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Share a Photoshop Tip Thursday

Tammy
Posted Oct 22, 2009 5:24 AM
tgmiller1
Alexandria, VA
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Hello Washington Photoshop Group,

Do you have a Photoshop tip, question, events or happenings that relates to Photoshop that you would like to share with the group? If you do, please post under "Share a Photoshop Tip" Message Board including the name of your website(as this is an option) under your Photoshop Tip.



Also, we would like to thank everyone for being a member of this group and if you have any Photoshop questions or would like to present a Photoshop presentation for our upcoming meetups; please let us know by sending an email.


Thank you,

Tammy Barbee
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Regina
Posted Oct 22, 2009 9:45 PM
erginartesia
Alexandria, VA
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well its still Thursday, so here's a tip:

Play with Blend modes a lot? They are so fun. Use the shortcut key to REALLY make it fun and easy.


SHIFT + or -



will take you up and down the blend mode scale. This will work if you are on brushes too.. in fact, if you are trying this and it does not seem to work make sure that it is not working elsewhere (guess how I know that little number). Use V (move tool) before the blend mode to make sure you are on the layers panel first.
Tammy
Posted Oct 29, 2009 6:15 AM
tgmiller1
Alexandria, VA
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Here is my tip for Thursday.

How to create a 3D Sphere with Text.

I had so much fun with this yesterday, I would like to share this.

Here are the steps to creating a 3D Sphere with Text:



  • Open a new document and create a size of 300 x 300. Choose a background color.
    I selected a light violet background which was E4BEE4.
  • Create a new layer by going to the Layer menu command and selecting new layer.
    Call the new layer main circle.
  • Select the Ellipitical Marquee Tool to draw your maincircle on the new layer.
  • Select the Gradient Tool. Choose a gradient. In this case, I selected another gradient called “Simple “and selected a plum or purple gradient. Make sure you the Gradient is set to Radial blend.
  • Fill your Gradient in the circle with the color and the blend.
  • Go to the Select menu and choose Deselect.
  • Create a new layer and called it ovaltop. Choose the Ellipitical Marquee Tool and make a circle towards the top of the circle.
  • Select your paint bucket and choose a color. Choose a color that is complimentary(I selected a yellow color)such as F9F60A. Use this to fill in the small circle at the top.
    * It might be a great idea to make adjustments while you are on the layer in case your oval top is off a little to move it where needed.
  • Go to Select menu command and Choose Deselect.
  • Additions can be added to the ovaltop layer by using the blending options(Select Layer menu command, select Layer Style, and from layer style choose Blending Options). It is your decision to include Drop shawdow or inner glow as blending options.
    * As you noticed, I have added some other layers to include text and use a brush to include a flower on my sphere.



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