In this example, we will introduce several filter commands of Photoshop, as well as the use of "Smart Layer" and "Transform" commands by drawing oranges.
The final effect of the instance (shown in Figure 5.2-0).
Figure 5.2-0 Final effect of the example
Press the Ctrl+N key combination on the keyboard, or execute the "File → New" command on the menu bar to open the "New" dialog box. The settings are shown in Figure 5.2-1.
Figure 5.2-1 New layer dialog box
Create a new layer and fill it with orange with RGB values of 252, 121, and 3, as shown in Figure 5.2-2.
Figure 5.2-2 Create a new layer and fill it with orange
Open the Channel palette, create a new channel, fill it with white, and select the channel.
Figure 5.2-3 Create a new channel and fill it with white
Execute the "Filter → Sketch → Mesh" command on the menu bar, and set in the pop-up dialog box as shown in Figure 5.2-4.
Figure 5.2-4 "Mesh" filter settings dialog box
Execute the "Filter → Blur → Gaussian Blur" command on the menu bar, and set the dialog box as shown in Figure 5.2-5.
Figure 5.2-5 "Gaussian Blur" filter settings dialog box
Return to the layers palette and select "Layer 1". Execute the "Filter→Rendering→Lighting" command on the menu bar, and set the settings as shown in Figure 5.2-6.
Figure 5.2-6 "Lighting Effect" filter settings
Through a series of filters, "Layer 1" has shown the texture of the orange skin texture. Through observation, the outline of an orange can basically be summarized as a circle. Use the "Elliptical Marquee Tool" (shortcut key M) to create a circular selection on "Layer 1", as shown in Figure 5.2-7.
Figure 5.2-7 Circular selection created on "Layer 1"
Press the Shift+Ctrl+I key combination on the keyboard to invert the selection and delete the redundant parts. Execute the "Filter → Distort → Spherization" command on the menu bar, and set the settings as shown in Figure 5.2-8.
Figure 5.2-8 “Spherization” filter settings
Execute the "Edit → Transform → Transform" command on the menu bar, or press the Ctrl+T key combination on the keyboard to freely transform the graphic, then right-click the document window, select the "Transform" command in the shortcut menu, and drag the transformation control point, as shown in Figure 5.2-9.
Figure 5.2-9 “Deform” the graphics
The "transformed" orange looks much more natural.
Press and hold the Ctrl key on the keyboard, and use the left button of the mouse to click the thumbnail of "Layer 1" on the Layers palette to load the outer edge of the "Layer 1" graphic as a selection.
Create a new layer and name it "black". Use the "Brush Tool" (shortcut key B) with a larger main diameter, lower hardness, and lower opacity to apply black to depict the darker effect of the orange backlight.
Figure 5.2-10 Use a paintbrush to depict the darker parts of the orange
Use the same method to apply dark green on the appropriate position of this layer (the color is similar), as shown in Figure 5.2-11.
Figure 5.2-11 Apply dark green orange
Select the "Brush Tool", right-click the document window, and set the brush style in the pop-up palette, as shown in Figure 5.2-12.
Figure 5.2-12 Setting the brush style
Create a new layer and name it "Highlight". Use the set brush tool to gently paint white on the highlight and reflective areas, as shown in Figure 5.2-13.
Figure 5.2-13 Orange highlight and reflective effects
Create a new layer and use the "Brush Tool" to paint it "brown" (the color is close to it), as shown in Figure 5.2-14.
Figure 5.2-14 Use the brush tool to apply "brown"
Use the "Eraser Tool" (shortcut key E) with lower opacity and lower stroke hardness to modify the brown graphics, as shown in Figure 5.2-15.
Figure 5.2-15 Use the eraser tool to modify brown graphics
Select the "Multi Transform Tool" (shortcut key U), set the corresponding options on the option bar, click the button marked 1 in Figure 5.2-16 to open the pop-up palette, and set the settings as shown in the figure.
Figure 5.2-16 Set the "Multi-Deformation Tool" on the option bar
Set the foreground color to "grass green" (the color is close enough), and use the "Polygon Tool" to create the graphic shown in Figure 5.2-17.
Figure 5.2-17 Star pattern drawn with the "Multi-Deformation Tool"
Select the "Smudge Tool" (shortcut key R), set the intensity of the smear on the option bar to 100%, set the hardness of the smear stroke to 90%, and smear the star pattern to the effect shown in Figure 5.2-18.
Figure 5.2-18 The effect of using the “Smudge Tool” to modify the star shape
Use the "Burn/Dodge Tool" (shortcut key O) to erase the graphic to the effect shown in Figure 5.2-19.
Figure 5.2-19 The graphic effect modified by using the “Burn/Dodge Tool”]
Double-click the thumbnail of the layer on the layer palette, and add the "Shadow" and "Bevel and Emboss" layer styles to the graphic in the pop-up layer style dialog box, as shown in Figure 5.2-20.
Figure 5.2-20 Layer style settings for star graphics
Figure 5.2-21 The effect of star graphics with layer style
Create a new layer under all layers (excluding the background layer) and name it "Shadow". Use the "Elliptical Marquee Tool" to create an elliptical selection (as shown in Figure 5.2-22). Execute the "Select → Transform Selection" command on the menu bar, move and rotate the selection slightly, and then fill it with "brown" (the color is close enough). Use the "Eraser Tool" with a larger "Main Diameter" and lower "Hardness" to modify it, and the projection effect will be completed (Figure 5.2-23).
Figure 5.2-22 Creating an elliptical selection
Figure 5.2-23 Modified projection effect
Hold down the Shift key on the keyboard, click the top layer thumbnail on the Layers palette, and then click the bottom layer thumbnail (excluding the background layer) to select all layers (excluding the background layer). layer), then press Ctrl+G on the keyboard to group the layers into a group and name it "Orange 1". The first orange is drawn.
Next, let’s draw a broken orange.
Duplicate the "Orange 1" group and delete some layers in the group, as shown in Figure 5.2-24.
Figure 5.2-24 The effect of copying a group and deleting some layers
Create a new layer, set the foreground color and background color to black and white respectively, and use the "Gradient Tool" (shortcut key G) to create a gradient graphic as shown in Figure 5.2-25.
Figure 5.2-25 Drawing gradient graphics
Execute the "Filter → Render → Layered Clouds" command on the menu bar to get the effect shown in Figure 5.2-26.
Figure 5.2-26 The effect of gradient graphics after executing the "Layered Cloud" filter command
Execute the "Image→Adjustment→Levels" command on the menu bar or press the Ctrl+L key combination on the keyboard to open the Levels dialog box, and adjust the Levels as shown in Figure 5.2-27.
Figure 5.2-27 Adjusting color levels
After adjusting the color levels, the contrast of the graphic is very high. Use the "Magic Wand Tool" (shortcut key W) to select the lighter area and delete the excess, leaving only an irregular curve running through the left and right sides of the floral cloth.
Figure 5.2-28 The curve graphic obtained after processing with the "Magic Wand Tool"
Press the Ctrl+T key combination on the keyboard to freely transform the curve graphic, shrink the curve vertically, and press Enter to confirm. Select the "Magic Wand Tool" and click the left mouse button on the upper blank part of the layer to get a selection containing the curve shape (Figure 5.2-29).
Figure 5.2-29 Selection containing curves
Delete the layer containing the curved shape. Confirm that the "Magic Wand Tool" is still selected, right-click the document window, select the "Create Working Path" command in the shortcut menu, and convert the selection to a vector path (Figure 5.2-30).
Figure 5.2-30 Convert selection to path
Select the "Direct Selection Tool" (shortcut key P, white arrow), select the nodes in the unnecessary part of the path, press the Delete key on the keyboard to delete part of the path, and then drag the nodes of the curve path to make it a closed curve path , as shown in Figure 5.2-31.
Figure 5.2-31 Closed curve path modified with the "Direct Selection Tool"
Confirm that the "Direct Selection Tool" is selected, right-click the document window, select the "Create Selection" command in the shortcut menu, and set the "Feather Radius" to 0. Press the Delete key on the keyboard on each layer to delete the part in the selection, then press the Shift+Ctrl+I key combination on the keyboard to reverse the selection, and use the "Eraser Tool" to erase the upper half of each layer. (Figure 5.2-32).
Figure 5.2-32 Delete redundant parts on each layer
Create a new layer and fill it with colors whose RGB values are 254, 243, and 223, as shown in Figure 5.2-33.
Figure 5.2-33 Filling the selection with color
Set the foreground color to the color filled in the previous step, and the background color to "orange" with RGB values of 230, 150, and 20 respectively. Execute the "Filter→Brush Stroke→Splash" command on the menu bar, and set the "Splash" dialog box as shown in Figure 5.2-34.
Figure 5.2-34 Settings of the "Splash" dialog box
Figure 5.2-35 The effect after executing the "splash" command
Press and hold the Ctrl key on the keyboard, and use the left mouse button to click on the thumbnail of the layer on the layer palette to load the outer edge of the graphic as a selection. Execute the "Select → Transform Selection" command on the menu bar to reduce the selection, as shown in Figure 5.2-36.
Figure 5.2-36 The effect of narrowing the selection
Press Ctrl+J on the keyboard to copy the graphics in the selection to a new layer, and use the "Burn/Dodge Tool" to modify the graphics to the effect shown in Figure 5.2-37.
Figure 5.2-37 The effect of the new layer modified with the "Burn/Dodge Tool"
Execute the "Filter→Brush Stroke→Splash" command on the menu bar and set the dialog box as shown in Figure 5.2-38.
Figure 5.2-38 “Splash” command settings for copying layers
Figure 5.2-39 “Splash” effect of copied layer
Create a new channel on the channel palette and fill it with white (Figure 5.2-40).
Figure 5.2-40 Create a new channel Alpha2
Set the foreground color and background color to black and white respectively, execute the "Filter → Texture → Stained Glass" command on the menu bar, and set as shown in Figure 5.2-41.
Figure 5.2-41 Settings of the "Stained Glass" command
Figure 5.2-42 Channel effect after executing "Stained Glass"
Figure 5.2-43 "Gaussian Blur" command dialog box
Press the Ctrl+T key combination on the keyboard to freely transform the channel and stretch the graphics on the channel horizontally, as shown in Figure 5.2-44.
Figure 5.2-44 Graphics on the stretch channel
Create a new layer in the layers palette, name it "orange petal" and fill it with "orange" (the color is close enough). Execute the "Filter→Rendering→Lighting Effect" command on the menu bar. The settings are shown in Figure 5.2-45.
Figure 5.2-45 Settings of the "Lighting Effect" command
Figure 5.2-46 Graphics obtained by executing the "Lighting Effect" command
Press Ctrl+T on the keyboard to freely transform the graphic to the effect shown in Figure 5.2-47.
Figure 5.2-47 The effect of free transformation of graphics
Select the part of the graphic with higher color brightness, use the "Pen Tool" to draw a path, convert it to a selection and then delete it by inverting the selection to create the shape of an orange petal (Figure 5.2-48).
Figure 5.2-48 Making the shape of orange petals
Duplicate this layer, Free Transform and move it to the corresponding position. Execute the "Edit → Transform → Transform" command on the menu bar and drag the "Transform" control point, as shown in Figure 5.2-49.
Figure 5.2-49 shows the “deformation” of orange segments
Create a layer under the "orange petal" layer, and use the "Brush Tool" with a lower hardness to paint red with RGB values of 245, 70, and 4, as shown in Figure 5.2-50.
Figure 5.2-50 Use the “Brush Tool” to apply red
Create a new layer on the "orange petal" layer, and use the "Brush Tool" to apply colors with RGB values of 251, 233, and 187 on the "orange petal" graphic position. Press and hold the Ctrl key on the keyboard, click the thumbnail of the "orange petal" layer on the layer palette with the left button of the mouse, load its outer edge as a selection, and change the positive selection and inverse selection to use hardness and non-selection. The "eraser tool" with lower transparency modifies graphics (Figure 5.2-51).
Figure 5.2-51 Use the “Eraser Tool” to modify graphics
Figure 5.2-52 The effect of modifying graphics with the "eraser tool"
Select the "orange petal" layer and press the Ctrl+B key combination on the keyboard to adjust the color balance of the layer (Figure 5.2-53).
Figure 5.2-53 Adjust the color balance of the "orange petal" layer
Figure 5.2-54 The effect after adjusting the color balance of the "Orange Petal" layer
Select the "Smudge Tool" (shortcut key R), set the intensity of the Smudge Tool to 20% on the options bar, right-click in the document window, and set the strokes of the Smudge Tool as shown in Figure 5.2-55.
Figure 5.2-55 Setting the stroke shape of the “Smear Tool”
Use the "Smudge Tool" to smear the edges of the "orange peel" layer to make it natural, as shown in Figure 5.2-56.
Figure 5.2-56 Apply the edge of the “orange peel” layer
In order to facilitate editing, we grouped the several layers that make up the "orange petal" graphic into a "smart layer" - press and hold Ctrl on the keyboard, and use the left button of the mouse to click on these layers Thumbnails on the layers palette and select these layers at the same time. Right-click the name part on the right side of one of the layer thumbnails, select the "Group into New Smart Object Layer" command in the pop-up menu, and name the smart layer "Orange Petal".
Double-click the smart layer with the left mouse button, and a new document window will pop up. This window only contains information such as layers and channels in the smart layer, as shown in Figure 5.2-57.
Figure 5.2-57 The effect of opening the smart layer window
Tip: "Smart Layer" is a new function in Photoshop CS2. By establishing a smart layer, we can easily move and scale a group of layers at the same time, or "smart layer" like a layer. Layers" to add layer styles, change opacity, and change layer blending modes.
Create a new channel in the channel palette of the smart layer and fill it with white, as shown in Figure 5.2-58.
Figure 5.2-58 Create a new channel for the smart layer
Set the foreground color and background color to black and white respectively, and execute "Filter→Texture→Stained Glass" on the menu bar. The settings are as shown in Figure 5.2-59.
Figure 5.2-59 "Stained Glass" command settings for new smart layer channels
Figure 5.2-60 The effect of executing the "stained glass" command on channel 60
Return to the layer palette, create a new layer, and execute the "Select → Load Selection" command on the menu bar. The settings are as shown in Figure 5.2-61.
Figure 5.2-61 Settings of the "Load Selection" command
Figure 5.2-62 The effect of loading the selection
After inverting the selection, fill it with colors whose RGB values are 251, 233, and 187, as shown in Figure 5.2-63.
Figure 5.2-63 Graphical effect obtained after filling with color
Copy the graphic and hide it. Deform the graphics to make the texture appear natural, as shown in Figure 5.2-64.
Figure 5.2-64 Texture of deformed orange petals
Unhide the copied graphics, transform it freely, and then deform and modify it, as shown in Figure 5.2-65.
Figure 5.2-65 Deform the graphics to get the side effect of the orange petals
Use the same method to create the side effects of other orange segments. Use the "Burn Tool" to deepen the graphics, as shown in Figure 5.2-66.
Figure 5.2-66 Deepening graphics
Press the Ctrl+S keys on your keyboard to save changes to the smart layer and close the smart layer.
Adjust the inappropriate parts again, and the orange drawing is completed.
Figure 5.2-67 The effect of breaking open an orange