New Year greeting card tutorial-making New Year greeting cards with Photoshop

1, select the "File/new" menu, open the "new" or CTRL + N dialog box name: 2010 Fu Tiger Spring, Width: 800 pixels, Height: 600 pixels, "resolution" of 72, "mode" for RGB color documents, as shown in Figure 1.

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2. Click the New Layer button in the Layer Control Panel, create a new background, select the Toolbox Gradient tool (accelerator g), set the radial gradient in the tool options bar, and then click the editable gradient to eject the gradient editor. Double-click a in Figure 2 to set the color RGB to 255, 110, 2, respectively. Double-click b in Figure 2, set RGB to 255, 255, 0, and double-click b in Figure 2, set RGB to 188, 8, 8, as shown in Figure 2. In the workspace, hold down SHIFT while dragging the left mouse button from top to bottom to drag the horizontal gradient effect, as shown in Figure 3.

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3, create a new Layer button, name the pattern, select the custom Shape tool in the toolbox, set the path in the tool options bar, shape the pattern, drag a pattern shape in the workspace, and press the keyboard ctrl+enter to convert the pattern shape to a selection, and select the foreground color in the toolbox. Set the foreground color to yellow, then click the OK button to fill the pattern shape, and copy many pattern layers, select all the pattern layers and merge the layers, merging (ctrl+e) into a layer pattern, as shown in Figure 4.

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4. Select pattern layer, set layer blending mode to overlay, fill transparency to 26%, as shown in Figure 5.

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5. In the Layer Control Panel, create a new layer named light, select the Pen tool in the toolbox, draw an irregular shape in the workspace, and press Ctrl+enter to convert the irregular shape to a selection and fill it with white, as shown in Figure 6.

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6. Add a mask to the material copy, select the Brush tool in the toolbox, add a gradient to the material copy, and set the brush properties and parameters as shown in Figure 7. The adjusted effect figure is shown in Figure 8.

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7. The other approach is the same as step 6, as shown in Figure 9.

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8. Create a new Layer button, name the Star, select the Custom Shape tool in the toolbox, select the Star shape, set the path in the tool options bar, drag a star shape in the workspace, and press the keyboard ctrl+enter to convert the star shape to a selection and press the keyboard ctrl+d to cancel it, Then set the layer blending mode to strong light, as shown in Figure 10. The effect is shown in Figure 11.

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9, click the Horizontal Type tool in the toolbox, enter the number 2, and then set the font on the Tools Options bar: Aristocrat, Size: 240 point, color: white, set anti-aliasing method: Sharp, as shown in Figure 12.

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10, two-click type layer into the layer style, respectively tick projection, inner glow, bevel and emboss, contour, color overlay, gradient overlay, stroke options. Set the reference values as Figure 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, and click OK, as shown in Figure 20.

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11, the number 1 words of practice and Steps 101, as shown in Figure 21.

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12, the Executive menu: "File"/"import" material, and adjust the size and move position, put in the appropriate position, the effect of the figure shown in Figure 22. < map 22> 13. Click the Horizontal Type tool in the Toolbox, enter 2010, auspicious of the tiger, and then set the font on the Tools Options bar: Founder Art Black Simplified, size: 21 point, Color: white, set anti-aliasing method: Sharp, and adjust the size and position, as shown in Figure 23. The adjusted effect figure is shown in Figure 24. Complete the final effect. < map 23>