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Badass Bling Effect in Photoshop

Video Tutorial

 

STEP 1

Choose an image you want to sprinkle with golden Photoshop magic. In this case i chose a full color image of a boombox and I’m going to make it look like it is solid gold. Make the image into a grayscale image by “Desaturating” the layer in the Image/Adjustments/Desaturate menu.
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STEP 2

Apply a color overlay Layer Style by clicking the FX button at the bottom of your Layers Palette.
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STEP 3

Set the color overlay to a rich golden color and make sure the Blend Mode is set to Color Burn
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STEP 4

Adjust your levels like so and…
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Brace yourselves… We’ve got a solid gold boombox in less than 2 minutes! SUPER RAD!
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STEP 5

Repeat the exact same steps for 2 different cars. I copied and flipped horizontally the radios and 90s sports car to get a symmetrical composition started.
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STEP 6

We are creating a background for our composition that will look like a close of the boom box speaker shield. In Adobe Illustrator, draw 2 circles and separate them a descent width. Keep them aligned horizontally. Then choose Object/Blend/Make. You can also choose the blend tool from your tools palette.
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Once you have a blend, you’ll want to open the blending options by going to Object/Blend/Blend Options or double clicking the Blend tool in the tools palette will bring up the same dialog box. Choose a # of blends that will leave some space between your circles.
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STEP 7

Expand your blend by choosing Object/Blend/Expand. Now Each circle is treated individually and can be edited. Select your entire row of circles. Hold down option and drag it down a good distance. Hold down shift at the same time to keep the layer aligned vertically. Then repeat the steps to make a blend. I chose 15 steps. You can see that I have now blended my 2 rows of circles to make a grid of evenly spaced circles.
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Select the entire grid and hold down option & shift while dragging on a 45 degree angle. You now have a circle pattern that should look like the pic below
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Copy and paste it into your Photoshop document
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STEP 8

Apply Bevel & Emboss layer style to your grid of circles. Choose Outer Bevel.
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Add a black background… and get crunk!
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STEP 9

This is the hardest part of the tutorial… and it’s all trial and error… at least for me it was. We’re going to create our own layer style that take a solid 2d object and make it look all bling’d out. I chose this amazing vector artwork from Go Media’s Arsenal Set 1 Crests.
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First use a Gradient Overlay from the FX Layer Style tab in your layers palette. I created this gradient of different hues and values of Gold. Make sure you have contrast in your gradient.
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This is what the Go Media vector crest will look like after the gradient has been applied:
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Apply a Satin layer style within the same dialog box. You will want to experiment with your settings. Each object you bling out could require tweaking the settings. You will see some depth start to take place and that is important. Choose a different Contour as well. I chose this double peaked one.
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Choose a Bevel and Emboss from the Layer Style window. Select Inner Bevel. Adjust the size and softness. I chose 10 and 1. Set the Shadow Mode to Color Burn and you may want to decrease the opacity.
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Check the Contour Box under Bevel and Emboss. Choose a Contour. Each one will give a different look.
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Choose the Texture box under Bevel and Emboss as well. Select a pattern from one of the Photoshop presets. Adjust the scale and depth and watch how it effects the Go Media Crest. Again, experiment with these settings to get something that is really starting to look like gold reflections.
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At this point I feel as though the crest is a little too orange. I could go back in and adjust my gradient overlay… but then i’d have to adjust each point in the gradient where there is a color change. Instead, add a color overlay. I chose a darker desaturated green to help tone down the red in my gold layer style. I adjusted the opacity until i felt it was beginning to match the golden cars a little better.
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And the last layer style for our gold effect will be to add a drop shadow to help with some depth.
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Now, before you close the Layer Style box. You are going to save this style so you can reuse it on anything! Click the New Style button just below “Ok” and give your style a name. Check both boxes – Include Layer Effects & Include Layer Blending Options.
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Notice now that your style appears in the Styles palette! SICK!
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And your new golden style shines so bright!
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STEP 10

Add more bling to your design. I chose another Go Media Vector from Set 1 Wings.
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Copy and paste into Photoshop and this time… apply your new style you just finished creating.
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Repeat the same step for any additional elements you want to turn into gold.
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STEP 11

We’re going to add some light effects using the airbrush and a layer style. Choose a standard airbrush and set it really large. I clicked one time at 100%.
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Apply a Layer Style of Outer Glow from the FX tab in the layers palette.
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Choose a color for the Outer Glow. Set the Blend mode to Add. Opacity 100%
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Copy that layer and then place it in front of everything. Adjust the opacity to be quite a bit lower. Then use the eraser with an air brush setting that will allow you to erase over the middle of the car and near the edges. The result gives you the look of over spill from the light source.
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STEP 12

We’re going to add some sparkle to our bling using Illustrator and more layer styles. We’ll then make a custom brush from our sparkle shape and bling this piece out with tons of rad sparkly things. Create a star shape in illustrator. I chose a 5 point star and duplicated/rotated slightly to get my final sparkle shape.
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Copy and Paste it into Photoshop. Apply a Layer Style of Outer Glow. Only this time change the Blend Mode to normal and adjust the spread/size to give a faint blur around your sparkle shape.
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Now option click directly on the Effect of the layer. It will bring up these options. Choose Create Layer. This will make the outer glow an actual image on the layer below your sparkly image.
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Choose the layer above blurry sparkle shape. This should be the crisp sparkle. Choose Merge Down from the Layer Palette tab in the right hand corner.
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Now go to Edit/Define Brush Preset.
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Name your new brush.
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And now you will see your new brush in the brush palette. (and you can see that I’ve created some of these before)
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Click once in your desired spot to add sparkle to your bling! However… these sparkles could look even better with… another layer style applied to it! Why not? right!
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Apply an outer glow with some color. Set the Blending Mode to Screen. Adjust the size/spread. Ba da boom. Ba da BLING!
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To tighten this design up a little more, I’ve added the Go Media Logo complimented by an icy hot diamond because that’s how Chris Wilson likes to roll at Go Media. ;-)
I simply applied my own style that I created earlier in the tutorial. Unfortunately, not everything is quite as successful when the style is applied to it. I actually had to tweak my style settings quite a bit to get it to match the other Go Media vectors that turned gold fairly easy.
So there you have it. Some badass blingin’ sparklies. Feel free to post a link to anything you blingify in your comments.


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X-MEN movie poster

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Create X-MEN movie poster in Adobe Photoshop CS4
Tutorial:
Start working by creating a new file (File>New) of 1600x1200px/72dpi. Then select the Paint Bucket Tool (G) to give black color to background layer.
Create X-MEN movie poster in Adobe Photoshop CS4
Next try to find a picture with X-Men characters on it. I used this wallpaper:
Create X-MEN movie poster in Adobe Photoshop CS4
Cut out the main characters on the front plan, introducing them on our basic picture.
Create X-MEN movie poster in Adobe Photoshop CS4
Create a new layer then and choose a standard brush to give some nuance to our picture. The brush has #10F6FF color (Opacity 35%). This layer needs to be placed lower than the characters’ layer on the layers’ panel:
Create X-MEN movie poster in Adobe Photoshop CS4
Create X-MEN movie poster in Adobe Photoshop CS4
Create another new layer and continue here representing the background, applying the same brush mentioned above. This layer will be placed lower than the characters’ layer on the layers’ panel.
Create X-MEN movie poster in Adobe Photoshop CS4
On the next new layer (Create new layer) we’ll apply a standard brush of white color to draw many dots of different sizes and different opacity. This layer will be placed lower than the layer containing the characters.
Create X-MEN movie poster in Adobe Photoshop CS4
Create X-MEN movie poster in Adobe Photoshop CS4
On the next new layer choose the standard brush and white color (Opacity of 30%) to represent a kind of luminescence around the X-Men characters. This layer will be situated lower than the layer containing the same characters.
Create X-MEN movie poster in Adobe Photoshop CS4
Create X-MEN movie poster in Adobe Photoshop CS4
Create a new layer and choose this time the Elliptical Marquee Tool (M) to mark out the next demonstrated zone. This layer will be placed lower than the characters’ layer.
Create X-MEN movie poster in Adobe Photoshop CS4
The marked zone should be filled with the color #81F4FF.
The layer’s parameters: Opacity 60%.
Create X-MEN movie poster in Adobe Photoshop CS4
Make a mouse click on the same layer on Add a Mask selection on the bottom part of the layers’ panel and select later the standard brush of black color (Opacity of 15%) to clean out the painted zone.
Create X-MEN movie poster in Adobe Photoshop CS4
Make two copies of the last made layer and choose Free Transform option for changing the copies’ sizes, placing them the way it is demonstrated below (lower than the layer containing the X-Men characters)
Create X-MEN movie poster in Adobe Photoshop CS4
Next we’ll represent a kind of circle, applying the Ellipse Tool (U) which layer should be situated lower than the layer with the characters.
Create X-MEN movie poster in Adobe Photoshop CS4
Set the next shown parameters for the last made layer by clicking on this layer on the layers’ panel: Fill 0%, Blending Options>Stroke
Create X-MEN movie poster in Adobe Photoshop CS4
Create X-MEN movie poster in Adobe Photoshop CS4
Make a copy of this last made layer and select Free Transform option to place the copy the same way indicated below.
Create X-MEN movie poster in Adobe Photoshop CS4
Create a new layer and choose here the standard brush of white color (Opacity of 70%) to represent a spot of light.
Create X-MEN movie poster in Adobe Photoshop CS4Choose on the same layer the Rectangular Marquee Tool (M) to mark out a half of the same spot and press Delete button.
Create X-MEN movie poster in Adobe Photoshop CS4
Create X-MEN movie poster in Adobe Photoshop CS4
Choose next step the Free Transform option for the layer with cut spot and press the spot on its horizontal position, stretching it by the vertical position.
Create X-MEN movie poster in Adobe Photoshop CS4
Turn it over and place it the same way as below. This layer should be placed lower than the layer containing the X-Men characters:
Create X-MEN movie poster in Adobe Photoshop CS4
Set the next indicated parameters for the last made layer: Blending Options>Gradient Overlay

Create X-MEN movie poster in Adobe Photoshop CS4
Gradient’s parameters:
Create X-MEN movie poster in Adobe Photoshop CS4
Create X-MEN movie poster in Adobe Photoshop CS4
Try to draw the same way several more rays, placing them the way demonstrated next picture. The layers don’t need the effects.
Create X-MEN movie poster in Adobe Photoshop CS4
Now we’ll hide several parts of the poster on the bottom part of the picture. In this case we’ll select the Rectangle Tool (U).
Create X-MEN movie poster in Adobe Photoshop CS4
The layer’s parameters: Fill 0%, Blending Options>Gradient Overlay

Create X-MEN movie poster in Adobe Photoshop CS4
Gradient’s parameters:

Create X-MEN movie poster in Adobe Photoshop CS4
Create X-MEN movie poster in Adobe Photoshop CS4



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