To achieve the effect of realistic fog (the fog has the ability to climb and irregularly travel along the ground) first of all press D to set up foreground and background colors black and white, then create a new layer and apply Filter > Render > Clouds:

Step 5

After applying filter to layer, change layer mode to Screen and set up opacity to 40%.

Step 6

We are now going to add goddess picture. Open the picture and copy it to our main canvas. Then use Edit > Free Transform to reduce picture of Goddess a little bit and move it left like on my screenshot, which you can see below:

Step 7

Duplicate goddess current layer with Layer > Duplicate Layer (or press Ctrl+J) and hide the bottom copy (click on the eye, which indicates layer visibility). Go to upper copy and change blending mode to Screen for this layer.

Step 8

Now we need to create mask for current layer. Use Select > Load Selection to select layer content, then use Layer > Layer Mask > Reveal All to create mask for all the layer. Now remove selection with Ctrl+D and select the Brush Tool (Opacity: 45%) with soft round brush and paint background area with black color.

Step 9

Go back to the hidden copy of layer and make it visible again. Use Select > Load Selection to select layer content, then use Layer > Layer Mask > Reveal All again to create mask for all layer. Now remove selection with Ctrl+D and select the Brush Tool (Opacity: 61%) with soft round brush and paint background area with black color again.

Final Image

Set opacity to 34% up for current layer and we are done with our tutorial.

Keep on experimenting and you will get different techniques and effects.

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Today I decided to create one unusual tutorial about landscape change effect, which you can apply for any image that you want.

Final Image Preview

Resources

• Inlet Landscape

Step 1

Start by opening image. Go to Image > Image size to reduce photo size to 1000px width and 669px height.

Step 2

Copy background layer twice using Ctrl+J, turn off visibility of the background layer (click on the eye, which indicates layer visibility) and don’t touch it so far, work with the Layer 1 copy. Change blending mode on layer to Color Burn to increase saturation.

Step 3

Copy the layer once again (Ctrl+J) and change blending mode to Screen on the second copied layer (it will be above all the layers).

Step 4

Merge all the visible layers into one using Layer > Merge Visible (or hit Ctrl+Shift+E). After merging layers, apply Image > Adjustments > Color Balance to the layer.

Step 5

Copy this layer using Ctrl+J and apply Image > Adjustments > Brightness/Contrast to it.

Step 6

Change blending mode to Saturation to this layer.

Step 7

There should be three layers at the moment: background layer with the original image (with visibility turned off), the layer with edited image and the upper layer with very bright colors. Turn on visibility of the background layer and go to Layer > New > Layer from Background. Finally move it above all the layers.

Step 8

Apply to this layer Image > Adjustments > Hue/Saturation with the following settings:

Step 9

Using the Rectangular Marquee Tool select the left part of the picture like on image below.

Step 10

Apply transformation to this area using Edit > Transform > Warp.

Step 11

Then turn down the upper corner, like a page:

Step 12

Finally you should get a result similar to this one:

Step 13

Do the same thing to the second part of the photo.

Step 14

Under the folded corners shade is needed, for this purpose we’ll create a new layer, assign Soft Light blending mode to it. Choose soft-edged brush, 80 px in diameter, black color (#000000), 50% opacity and with the help of Brush Tool darken the area under folded corners. At first work with one part (I worked with the right part at first).

Step 15

To increase contrast lighten edges and corners again with Brush Tool (while lightening we shift black color to white #ffffff) as you can see on next image.

Final Image

Apply Brush Tool again on the left part of the image and you finished this tutorial.

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In this tutorial i am going to show you how you can create one logo with web 2.0 style.

Note: This tutorial was published before on another small site some years ago. I decided to close that site but i always liked this tutorial and he got a lot of positive reviews. So i decided to update it and publish it here at Photoshop Star.

Final Image Preview

Step 1

Create a new document with size of 600 x 300 pixels and fill it with white color.

Step 2

Create a new layer. Select the Polygon Tool, set sides to 3 and on Polygon Options select Smooth Corners.

Set foreground color to #91D638 and draw a polygon facing up.

Step 4

With layer selected, go to Layer > Layer Style > Blending Options > Stroke.

Step 5

Create a new layer. Add a white polygon on the center, slightly smaller than the green polygon.

Step 6

Create a new layer. Draw another green polygon, slightly smaller than the white polygon.

Step 7

With this layer selected, go to Layer > Layer Style > Blending Options and add the following styles:

Step 8

Merge all visible layers into one except background layer. Duplicate layer and rotate upside down and you will have something similar to what i have.

Final Image

Now add some text using font Myriad Pro, Semibold, Smooth, 47px and color #888888.

You can see now logo with different colors:

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On this tutorial you will learn how to create watercolor effect on a photo. This is a quick tutorial but very useful for beginner and advanced Photoshop users.

Final Image Preview

Resources

• Exotic Flower

Step 1

We have an option Watercolor on Filter > Artistic but i choose to go other way so i can create a more realistic watercolor effect. Start by downloading stock photo that i selected for this tutorial. Open up the photo and use Image > Image size to reduce photo size to 1000px width and 669px height.

Step 2

I will start by stylizing photo. Double click current layer thumbnail on layers palette to unlock the layer and after that duplicate layer with Ctrl+J. Apply Filter > Artistic > Cutout with similar settings to these for copied layer.

Step 3

Change layer mode to Lighten for this layer.

Step 4

Duplicate current layer again (Ctrl+J) and apply Filter > Artistic > Underpainting with following presets:

Step 5

Change layer mode on current layer to Screen.

Step 6

It´s time to make watercolor effect on the photo. Go to the lower layer with original picture and press Ctrl+J again to make one more copy of it. Move this copy above all the layers, then apply Filter > Artistic > Dry Brush:

Step 7

Now we are going to align the gradient levels and contrasts in the photo. Use the Eraser Tool and a soft round brush about 150 px (from time to time we have to change the brush size) and make clear some areas with a sharp transition of colors.

Step 8

Reduce Eraser Tool opacity to 30% and edit too saturated color areas.

Step 9

Go back to original layer and duplicate it one more time (Ctrl+J). Move this copy above all the layers and apply Filter > Noise > Median for this layer.

Final Image

To finish this tutorial just change layer mode to Lighten for current layer.

We have now a very interesting watercolor effect that can be created in less than 5 minutes.

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This is a very detailed step by step tutorial where I will show you how to make rainbow effect on a photo.

Final Image Preview

Resources

• City Photo

Step 1

First, start by downloading stock photo that i selected for this tutorial. Open up the photo and use Image > Image size to set up width with 1200px and height with 675px.

Step 2

To obtain the desired effect, we need to lighten the photo so we can see every small detail on it, as well as to reduce the contrast of the photo. Double click on current layer thumbnail on Layers palette to unlock this layer, then apply Image > Adjustments > Brightness/Contrast with similar settings to these:

Step 3

Duplicate this layer with Ctrl+J and apply Image > Adjustments > Hue/Saturation for copied layer:

Step 4

Apply Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur with following parameters:

Step 5

Change layer mode to Overlay for this layer.

Step 6

To increase brightness of the picture apply Image > Adjustments > Brightness/Contrast for copied layer.

Step 7

Let´s work on color correction. To get rid of some type of colors or too bright colors just use Image > Adjustments > Replace Color. We are going to replace khaki color with green color.

Step 8

Now we are going to replace bright green color with blue one.

Step 9

Let´s replace also bright yellow color on the photo.

Final Image

Now I would like to make whole photo lighter. For this purpose create a new one layer and change layer mode to Soft Light for new layer. For now you don’t see any changes on the photo because current layer is empty. After that select the Brush Tool (Opacity: 100%) and a soft round brush about 80px and color and paint over all the dark areas on the picture with white (#000000) color.

Photo looks much better now and this tutorial is now complete.

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This is a very detailed step by step tutorial where I will show you how to make rainbow effect on a photo.

Final Image Preview

Resources

• City Photo

Step 1

First, start by downloading stock photo that i selected for this tutorial. Open up the photo and use Image > Image size to set up width with 1200px and height with 675px.

Step 2

To obtain the desired effect, we need to lighten the photo so we can see every small detail on it, as well as to reduce the contrast of the photo. Double click on current layer thumbnail on Layers palette to unlock this layer, then apply Image > Adjustments > Brightness/Contrast with similar settings to these:

Step 3

Duplicate this layer with Ctrl+J and apply Image > Adjustments > Hue/Saturation for copied layer:

Step 4

Apply Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur with following parameters:

Step 5

Change layer mode to Overlay for this layer.

Step 6

To increase brightness of the picture apply Image > Adjustments > Brightness/Contrast for copied layer.

Step 7

Let´s work on color correction. To get rid of some type of colors or too bright colors just use Image > Adjustments > Replace Color. We are going to replace khaki color with green color.

Step 8

Now we are going to replace bright green color with blue one.

Step 9

Let´s replace also bright yellow color on the photo.

Final Image

Now I would like to make whole photo lighter. For this purpose create a new one layer and change layer mode to Soft Light for new layer. For now you don’t see any changes on the photo because current layer is empty. After that select the Brush Tool (Opacity: 100%) and a soft round brush about 80px and color and paint over all the dark areas on the picture with white (#000000) color.

Photo looks much better now and this tutorial is now complete.

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In this easy, step-by-step tutorial I´m going to show you how to create fashion contrast photo effect in a few minutes. This tutorial will be useful for designers who are doing professional fashion photo editing.

Final Image Preview

Resources

• Friends Photo

Step 1

Start by finding a photo that you can demonstrate the effect or you can use the one i will use. Open photo in Photoshop and resize it by going to Image > Image Size (Width 1000 px, Height 667 px). Layer name is

Step 2

I´m going to use filters to remove small shortcomings quickly without basic retouching. Apply Filter > Blur > Smart Blur with following settings:

Step 3

Then i would like to increase sharpness and brightness a little bit by using Filter > Sharpen > Smart Sharpen.

Step 4

Duplicate current layer with photo by using Ctrl+J and apply Image > Adjustments > Channel Mixer with similar settings to these:

Step 5

Change layer mode to Color Burn for this layer.

Step 6

Now we have two layers: one original layer on the bottom and one copied modified layer on top. Go to lower original layer and duplicate it again with Ctrl+J. Move it above all the layers on Layers palette and apply Image > Adjustments > Brightness/Contrast:

Step 7

After that change layer mode for this layer to Lighter Color:

Step 8

Now we are going to reduce saturation of the photo. Duplicate current layer again and desaturate copy with Image > Adjustments > Desaturate.

Step 9

Increase brightness with Image > Adjustments > Brightness/Contrast:

Final Image

Finally change layer mode to Screen for current layer.

Now you know how to create fashion contrast photo effect in a few minutes. Have fun trying.

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A very detailed tutorial where i will show you how to create a greeting card for Christmas and New Year Holidays to impress your relatives and friends. This Photoshop tutorial is very simple but the result looks so amazing!

Final Image Preview

Step 1

Create a new document with size of 800 x 600 pixels and fill it with black color.

Step 2

Now I would like to create abstract snowing on the picture. We can do it by using the Pen Tool. But before we can start, we have to change some presets of the Brush Tool which we will be using in the future. Select the Brush Tool, a soft round brush about 15 pixels and opacity at 61%.

Then click the button “Toggle the Brushes Palette” on the Options Bar to open brush preset window or go to Windows > Brushes. Here we can see a couple of presets. Update them for current brush:

Step 3

Set foreground color as white (#ffffff). Create new layer, after that select Pen Tool (you need to make sure you are working with Paths instead of Shape Layers). Draw out one straight line using paths:

Click on start point to close path. Then right-click and select Stroke Path:

A little dialog box will appear as in the screenshot. Choose Brush and make sure there is a tick next to Simulate Pressure. This is important as it will give your line tapered ends which will make it rock!

The picture will be similar to mine:

Step 5

Next right click again and select Delete Path. Then add more lines on the same way.

Step 6

You can change brush size, so the picture will look more interesting:

Step 7

Duplicate current layer (Ctrl+J) and apply Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur with next parameters:

Step 8

We are finished with creating snow; let’s move to the next step.
Create new layer above, then select the Gradient Tool and fill this layer with Spectrum linear gradient (this is one of standard Photoshop gradients).

After thart change layer mode to Soft Light for this gradient layer and you will see total difference in coloring.

Step 9

Before we start adding text, we have to make some dark mat to divide text from the background. For this effect, select the Rectangular Marquee Tool to create selection similar to mine on screenshot below and fill this selected area with black to transparent linear gradient on the new layer.

Step 10

Remove selection with Ctrl+D. Now is time to add the text. Get out the Horizontal Type Tool and write out some text with white color in two lines. For this Photoshop tutorial I´ve used Arial (30 pt, Normal, Black, Crisp) font which is one of standard Windows fonts.

Step 11

Then we have to add the year, but I want to put it in a small box. Use the Rounded Rectangle Tool (Mode: Shape layers, Radius: 5px) to create small box above the text with white color also.

Step 12

After that select the Horizontal Type Tool again and add the year with the same font (Color: Black, Size: 16 pt, Black, Crisp).

Step 13

Again add one more text line a little bit down. But before you start writing the text, just change some text presets for this text line:

Step 14

Now you can add one more text line:

Step 15

Change opacity for this layer to 40%.

Final Image

We are almost finished with creating our greeting card. The last one thing that we have to add a little bit visible white circles. Select the Brush Tool (Opacity: 20%) and a hard round brush to add different size circles to the greeting card canvas.

Looks cool, isn’t it? That is it. Card looks amazing to you as for me? You can send this card to your friends and relatives, hope, they will be happy to get this card from you!
Happy holidays to everyone!

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In this tutorial you will learn how to create pseudo-vector wallpapers for your desktop. This tutorial will be very useful for beginners and it will be divided in two parts. In this Part 2 (of two) we will create the kitten and everything else that is still missing.

Final Image Preview

Step 1

Open PSD file that was created on Part 1 of this tutorial. Now we are going do add grass somewhere on our meadow. Select the Pen Tool and create shape similar to the picture which you can see below:

Step 2

Create selection of this shape (Load Path as a Selection – Ctrl+click on shape thumbnail on Paths also works). Fill selected area with green (#89f00b) to transparent linear gradient on the new layer by using Gradient Tool.

Step 3

Remove selection with Select > Deselect and duplicate this layer a few times with Ctrl+J and spread everywhere on the meadow area.

Step 4

And the kitten is the last thing we need to create. Create new layer, select the Elliptical Marque Tool to create selection similar to the selection on my picture below and fill it with color #ffc000 (Orange).

Step 5

Create new layer and again with the Elliptical Marque Tool create kitten eye but now fill it with color #ffffff (White).

Step 6

Apply Stroke layer style to current layer.

Step 7

Create a new one round selection and fill it with black color.

Step 8

Duplicate this layer with Ctrl+J, then move it a little bit left and turn to left by going to Edit > Transform > Rotate. We have created the eyes.

Step 9

Now we need to add ears. Select the Pen Tool, then go to the layer with orange ellipse and create shape like on image below. Create selection of this shape (Load Path as a Selection – Ctrl+click on shape thumbnail on Paths also works). Create new layer and fill selection with color #ffc000.

Step 10

Duplicate it with Ctrl+J, then apply Edit > Transform > Flip Horizontal to flip copied layer and move it left.

Step 11

Now let´s focus on creating kitten nose. Create a new layer. On this layer create ellipse selection by using Elliptical Marquee Tool and fill it with black color.

Step 12

Create a new one ellipse selection on the same layer and fill it with white to transparent gradient. In this way we create small glare on kitten nose.

Step 13

Remove selection with Ctrl+D. Then correct noise shape by using Pen Tool. Create the same shape you can see below.

Right click on shape and select Make Selection. After that press Delete to clear selection. Apply Select > Deselect to remove selection.

Step 14

Use Pen Tool to create kitten mouth. Right click on shape and select Make Selection. Fill selection with color #000000 (black).

Step 15

To finish off with the kitten face apply Brush Tool, hard round brush with small size to add a few dots with black color.

Step 16

We keep working with the Pen Tool. Create a new layer to create auricle with black color like my image below. Start by creating shape, convert to selection by right clicking on shape and selecting Make Seletion. Finally fill it with black color (#000000).

Step 17

Duplicate this layer, then flip horizontal (Edit > Transform > Flip Horizontal) and move a little bit left to create second one auricle.

Step 18

Create a new layer and use the Brush Tool (hard round brush, 10px) to make eyebrow holding Shift button make straight line with black color.

Step 19

With eyebrow layer selected apply Edit > Transform > Warp to bend the line like on image below.

Duplicate layer and move new eyebrow above the other eye.

Step 20

Now I would like to create kitten body. Create new layer. Use the Rectangular Marquee Tool to create rectangular selection and fill it with color orange (#ffc000).

Step 21

Now go to Edit > Transform > Distort and do like on image below.

Step 22

After that go to Edit > Transform > Warp and transform it again.

Step 23

Create new layer. To create arms and hands we use again the Rectangular Marquee Tool. Create rectangular selection to create first arm and fill it with color orange (#ffc000). After that go to Edit > Transform > Warp and transform it.

Step 24

Use the Elliptical Marquee Tool to create hand on a new layer. First create one finger only. Fill it with color orange.

Step 25

Then duplicate selection and rotate copies to get additional fingers.

Step 26

Merge fingers and arm layers. Duplicate layer and go to Edit > Transform > Flip Horizontal. Move second arm to right position.

Step 27

Use again Elliptical Marquee Tool to create first hind leg on a new layer and fill it with same orange color.

Step 28

Duplicate layer and go to Edit > Transform > Flip Horizontal. Move second hind leg to right position.

Step 29

Between hind legs, use Rectangular Marquee Tool and fill selection with black color (#000000).

Step 30

Create tail on new layer by using Elliptical Marquee Tool and transforming it with Edit > Transform > Warp. After finishing creating tail, just merge all the layers with kitten body parts together except kitten eyes. Finally create new layer and add some black stripes on it again with Elliptical Marquee Tool.

Step 31

Keep adding black stripes till you have all of them. When you have created all stripes, select layer content that has kitten body (Ctrl+click on the layer thumbnail on layers palette), invert selection with Shift+Ctrl+I (or go to Select > Inverse) and clear selected area (Del).

Step 32

Remove selection with Ctrl+D and merge kitten layer and stripes layer (remember that you must keep kitten eyes layer separated). Select content layer again, create new layer and go to Select > Modify > Expand. We are going to Expand selection by 3 px and finally fill selection with black color (#000000) on new layer.

Step 33

To finish off the tutorial, create a new layer under kitten layer for the shadow and create round selection by using Elliptical Marquee Tool.

Step 34

Fill selected area with color #33b301. Remove selection with Ctrl+D and apply Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur with similar settings to these:

Final Image

That is it! We created pseudo-vector wallpapers for desktop. Hope this tutorial was useful for you.

Part 1

Part 1 of this tutorial has been published.

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