Balloon Fill Tag

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This tutorial is intended for a beginner to learn about making eggs.  If you have any questions, please feel free to email me.

To do this tutorial you will also need Photoshop CS - CS3.  You may download a free trial at Adobe.

Remember to save as a .psd file often!

Download Supplies.  Open the font before opening Photoshop.

1.  Open one of the pattern fills from the supply folder.

2.  Edit > Define Pattern

3.  Close Pattern fill.  Open new, transparent image, size = 500 x 400

4.  Choose the Horizontal Type tool

5.  Set the font  = WhoopAss, size = 84 pt, color = a dark color that would make a good outline for your pattern fill.

6.  Window > place check by Character .  You should now be able to see the Character Window.  Since my text was two lines I had to adjust the leading between the lines.  I made the leading 72 pt.  Type your phrase and click on the check mark.

7.  Choose the rectangle Marquee Tool

8.  Hold the CTRL key down and left-click once on the text thumbnail.  (see pink arrow)

9.  Selection > Modify > Contract Contract Selection by 2 pixels.

10.  Right-click on the type layer and choose Rasterize type.

11.  Edit > Fill Use Pattern fill from the supply folder.

12.  Select > Deselect

13.  Layer > New > Layer

14.  Choose Elliptical Marquee Tool

15.  Draw a round selection (to be a balloon) above your text.

16.  Edit > Fill with Foreground color (same color as text outline)

17.  Right-click on balloon layer and choose Blending Options.  Click on the WORDS  Inner Shadow.  Apply these settings:  Blend Mode = Multiply, black, opacity = 31%, angle = 120, CHECK Global Light, distance = 0, choke = 10, size =27  Do not click ok.

18.  Then click on the WORDS Bevel and Emboss.  Apply these settings:  Style = Inner Bevel, technique = smooth, depth = 123%, direction = Up, Size = 51 px, Soften = 7 px, Angle = 91 degrees, CHECK Use Global Light.

19.  Select > Deselect.  Right-click on the balloon layer and choose Duplicate Layer.

20.  With the mover tool, move the balloon into position.  If you want to make the balloon smaller:  Edit > Transform > Scale, and push in the corners of the deform box to make the balloon smaller.

21.  Open one of the ribbon files from the supply folder.  Select > All  Edit > Copy

22.  Click back on balloon image.  Edit > Paste.  Slide the ribbon layer down behind the balloons and the text.

23.  With the mover tool, move the ribbon into position behind one of the balloons.

24.  Image > Adjustment > Hue/Saturation.  Place a CHECK in Colorize.  Slide the Hue, Saturation, and Lightness around until you get the color that you want for your ribbon.

25.  Add another ribbon.  I just duplicated the first ribbon.  Right-click on the ribbon layer and choose Duplicate.  Move it into position behind the other balloon.  And I darkened it.  Image > Adjustment > Brightness/Contrast.

26.  Right-click on one of the layers and choose Merge Visible.

27.  Layer > New > Layer

28.  Choose the Gradient Tool.

29.  Click on the Gradient to open the Gradient Editor.  Click NEW and give it a name.

30.  Click on the first stop and change the color to a dark color that matches your pattern fill.  Left-click and drag downward the other stops (except the last one).  When you drag downward, you remove those stops.  Right now you only want 2 stops.  Click on the last stop and change the color to a light color from your color fill.   Slide the dark stop all the way to the left; light stop all the way to the right.

31.  Now we want to make the gradient ripple.  Click on the Dark color stop on the left.  Then left-click once about 1/3 of the way.  Another dark stop will appear.  I added 2 more dark stops, and evenly spaced them apart-- so they should be at about 1/4 marks.   Then I click on the light color stop and used it to add 3 more light stops and evenly spaced them.  See the screenshot below.  Remember:  drag down and you remove them.  Just click underneath the gradient and you add a stop.

32.  Type in the name and click Save.

33.  In the gradient bar, choose Angle Gradient.

34.  In the Layer Palette, click on the bottom blank layer.

35.  Left-click in the CENTER of the image and drag the gradient out to the bottom right corner.

36.   It'll look like this.

37.  Layer > New > Layer

38.  Choose the paint brush tool.  Set brush size = 65 px.  Set foreground color = white.

29.  Paint in some clouds.

30.  Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur.  Set Radius = 10 pixels.

31.  Right-click on the cloud layer and choose Duplicate Layer.

32.  Drag the duplicate cloud layer up to the top.

33.  Edit > Transform > Distort.  Push down on the center node to make the top clouds skinnier.  Press the Check mark. 

34.  Select > All

35.  Edit > Stroke.  Width = 3 px, Color = same as text outline.  This adds the border.

36.  Add your watermark and decorate as you wish.

37.  Save this as a JPEG.  File > Save As.

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