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     »  Adobe Home  »  Adobe Photoshop  »  Designing  »  CD Burner
    CD Burner
    Published  11/2/2008 | Designing
       
    CD Burner


    Create a new file (File>New) of 1280x1024 px and 72 dpi, which must be painted in #F9C559 color with the Paint Bucket Tool (G).

    Creating colorful and fantastic looking CD from scratch in Photoshop CS3

    Next we’ll create another file of 140x140 px and 500 dpi on which we’ll draw a black ring, applying the Ellipse Tool (U). Firstly try to make the outside borders of the ring and after that cut out its middle part, pressing on Alt button.

    Creating colorful and fantastic looking CD from scratch in Photoshop CS3

    Save this brush: Edit>Define Brush Preset.
    Create a new layer, using on it the brush made earlier (the brush may be found in the end, in the standard set).

    Creating colorful and fantastic looking CD from scratch in Photoshop CS3

    Set the parameters for this brush. Press the option in the Brushes submenu on the right side.

    Creating colorful and fantastic looking CD from scratch in Photoshop CS3

    Creating colorful and fantastic looking CD from scratch in Photoshop CS3

    Represent the background of the picture to be, applying the brush with the chosen earlier parameters. Its color is #CC9040

    Creating colorful and fantastic looking CD from scratch in Photoshop CS3

    Set the next indicated parameters by making a click on this layer on the layers’ panel: Fill 40%
    Blending mode-Linear Dodge

    Creating colorful and fantastic looking CD from scratch in Photoshop CS3

    On the next new layer (Create new layer) we’ll choose again the Brush Tool (B) to draw a diagonal line, which color is #821F06

    Creating colorful and fantastic looking CD from scratch in Photoshop CS3

    Creating colorful and fantastic looking CD from scratch in Photoshop CS3

    Insert now on the picture your CD (I will use CD template created by Inonomas).

    Creating colorful and fantastic looking CD from scratch in Photoshop CS3

    The disk’s layer has the parameters shown below: Blending Options>Outer Glow

    Creating colorful and fantastic looking CD from scratch in Photoshop CS3

    Creating colorful and fantastic looking CD from scratch in Photoshop CS3

    Using the standard brush, try to dark out the background situated lower than the CD itself. The color is #1E0C04. This layer should be placed lower than the layer containing the disk.

    Creating colorful and fantastic looking CD from scratch in Photoshop CS3

    The layer’s parameters: Fill 60%
    Blending mode-Darker Color

    Creating colorful and fantastic looking CD from scratch in Photoshop CS3

    Create a new layer on which we’ll use the Paint Bucket Tool (G) to fill the new layer with black color. Choose after that this filter’s option: Filter>Noise>Add noise. This layer must be also placed lower than the CD’s layer:

    Creating colorful and fantastic looking CD from scratch in Photoshop CS3

    Creating colorful and fantastic looking CD from scratch in Photoshop CS3

    The layer’s parameters: Fill 20%
    Blending mode-Soft light

    Creating colorful and fantastic looking CD from scratch in Photoshop CS3

    Next we’ll represent a lot of musical notes, using for this operation the Custom Shape Tool (U) and the color #FEFF6F

    Creating colorful and fantastic looking CD from scratch in Photoshop CS3

    Turn around the notes, using the Free Transform selection. Place also these notes’ layers lower than the layer containing the CD.

    Creating colorful and fantastic looking CD from scratch in Photoshop CS3

    Next we must Merge down all the layers containing the musical notes into a single one. In this case we have to press Ctrl button for marking the necessary layers and after that press Ctrl+E. For the last obtained layer we have to choose the next demonstrated parameters: Opacity 81%, Blending mode- Overlay

    Creating colorful and fantastic looking CD from scratch in Photoshop CS3

    Make a copy of the last made layer:

    Creating colorful and fantastic looking CD from scratch in Photoshop CS3

    Mark out the layer containing the CD and make a click on the next options, situated on the bottom part of the layers’ panel: Create new fill or adjustment layer>Channel Mixer

    Creating colorful and fantastic looking CD from scratch in Photoshop CS3

    Creating colorful and fantastic looking CD from scratch in Photoshop CS3

    Creating colorful and fantastic looking CD from scratch in Photoshop CS3

    Creating colorful and fantastic looking CD from scratch in Photoshop CS3

    Press Alt button and make a mouse click between the Channel Mixer layers and the layer containing the CD (on the layers’ panel).

    Creating colorful and fantastic looking CD from scratch in Photoshop CS3

    Creating colorful and fantastic looking CD from scratch in Photoshop CS3

    The final result!

    View full size here.

    Creating colorful and fantastic looking CD from scratch in Photoshop CS3 CD Burner
    In this tutorial, we’re going to step you through the process of creating a colorful and fantastic looking CD from scratch.