Photoshop Personalized Desktop Design example

Design

Many IT companies have their own unique means of self promotion, in particular, some software companies, they will be in their own software to carry some links or image of the desktop and other promotional materials, such as the production of Jinshan company software, in the user installation will be prompted whether to install Jinshan desktop, these desktop design is quite exquisite, Not only beautify the user's desktop also played the role of self propaganda, not the both worlds, today we will introduce an image of the desktop design method.

(1) Start Photoshop CS, creates a new 1024x768 canvas, sets the foreground color to black, and the background color white, and executes the filter > Sketch > Halftone Pattern command to open the Halftone Pattern dialog box, where pattern type is the line, size is 1, contrast is 46. The effect after applying the filter is shown in Figure 1

Figure 1

(2) then perform the image > Adjust > Hue/saturation command to open the Hue/Saturation dialog box, check the coloring checkbox, set hue to 230, saturation to 82, lightness to 44, and adjust the effect as shown in Figure 2.

Figure 2

(3) Create a new layer, use the elliptical marquee tool to draw a positive circle selection in a new layer, perform the Edit > Stroke command, and use white to stroke a positive circle selection, as shown in Figure 3.

Figure 3

(4) into the Action palette, new action sequence, start recording action. Copy Layer 1, press the CTRL+T key to enable the Free transform command, hold down the ALT key to drag the horizontal control point to the center, squeeze the positive circle, and then repeat the action you just recorded, to produce the effect shown in Figure 4.

Figure 4

(5) Merge all the wireframe into one layer and create a new action sequence again. Rotate the merged layer 1 again, press the CTRL+T key to enable the Free transform command, hold down the ALT key to rotate the graphic 45 degrees, and then play the action just recorded, generate a mesh sphere, the effect as shown in Figure 5.

Figure 5

(6) Next transfer into a picture of the planet, adjust its size to fit the grid sphere, and then add a mask, use a black brush to smear the picture, so that its side exposed the grid, and adjust the picture's opacity to 75, the final effect as shown in Figure 6.

Figure 6

(7) Create a new layer to create a halo for the sphere. Use the elliptical marquee tool to draw a positive circle selection in a new layer. Fill a positive circle selection with white, and then press SHIFT + Ctrl +i to select the selection, perform the filter > Blur > Gaussian blur command to open the Gaussian Blur dialog box, where the radius is set to 53, After you execute the filter command and then reverse the selection, the DEL key removes the white in the selection, as shown in Figure 7.

Figure 7

(8) Select the Type tool, enter a line of "111000100100" numbers in the image, copy them, and then perform the filter > Distort > Rotate Distort command to apply the spin twist filter to the text, which you can use to reuse the enhanced skew effect as shown in Figure 8.

Figure 8

(9) Activate the background layer, use the elliptical marquee tool to draw a positive circular selection in the lower-right corner of the background, copy and paste in situ, perform the filter > Distort > Spherical command to make the image bulge, and then perform the image > Adjust > Hue/saturation command to turn on hue/saturation dialog box, where you set the hue, the parameters of saturation and lightness change the color of the new layer to red, add the outer glow, inner shadow, and inner glow layer styles, and draw white light with the brush tool, as shown in Figure 9.

Figure 9

(10) Copy the red button, then perform the image > Adjust > Hue/saturation command to color the copied sphere, make a yellow and green sphere, and press the CTRL+T key to apply the free transform command, adjusting the size of the other two spheres, and arranging their positions, As shown in Figure 10.

Figure 10

(11) Create a new layer, perform the "Filter > Render >3d Transform" command to open the "3D Transform" dialog box, in which the "cube" tool to draw a number of different sizes of cubes, as shown in Figure 11, and then use the "trackball" tool to rotate these cubes to generate stereo graphics, The effect is shown in Figure 12.

Figure 11

Figure 12

(12) Color adjustment of stereo graphics by performing "Image > Adjustment > Hue/Saturation" command with a black stroke to complete the drawing of the personality, and then enter the text and make "metal word" effect, (on the effect of metal word production tutorial has been a lot, here is no longer introduced.) The effect is as shown in Figure 13.

Figure 13
(6) Next transfer into a picture of the planet, adjust its size to fit the grid sphere, and then add a mask, use a black brush to smear the picture, so that its side exposed the grid, and adjust the picture's opacity to 75, the final effect as shown in Figure 6.

Figure 6

(7) Create a new layer to create a halo for the sphere. Use the elliptical marquee tool to draw a positive circle selection in a new layer. Fill a positive circle selection with white, and then press SHIFT + Ctrl +i to select the selection, perform the filter > Blur > Gaussian blur command to open the Gaussian Blur dialog box, where the radius is set to 53, After you execute the filter command and then reverse the selection, the DEL key removes the white in the selection, as shown in Figure 7.

Figure 7

(8) Select the Type tool, enter a line of "111000100100" numbers in the image, copy them, and then perform the filter > Distort > Rotate Distort command to apply the spin twist filter to the text, which you can use to reuse the enhanced skew effect as shown in Figure 8.

Figure 8

(9) Activate the background layer, use the elliptical marquee tool to draw a positive circular selection in the lower-right corner of the background, copy and paste in situ, perform the filter > Distort > Spherical command to make the image bulge, and then perform the image > Adjust > Hue/saturation command to turn on hue/saturation dialog box, where you set the hue, the parameters of saturation and lightness change the color of the new layer to red, add the outer glow, inner shadow, and inner glow layer styles, and draw white light with the brush tool, as shown in Figure 9.

Figure 9

(10) Copy the red button, then perform the image > Adjust > Hue/saturation command to color the copied sphere, make a yellow and green sphere, and press the CTRL+T key to apply the free transform command, adjusting the size of the other two spheres, and arranging their positions, As shown in Figure 10.

Figure 10

(11) Create a new layer, perform the "Filter > Render >3d Transform" command to open the "3D Transform" dialog box, in which the "cube" tool to draw a number of different sizes of cubes, as shown in Figure 11, and then use the "trackball" tool to rotate these cubes to generate stereo graphics, The effect is shown in Figure 12.

Figure 11

Figure 12

(12) Color adjustment of stereo graphics by performing "Image > Adjustment > Hue/Saturation" command with a black stroke to complete the drawing of the personality, and then enter the text and make "metal word" effect, (on the effect of metal word production tutorial has been a lot, here is no longer introduced.) The effect is as shown in Figure 13.

Figure 13