Concept: The lesson is designed using Adobe Photoshop. We have used selections, different combination of image editing tools and filters for most of the effects. Photoshop comes up with lots of the options and scope for experiment is much more than you can imagine. We wish to encourage you to use different options and tools to get better output. The lessons and techniques described need to be followed as a guideline to achieve the effect.
1. Open Photoshop and create a new file with the dimension of card you wish to design. Try to keep simple white background in the beginning. Create new layer.You can keep on experimenting with colors. For this card fill the background with violet color.
2. Create a new layer, select purse magenta for foreground color and using Custom Shape Tool, draw the following shape on the new layer. Make sure to select "Fill Pixels" in the option bar.
3. Filter > Distort > Twirl (Try to experiment with the settings)
4. Create a new layer. Draw heart shape using Custom Shape Tool. Place it where ever you want. Better select different contrast color for heart.
5. Keep the heart layer selected.
Layer > Layer Style > Bevel and Emboss
Select "Inner Bevel" and experiment with the rest of the settings.
Also select Drop Shadow & Outer Glow
6. Type the text with artistic font and use proper color. Try using drop shadows, emboss effects, glow to add spice using Layer Style.
Red Flower Part 2
Software : Photoshop CS2
Level : Intermediate
Concept: We have used Adobe Photoshop and CorelDRAW together to design these lessons. You will get an idea how these two softwares can be used together to achieve wonderful effects. Adobe Photoshop is a raster program whereas CorelDRAW is a vector tool. Mostly, in the beginning, you can try CorelDRAW to draw the shapes, outlines with the help of its powerful drawing and editing facilities and then fill those shapes using Adobe Photoshop.
We will draw and paint petals in this lesson. We need to create new path for each petal so that it will give us separate selection for the ease of painting.
For this, you need to know the working of path and the Pen Tool of Photoshop.
1. Go to path palette and create new path. Start adding anchor points according to the first petal. Edit the points using Direct Selection and Convert Point tool.
2. Once finished with the proper path, go to Path palette and "Load path as a selection" . Select paint brush and paint with the necessary color.
6. Similarly draw and paint second......
..................and the third petal.
7. Check out the Path palette. You will find separate path for each petal. There is a "Create New Path" button marked with red circle.
7. We applied Dry Brush filter to add the effect in the flower.
