Photoshop Tutorials

This tutorial will teach how to create a simple abstract background in photoshop, this tutorial will also teach you the using of Pen Tools(P) and how to put one shape into another shape…

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Lets Start!

Step 1 » First of All Create a New Document(eg 350×350) and Name it “Abstract BG”, then click on Pen Tools(P) and change the color to “#f8981f” and draw a Shape like following and name it “Shape 1″:
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Step 2 » Change the color to “#fece00″ and draw another Shape and name it “Shape 2″ as shown as below:
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Step 3 » Change the color to “#00adf1″ and draw another Shape and name it “Shape 3″ as shown as below:
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Step 4 » Change the color to “#f26923″ and draw another Shape and name it “Shape 4″ as shown as below:
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Step 5 » Change the color to “#b6d136″ and draw another Shape and name it “Shape 5″ as shown as below:
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Step 6 » Draw another shape at left side look like “Step 1″:
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Now lets add Square Box

Step 7 » Change the color to “#000″ and draw another Shape and name it “Logo Box” as shown as below:
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Step 8 » Go to Layer » Layer Style » Drop Shadow and change the Opacity to “75%” and Size to “21px”, as shown as below:
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Step 9 » Go to Layer » Layer Style » Stroke and Change the Size to “4px” and Opacity to “42%” , as shown as below:
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Step 10 » Go to Windows » Layers and Change the “Logo Box Shape” Fill to “12%”, as shown as below:
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Step 11 » Click on the Vector Mask Thumbnail in the Layers Window, as shown as below:
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Step 12 » Select Custom Shape Tool(U) from the left menu, as shown below:
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Step 13 » Select “Flower 1″ from top drop down menu, and do the following changes:
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Step 14 » Draw a Flower on the left corner of “Logo Box”, as shown below:
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Step 15 » Draw three more Flowers on remaining corners of “Logo Box”, as shown below:
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You are 80% done, Now lets write some text

Step 16 » Write some text, i have written “URPhotoshop”:
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Step 17 » Go to Layer » Layer Style » Stroke and Change the Size to “1px” and Opacity to “100%”, as shown as below:
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Step 18 » Go to Windows » Layers and Change the text Fill to “15%”, as shown below:
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Step 19 » That’s it you are finished!
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finished



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  1. Ari on Saturday 17, 2010

    Its a nice wallpaper but it needs to be explained some more because it does say that we will learn to use the pen tool but I dont feel that we are learning how to use it. Some people such as myself dont even really know how to make curves.

  2. hussainbtk on Saturday 17, 2010