Step 1: Background
Open Photoshop. Create new file (File > New) with
size 1280x1024 px, resolution 72 dpi, Mode: RGB.
Step 2
Activate gradient tool. Click preview box in option bar to open
gradient editor dialog. Create gradient from #ffbc58 to #f95b1e.
Step 4
Create radial gradient from center to outside.
Step 5
Download vintage
grunge textures and paste it on top of the image. Resize it until
we find nice texturing.
Step 6
Change texture blend mode to Multiply with 20% opacity.
Step 7: Main Text
Add text on top of the image. Here, I use yellow color.
Step 8
Add this layer styles.
Step 9: Floral Shapes
Download Vector
Floral Ornaments and open it in Illustrator. Select one of the
vector shape. Hit ctrl+C to copy it to clipboard.
Step 10
Back to Photoshop. Hit ctrl+V for paste. Make sure
you choose Smart Object. This way, pasted object will remain an
illustrator file, so you'll be able to resize it without degrading its
quality. Rotate and resize the vector shape until you find it
interesting.
Step 11
Now, we need to change its color to math overall color tone. From the
Layers panel double click its layer thumbnail. You'll probably get a
dialog box like seen below, just click OK.
Step 12
The Shape wil be opened in Illustrator. Select it and change its
color from Color Panel. After you finish edit the color hit ctrl+S
to save it and ctrl+W to close it. Let's go back to
Photoshop and you'll find the shape is also changing.
Step 13
Hold alt and move cursor on line between shape and
text layers. The cursor will change into two overlapping center, click
now to convert shape into clipping mask. The vector shape will goes
inside the text.
Step 14
Repeat the process for other vector shape. Once you're done, select
the shape layers and the text then hit ctrl+G to put
them into separate group. Name the group text.
Step 15: Add Subtle Floral Image in Background
Hold shift then click on thumbnail layer of shapes
we have created earlier. This step will create selection based on the
shape's size.
Step 16
Create new layer underneath the text. Click Edit > Fill,
use White then click OK.
Step 17
Remove selection by pressing ctrl+D. Click Filter
> Blur > Gaussian Blur.
Step 18
Change layers opacity to 20%.
Step 19: Decorating Text
Back to Illustrator, open Vector Flourish Design
and hit ctrl+A to select all shapes. From color panel
change its fill color to white.
Step 20
All the shapes's color is now white. Because the background is also
white its very hard to see them. Click View > Preview
to see shapes outline.
Step 21
Shape one of the shape. Press ctrl+C.
Step 22
Return to Photoshop, hit ctrl+V to paste the shape.
Place it on top of the text. Add layer styles Drop Shadow.
Step 23
Repeat this process with other shapes.
Step 24: Add Depth to Text Decoration
Select all shapes and press ctrl+G to put them in
one group. Duplicate the group by dragging it to New Layer icon.
Step 25
Hit ctrl+E to convert duplicated group into a layer.
Double click layer to open layer styles dialog box. Select Layer Mask
Hides Effect and add bigger drop shadow.
Step 26
Select text by ctrl+clicking its layer thumbnail.
Hit ctrl+shift+I to invert selection. Make sure the
floral layer is still selected and click Add Layer Mask icon. Change
fill layer to 0%.
Step 27
Now, floral shape out side the text will have bigger and darker
shadow. This gives impression as if they are higher from the background.
Step 28: Adding Real Flower
Open Yellow
Flower in Photoshop. Use Quick Selection to select the flower. It's
very amazing how this tool works! All you need is just dragging inside
the flower and they will automatically selected.
If you use earlier version of Photoshop, you may not have this tool.
Use the magic wand to get similar result.
Step 29
Click Select > Modify > Contract. Use 2 pixel
then click OK.
Step 30
Copy flower and paste it on our image. Right click flower layer and
choose Convert to Smart Object. By changing the flower layerto smart
object we will retain all its pixel information.
Step 31
Hit ctrl+T and change flower's size.
Step 32
Add drop shadow to give the flower realistic look.
Step 33
Hold alt and drag flower to duplicate it. Again
change its size.
Step 34
Open another flower, select it, and paste it in Photoshop.
Step 35: Add Dry Leaves
Download Autumn
Leaves 1 and open it in Photoshop. This file is already cutted. All
we need to do is just make rough selection around it, cpy, and paste it
in Photoshop.
Step 36
Resize and put it on the text.
Step 37
Keep doing this to another dry leaves.
Step 38: Adding Butterflies
Open Butterfly
in Photoshop. All the butterfly has already cutted. Just like we did
with earlier dry leaves, select and paste them on Photoshop. Don't
forget to add drop shadow.
Step 39: Add Subtle Floral Shape in Background
Paste floral ornament we have opened earlier. Put it behind the text.
Step 40
Change fill layer to 0%. Add Bevel and Emboss.
Step 41
Add another floral ornament on the background. Don't overdo this,
keep them subtle. Otherwise the design will be too crowded and remove
the focus from main text.
Step 42
I feel that there's too much empty space in this design. To remove it
we'l use crop tool. Open crop tool and drag around the text. I'm using
Photoshop CS5 here and you can see that the crop box is divided into 9
grids that help us see the final image proportion. Once you have find
the right size hit ctrl+Enter to start cropping.
Conclusion
Finally, we are done! I hope you like this tutorial and learn
something here. Click here
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