Valentine's Day Cards

January 28th, 2008 by ART-D Posted in Adobe Photoshop, Designing

Learn how to design the background of heartshape forms for Valentine’s Day.

Start working by creating a new file (File>New) with 1024×768 px and 72 dpi. 

Select then the Rectangle Tool (U) to draw the background of the picture we want to get finally.

Create background of heartshape forms for Valentine's Day in Photoshop CS3

Select the next parameters for the made layer by making a mouse click on the processed layer on the layers’ panel: Blending Options>Gradient Overlay

Create background of heartshape forms for Valentine's Day in Photoshop CS3

Gradient’s parameters:

Create background of heartshape forms for Valentine's Day in Photoshop CS3 

Create background of heartshape forms for Valentine's Day in Photoshop CS3

The Custom Shape Tool (U) gives the possibility to draw several rays of white color, by selecting the element we want to draw out of the next table:

Create background of heartshape forms for Valentine's Day in Photoshop CS3 

Create background of heartshape forms for Valentine's Day in Photoshop CS3

The layer’s parameters: Fill 10%

Create background of heartshape forms for Valentine's Day in Photoshop CS3

Try to make the necessary transformation of the made layer into the next one from below (CTRl+E) On the same layer we have to apply the next solution Filter>Distort>Twirl

Create background of heartshape forms for Valentine's Day in Photoshop CS3 

Create background of heartshape forms for Valentine's Day in Photoshop CS3

Select again the Custom Shape Tool (U) to draw a heart element, chosen out of the next table:

Create background of heartshape forms for Valentine's Day in Photoshop CS3 

Create background of heartshape forms for Valentine's Day in Photoshop CS3

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