Photoshop creates a festive Christmas card-PS tutorial

Christmas is approaching. sending a hand-made greeting card can better deliver friendship. Before making a greeting card, you should first look for some greeting cards for reference, and then gradually design and build a picture. Of course, there is no need for Christmas materials. you need to collect these materials by yourself. Final effect




1. create a 1024*768 pixel document, for example.



2. double-click the background layer to unlock and convert it to a 0 layer. Set the layer style, select gradient superposition, and set the color as shown in.



3. open the pattern and decorative material shown in, use the magic wand to hide it, fill it with white, and drag it in to set the position. The effect is as shown in.









4. select the elliptical tool and set parameters in the attribute bar, for example, to draw a black positive circle.



5. use the rounded rectangle tool and set the following in the attribute bar to draw the shape shown below.



6. The images drawn in step 4 and step 5 are on the same layer. if not, the two layers are merged.



7. set the layer style, select gradient superposition, and set the color as shown in.



8. create a new layer, merge the two layers, and name them "spherical ".



9. use the pen tool to draw a shape, for example, set the color to white, and then create a mask, for example.



10. use the pen tool to draw the highlights, for example.



11. create a new layer. the layer is located under the spherical layer. use the oval box selection tool to draw a selection area. then select the menu: edit> stroke. the parameter settings are shown in.



12. use the rectangular box selection tool to draw a selection area and fill it in white. The effect is as follows.



13. set the layer style, select gradient superposition, and set the color as shown in.