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Oct 14, 2009 13:50:57 GMT -6
Post by Jen on Oct 14, 2009 13:50:57 GMT -6
Make a new layer and put it under your city layer, name it back grad. Select your gradient tool and click on the grad in the options bar. This is the gradient I used for my sky. This is a grad I made.
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Oct 14, 2009 13:51:36 GMT -6
Post by Jen on Oct 14, 2009 13:51:36 GMT -6
The way I have my gradient set up I clicked and dragged while holding the shift key from top to bottom then released but you might be dragging bottom to top. You want the darker part of the gradient at the top.
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Oct 14, 2009 13:52:02 GMT -6
Post by Jen on Oct 14, 2009 13:52:02 GMT -6
Make a new layer and name it moon. Using the custom shape tool with the settings you see make your moon. Use the move tool to position it.
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Oct 14, 2009 13:52:30 GMT -6
Post by Jen on Oct 14, 2009 13:52:30 GMT -6
With the elliptical marquee tool make a selection around your moon. If you hold the shift key while you click and drag you will make a perfect circle. To move the selection click inside it and drag. Choose Select>Feather...>7.
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Post by Jen on Oct 14, 2009 13:52:57 GMT -6
Make a new layer naming it white moon glow and put it under the moon layer. Make white your foreground color. Choose option + delete for Macs and alt + delete for Windows to fill the selection. Don't deselect yet. Make another new layer and name it blue moon glow, place it under the white moon glow layer. Choose a blue for your foreground color and fill the selection. Deselect. Change the opacity for the two moon glow layers to 70%. You'll notice I linked the three moon layers together in the layers palette. I did this so if I wanted I could move all three layers together.
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Oct 14, 2009 13:54:08 GMT -6
Post by Jen on Oct 14, 2009 13:54:08 GMT -6
Make a new layer and name it orange glow, put it under the city layer in the layers palette. Take the elliptical marquee tool and make a selection. Hold the space bar to move your selection as you're making it. Choose orange as your foreground color. For Macs click option + delete for Windows click alt + delete to fill the selection. Deselect. Apply Filter>Blur>Gaussian Blur with this setting to the layer.
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Oct 14, 2009 13:54:56 GMT -6
Post by Jen on Oct 14, 2009 13:54:56 GMT -6
Make a new layer and name it yellow glow, place it above the orange glow layer. With the elliptical marquee tool make a selection. Choose yellow as your foreground color. Fill the selection. Deselect. Apply Filter>Blur>Gaussian Blur with this setting to the layer. Lower the opacity to 70% for this layer.
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Oct 14, 2009 13:55:34 GMT -6
Post by Jen on Oct 14, 2009 13:55:34 GMT -6
Make a new layer and name it red glow, place it above the yellow glow layer. With the elliptical marquee tool make a selection. Choose red as your foreground color. Fill the selection. Deselect. Apply Filter>Blur>Gaussian Blur with this setting to the layer.
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Oct 14, 2009 13:56:01 GMT -6
Post by Jen on Oct 14, 2009 13:56:01 GMT -6
The reason I made the glows the way I did and not just fill the selection with a gradient is if I'm not sure how I want the grad/glow to look I can quickly alter it with this technique. By moving what's on the layers up or down, changing their order in the layers palette or adjusting the opacity of the layers I can quickly make changes until I see something I like. I made the moon glow with the same technique. Here's how your layers should look so far.
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Oct 14, 2009 13:56:26 GMT -6
Post by Jen on Oct 14, 2009 13:56:26 GMT -6
Take your type tool and write your name. I used the font Chi Town. Apply a gradient overlay to this layer. To do that click the f in a circle at the bottom of your layers palette and choose it. In the Layer Style window click on the arrow I added a green outline to in the picture, and then choose your gradient.
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