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How to make car desktop wallpaper

In this free tutorial we will show you how to quickly and easily create this picture that could be used as a wallpaper, web banner, flyer.

Start working by creating a new file (File>New) of 1280×1024 px and 72 dpi. Using the Paint Bucket Tool (G), fill the new file with black color.

How to make car desktop wallpaper in Adobe Photoshop CS4

Next find in Internet a picture with a car, cutting it out and inserting it on our basic picture. Use Edit > Transform > Flip Horizontal 

How to make car desktop wallpaper in Adobe Photoshop CS4

How to make car desktop wallpaper in Adobe Photoshop CS4

Set the next demonstrated parameters for the car’s layer by making a mouse click on this layer on the layers’ palette. Blending Options>Drop Shadow

How to make car desktop wallpaper in Adobe Photoshop CS4

How to make car desktop wallpaper in Adobe Photoshop CS4

Make a mouse click on the bottom part of the layers’ palette on the next selection – Create new fill or adjustment layer>Levels

How to make car desktop wallpaper in Adobe Photoshop CS4

How to make car desktop wallpaper in Adobe Photoshop CS4

Press Alt button while making a click between the car’s layers and the Levels effect’s layer (on the layers’ palette).
How to make car desktop wallpaper in Adobe Photoshop CS4

How to make car desktop wallpaper in Adobe Photoshop CS4

Download a set of ready to use brushes for Adobe Photoshop, named: 61Particlesandstars, ASTRACT_MEGA_PACK_BRUSHES, Japanese_Foliage.
Create a new layer and choose for it a brush out of the set, entitled 61Particlesandstars. The brush’s color in this case is #C9A568. This layer needs to be placed lower than the layer containing the car:

How to make car desktop wallpaper in Adobe Photoshop CS4

How to make car desktop wallpaper in Adobe Photoshop CS4

Create a new layer and use here the brush we’ve recently used, changing its parameter this time on Opacity of 40%. This layer will be placed also lower than the car’s layer:

How to make car desktop wallpaper in Adobe Photoshop CS4

Now we’ll try to make several rays, using the Pen Tool (P). This layer will be placed lower than the car’s layer, but above all the other ones:

How to make car desktop wallpaper in Adobe Photoshop CS4

On the next new layer (Create new layer) we’ll apply the brushes out of the set ASTRACT_MEGA_PACK_BRUSHES. This layer will be placed also lower than the car’s layer. The brushes’ color is #D55100.

How to make car desktop wallpaper in Adobe Photoshop CS4

How to make car desktop wallpaper in Adobe Photoshop CS4

Next we’ll create a new layer again, using here the brushes out of the set Japanese_Foliage. The brushes’ layer will be placed lower than the car’s layer. The brush will be turned over with Free Transform option:

How to make car desktop wallpaper in Adobe Photoshop CS4

The brush’s color is #FBAF5D

How to make car desktop wallpaper in Adobe Photoshop CS4

Choose the parameters from below for the last made layer: Blending mode-Linear Dodge

How to make car desktop wallpaper in Adobe Photoshop CS4

Create a new layer and use here the brushes out of the set Japanese_Foliage

How to make car desktop wallpaper in Adobe Photoshop CS4

The brushes have white color and this layer will be placed lower than the car’s layer:

How to make car desktop wallpaper in Adobe Photoshop CS4

These are the parameters for the last created layer: Blending Options>Inner Glow

How to make car desktop wallpaper in Adobe Photoshop CS4

How to make car desktop wallpaper in Adobe Photoshop CS4

Create a new layer that will be situated lower than the brushes’ layer containing the flowers. Using a standard brush, we can paint out the flowers:

How to make car desktop wallpaper in Adobe Photoshop CS4

How to make car desktop wallpaper in Adobe Photoshop CS4

How to make car desktop wallpaper in Adobe Photoshop CS4

Create a new layer again and use for it the brush out of the downloaded set, named 61Particlesandstars. The brush’s color is #FC6210

How to make car desktop wallpaper in Adobe Photoshop CS4

Finished!

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