Photoshop Tutorial -- It's Champagne Time

It's Champagne Time

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This tutorial is intended for a beginner to learn about making a tag using blends. 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.

Download and install Flaming Pear > Super BladePro Plugin.

Download and install the SBP preset: jd Gold Shimmer

1. Open a new, transparent image, size 500 x 400 pixels.

2. Edit > Fill with Black

3. Open up the clock image from the supply folder. Image > Image Size. Set the height = 400 pixels. Select > All then Edit > Copy

4. Click back on your black image. Edit > Paste. With the mover tool, move the clock image into position in the top left corner

5. In the Layer Palette, right-click on the clock layer and choose Duplicate Layer.

6. Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur. Radius = 10

7. Slide the Opacity to 30%

8. Right-click on the top layer and choose Merge Down

9. Add any other image blend that you want. I've also included a wine glass image in the supply folder. Remember: Select > All and Edit > Copy on the image you want to add; then Edit > Paste on the black image you're making.

10. Right-click on the top layer and choose Flatten Image.

11. Select > All

12. Edit > Stroke width = 3 px, color = white

13. With the magic wand, select the white border.

14. Filter > Flaming Pear > Super Blade Pro . Load the goldshimmer preset by clicking on the preset loader (see circled). Click ok. (Note: MAC users who cannot get this filter to work can just use a gold gradient here.)

15. Select > Deselect

16. Image > Canvas Size. ADD 6 to the width and height (to make a 3-pixel border). Click on the center Anchor (white square in image). Set Canvas extension color to black.