PS+Backgrounds

=Backgrounds=

Solid color background, Pattern backgound, ‍Gradient background, ‍Style background



 * Background--foreground color
 * Open a new canvas. Make it 4 by 4
 * Select the paint bucket
 * Pour a color for the background. It will match the foreground color on your pallet.
 * Style tools
 * Open a new layer.
 * go to layer-duplicate layer and duplicate the background layer
 * check right side and be sure the duplicate background layer is selected
 * double click and rename it 'styles'
 * Select the paint bucket (under the gradient tool)
 * Select a style
 * Pour the 'style' with the paint bucket
 * change the style by selecting a new one
 * Go to 'Custom Shapes' (under the rectangle tool)
 * Add some to your background--any you like
 * Recolor them by selecting a style that goes with them
 * [[image:8thgradephotoshop/styles_in_PS_001.png]] ||
 * Add text and stylize it's colors also
 * paste a screen shot into your wiki. Heading 1 should be 'Styles'.
 * **More on Styles:**
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 * **Patterns**
 * Create a new layer. Name it 'Patterns'
 * Select the paint bucket
 * Select 'pattern' from the top tool bar
 * Select a pattern you like
 * Pour it onto your canvas
 * Add text to tell me about this
 * Add to your wiki
 * **Gradients**
 * Go to the layer icon and create a duplicate layer
 * [[image:8thgradephotoshop/how_to_ps_layers.png]] ||


 * Name it 'Gradient'
 * Pick your gradient tool as follows:
 * || [[image:8thgradephotoshop/ps_gradiant.png]] ||

Create first a new file: **File>New** (ctrl+n). Paint its background with the appropriate color, using the **Paint Bucket Tool**. Select now the **Polygonal Lasso Tool** to outline several rays and paint them in a lighter color: Erase the markings: **Select>Deselect** (ctrl+d) and choose next the **Elliptical Marquee Tool** to represent a half round marking which must be painted in a darker color, the same way you may see below: Take now the **Brush Tool** to represent the grass. First take a smaller size brush, then a bigger one to accentuate the edge of the half circle. Choose also for the background and for the foreground the same color we used when painting the half circle itself. Select now a prepared brush from the menu on the upper panel and insert the tree on our picture (the brush may be downloaded here: Shadow Brush) Select now the **Pen Tool** to introduce in our picture a rainbow. First try to outline on a new layer (**Layer>New – Layer**) the rainbow to be, colored in red and using the **Fill Path** for this operation. Then represent one more new layer and group it with the previous one: **Layer>Create Clipping Mask** (ctrl+g), just not to get outside the already drawn lines and insert the other colors of the rainbow. If you’ll get an unnecessary part of the basic layer, select the Make **Selection** command and mark out this part to erase it later, applying the **Delete** button on the keyboard. Combine now the layers containing the rainbow: **Layer>Merge Down** (ctrl+e) and minimize the **Opacity** of the new layer till **60%**. Take now a prepared brush again and introduce in out picture several standard vectorial ornaments (download the brushes on this address: Vector Brush) Choose now the **Line Tool** of **2px** and draw the thread falling from the sky. Take after that the **Custom Shape Tool** and insert several types of ornaments on these threads. Selecting the next prepared brush, it’s possible to insert the stars on the sky (download the brushes on the next address: Stars brush) Open in a new window the picture representing the sky: **File>Open** (ctrl+o). Mark it out with **Rectangular Marquee Tool** and make a copy of it: **Edit>Copy** (ctrl+c). Get back to the first file and insert it on a new layer: **Edit>Paste** (ctrl+v). We need to make several corrections on the sky’s size, applying the next options: **Edit>Free Transform** (ctrl+t). Decolorize the layer: **Image>Adjustments>Desaturate** (shift+ctrl+u). Change the layer’s type on **Overlay**: The wallpapers are finished! View full size