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#1 madMUHHH

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Posted 02 April 2007 - 06:20 AM

This is my first tutorial:

Creating a spring wallpaper
In this tutorial, I'll show you how to make this wallpaper.
Note: I would recommend making a new layer for every single thing you add to the wallpaper. Even if it's a bit messier, you can't go wrong with that.

Step 1:
Open a new photoshop file with the size 1280x1024 (or whatever size your desktop has).
And fill it with a nice green. (I chose #64B703, but the color doesn't really matter since you wont see much of it when the wallpaper is done.)
Attached File  step_1.jpg   15.3KB   105 downloads

Step 2:
Chose a nice font, color and size for the font and type the word "spring" (or something else). I chose the font Pussycat and the color #F20EBA.
Attached File  step_2.jpg   45.19KB   121 downloads

Step 3:
Add a white-to-transparent gradient and a white stroke to the text:
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You should now have something like this:
Attached File  step_5_result.jpg   64.99KB   116 downloads

Step 4:
To add an extra shine to the text, hold down Ctrl and click on your text layer. Now your text is selected. Then take the rectangular markee tool and set it to"Intersect with selection:
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Now select around 2/5 of the upper part of the texl. Like this:
Attached File  shine_1.jpg   32.09KB   73 downloads
Then add a soft white-to-transparent gradient to the text (lower the opacity if the gradient is too strong). This is what I got:
Attached File  shine_2.jpg   90.18KB   113 downloads

Step 5:
Ok, now let's add a little symbol to the text. Use the "Custom Shape Tool" (U) and select a symbol. I chose a blue (#007EFF) bird symbol:
Attached File  step_6.jpg   91.71KB   114 downloads
The bird looks a bit boring, doesn't it? Let's add a stroke and a slight black-to-white gradient to let the bird look a bit cooler:
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Now place the bird behind your text:
Attached File  step_10.jpg   91.17KB   111 downloads
Wow, we're always done:

Step 6:
Now we need a grass brush. Use the brush settings (F5), to get something similar to this:
Attached File  this.jpg   15.09KB   72 downloads
I used this settings:
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Important: Make sure you set the Foreground/Background Jitter (at Color Dynamics) to 100%, or the whole thing doesn't work!
Set your foreground color to a light green and your background color to a darker green(I used #AEFF00 for the light green and #638E07 for the darker one).
Make a new layer above the rest of your layers and draw a bit around at the bottom of your text/bird.
Like this:
Attached File  step_15.jpg   216.27KB   115 downloads

Step 6:
Now make a new layer below the text and bird layer(s) and fill the whole picture with your grass brush:
Voila:
Attached File  step_16.jpg   1.6MB   132 downloads

Additional steps:
If you think just the grass is a bit boring, you could add a few flower shapes.



What do you think of my first tutorial??
Comments please.


Edited by madMUHHH, 02 April 2007 - 06:25 AM.





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