Photoshop makes a gorgeous Christmas greeting card

Here focuses on the production of three-dimensional characters, some of the early graphics and font design can be slowly to play.

The production process: the first to make a rough combination of text and graphics, and then use multi-layer layer style overlay to make the metal relief effect, and then use the method of duplication to make three-dimensional surface, and later add some Christmas small material decoration can be.

Final effect

1, a new 1000 * 750 pixel, resolution of 72 of the canvas. Select the Gradient tool, set the color to red to dark red as shown in Figure 1, and then pull the radial gradient in Figure 2 from the center of the canvas to the corners.

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2, click the picture below to download the big picture, large image for PNG format, direct right key picture Save As, save to this machine, and then open with PS, and then dragged in.

3, place the text in the middle of the canvas, and then lock the pixel area, as shown below.

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4, select the Gradient tool, color settings, as shown in Figure 4, in the upper part of the text to pull down the radial gradient shown in Figure 5.

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5, select menu: layer > Layer Style > Bevel and emboss, parameter settings such as Figure 6, and then set the contour, such as Figure 7, to determine the effect as shown in Figure 8.

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6, press CTRL + J to copy the current layer, double click on the image Layer board text copy thumbnail load layers style, modify the bevel and relief values, such as Figure 9, the contour does not change, and then determine. Then change the layer fill to: 0%, the effect is as shown in Figure 10.

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7. Press CTRL + J to copy the current layer, modify the bevel and Emboss values, and cancel the contour options, and then replace the fill with the following: 0%, the opacity to: 40%, the effect is as Figure 12.

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8, back to the original text layer, the following figure.

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9, create a color balance adjustment layer, the high light adjustment, parameter settings, such as Figure 14, determined to press CTRL + ALT + G to create a clipping mask, the effect is shown in Figure 15.

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10. Create a new group on the background layer, and create a new layer in the group, as shown below.

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11, hide the background layer, press CTRL + ALT + Shift + E-stamped layer, as shown below.

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12, show the background layer, back to the stamped layer, press CTRL + J to copy a layer, and then press CTRL + T deformation, with the mobile tool to first move the center point down a little.

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