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Merry Christmas Greeting
Published  11/15/2007 | Drawing Techniques
   
Merry Christmas Greeting - part 5


Create Merry Christmas Greeting in Photoshop CS3

Next step includes representing the trunk of the Christmas tree. Use for this stage the Rectangle Tool (U) and then make the corrections on it with the Convert Point Tool. Place this layer lower than the previous layer on the layers’ panel.

Create Merry Christmas Greeting in Photoshop CS3

The layer’s parameters: Fill 0%
Blending Options>Drop Shadow

Create Merry Christmas Greeting in Photoshop CS3

Blending Options>Gradient Overlay

Create Merry Christmas Greeting in Photoshop CS3

Gradient’s parameters:

Create Merry Christmas Greeting in Photoshop CS3 

Create Merry Christmas Greeting in Photoshop CS3

Now it’s time to represent the star on the fir tree, colored with #FFF90D. In this case we have to choose the Custom Shape Tool.

Create Merry Christmas Greeting in Photoshop CS3 

Create Merry Christmas Greeting in Photoshop CS3 

Create Merry Christmas Greeting in Photoshop CS3

Using the Ellipse Tool (U), it’s possible to represent the tree’s decorations, selecting the colors’ codes indicated below:

Create Merry Christmas Greeting in Photoshop CS3

Apply for the balls’ layers the same parameters: Blending Options>Gradient Overlay

Create Merry Christmas Greeting in Photoshop CS3

Gradient’s parameters:

Create Merry Christmas Greeting in Photoshop CS3 

Create Merry Christmas Greeting in Photoshop CS3

Create Merry Christmas Greeting in Photoshop CS3 Merry Christmas Greeting
In this very detailed tutorial I will show you how I made a Merry Christmas greeting card with photoshop.