{"id":883,"date":"2007-09-18T07:32:31","date_gmt":"2007-09-18T15:32:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.mhvt.net\/?p=883"},"modified":"2008-07-11T10:11:59","modified_gmt":"2008-07-11T18:11:59","slug":"adobe-photoshop-very-simple-tutorial-designing-a-water-melon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mhvt.net\/?p=883","title":{"rendered":"Adobe Photoshop Very Simple Tutorial: Designing a Water Melon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" alt=\"Adobe Photoshop\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mhvt.net\/quicktime\/graphics\/icons\/adobe_photoshop.jpg\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<br \/><\/br><br \/>\n<br \/><\/br><br \/>\nThe following tutorial shows easy steps to design a water melon in 5 minutes and 30 seconds, using Adobe Photoshop CS2.  <!--more--><br \/>\n<br \/><\/br><br \/>\n<br \/><\/br><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Using <strong>Elliptical Marquee Tool<\/strong>, make a round selection.<\/li>\n<li>Pick a light green color for foreground and a dark green color for background.<\/li>\n<li>Apply to the selection <strong>Render<\/strong> > <strong>Clouds<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>If necessary, apply to the selection <strong>Adjustments<\/strong> > <strong>Levels<\/strong> to adjust colors.<\/li>\n<li>Create a new layer above the existing one.<\/li>\n<li>Make several vertical selections with Elliptical Marquee Tool.<\/li>\n<li>Turn off the visibility switch on the bottom layer.<\/li>\n<li>Switch foreground and background colors and fill the selections with the dark green color.<\/li>\n<li>Apply to the selections <strong>Render<\/strong> > <strong>Fibers<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>While the selections are still active, apply to them a small amount of <strong>Gaussian Blur<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Turn on the visibility switch on the bottom layer.<\/li>\n<li>Based on the bottom layer, crop the top layer.  (Hold down the Option key and make a click.)<\/li>\n<li>Merge two layers into one.<\/li>\n<li>Select the filled part and apply <strong>Distort<\/strong> > <strong>Ripple<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Adjust colors with Levels, again, if necessary.<\/li>\n<li>Add a layer style.  Enable <strong>Bevel and Emboss<\/strong> to drop shadow.<\/li>\n<li>Finally, apply to the selection <strong>Distort<\/strong> > <strong>Sherize<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><\/br><br \/>\n<br \/><\/br><\/p>\n<table width=\"440\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"mac\/tutorials\/photoshop_water_melon\/photoshop_water_melon_01.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"mac\/tutorials\/photoshop_water_melon\/photoshop_water_melon_01.jpg\" \"140\" height=\"105\" alt=\"Adobe Photoshop tutorial\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"mac\/tutorials\/photoshop_water_melon\/photoshop_water_melon_02.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"mac\/tutorials\/photoshop_water_melon\/photoshop_water_melon_02.jpg\" width=\"140\" height=\"105\" alt=\"Adobe Photoshop tutorial\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"mac\/tutorials\/photoshop_water_melon\/photoshop_water_melon_03.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"mac\/tutorials\/photoshop_water_melon\/photoshop_water_melon_03.jpg\" width=\"140\" height=\"105\" alt=\"Adobe Photoshop tutorial\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<table width=\"440\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"mac\/tutorials\/photoshop_water_melon\/photoshop_water_melon_04.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"mac\/tutorials\/photoshop_water_melon\/photoshop_water_melon_04.jpg\" \"140\" height=\"105\" alt=\"Adobe Photoshop tutorial\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"mac\/tutorials\/photoshop_water_melon\/photoshop_water_melon_05.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"mac\/tutorials\/photoshop_water_melon\/photoshop_water_melon_05.jpg\" width=\"140\" height=\"105\" alt=\"Adobe Photoshop tutorial\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"mac\/tutorials\/photoshop_water_melon\/photoshop_water_melon_06.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"mac\/tutorials\/photoshop_water_melon\/photoshop_water_melon_06.jpg\" width=\"140\" height=\"105\" alt=\"Adobe Photoshop tutorial\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<table width=\"440\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"mac\/tutorials\/photoshop_water_melon\/photoshop_water_melon_07.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"mac\/tutorials\/photoshop_water_melon\/photoshop_water_melon_07.jpg\" \"140\" height=\"105\" alt=\"Adobe Photoshop tutorial\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"mac\/tutorials\/photoshop_water_melon\/photoshop_water_melon_08.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"mac\/tutorials\/photoshop_water_melon\/photoshop_water_melon_08.jpg\" width=\"140\" height=\"105\" alt=\"Adobe Photoshop tutorial\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"mac\/tutorials\/photoshop_water_melon\/photoshop_water_melon_09.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"mac\/tutorials\/photoshop_water_melon\/photoshop_water_melon_09.jpg\" width=\"140\" height=\"105\" alt=\"Adobe Photoshop tutorial\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<table width=\"440\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"mac\/tutorials\/photoshop_water_melon\/photoshop_water_melon_10.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"mac\/tutorials\/photoshop_water_melon\/photoshop_water_melon_10.jpg\" \"140\" height=\"105\" alt=\"Adobe Photoshop tutorial\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"mac\/tutorials\/photoshop_water_melon\/photoshop_water_melon_11.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"mac\/tutorials\/photoshop_water_melon\/photoshop_water_melon_11.jpg\" width=\"140\" height=\"105\" alt=\"Adobe Photoshop tutorial\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"mac\/tutorials\/photoshop_water_melon\/photoshop_water_melon_12.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"mac\/tutorials\/photoshop_water_melon\/photoshop_water_melon_12.jpg\" width=\"140\" height=\"105\" alt=\"Adobe Photoshop tutorial\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/br><br \/>\n<br \/><\/br><br \/>\n<u>Video tutorial with no audio 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