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How to Create a Colorful Photo Manipulation in Photoshop

Make a copy of this layer, placing it as below:

How to Create a Colorful Photo Manipulation in Photoshop CS4
Then take the Ellipse Tool (U) and represent a circle:

How to Create a Colorful Photo Manipulation in Photoshop CS4
Select Add a layer style from bottom part of the Layers panel and click to Drop Shadow:

How to Create a Colorful Photo Manipulation in Photoshop CS4
Set also the Gradient Overlay

How to Create a Colorful Photo Manipulation in Photoshop CS4
Click in the color bar to open the Gradient Editor and set the color stops as shown. Click OK to close the Gradient Editor dialog box.

How to Create a Colorful Photo Manipulation in Photoshop CS4
We’ve got a voluminous circle:

How to Create a Colorful Photo Manipulation in Photoshop CS4
Make another one:

How to Create a Colorful Photo Manipulation in Photoshop CS4
… applying the next Layer Style > Drop Shadow for it:

How to Create a Colorful Photo Manipulation in Photoshop CS4
Set the Gradient Overlay

How to Create a Colorful Photo Manipulation in Photoshop CS4
Click in the color bar to open the Gradient Editor and set the color stops as shown. Click OK to close the Gradient Editor dialog box.

How to Create a Colorful Photo Manipulation in Photoshop CS4
Click on Stroke options

How to Create a Colorful Photo Manipulation in Photoshop CS4
We’ve got the next circle:

How to Create a Colorful Photo Manipulation in Photoshop CS4
Let’s represent the circles of different sizes and placement. The color’s is #F3E6B2. We need to change in some cases the Fill to 50%.

How to Create a Colorful Photo Manipulation in Photoshop CS4
Let’s represent one more rectangle, as it is shown below:

How to Create a Colorful Photo Manipulation in Photoshop CS4
Set Fill to 0% on the layer:

How to Create a Colorful Photo Manipulation in Photoshop CS4
Select Add a layer style from bottom part of the Layers panel and click on Gradient Overlay. Set Foreground color to white and select from Gradient Editor the Foreground to Transparent gradient.

How to Create a Colorful Photo Manipulation in Photoshop CS4
We’ve got the next line. Create a new layer, select both with the line’s layer, pressing Ctrl+left mouse click. Then Merge Down pressing Ctrl+E.

How to Create a Colorful Photo Manipulation in Photoshop CS4
The new layer should be turned over using Free Transform (Ctrl+T), as it is indicated below:

How to Create a Colorful Photo Manipulation in Photoshop CS4
Make a copy of it and place it the same way shown below, moving it with the Move Tool (V).

How to Create a Colorful Photo Manipulation in Photoshop CS4
Put together the layers by Merge Down (Ctrl+E) and make a copy of it. The copy should be made smaller and placed the same way demonstrated below:

How to Create a Colorful Photo Manipulation in Photoshop CS4
Next represent a new layer, choosing the Butterfly brush from Special Effect Brushes set:

How to Create a Colorful Photo Manipulation in Photoshop CS4
We need to customize our brush in Brushes panel (F5), select the Brush Tip Shape. Click and drag any of the sliders to change the size, the roundness and brush angle as show. The Preview window displays the changed brushstroke.

How to Create a Colorful Photo Manipulation in Photoshop CS4
Go to Shape Dynamics:

How to Create a Colorful Photo Manipulation in Photoshop CS4
Set also the Scattering settings:

How to Create a Colorful Photo Manipulation in Photoshop CS4
Other Dynamics settings:

How to Create a Colorful Photo Manipulation in Photoshop CS4
The Foreground and Background colors on the tools’ panel should be the same with those indicated below:

How to Create a Colorful Photo Manipulation in Photoshop CS4
Let’s make a line of butterflies:

How to Create a Colorful Photo Manipulation in Photoshop CS4
Changing the brush’s sizes with the buttons [ and ], represent one more line:

How to Create a Colorful Photo Manipulation in Photoshop CS4
… and one more:

How to Create a Colorful Photo Manipulation in Photoshop CS4
The final result!

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