I wrote this tutorial on my own.  Any similarity to another tutorial is purely coincidental.  I claim the copyright to my tutorial. You are free to do whatever you please with what you make, but please do not take my tutorial.  Do not send the tutorial through email.  Only share my link.

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

To do this tutorial you will also need Photoshop CS or CS2.  You may download a free trial at Adobe.

Remember to save as a .psd file often!

1.  Open a photograph or other image that you wish to use.

2.  Image > Duplicate

3.  New > Layer from Background (if this is greyed out then your image is already a layer)

4.  Choose the Selection/Marquee Tool.  Right-click on the marquee tool and set it to Ellipse.  In the tool bar set it to fixed ratio, so that it will make a circle.

5.  Draw a circle selection marquee around the part of the image that you want to use on your ornament.

6.  Select > Inverse

7.  Press the Delete key on the keyboard

8.  Select > Inverse

9.  Right-click on the layer and choose Duplicate Layer

10.  Filter > Distort > Glass.  Apply these settings:  Distortion = 5, Smoothness = 3, Texture = Frosted, Scaling = 100%

11.  In the Layer Palette, Change the Layer Style to Multiply, and set the Opacity to 75%

12.  Layer > Merge Visible

13.  Right-click on the layer and choose Blending Options.  Click on the WORDS  Inner Shadow, and apply these settings:  Normal, black, opacity = 50%, angle = 30, distance = 5, choke = 10, size = 46, contour to the one in the pic below.

14.  New > Layer

15.  Choose the paintbrush tool.  In the tool bar, set the brush to 15 pix, 60% hardness.  Then click on the airbrush icon in the paintbrush tool bar (top of screen)

16.  With the airbrush tool, draw two white arcs as shown in the picture below.  This will be the glow on the ornament, so place them where you want the glow to be.

17.  Filter > Blur Gaussian Blur.  Radius = 8 pixels.

18.  Layer > New Layer

19.  Choose the selection/marquee tool.  Right-click on the selection tool and choose Rectangle Marquee.  Draw a small rectangle at the top of the ornament.

20.  Choose the gradient tool (you might need to right-click on the paint can tool).  In the gradient tool bar, choose the bronze gradient.  With your left mouse button, click in the top left corner of the selection box and and drag to the bottom right corner (diagonal) and release.  The selection box should feel with the bronze gradient, as below.

21.  Right-click on the selection marquee tool and choose Ellipse.  In the selection marquee toolbar Take the check OFF Fixed ratio and put check on first choice.  Draw an ellipse at the top of the bronze rectangle, as shown in the picture below.

22.  Choose the gradient tool set to the bronze gradient again.  This time left click and drag from top of the llipse to the bottom of the ellipse and release.

23.  Select > Deselect

24.  Image > Adjustments > Hue and Saturation.  Place a Check in the Colorize and Preview box, then set Hue = 36, Saturation = 41, Lightness = +13

25.  Layer > New Layer

26.  Choose the Ellipse Marquee Tool, set to fixed ratio (for a circle)  Draw a small circle, as show in the pic below.  Choose the bronze gradient tool, and this time fill from left to right.

27.  Select > Modify > Contract Selection.  Contract by 6.

28.  Press the delete key.  Select > Deselect

29.  Right-click on the layer in the Layer Palette and choose Blending Options.  Click on the WORDS  Bevel and Emboss.  Use the settings below.

 30.  Layer > Merge Visible.

31.  Now save as a GIF.  File > Save As.  Change file format to GIF

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