Photoshop Zone

Final Image Preview Create a new document ( Ctrl+N ) in Adobe Photoshop CS5 with the size 1024px by 1280px ( RGB color mode) at a resolution of 72 pixels/inch . Download the next texture from Texturezine.com and place it on our canvas. Click Create new fill or adjustment layer from bottom part of the Layers panel and click to Curves to adjust the curve shape as shown to make a little color corrections. Select once again Create new fill or adjustment layer from bottom part of the Layers panel and click to Hue/Saturation this time. Drag the slider to the left to decrease the Saturation of the color range. These operations will give contrast and brutality to our texture. Next step we’ll download a set of brushes for in Adobe Photoshop , named: Old_paper_brushes_by_Annette29, Seu_Davi and c130_splatter . Select the next brush from Old_paper_brushes_by_Annette29 set: Create a new layer (Ctrl+Shift+N) and use this brush to add the next texture: Clic...

Tutorial Resources Step 1: Working away from the computer To create our folded text, we first want to see in real-life how folded strips of paper would look. This technique lets us reduce the amount of guessing we have to make and gives us a reference point. So first, take a piece of regular 8.5” x 11” paper and cut it into strips using scissors or a box cutter. Start folding the strips to the letters that we want. I’m folding all the letters at roughly 90 o angles except for the letter "N" (which we need the angle on). Now we can see exactly how the folds will look for the letters we’re using. Step 2: Setting up the document Now that we have a general idea of how the fold on our paper strips should look, we’re going to go into Photoshop and create a new 1200 x 600px document. Write out "DESIGN" and a smaller "INSTRUCT" below it using the Horizontal Type Tool (T), something like I have done below. I’m using Futura Bold for ...