Saturday 8 December 2012

How to make an amazing Merry Christmas Background with Red Baubles for Greetings Card in Photoshop





Create a Stunning Merry Christmas Background with Red Baubles for Greetings Card in Adobe Photoshop CS5
Today I want to show, how to create a beautiful Merry Christmas background and colorful red baubles for greeting card in Photoshop. In this stunning tutorial we use colorful shapes, amazing technique and light effect to make a Christmas greeting card. So let’s get start.... 



Start working by creating a new document (Ctrl+N) in Adobe Photoshop with the size 1900px by 1200px (RGBcolor mode) at a resolution of 72 pixels/inch. Use the Paint Bucket Tool (G) to fill with #462500 color thenew background layer.
Create a Stunning Merry Christmas Background with Red Baubles for Greetings Card in Adobe Photoshop CS5
Then use the Rectangle Tool (U) to draw a rectangle with #1C1200 color.
Create a Stunning Merry Christmas Background with Red Baubles for Greetings Card in Adobe Photoshop CS5
Set Fill to 90% for this layer.
Create a Stunning Merry Christmas Background with Red Baubles for Greetings Card in Adobe Photoshop CS5
Now we’ll draw a Christmas bauble, use the Ellipse Tool (U) to draw the next shape.
Create a Stunning Merry Christmas Background with Red Baubles for Greetings Card in Adobe Photoshop CS5
Click on Add a layer style icon from bottom part of the Layers panel and select Gradient Overlay.
Create a Stunning Merry Christmas Background with Red Baubles for Greetings Card in Adobe Photoshop CS5
Click in the color bar to open the Gradient Editor and set the color stops as shown. Click OK to close theGradient Editor dialog box.
Create a Stunning Merry Christmas Background with Red Baubles for Greetings Card in Adobe Photoshop CS5
We’ve got the next result:
Create a Stunning Merry Christmas Background with Red Baubles for Greetings Card in Adobe Photoshop CS5
Using the same tool, try to represent the next shape as shown.
Create a Stunning Merry Christmas Background with Red Baubles for Greetings Card in Adobe Photoshop CS5
Click on Add a layer style icon from bottom part of the Layers panel and select Gradient Overlay.
Create a Stunning Merry Christmas Background with Red Baubles for Greetings Card in Adobe Photoshop CS5
Click in the color bar to open the Gradient Editor and set the color stops as shown. Click OK to close theGradient Editor dialog box.
Create a Stunning Merry Christmas Background with Red Baubles for Greetings Card in Adobe Photoshop CS5
We’ve got the next result:
Create a Stunning Merry Christmas Background with Red Baubles for Greetings Card in Adobe Photoshop CS5
Continue representing the Christmas bauble, draw the next shape using the Ellipse Tool (U).
Create a Stunning Merry Christmas Background with Red Baubles for Greetings Card in Adobe Photoshop CS5
Click on Add a layer style icon from bottom part of the Layers panel and select Gradient Overlay.
Create a Stunning Merry Christmas Background with Red Baubles for Greetings Card in Adobe Photoshop CS5
Click in the color bar to open the Gradient Editor and set the color stops as shown. Click OK to close theGradient Editor dialog box.
Create a Stunning Merry Christmas Background with Red Baubles for Greetings Card in Adobe Photoshop CS5
We’ve got the next result:
Create a Stunning Merry Christmas Background with Red Baubles for Greetings Card in Adobe Photoshop CS5
Next we’ll make the next bauble’s layer, using the Ellipse Tool (U).
Create a Stunning Merry Christmas Background with Red Baubles for Greetings Card in Adobe Photoshop CS5
Click on Add a layer style icon from bottom part of the Layers panel and select Gradient Overlay.
Create a Stunning Merry Christmas Background with Red Baubles for Greetings Card in Adobe Photoshop CS5
Click in the color bar to open the Gradient Editor and set the color stops as shown. Click OK to close theGradient Editor dialog box.
Create a Stunning Merry Christmas Background with Red Baubles for Greetings Card in Adobe Photoshop CS5
We’ve got the next result:
Create a Stunning Merry Christmas Background with Red Baubles for Greetings Card in Adobe Photoshop CS5
Now we’ll draw the highlight on lowest part of the bauble, use the Ellipse Tool (U) to draw the first ellipse. PressAlt button or select Subtract from shape area (-) from Options bar and draw another ellipse to cut the top part as shown. Foreground color is #320000.
Create a Stunning Merry Christmas Background with Red Baubles for Greetings Card in Adobe Photoshop CS5
Click on Add a layer style icon from bottom part of the Layers panel and select Inner Shadow.
Create a Stunning Merry Christmas Background with Red Baubles for Greetings Card in Adobe Photoshop CS5
Apply Gradient Overlay:
Create a Stunning Merry Christmas Background with Red Baubles for Greetings Card in Adobe Photoshop CS5
Click in the color bar to open the Gradient Editor and set the color stops as shown. Click OK to close theGradient Editor dialog box.
Create a Stunning Merry Christmas Background with Red Baubles for Greetings Card in Adobe Photoshop CS5
We’ve got the next result:
Create a Stunning Merry Christmas Background with Red Baubles for Greetings Card in Adobe Photoshop CS5
On the highlight’s right side we’ll draw a reflection, use the Ellipse Tool (U) to draw the first ellipse with whitecolor. Press Alt button or select Subtract from shape area (-) from Options bar and draw 2 another ellipse to cut the reflection two times as shown.
Create a Stunning Merry Christmas Background with Red Baubles for Greetings Card in Adobe Photoshop CS5
Set Fill to 11% for this layer.
Create a Stunning Merry Christmas Background with Red Baubles for Greetings Card in Adobe Photoshop CS5
Next we’ll draw the lateral highlight on the right side. In this case use the Ellipse Tool (U) to draw the first ellipse. Press Alt button or select Subtract from shape area (-) from Options bar and draw another ellipse to cut the left side as shown. The Foreground color is #FCFBFB.
Create a Stunning Merry Christmas Background with Red Baubles for Greetings Card in Adobe Photoshop CS5
Take the same tool to represent the top highlight on the ball.
Create a Stunning Merry Christmas Background with Red Baubles for Greetings Card in Adobe Photoshop CS5
Click on Add a layer style icon from bottom part of the Layers panel and select Gradient Overlay.
Create a Stunning Merry Christmas Background with Red Baubles for Greetings Card in Adobe Photoshop CS5
Click in the color bar to open the Gradient Editor and set the color stops as shown. Click OK to close theGradient Editor dialog box.
Create a Stunning Merry Christmas Background with Red Baubles for Greetings Card in Adobe Photoshop CS5
We’ve got the next result:
Create a Stunning Merry Christmas Background with Red Baubles for Greetings Card in Adobe Photoshop CS5
Using the same method of representing the highlight on the right side, we have to make the same element on the left side.
Create a Stunning Merry Christmas Background with Red Baubles for Greetings Card in Adobe Photoshop CS5
Now we’ll represent the bauble’s support, choose the Pen Tool (P), set the drawing mode on Shape Layers inOptions bar and draw the next shape as shown. Place the layer under the previous made layers.
Create a Stunning Merry Christmas Background with Red Baubles for Greetings Card in Adobe Photoshop CS5



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