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Desktop Wallpaper

The layer’s parameters:
Fill 0% on the layers.
Blending Options>Drop Shadow

Create Professional Desktop Wallpaper in Photoshop CS

Blending Options>Outer Glow

Create Professional Desktop Wallpaper in Photoshop CS

Blending Options>Gradient Overlay

Create Professional Desktop Wallpaper in Photoshop CS

Gradient’s parameters:

Create Professional Desktop Wallpaper in Photoshop CS

Create Professional Desktop Wallpaper in Photoshop CS

Apply the upper described method to draw the next ray:

Create Professional Desktop Wallpaper in Photoshop CS

Create Professional Desktop Wallpaper in Photoshop CS

The layer’s parameters:
Fill 0% on the layers.
Blending Options>Drop Shadow

Create Professional Desktop Wallpaper in Photoshop CS

Blending Options>Outer Glow

Create Professional Desktop Wallpaper in Photoshop CS

Blending Options>Gradient Overlay

Create Professional Desktop Wallpaper in Photoshop CS

Gradient’s parameters:

Create Professional Desktop Wallpaper in Photoshop CS

Create Professional Desktop Wallpaper in Photoshop CS

Make two copies of the recently made layer and select again the Free Transform option to change the copies’ size and their placement.
The first copy:

Create Professional Desktop Wallpaper in Photoshop CS

Create Professional Desktop Wallpaper in Photoshop CS

The layer’s parameters:
Fill 0% on the layers.
Blending Options>Outer Glow

Create Professional Desktop Wallpaper in Photoshop CS

Blending Options>Gradient Overlay

Create Professional Desktop Wallpaper in Photoshop CS

Gradient’s parameters:

Create Professional Desktop Wallpaper in Photoshop CS

Create Professional Desktop Wallpaper in Photoshop CS

The second copy:

Create Professional Desktop Wallpaper in Photoshop CS

Create Professional Desktop Wallpaper in Photoshop CS

The layer’s parameters:
Fill 0% on the layers.
Blending Options>Outer Glow

Create Professional Desktop Wallpaper in Photoshop CS

Blending Options>Gradient Overlay

Create Professional Desktop Wallpaper in Photoshop CS

Gradient’s parameters:

Create Professional Desktop Wallpaper in Photoshop CS

Create Professional Desktop Wallpaper in Photoshop CS

Create a new layer and select the Brush Tool (B) of black color to dark out the picture’s top part.

Create Professional Desktop Wallpaper in Photoshop CS

Create Professional Desktop Wallpaper in Photoshop CS

Using the Ellipse Tool (U), continue by representing the primary layer of the Windows logotype.

Create Professional Desktop Wallpaper in Photoshop CS

Create Professional Desktop Wallpaper in Photoshop CS

The layer’s parameters:
Fill 0% on the layers.
Blending Options>Gradient Overlay

Create Professional Desktop Wallpaper in Photoshop CS

Gradient’s parameters:

Create Professional Desktop Wallpaper in Photoshop CS

Blending Options>Stroke

Create Professional Desktop Wallpaper in Photoshop CS

Gradient’s parameters:

Create Professional Desktop Wallpaper in Photoshop CS

Create Professional Desktop Wallpaper in Photoshop CS

Using the Pen Tool (P), try to draw one of those four elements, belonging to the logotype.

Create Professional Desktop Wallpaper in Photoshop CS

The layer’s parameters:
Fill 0% on the layers.
Blending Options>Outer Glow

Create Professional Desktop Wallpaper in Photoshop CS

Blending Options>Bevel and Emboss

Create Professional Desktop Wallpaper in Photoshop CS

Blending Options>Gradient Overlay

Create Professional Desktop Wallpaper in Photoshop CS

Gradient’s parameters:

Create Professional Desktop Wallpaper in Photoshop CS

Create Professional Desktop Wallpaper in Photoshop CS

Make three copies of the last made layer and choose Free Transform option to turn the copies over if necessary and place the copies the way it is demonstrated below.

Create Professional Desktop Wallpaper in Photoshop CS

The parameters for the orange element:
Blending Options-Outer Glow

Create Professional Desktop Wallpaper in Photoshop CS

Blending Options-Bevel and Emboss

Create Professional Desktop Wallpaper in Photoshop CS

Blending Options-Gradient Overlay

Create Professional Desktop Wallpaper in Photoshop CS

Gradient’s parameters:

Create Professional Desktop Wallpaper in Photoshop CS

The parameters for the red element:
Blending Options-Outer Glow

Create Professional Desktop Wallpaper in Photoshop CS

Blending Options-Bevel and Emboss

Create Professional Desktop Wallpaper in Photoshop CS

Blending Options-Gradient Overlay

Create Professional Desktop Wallpaper in Photoshop CS

Gradient’s parameters:

Create Professional Desktop Wallpaper in Photoshop CS

The parameters for the blue element:
Blending Options-Outer Glow

Create Professional Desktop Wallpaper in Photoshop CS

Blending Options-Bevel and Emboss

Create Professional Desktop Wallpaper in Photoshop CS

Blending Options-Gradient Overlay

Create Professional Desktop Wallpaper in Photoshop CS

Gradient’s parameters:

Create Professional Desktop Wallpaper in Photoshop CS

Create Professional Desktop Wallpaper in Photoshop CS

Select one more time the Ellipse Tool (U) to picture a flare on the logotype’s surface.

Create Professional Desktop Wallpaper in Photoshop CS

The layer’s parameters:
Fill 0% on the layers.
Blending Options>Gradient Overlay

Create Professional Desktop Wallpaper in Photoshop CS

Gradient’s parameters:

Create Professional Desktop Wallpaper in Photoshop CS

Create Professional Desktop Wallpaper in Photoshop CS

Finished!

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