UI Calendar Component PS Tutorial

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Recently in the group and small partners chat, found that some students (especially novice) is not good at learning, even if told the method or to ask, the best even specific parameters also said out, even if the hand has been taught, another thing will not. Design of so many things, do you want to have a hands-on teaching?

Tanghuidesign God said: Do design must master two brushes: First, technology, the second is thinking. Follow the tutorial to do things, in fact, is also a copy, but the tutorial is hands-on teaching you how to do. Follow the tutorial, what do you need to pay attention to? Wolf Wolf believes that one is learning technology. For example, how these effects are done, the color of this picture why so praise. The other is to summarize the idea. such as the order of the drawing, the law, the creativity, the technical performance and so on, these things finally remit into a word-experience!

Dear friends, to develop good habits of learning, but also to learn what to apply to the actual work. The content of the software is so little, the same is a few software, why the great God made things so good? There are certain reasons for this. So, try harder, the more you try, the luckier you are!

Today, we share a UI component-the drawing process of the calendar. The entire article will not appear with specific parameters, but I will share the idea with you. (Note: This tutorial is not suitable for beginners to learn, but can be used as a research object to study, ideas can learn from.) )

I am the gorgeous split line ******************************

Decomposition one: fresh and elegant background

STEP1: Creating a new canvas, placing the background footage

Before making a background, we first build a canvas. How big? About this big:

Then we find a high-definition five yards of Blue sky (in fact, other pictures also line, the key is to get the picture bright), drag directly into the canvas (will automatically generate smart objects), adjust the size (suggest pulling larger than the canvas, for the back of the effect), such as:

STEP2: Blur Effect

OK after the filter-blur-Gaussian blur (Specific values at random, you like on the line)

STEP3: Use adjustment layer to color

To add an adjustment layer to the layers panel, let's color the smart object. I don't know. Adjustment layer?

We only need to adjust the hue, reduce the saturation, and then increase the point of the line, after the adjustment is like this:

Decomposition two: The subject begins

STEP1: Draw a simple axis

Draw a rectangular shape layer with a rectangular tool, note that the shape layer is! Then add a gradient overlay with the layer style:

STEP2: Draw a rectangle again

Use the rounded Rectangle tool to draw a box to the calendar, with a rounded radius that doesn't need to be very large, and a little bit better.

STEP3: Layer Style

Then add the gradient (the gradient is "symmetric"), the inner shadow (white Shadow Oh, change the blending mode can do, guess what?), projections, and strokes (this is not much said Ha, solid color), the new layer adds a high light, the effect is as follows:

STEP4: The sense of hierarchy comes

Copy the layer and use the Pen tool to select all the anchor points on the left (pen, press the CTRL key to automatically switch to the white arrow, so hold down CTRL while the box is selected on OK, and then indent a point, select all the anchor points to the right, and then indent a little (or directly change the width, then center it); a little further down; The copied layer is moved below the original layer. Repeat these steps once, and it looks like there are 3 floors. Pay attention! According to the perspective principle of near real far virtual, the projection of the copied layer should be adjusted, which looks a layer darker than the other.

Just like this!

STEP5: Split Line

The split line, in fact, is very simple, a dark rectangle (the color is slightly darker than the center color), height of 1 pixels, width and the top of the rectangle, etc. wide. Then add the layer style, which is the white projection (the method is the same as the white Interior shadow, where the inner shadow and projection can change to a high light by changing the blending mode), and the glow/highlight can also turn into a dark color. Because this line is more clear, so the size of the projection is 0, distance of 1 (Do this line method there are a lot of people to summarize themselves).

Attach: Here and share a PS hidden skills: Double-click the shape of the path can be isolated from the shape of the layer to edit, so as not to affect the other layers, in order to prevent inadvertent error operation:

(The part of the arrow indicates red indicating that the feature is activated)

STEP6: Add Connection Axis A

In fact, I do not know what this thing called, for the moment called "connecting axis a" bar. Draw a small rectangle, shape layer Oh! Add a gradient overlay (try to get close to the main axis in the two STEP1), heightening light (or inner shadow) and stroke. With the Pen box selected, select all the anchor points of this rectangle, and then the pen +alt+ the direction of the key →, copy this rectangle (in the same layer, like Boolean operations, Ha!), the position is like this:

Do you think there's something different? Yes, the left and right strokes are gone. How did that happen? No raster masks or strokes? Open the layer style, tick this on OK:

Then add the mask, and then cover the extra strokes OK. What's the Magic? You already know that? You're not going to kill me.

STEP7: Connecting Shaft B

This part is made in a similar way to the connection axis A, and the difference is that it has 2 layers of strokes. How does this work? First of all, this is a shape layer. About shape layers We know that you can have a stroke (the stroke is free to set the type), and generally default to the inner stroke. Well, we're going to resize first, then add a shape with the inner stroke, then open the layer style, add a gradient overlay, and add an outer stroke. How about, two layers of stroke come out! The outer stroke of the layer style is white, and the stroke size and opacity are adjusted. Wow, it turns out to be a thief! Dead pot!

With the same method as "connecting axis a", copy one out of the same layer and adjust the position.

Decomposition three: Numbers and descriptions

STEP1: Digital

Choose a thicker English font, adjust font size and position, add layer style: Bevel and emboss, gradient overlay and projection:

STEP2: Adding masks

Add a mask to the number (here do not check the "layer Mask Hidden Effect"), the size of the custom, but note to the line as the benchmark, up and down two parts of the distance, with a pencil or rectangular tool to the number "cut":

STEP3: Mark

Write "MONTH" in the appropriate place with the appropriate font size and font:

(think of how this recessed effect is done)

STEP4: Boss, pack!

All layers are selected to ctrl+g the entire layer group, except for the background and the bottom spindle. Copy, move to the appropriate location, change the following text:

STEP5: All packed, Boss!

After this, basically finished. We packed all the layers/layer groups except the background and placed them in a layer group, adding projections to the final layer group:

Break down four: Add text

And then we write something, and it's all done. Of course, the text does not add to the line.

Final effect:

Think about how this video component is made?

Written in the last words:

However, sometimes the author will be confused, write and do not actually do. Small partners obviously found this phenomenon, but do not think, but also follow the author to do, how can it become the effect? At this time should think about finding ways to solve this bug, regardless of success or failure (ability problem), at least we work hard to think about solving problems (attitude issues).

Finally, I would like to reach the party said: Learn to learn independently, ask questions welcome, but to convert to their own knowledge; for the shameless reach of the party, I can only say: "Free you eat JuJube also special mody too big, also cherubim don't face!"

At the end of the last, Wolf Wolf wishes everyone to become Couba, ascended the glorious throne of the great God!

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• PS Getting Started tutorial