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1.  Create a new image, 400x400 pixels,
with a transparent background. Select whatever colour you want your bow to
be as a foreground colour. Choose the Shape tool, make the Shape
Type a circle, Style filled, Line Width 1 and tick both
the Create as Vector and Antialias boxes. Draw a circle in
the centre of your canvas. |
2. Hold down the CTRL button and
click on the top right hand square. A four pointed arrow with a little
image of a "roof-shaped" rectangle should appear. Drag the
square down until about halfway between it's starting position & the
middle square. Let go of the CTRL button. |
| 3. Click
on the middle square on the right hand side. A two pointed arrow with a
little image of a rectangle should appear. Drag the square across about a
third of the way across the rectangle. |
 
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4. Press CTRL+C to copy the shape.
Go to your Layer Palette - you should see Layer 1 as a normal
raster layer and Layer 2 as a vector layer. Hide layer 2 and select layer
1. |
5. Now on layer 1, press CTRL+E to
paste the shape as a new selection. Press SHIFT+CTRL+F to de-float
the selection. Keep the shape selected. Create 3 new layers - name layer 3
"Shadow", layer 4 "Detail and layer 5 "Cutout".
Highlight the layer "Cutout". Go to Image/Effects/Cutout...
- make the Shadow Color Black, Opacity 100, Blur 60, Vertical
4 and Horizontal 8. Apply the cutout. |
6. Go to the layer named
"Detail". Uses the "Eyedropper" tool, select a darker
shade of your original colour to be your new foreground colour. Select the
Line tool. Make Type Freehand Line, Style Stroked, Width
2, Antialias checked and the remaining 2 boxes unchecked. On the
second tab of the Tool Options palette, make sure that Curve
Tracking is set to 1 and Cap is on the second option. Draw 2
lines on your shape as shown in the adjacent image. |
7. Select the Selection tool and
click anywhere within the image to select the two lines you have just
drawn. Press SHIFT+CTRL+F to defloat the selection. Highlight the
layer named "Shadow" and go to Image/Effects/Drop Shadow....
Make the Color black, Opacity 100, Blur 20, Vertical
and Horizontal both 2. Apply the drop shadow. Press CTRL+D
to de-select the shadow. Go to Layers/Merge/Merge Visible to merge
your four Raster layers. |
8. Press CTRL+C to copy your image,
CTRL+L to paste as a new layer and CTRL+M to mirror it.
Maneuver the second shape into position opposite your first. |
9. Create three new layers. Name layer 4
"Shadow", Layer 5 "Middle" and layer 6
"Cutout". Highlight the layer named "Middle". Choose
the Selection tool. Make Selection Type Rounded Rectangle, Feather
0 and Antialias checked. Draw a rectangular selection in the centre
of your two shapes. Flood Fill the selection with your original
colour. |
10. Highlight the layer named
"Cutout". Go to Image/Effects/Cutout... and apply the
following settings - Shadow Color Black, Opacity 80, Blur
20, Vertical and Horizontal both 0. Apply the cutout.
Highlight the layer named "Shadow". Go to Selections/Modify/Contract...
and contract the selection by one pixel. Finally, go to Image/Effects/Drop
Shadow.... Make the Color black, Opacity 80, Blur
20, Vertical and Horizontal both 0. Apply the drop Shadow.
Press CTRL+D to de-select the selection. |
11. Go to Layers/Merge/Merge Visible
to merge all your layers. Create two new layers and drag them below
the merged layer. Name the one at the very bottom "ribbon" and
the one in the middle "Cutout". Highlight the one named
"Ribbon".
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12. Choose the Line Tool. Keep the Style
on Freehand, but change the width to 20. On the second tab, change Cap
to the first option. On your image, draw 2 free ribbons falling down from
the centre of the bow. Next, choose the Freehand Selection (or
Lasso) tool and make a small triangular selection in the bottom of one of
the ribbons. Delete the selection. Repeat on the second ribbon. |
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Press CTRL+A to select the whole image, then click anywhere within
the canvas to select the ribbons. Press SHIFT+CTRL+F to de-float
the selection. Highlight the layer named "Cutout" and apply the
same cutout that you used for the middle of the ribbon. Press CTRL+D
to de-select the ribbons. |
| Your Bow is
complete! |
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