Adobe Photoshop Creative Design #16

Adobe Photoshop Creative Design #16: Designing Missouri Number Plate

The other day, my wife and I invited a couple living at the next door to a dinner. After the dinner, we had some wine. And they told us about their last trip to St. Louis, Missouri. So I said that I lived in Missouri for several years. Then my wife said “Oh, honey, I didn’t know you lived in Missouri before. How long?” I just went to college there in the late 80s. But my wife and the couple kept asking me questions like what’s the state capital of Missouri, and what is state’s nickname. Then my wife said “Honey, what does the Missouri number plate look like?” That’s when I snapped like a cow with the mad cow disease. And I said “All right, all right, you want to see my old Missouri tag? I’ll show it to you.” I slammed a door and then went to the garage to look for my old number plate. And I remembered that I threw it away a long time ago. Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa… I had no choice. So I turned on my iMac and launched Adobe Photoshop CS2. In a matter of 15 minutes or so, I designed my old Missouri tag. After I showed it to them, they all looked like they were convinced that I lived in Missouri.

In this Photoshop CS 2 video tutorial, we design a dark red Missouri number plate. Some of the techniques used in this tutorial include Smooth, Bevel and Emboss, Contour, Rasterize and Group into New Smart Object. So there isn’t really anything special to show off.