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Christmas Card

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marina Junior Member Registered: November 2002 Posts: 1 users gallery	I made the background using a circular gradient-lt green to dk green. Then I added the text. Next I selected one of the christmas balls in the photo (without the cap) and pasted this to a new layer. I filled in the ornament with a circular gradient-lt red to dk red. New layer-added a linear gradient-foreground to transparent- using white as the foreground color for the top highlight. Adjusted the size of this highlight with free transform in order to bring it just to the top of the ball. The technique for this was posted in the dpreview forum as a tutorial for making little round glass buttons. I thought it might work well for an ornament. New layer-small rectangle using the rectangular marquee tool filled with a metalic (brass) linear gradient for the cap. Placed this layer behind the ornament to hide the bottom of the rectangle. I added the string to this layer and used the dodge and burn tool to highlight it. The little loop for the string was made with the eliptical marquee tool. I added a five pixel border to the selection and filled it with color picked from the cap. Erased the bottom of it to make it a half circle.
	· Date: 12/10/2002 · Views: 6315 · Filesize: 54.9kb · Dimensions: 390 x 540 ·
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pstewart

Registered User

Registered: July 2002
Location: Chicago suburb
Posts: 790

12/10/2002 12:53pm

Very nicely done. Makes a sophisticated looking card. And thanks for that detailed description of how to do this. This pic and info goes into my keeper file!

Phyllis

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phili1

Senior Member

Registered: March 2002
Location: New Jersey
Posts: 237

12/10/2002 4:29pm

Its a winner Marina, Very nicely done, Is a Hall Mark edition.

jessie
Junior Member

Registered: October 2002
Location: orlando fl

12/11/2002 3:02pm

Really nice image. It really does look like a holiday card!!! Merry Christmas!

T Paul

Moderator

Registered: August 2001
Location: USA
Posts: 2,858

12/13/2002 12:16pm

Such a simple image, yet so striking! It definitely looks like a professional card! Great job! My favorite part is the lighting on the ornament; it really makes it look 3D and gives it such a glow. Thanks for the great description too!

~T

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niagra

Junior Member

Registered: October 2002
Posts: 1

12/13/2002 3:09pm

Excellent and absolutely beautiful. Merry Christmas!

mama alligator

Member

Registered: August 2002
Location: Ottawa, Canada
Posts: 30

12/14/2002 10:56pm

Beautiful gradient on the ornament. Love the red.

Wanda Schwind
Junior Member

Registered: January 2002
Location: Ohio

12/23/2002 5:25pm

Perfection!!

Wanda

sej
Junior Member

Registered: January 2003
Location: Caldwell, Idaho, US

1/18/2003 1:15am

I especially like the glow from behind the bulb. It gives it the 3D look and really makes it pop out. Most excellent!

Janet Petty

Senior Member

Registered: January 2004
Location: Mid-South
Posts: 2,045

3/17/2004 5:05pm

Excellent. Absolutely excellent. The description is superb and one I could follow enough to create my own art work.

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Timbo

Junior Member

Registered: July 2004
Location: Sheffield UK

8/5/2004 9:33am

great job and cool description.............it works. Nice one.

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bootsiebrower
Junior Member

Registered: February 2007
Posts: 3

2/21/2007 11:08am

Very nice! Thanks for the instruction-

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