Photoshop draws traditional festive Chinese knot

Final effect Diagram

First, create a new 1000*1000 pixel in Photoshop, 72dpi, RGB mode, white canvas background.

Second, create a new layer, with the toolbar on the Rectangular marquee tool, drag out a long selection box, fill red, in the Layers panel right-click, select Copy layer, repeat this layer copy 8. Click on the link bar on the Layers panel to link it, select the Move tool on the toolbar, and in the property bar under the menu bar, select Horizontal Center distribution in the alignment and distribution area. (Figure I)

Figure I

Third, select the menu bar "Layer-merge link layer" as the layer, on the layer 1 of the layers panel, right-click, select the copy layer to get 1 copies of the layer, select the menu bar "edit-transform-rotate 90 degrees", get the intersection of grid graphics. (Figure II)

Figure II

Use rectangular Marquee tool to select the extra part, press DELETE key to delete, link Layer 1 and its copy on the graph level board, select Edit-transform-free transform on the menu bar, hold down SHIFT while pulling the marquee, rotate 45 degrees. (Figure III)

Figure Three

Five, hold down the CTRL key at the same time click Layer 1, hold down the Shift+ctrl+alt key click Layer 1 copy, get the cross selection, with the tool bar on the skin tool, interval erase the square box in the content. (Figure IV)

Figure Four

Six, hold down CTRL click on Layer 1 to get the selection, select "Select-Modify-Shrink" on the menu bar, in the pop-up dialog box, enter the "3" pixel, select "image-adjust-brightness and contrast" on the menu bar, and set the brightness to "50%" in the dialog box that pops up, and increase the brightness by repeatedly narrowing the marquee. Do this again on the Layer 1 copy. (Figure V)

Figure Five

Use the Circular Marquee tool on the toolbar, pull the Oval marquee (this step is also available with the Path tool on the toolbar), select Edit-Stroke on the menu bar, and set the color to red in the pop-up dialog box, with a width of 16 pixels. Select "Select-Modify-Shrink" on the menu bar, enter "3" Pixel in the pop-up dialog box, select "Image-adjust-brightness and contrast" on the menu bar, set the brightness to "50%" in the pop-up dialog box, and repeat 2 times. (Figure VI)

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Eight, the layer placed neatly, with the tool Bar Eraser tool to erase the excess parts, and the middle edge of the end of the end of the treatment of rounded corners. (Figure Seven)

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