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Designing a Super Cool CD Sticker


Start by creating circular frame shape using custom shape tool.

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Using direct selection tool select inner nodes as shown and press Ctrl+T.

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Scale down the points to create a small hole. These outer and inner circle size should be in synch with actual CD dimensions.

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Fill it with gray color.

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Duplicate the layer. Again select the outer nodes and scale down a bit and select inner nodes and scale up a bit both using direct selection tool.

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Double click the layer to open layer style window. Apply settings as shown.

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Create a big circle using elliptical shape tool. Press Ctrl+Alt+G to create a clipping mask.

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Similarly create two more circles with different colors and different placement. Press Ctrl+Alt+G to create a clipping mask for each layer.

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Create a sun shape using custom shape tool.

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Press Ctrl+Alt+G to create a clipping mask.

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Change the layer mode to luminosity.

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Similarly create more shapes according to the topic of your CD ROM. We're creating a CD ROM for Horoscope software so we are placing suns and planets etc. You can also insert images too. Create clipping mask for all shapes.

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Create a circle almost half the size of outer circle. Using type tool click on this path to type your text on it.

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Apply some outer glow layer style.

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Similarly create a path for the website url and place near the bottom.

Designing a Super Cool CD Sticker Tutorial: Final Result



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