Use Photoshop to make a fine silk texture butterfly knot Tutorial

Final effect

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1, open PS, a new 1000 * 800 pixel document, select the Gradient tool, color settings such as Figure 1, from the middle to the corner from the radial gradient as the background.

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2, now start to make the right part of the bow, need to complete the effect of the following figure.

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3, in order to save everyone's time, the outline of the bow directly with the image shown below the material. Drag directly into the newly created document after saving. The outline is just a reference, and this will reduce the deviation when you hook the path.

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4, first to make the first part: the middle part. Create a new group with the outline above as a reference, check out the selections shown in the following illustration, and then add a layer mask to the group.

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5, a new layer in the group, filled with dark red as the background, the following figure.

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6, create a new layer, with a pen to check out the selection shown in the following figure, feather 3 pixels and fill red as the high light.

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7, create a new layer, with a pen to check out the lower right corner of the high light selection, feather 1 pixels after filling orange yellow, the middle part can be used as a Dodge tool to paint a little, the following figure.

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8, create a new layer, set the foreground color to a slightly darker red, and then use a less transparent brush to the edge part of the dark, the effect of the following figure.

9, now again to make the first wing, need to complete the effect of the following figure.

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10. Create a new group on the background layer, use a pen to check out the selections shown in the following figure, and then add a layer mask to the group.

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11, create a new layer in the group, select the Gradient tool, color settings, such as Figure 11, and then from left to right pull out 12 of the linear gradient shown.

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12, create a new layer, with a pen to check out the left part of the dark selection, feather 15 pixels after the fill of dark red.

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13, create a new layer, with a pen to check out the selection shown in the following figure, feather 3 pixels and fill red. Do not cancel the selection after the Fill, select menu: select > Modify > Shrink, the value is 7, make sure to create a new layer fill light red, the effect is as shown in Figure 15.

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14, a new layer, the second high light with the same method to complete, such as Figure 16,17.

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15, create a new layer, with a pen to check out the right edge of the high light selection, feather 5 pixels after the fill orange red.

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16, a new layer, to the edge of the part of a little darker, the first wing of the basic completion.

17, in the background layer above a new group, the same method to make a second wing, the process is shown in Figure 20-25.

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18, create a new group on the background layer, the same way to make the bottom of the folding part, the effect of the following figure.

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19, the middle part and background hidden. Create a new layer above the background layer, press CTRL + ALT + Shift + E-stamped layer, then select menu: Edit > Transform > Flip Horizontally, then adjust the angle and position, then display the hidden layer, the effect is shown in Figure 28.

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20, in the background layer above a new group, the same method to make the bottom of the ribbon, such as Figure 29,30.

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21, the local increase of a bit of dark, and then to the overall projection, the effect of the following figure.

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22, on the top of the layer to create brightness/contrast adjustment layer, parameters and effects as shown below.

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Finally fine-tune the details to complete the final effect.