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Adobe Photoshop Tip: The Lord of the Rings Tutorial
In the land of MacMerc, in the fires of Mount Dude, the Dark Lord RickMacMerc forged in secret a master Ring tutorial, to control all others. And into this Ring tutorial he poured his custom shape, his layer effects and his methods to bring the Ring to life. "One Ring Tutorial to rule them all." The Tutorial stands upon the edge of a knife. Stray but a little, and you will fail, to the ruin of all. Yet hope remains while the user is true.
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The Lord of the Rings Tutorial: The Photoshop of the Ring Start by downloading the three layer styles we will be using: The Inner Ring, The Outer Ring and the Elvish Writing. Also download the custom Ring Shape that I drew up for you in Illustrator. All of these will come into play very soon but we might as well get them ready now. In Photoshop, create a new document that is 7 x 5" and 300ppi in RGB Color Mode. The background contents don't really matter this time ...White ...Transparent ...I'll leave it up to you. |
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Grab
the Custom Shape tool but before you draw anything, specify that you would like
your shape to be a Shape Layer and load the Ring Shape you downloaded into the
Custom Shape Picker via its flyout menu. Also open the Style Picker in the Options
bar and load and select the Outer Ring layer style you downloaded. Also make sure to set the color to Black in the window just to the right of the Style Picker
Now we're ready to draw. Click and hold your cursor in the upper left area of the canvas, hold down the Shift key as you drag to the lower right, creating a shape about 6" wide and almost 4" high. Release your mouse button and then the Shift key.
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