Copyright ~ © 2009 : Vanessa FellowsThis tutorial, the intellectual copyrights and artwork are the property ofVanessa Fellows, Scrapz 'n BitzThis tutorial may be printed out as an instructional copy for personal use only. This tutorial may not be distributed for educational, marketing or for-profit usage in print, digital, or any other format, nor may it be copied and/or uploaded to another website withoutthe authors written consent.This tutorial, may be shared with others, following the receipt of written permission from me.A link back when giving credit is not essential, but would be appreciated.This tutorial was written using Photoshop CS2, especially for a lady called Jody who struggled with my PSP version. Please excuse the abundance of screenshots, but I am a Photoshop novice.It requires the following Photoshop Plugin Filter: Eye Candy 5 Impact found here:PDF Tutorial - Download HereStep 1 - Create a new image file 400 x 400 px, 300ppi, Transparent and save your document. Ensure that your Info Palette is turned on and visible and that your rulers are on and that the units of measurement are set to “Pixels”.Select your Eliptical Marque Tool from the left hand toolbar and using your Info palette as a guide, place your cursor at starting point:Vertical=90 and Horizontal=125.Click and hold down your mouse button and draw out an elipse until your cursor reachesVertical=310 and Horizontal=275.Release your mouse button.In your Layer's palette, right click on your layer, then click Layer Properties and rename your layer “Bead Back”, change the Opacity of your layer to 50%, click on the foreground colour on your Materials palette and enter #d3b08b in the HTML colour box, then Edit and Fill your layer with the foreground colour.Duplicate your layer and rename it “Bead Front”. DO NOT deselect yet.Step 2 – Create a new layer and rename it “Inner Highlight”, set the Layer Opacity to 60% and the Blend Mode to Luminosity.Now go to Select, Modify and Contract and contract your selection by 25px. Click on the foreground colour in your Materials Palette and enter #ffeedb in the HTML colour box. Go to Edit and Fill your selection with the foreground colour.Hold down the Ctrl key and press the Right arrow 15 times and then the Down arrow 15 times too to move your selection to the bottom right of your elipse. You may now deselectGo to Filter, Blur and Gaussian Blur and apply a Gaussian blur of 15.00 to your layer.Now click on Layer and Layer Style, then on Inner Glow and enter the following settings:Blend mode = LuminosityOpacity = 100%Glow colour = #fbf7c0Technique = SofterSource = CentreSize = 250pxContour = Half roundand click OKStep 3 – Click on Bead Back, go to Select and load your saved selection, then click on your topmost layer and create a new layer. Rename it “Cutout” and set the Layer Properties to Hard Light and the Opacity to 75%.Then click on your foreground colour in your materials palette and enter #954e01 in the HTML colour box. Go to Edit and Fill your selection.Go to Select, Modify and Contract and contract your selection by 15px, then hold down the Shift key and press the Right arrow 4 times and the Down arrow 4 times too. Press the Delete key and deselect.Go to Filter, Blur and Gaussian Blur and apply a blur of 15.00, then whilst holding down the Ctrl key, press the Up arrow 8 times and the Left arrow 8 times to move your blurred cutout selection up and to the left. Don't worry about the blurring being outside of your bead outline.Click on your Bead Back layer and then go to Select and load your selection. Click back on your “Cutout” layer to make it active again. Go to Select, Inverse and delete. Now deselect. The excess blurring has been deleted and your bead should now look like this.Step 4 - Click on Bead Back, go to Select and load your saved selection, then click on your topmost layer and create a new layer. Rename it “Outer Edge” and set your layer's Blend Mode to Colour Burn and the Opacity to 35%.Now click on your foreground colour in your materials palette and enter #060300 in the HTML colour box, then Edit and Fill your selection with your foreground colour.Go to Select, Modify and Contract and contract your selection by 6 pixels, then go back to Select and Feather and Feather your selection by 15 pixels. Now press delete and deselect. Your bead should have a slightly darker edge to it.Step 5 – Click on your Bead Back layer and then on your Pen tool. On your Pen's tool palette, select – Line Tool, Weight 15px and change the colour to #954e01.Referring to your Info palette for your exact position, place your cursor onx=200:y=80Draw a line out vertically until your cursor reachesx=200:y=320.Now rasterise your layer and rename your layer “Bead Channel”. Set your layer's Blend Mode to Colour Dodge and the Opacity to 60%.Using your magic wand, click on your bead channel to select it and go to Layer, Layer Style, Inner Shadow and enter the following settings:Blend Mode = Colour BurnOpacity = 75%Angle 135 degreesUse Global Light = checkedDistance = 5pxChoke = 10%Size = 5pxContour = Half roundAnti Alias = checkedClick on Bead Back, go to Select and load your saved selection, then click on your Bead channel layer again to make it active. Go to Select and Inverse and then press delete and deselect.Step 6 - Click on Bead Back, go to Select and load your saved selection, then click on your topmost layer and create a new layer. Rename it Glass.Go to Filter, Eye Candy Impact and Glass and apply the following settings:Width = 70.65Smoothness = 25.00Glass Colour = #acacacRefraction = 50Inner Shadow Opacity = 31%Drop Shadow Opacity = 30%Shadow Offset = 45.00Shadow Glow = 20.00Direction = 149Inclination = 24Highlight Brightness = 70Highlight Size = 75Reflection Map = NoneBevel profile = Factory profile – Button.Save your document, Merge all your layers (Merge visible). Go to Image and Trim and remove all the excess space around your bead then Save for Web as a PNG24 file.Here I have taken the bead that I made in CS2, placed it over a silver bar and then placed it alongside one of the same colour that I made in PSP9. I have placed them both over a material swatch and applied a drop shadow.There is a difference between the two beads in the colour brightness and density of the cutout. In the PSP 9 bead it is more vibrant. Please be a little forgiving of this as this is my first proper attempt at using Photoshop CS2 and because I am a novice with this programme I may have missed something here that those of you who have been working with Photoshop for ages will pick up on.Other than that, the bead looks pretty good to me.
