Use Photoshop to quickly create a Christmas greeting card picture tutorial

Final effect

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1, open the provision of ' Christmas card PSD material ', from the layers panel can see a lot of smart object layer, we temporarily only use the first.

2, double click on the first layer of the thumbnail, in the window out of the selection-OK, you will find a new copy, the following will be in the new canvas to design Christmas cards.

3, new three layers, respectively, in each layer from the bottom to create the following figure in three shapes, a #a5e5d7 color large rectangle, a small #fdfdfd color rectangle, a #2c8984-colored oval, and to the small white rectangle to add a projection effect.

4, open the "Santa Claus and deer vector material", in the Open prompt box, the resolution is changed to: 32, so that the open material will not be too easy to use, open the material, with magic wand tool will ' Santa Claus and deer ' pull out and move to the canvas to put a good position.

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5, select the ' Custom Shape ' tool, click on the shape in the top option bar to open the Drop-down box, select in the box-natural shape, in the Prompt box select-Append.

6, then use the natural shape of the three snowflakes in the ' Santa Claus and deer ' around pull the snow effect. Tip: Hold down the SHIFT key as you pull out the snowflake shape to make the shape proportionally scaled smaller.

7, with the font provided by the "MERRY Xmas" words, white font, size and position from the set.

8, open ' knitting texture ' material map, drag into the canvas, place on top of all layers, hold down Ctrl-click the thumbnail of the small white rectangle, load the selection, click the knit texture layer, perform the selection-reverse, press the DELETE key, and then press Ctrl+d to cancel the selection and set the blending mode to: strong light.

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9, and then open ' Christmas greeting card psd ', will be made in the layer, in addition to the original two smart object layer of the other layer all selected to the ' Christmas card psd ' document, the effect is as follows.

10, continue to maintain the full selection, adjust the size and position, press ENTER to determine, and then the blue large rectangular layer and the following layer to create a clipping mask, the effect is as follows.

11, not finished, select the blue long rectangular layer above the other layers, adjust the position and size press ENTER to determine, and then use the selection tool and deformation tool will image adjustment, here is not in detail, we go to grope.

12, to the ' knitting texture ' layer application layer style: projection. The effect is as follows.

13. Hold down Ctrl-click the ' knit texture ' material layer thumbnail to load the selection, switch to the path panel, click below the panel-to generate a work path from the selection.

14, and then switch back to the layers board, new layer, load provided by the ' wool brush ', adjust the brush after the stroke path to estimate the monsoon rectangle is mended the effect of yarn, add a little projection.

15, in the same way, to the Oval also make a side, simple process: selection-path-stroke, the effect of their own groping.

16. Continue to use snowflake shape to pull a row of snowflakes in the boxes on either side, and then add the layer style inner shadow.

17, open the ' bow ' material dragged into the canvas, using ' brightness/contrast ' and ' hue/saturation ' to pull the purple red bow.

18, add the layer style again.

19. Select Page2 layer and all layers above-press Ctrl+e to merge, then drag into the ' old paper texture ' picture footage, create a clipping mask with the merged layer, and change the blending mode of the material layer to: multiply the bottom. Then add the background footage.

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Layer references and the final effect.

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