Thursday, April 24, 2008

Aqua Orb

Draw a circle using ellipse tool :-

Draw a circle using ellipse tool

Apply gradient overlay as shown :-

Apply gradient overlay

Colors used :- #FFFFFF (white), #1A8DB9 and #B2D6E6 .

orb

Add #384E77 color outside stroke in it :-
Add stroke

Now, draw a black color circle as shown :-
Now, draw a black color circle as shown

Add radial gradient overlay as shown :-

Add radial gradient overlay

Color used :- #FFFFFF #4FC2E1 #374D75

Here what you get after adding gradient overlay :-
here, what you get after ading gradient overlay

Now, reduce its opacity to 60%. Copy (press alt and drag the layer) and place the layer as shown :-

Now, reduce its opacity to 60%. Copy (press alt and drag the layer) and place the layers as shown

Now, draw this shape with ellipse tool :-

Now, draw this shape with ellipse tool

Reduce the fill to 40%

Reduce the fill to 40%

Duplicate, increase its size and place two more layers of it as shown :-

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Finally, if you like you can add shadow as shown :-

Finally, if you like you can add shadow as shown

Feel free to post your experience/comments/suggestions.

Vector reflection

Many times, we need web 2.0 reflection effect to our text or graphic. If you retain the quality of the reflection, then it will have no problem if you are going to print it on large scale.
Here is quick method of doing that.

Type in your text



Press control+J to duplicate the layer. Now, go to Edit>Transform>Flip Vertical to flip it vertically.



Add gradient overlay as shown :-



Now reduce the opacity of the lower layer. I reduced it to 17%.

Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Creating Transparent Background

You have your logo ready in photoshop. Now, what if you want to create a transparent background so that it can be used in any background.

Ok, I know, you will say that go to Help>Export Transparent Image and …. Yes you are right, but what if you have some drop shadow behind the logo? If you know the answer then thanks for reading the above lines… if not then the post below is for you :)

Open you logo :-

transparent background

Go to layers pallate. Right click either on the ‘f’ icon near the shape1 (the name of your layer) or on the red circle

transparent background

After that, select Create layers and click ok. You now have two layers.

transparent background

Our next step is to select both layers. Press the control key and click on the Shape 1 layer. Now, press shift and control together and click on Shape 1’s Drop Sh… layer.

Press control + i to inverse the selection.

Now the last few steps. Click on Help>Export Transparent Image and follow these steps :-

transparent background

transparent background

transparent background

Our last step is to click on Next and save the transparent file and name it as you like. Great job guys, you have a transparent image .