Flyer Mag Design: Part 3

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You can either create some new circle fill layers or go back to the first tutorial in this series and grab one of them with the moVe tool. I’ve chosen to drag one of those over (b/c it’s more efficient and keeps in line with our theme...’hey i’ve seen that before’..). Drag this layer over and place it towards the header typography. You can also drag the two text layers that would make sense like me b/c I just don’t want to retype them again. Note how well this works...we’ve got our straight vector lines now balanced with the same color theme with circular shapes..it makes the whole design more appealing yet doesn’t steal away all of the focus of the viewer’s eyes.

Here is the part where I think I’m done but have to keep outdoing myself and developing the tutorial even further. But note that now we have our cover and our inside Index page. Your mind should just be flowing with all kinds of things that you could do with this powerful info that you have...go ahead..let it sink in some more. Welcome to PhotoshopDesign.NET and TutorialKey.

Look at these layer sets within layer sets...too bad I can’t keep my crib as clean. ......it’s a great habit to develop.

Go to the Shape Tools (U). Choose a shape. In this case I chose the Heart on “Shape layer” in the options bar. Shape layer will create a new vector layer with this shape when you drag to create the heart. Note that it fills with your current foreground color. Go ahead and Edit: Free transform it...rotate it. Here I’m just wanting to add a little more vector and a little more action in the right side where there is open space.

This is all on the fly by the way. I’m kind of thinking that this could be part of her costume or something. So here I am capturing as I go along...I’ve duplicated the Carnaval layer (from the 2K+ CD) and put it on top of the layers palette. I’ve then created a layer mask...I want to cover up this vector shape only in certain parts. If I don’t do that it’ll just change the color of her skin and look all yucky.

Hopefully you’re following along the merry way. Here I’ve grabbed the brush tool on the layer mask with the rubylith showing. I’m creating more interest with a ‘popping effect’. Instead of having just the straight green screen, since she already overlaps it, I’m using the brush on layer mask to hide the pixels of the green screen layer to have part of her show up instead of the rough edges.

I’m also masking along the shoulder as you can see; this time without the rubylith. This gives the effect of her popping into the screen screen text backdrop. Can you dig it? We can dig it...

Now you can duplicate that shape layer if you want (DO IT NOW_) and move it a little off of the first one with the patented moVe tool. Note that duplicates keep the same layer effects. When you’re on shape layers you have to click off of them in the L palette to de-select that vector/annoying selection.

Put these guys in their own layer set: they’re taking up too much darn space. And BAM: did we do this or what?! Take things to a higher level with a complete understanding of Photoshop from a graphic designer's perspective (AND GET TONS OF GREAT PS GOODIES & TUTORIALS).

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