PS Tutorial: Make a beautiful red clock

Clocks are the most common in life, but it takes a certain amount of thought and time to make them, so take a look at this tutorial.

Clocks are the most common in life, but it takes a certain amount of thought and time to make them. The following tutorial will describe how to make a clock. The author is very meticulous, basically every step has a detailed description, like a friend can try.

Final effect

1, New document: 2304 * 1708 px, resolution: 300. Bring up the ruler: Ctrl + R Click the right mouse button on the ruler to display the ruler as a "percent" form. Determine midpoint: Keyboard "V" key (be sure to make the input method into this form:, then from the top and left the ruler to drag out two guide lines, set at 50%.) The preparations are complete.

2. Pull out the blue to black radial gradient shown in the image below as the background.

3, Pattern Overlay: A new layer on the background layer. Add a nice pattern to the background. You can find a piece of material directly superimposed on, or like me to do one. Keyboard "V" key, Shift + plus or minus key, adjust this layer mode to "overlay", keyboard "V" key, Number Key "3", adjust layer opacity to 30%

4, the shape of the clock surface production. Create a new layer, named "Clock main face", so it is better to use "main Clock" directly. Keyboard "M" key, elliptical selection tool. Hold down the ALT + SHIFT key and drag a positive circle from the reference line intersection. The keyboard "D" key, adjusts the foreground and background colors to the PS default color, and the ALT + Delete key fills the selection with the forward color. Ctrl + D cancels the selection.

5, the clock surface effect added. Double-click the Main Clock layer to pull up the Layer style window. Add styles, parameters and effects are as follows.

6, the keyboard "T" key, in any one place in the canvas typed "00" (for the shrimp is 00 pinch?) According to the authors, it is easier to align the center point in later stages. As for the shape and size of the numbers, children's shoes will look at their own ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ at the same time selected just hit the digital layer and the background layer (Ctrl + the left mouse button click on the two layers of the name position), using the tool to make two-tier center alignment

7, the keyboard "V" key, click Shift key while the left mouse button drag the number "00" level upward movement, half in the clock face half in the clock face can:

After adjusting the position Ctrl + T, pull out the free transform size tool, drag the transformation center point of the Transform tool to the reference line intersection (ALT + left mouse button).　Adjusts the transformation angle to 30 degrees. Carriage return confirms that the transform effect is applied. Ctrl + Shift + Alt + t repeat the transform effect (in other words, this key combination is really useful, a lot of strange similar patterns are used in this combination ~ ~ Children's shoes best remember ha ~). Let the number 00 be evenly distributed around the clock, and, for 12.

8, the keyboard "T" key, all "00" change to the correct number. Use the CTRL + T key to adjust the digital angle to the normal display.

9, select the top of the digital layer, hold down the SHIFT key and click on the bottom of the digital layer (that is, select 12 Digital layer ...). CTRL + G key combination, the ALT key clicks the small eye of the combination front, only displays the combination, the other layer hides, after Ctrl + Shift + Alt + t merges all the visible layers, this time you will discover in your graph level board top appears a separate numerical layer ~ ~ (OH Keith! What a wonderful thing to say ~ ~) Name this layer "merged Numbers". Now you can click on the combination front of the small eyes so that it does not show!

10, add digital effect. Ctrl + T Adjusts the number to the appropriate size. Note: When dragging the adjustment box, be sure to hold down the SHIFT + ALT key to ensure that the resize is centered around the center point and is changed by the four-week center ... ) Add the following effect:

The two colors of the gradient are: #ffffff, #c8c8c8. Note that after you adjust the color, save it as a new gradient. Yes, that's the way it is (I like metal feeling!) Like crystal texture! ）

11, add pointers: Create a new layer, named "Hour Hand". Keyboard "U" key, select the custom Shape tool, and then select the Pencil shape and drag out the pointer. Ctrl + T, rotate the pointer to bursts and align its vertices to the guide intersection. Ctrl+j Copy this layer and rename it to "Minute hand". Select the top half of the copy-layer pointer, ctrl+t, and hold down the SHIFT key to lengthen the upper part of it. Hides the "minute hand" layer. Select Hour Hand, ctrl+t, move the center point to the reference line intersection, and rotate the pointer to a certain position. Similarly, the "minute hand" layer is manipulated. To add an effect to a pointer: projection: opacity = 55, distance = 11, size =13 (distance of minute hand layer 14); Inner Shadow: opacity = 42; Bevel and Emboss: Method = Engraving clear, size = 9, high light mode opacity = 55, shadow mode opacity =55 ; Gradient overlay: With the new gradient we just saved, the angle is 96.

12, for the clock surface plus light effect: the keyboard "D" key to the foreground color background color to the default colors, the keyboard "X" key to the background color of the foreground to exchange. Create a new layer named "Highlights". The keyboard "B" key to pull out the brush tool, brush diameter adjustment of 150, hardness 0%, opacity of 30%. The white translucent high light is in place where appropriate. Brush diameter adjusted to 50, opacity to 60%, in the center just painted high light point.

13, for the clock if you like the trademark. Insert a trademark picture below the "hour hand" and "minute hand" two layers, ctrl+t adjust the trademark size. Copy the layer style of the merged numbers layer and paste it into the trademark layer, modify the "bevel and emboss" effect, size = 5, soften the =0.

14, a new layer, named "Center." CTRL + the left mouse button click on the "main clock" layer, pull out the selection. Fills any color (ctrl+delete). Ctrl+d Cancel the selection. Ctrl+t Resize (This is done in the center of a fixed hour and minute hand, so don't be too big) copy the layer style of the "main clock" layer and paste it into the "center" layer. Change the distance of the projection to 19 and the size to 13. Remove the inner glow option.

15, a new layer, named "cover". CTRL + the left mouse button click on the "Mainclock" layer, pull out the constituency. Keyboard "D" key, Ctrl+delete fill white. Ctrl+d deselect, layer opacity adjustment to 20% (keyboard "V" key, number key 2) Ctrl+t,shift+ctrl+alt transformation Size, the white edge adjustment to the surface edge of the shadow part slightly smaller.

16, create a mask for the layer, select the Gradient tool (keyboard "G" key). Select a linear gradient. Use our preserved lime gradient to slant the fill mask (drag from the upper-left corner of the canvas to the lower-right corner of the canvas).

17, a new layer named "glare". CTRL + the left mouse button click on the "cover" layer to bring up the selection, the keyboard "D" key to the background color of the foreground change to default. The Ctrl+delete selection is filled with white. Keyboard "V" key, numeric key 4 adjusts layer opacity to 40% ... Ctrl+d Cancel the selection. Ctrl+t resizing:

For glare layer mask. The gradient tool is filled with a white-black gradient.

18, CTRL + N new file, size: 7*7 inches, resolution: 300dpi. Double-click the background layer to unlock. Padding is black. Filter-render-lens flare. Choose 105mm,110%. Determines the application filter. Ctrl+shift+f, the opacity is adjusted to 90%, fading just the filter effect.

Filters-skew-polar coordinates. Polar coordinates to plane coordinates. Determine the application. Edit-transform-flip vertically. Then filter-skew-plane coordinates to polar coordinates. Determine the application. Select the Oval Selection tool (the keyboard "M" key), select the middle sphere, then ctrl+shift+i, delete Delete, drag the rest of the circle to the clock file we made.

19, will just drag over the center of the ball alignment of the reference line intersection point. Ctrl+t,ctrl+shift+alt the circle to the same size as the cover layer, rotate the brightness of the large area to the bottom, enter, and determine the application. Name this layer flare. Put it on top of the glare layer. Change the layer mode to soft light.

CTRL + the left mouse button click on the glare layer, pull out the selection. Shift+f6 Feather 100 pixels. Ctrl+shift+j copies the selected area. The new layer is renamed to Flare2 and the layer mode is filtered.

20, a new layer named "Flare3". CTRL + Click the left mouse button cover layer, pull out the selection. Fills the black. Do not cancel the selection, filter-render-lens halo, 50-300mm,110%, direction from right to left:

21, Ctrl+d cancel the constituency. Ctrl+t rotates the brightest place to the top. Change the layer mode to soft light.

22, the establishment of a layer named "Inner Rim", CTRL + mouse left click on the main clock layer to pull out the selection, fill white, cancel the constituency. Ctrl+t will narrow the white circle, size to the surface edge of the junction of light and shade. CTRL + Click the left mouse button cover layer to pull out the selection, delete deletes the selected area.

Create a layer mask by resizing the layer opacity to 70%. Fills a linear gradient from black to white.

23, a new layer named "Outer rim." CTRL + the left mouse button click Main clock layer to pull out the selection, fill white, cancel the selection. CTRL + Click the left mouse button inner rim layer to pull out the selection, hold down the SHIFT key along with the selection of the middle section, delete delete. Layer opacity is adjusted to 80%. Create a layer mask, and the gradient tool has a radial gradient white to black fill.

24, a new layer named "Shadows". Fills the black, the layer mode changes to soft light. Create a layer mask. Black to white linear gradient. Finally, the merged layer draws the final effect graph.