February 8th, 2010 by ART-D Posted in

Adobe Photoshop

,

Designing

Final Image Preview

Create a new document (

File>New

) in

Adobe Photoshop

with the size

1920px

by

1200px

(

RGB

color mode) at a resolution of

72 pixels/inch

. Using the

Rectangle Tool (U)

, let’s represent a big rectangle reserved for background we want to have.

For this layer click on

Add a layer style

icon from bottom part of the

Layers panel

and select

Gradient Overlay

:

Click in the color bar to open the

Gradient Editor

and set the color stops as shown. Click

OK

to close the

Gradient Editor

dialog box.

We’ve got the next background:

Now we have to draw a rectangle with the shadow. In this case we’ll use the

Rectangle Tool (U)

to create the next rectangle.

Set the

Fill

to

0%

for this layer and click on

Add a layer style

icon from bottom part of the

Layers panel

and select

Gradient Overlay

:

Click in the color bar to open the

Gradient Editor

and set the color stops as shown. Click

OK

to close the

Gradient Editor

dialog box.

We’ve got the next result:

Let’s represent now on the right lowest corner a small heart. Select the

Custom Shape Tool (U)

in the

Tools bar

, in the

Options bar

click the

Shape

to open the selection menu. Find

Heart Card

shape at the bottom of the menu, and then double-click a shape thumbnail to select it.

Click and drag to draw the shape, then use

Free Transform (Ctrl+T)

command for inclining the drawn shape.

Make a copy of the last made layer with the heart and choose

Free Transform

command to make smaller the copy

For this layer click on

Add a layer style

icon from bottom part of the

Layers panel

and select

Gradient Overlay

:

Click in the color bar to open the

Gradient Editor

and set the color stops as shown. Click

OK

to close the

Gradient Editor

dialog box.

Add also the

Stroke

Select the

Fill Type – Gradient

and click in the color bar to open the

Gradient Editor

and set the color stops as shown. Click

OK

to close the

Gradient Editor

dialog box.

We’ve got the next effect on the heart shape:

Choose now the

Pen Tool (P)

to represent a highlight on the heart.

Set the

Fill

to

0%

for this layer and click on

Add a layer style

icon from bottom part of the

Layers panel

and select

Gradient Overlay

:

Click in the color bar to open the

Gradient Editor

and set the color stops as shown. Click

OK

to close the

Gradient Editor

dialog box.

We’ve got the next highlight on the heart shape

Make a copy of the layer containing the highlight and choose

Free Transform (Ctrl+T)

command to turn over the copy, you can correct the anchor points using

Convert Point Tool

.

Set

Fill

to

0%

and go to

Layer Style > Gradient Overlay

Open the

Gradient Editor

and set the color stops as shown. Click

OK

to close the

Gradient Editor

dialog box.

We’ve got the next result:

Take the

Pen Tool (P)

and draw a highlight on the top part of the heart.

Set

Fill

to

0%

and click on

Add a layer style

icon from bottom part of the

Layers panel

and select

Gradient Overlay

:

Click in the color bar to open the

Gradient Editor

and set the color stops as shown. Click

OK

to close the

Gradient Editor

dialog box.

We’ve got the next result:

Make a copy of the very first layer with the heart. Choose

Free Transform (Ctrl+T)

command to enlarge the copy a little (fill it with

#CF070A

color).

Next we’ll choose the

Direct Selection Tool (A)

and holding

CTRL + Alt

button click on the path to select it

Then holding

CTRL + Alt

button press the left arrow key to duplicate this path

press

SHIFT+A

to select recently made path of the heart shape and click on

Subtract From Shape Area (-)

options from

Options bar

to remove the overlapping area from the existing heart shape.

Choose after that

Free Transform (Ctrl+T)

command to make smaller the path

placing it on the middle part of the heart shape.

We’ve got the next result

Click on the same layer on the bottom part of the

Layers panel

on

Add layer mask

icon and represent a rectangular selection with the

Rectangular Marquee Tool (M)

as shown.

Fill it with black color, using the

Paint Bucket Tool (G)

. This way we’ll get the heart’s contour.

Let’s represent now a white rectangle with the

Rectangle Tool (U)

on the bottom part of the background and its layer will be situated under the heart’s layers.

On the next

new layer

there will be applied the

Pen Tool (P)

to draw the next shape. The layer will be situated under the heart’s layer.

For this layer click on

Add a layer style

icon from bottom part of the

Layers panel

and select

Gradient Overlay

:

Click in the color bar to open the

Gradient Editor

and set the color stops as shown. Click

OK

to close the

Gradient Editor

dialog box.

We’ve got the next result:

Select the

Pen Tool (P)

to represent a waved line on the left part of the picture. The line’s layer should be placed lower than the heart’s layers.

For this layer click on

Add a layer style

icon from bottom part of the

Layers panel

and select

Gradient Overlay

:

Click in the color bar to open the

Gradient Editor

and set the color stops as shown. Click

OK

to close the

Gradient Editor

dialog box.

We’ve got the next gradient on the waved line:

Make a copy of the recently made layer. Rasterize the newly made layer. But firstly create a new layer above and press

CTRL

button to select the layers and press

CTRL+E

to

Merge Down

. Apply the next filter on the rasterized layer:

Filter>Blur>Gaussian blur

We’ve got the next effect:

Set

Fill

to

80%

for this layer

Create a new layer

and select a

Soft Round

brush of black color from

Brush Tool (B)

dark out with

Soft Round

brush the background situated lower than the ornament line.

Set the

Blending mode

to

Soft Light

for this layer

Make a copy of the earlier made layer (waved line), placing the layer above the darkening layer, but under the heart’s layers. Using the

Free Transform (Ctrl+T)

command, place the copy’s layer a little lower.

Set

Fill

to

0%

for this layer and click on

Add a layer style

icon from bottom part of the

Layers panel

and select

Bevel and Emboss

Apply also the

Gradient Overlay

Open the

Gradient Editor

and set the color stops as shown. Click

OK

to close the

Gradient Editor

dialog box.

We’ve got the next result:

Make a copy of the waved line layer and place the layer under the heart’s layers. Using the

Free Transform (Ctrl+T)

command, it’s possible to move the copy’s layer lower.

Go to

Layer Style

and apply

Gradient Overlay

Click in the color bar to open the

Gradient Editor

and set the color stops as shown. Click

OK

to close the

Gradient Editor

dialog box.

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