This tutorial uses Photoshop to draw the lovely balloon WordArt tutorial, the production of balloons is relatively cumbersome, because the high light and dark areas are not very regular, not directly with the layer style to complete, you need to use a pen to check out the outline of each part, into the selection after the corresponding color fill. Like friends let us study together.
Final effect
1, click here to download the PSD material, after decompression with PS Open. The outline and background of the text are provided, as shown below.
2, first to make "6" word, select this group, and then click on the layers of the new button, a new layer.
3, the foreground color set to Lavender: #F5D0F0, and then press ALT + DELETE key to fill the foreground color, the effect of the following figure.
4, now to make the dark part of the text and high light, basically with a pen to complete. First use the pen to check out the outer edge of the dark area path as shown below.
5. Create a new layer, press CTRL + ENTER to change the path to a selection, feather 12 pixels and fill purple: #F88AEB, remove the selection and add a layer mask, and use a black brush with lower transparency to apply the edge to nature.
6, create a new layer, also use the pen to check out the edge of the dark area contour.
7. Press CTRL + ENTER to change the path to a selection, feather 8 pixels and fill with dark purple: #EE6EC3, remove the selection and add a layer mask, using a black brush to apply the transition part to nature.
8, create a new layer, with a pen to check out the inner upper part of the dark selection, feather 8 pixels filled with the same as the dark purple, remove the selection after adding a layer mask, with a black brush smear the edge part, such as Figure 8,9.
9, create a new layer, with a pen to check out the bottom of the inner part of the selection, feather 8 pixels filled with dark purple, remove the selection with a black brush smear the edge part.
10, now to make the middle of the high light part. Create a new layer and use the pen to tick the middle high light area path as shown in Figure 11, press CTRL + ENTER to convert the path to a selection, feather 4 pixels with lavender: #FFFAFE, and then change the layer opacity to: 50%, the local can add a layer mask, with a black brush smear the transition section, the process as shown in Figure 11, 12.
11, hold down the CTRL key click on the current layer thumbnail load selection, select menu: select > Modify > Shrink, the value is 2, after the confirmation press CTRL + J to copy the selection section of the color block to the new layer, the opacity to: 100%, the process as the figure 13,14.
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