Photoshop simple edition desktop wallpaper tutorial-PS tutorial

This tutorial introduces how to use Photoshop to design a simple version of desktop wallpaper. The tutorial is simple, but the wallpaper is really good. We recommend that you go to the foot home. if you like it, you can follow the tutorial to learn it. this tutorial mainly introduces you to how to use Photoshop to design a simple version of computer desktop wallpaper, this time, the wallpaper production process is very simple. the source of inspiration is the song "TravelSky" sung by a good friend. we recommend that you come and enjoy it with your friends.

First Look

In fact, basically the tools involved have been mentioned in the previous whale tutorial, but this will be a new tutorial for Photoshop. I hope you will be able to understand PS very well.

Preparations

Photoshop cs4 and later versions, because it involves adjusting the edge tool to map. However, earlier versions of Photoshop cs4 are also applicable in different ways;

Blur's good brush 7.0, Baidu can go to the official website to download it, and then install it in the preset manager.

1. create a canvas

Click "file-new" (shortcut: CTRL + N)

In the "new" dialog box, select "international standard paper"

Select B5 for the size. here, note that the color mode must be RGB. for personal computer wallpapers, you can print them habitually. So here, you can make the B5 size with a resolution of 300, another reason for the 300 resolution is that the subsequent brushes are suitable for the 300 resolution.

Click "OK" and the canvas appears. the canvas appears in a vertical layout, but the wallpaper to be created is horizontal, so you need to click "image-image rotation-90 degrees" (shortcut key ALT-I-G-0)

2. draw the background sky

Click the icon-create a layer, use the gradient tool, and click the gradient bar above the gradient tool.

In the "gradient editor" dialog box, select the color block below and click the color. the code value entered in the "color picker" dialog box is displayed, with a red-blue gradient.

Return to the new layer. for example, if you use the gradient tool, how to use the gradient tool: hold down the left mouse button and drag the mouse, the drag distance will determine the distance of your gradient, you can press shift to draw a vertical gradient. you can drag it to the center.

The gradient is displayed.

Create a new layer and use the "paint brush tool", window-paint preset). If you select the button in the upper right corner, you can load the previously installed Blur's good brush 7.0 paint brush, select "text only ".

Select "shining pen" after loading"

Set the foreground color to #283150. use the paint brush tool to brush the top of the canvas. press shift to draw a straight line with the paint brush, set the foreground color to # ef7544, and use the paint brush tool to brush the bottom of the canvas, shows the effect after refreshing.

In the layers column, adjust the opacity of the layer to around 70%.

After this step, the color of the sky is basically finished, and the effect is as follows:

3. processing cloud materials

Drag the cloud material into the canvas. it is often said that this step will not be done. In fact, it is very easy to drag the material to the canvas by clicking the left button in the folder.

When you click "quick selection tool" on the top of the cloud, a blue brush will automatically identify the selected area. here I will explain the commonly used image cutting method. if you have other methods, you can skip this step.

At this time, there is a "adjust selected area edge" button on the top, and the "adjust edge" dialog box appears after you click it. for example, you can set the value here as long as you can look at the cloud to get it out.