Creating Metal Texture

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Creating a metal texture
Make a new document, 1000×1000 pixels, white background.

Go to Filter > Noise > Add Noise and give a 56% noise, Gaussian monochromatic.

Now go to Filter > Blur > Motion blur and apply a motion bur with these values: angle: 0, distance 100 pixels.

Now take the rectangular marquee tool and make a rectangular selection. Now right click on your selection and choose �Layer via cut�. Notice that a new layer will be created above your original layer. Now delete the big metal layer and replace it with a white one.


Now double click on the newly created layer to enter the layer options. Now let�s create this style with these settings I show you:



Now you’re done:

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Change Eye Color

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Changing the eye color

Open the image you want to modify. This is mine:

Now zoom to around 6-700% to see the eye extremely large in order to make an accurate selection. Take the pen tool and make the eye shape like in my example. It doesn�t have to be perfect. Now right click and choose �Make selection�. In the dialog box that will appear, choose
a feather radius of 2-3 pixels (depends on the resolution of your image).

With the selection made, take the rectangle selection tool right click again on the selection and choose �Layer via coopy�. You�ll notice a new layer being created.

Now select this layer you created and hit CTRL+U to bring up the Hue/Saturation menu. Enter these values: Hue: 202, Saturation: 54, Lightness: 0 and check the �Colorize� option.

Here is the result:

Make the same for the other eye. You�re done:

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Creating A Business Card

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Creating a business card

First of all, what you should know is that the standard measures for a business card are these: Width: 3.75 inches and 2.25 inches Height. Be careful not to forget to put a 300DPI resolution, the minimum DPI for printing purpose. So let’s create a document with these specifications.

Now go to Image > Mode > CMYK Color (this is the color mode that is used for printing.

Now let’s create guidelines: make the first guidelines to 0.125 inches from the margins. The outermost lines are called cut/trim lines. The cut lines show where your design will be cut away from the much larger sheet of paper it was printed on. This ensures color all the way to the very edge of your cards. This method is called full bleed. The innermost lines are called the safety lines. Anything outside these lines run the risk of being cut off. Although the cutting machines are very accurate, staying inside of this area ensures that important text/graphics won’t
be chopped off. It also helps make your card more readable. Keep all your non-background text, logos, pictures, etc. inside of these lines. These lines should be 0.250 inches from the margins.

Now you are ready to begin designing your business card. It’s up to you to decide what you want the card to look like. Start experimenting and using the different tools to get the look you want. With unlimited amounts of colors and tools to choose from, anything is possible.

Now let�s add an element to give the business card a little contrasting colors. With the selection tool, I made a selection on a new layer and filled it with a blue color.