Making of Eze Wallpaper
May 5, 2007 | 0 comments
Tips about how I made the Eze wallpaper ( see wallpaper ).
![Eze - Making of - Step 1](/content_images/eyeson_images/Effects/VladStudio/tut13_EzeWallpaper/15-1.gif)
Let’s start with the background image. Fill the layer with solid color…
![Eze - Making of - Step 2](/content_images/eyeson_images/Effects/VladStudio/tut13_EzeWallpaper/15-2.gif)
… double click on layer to open its blending options, add gradient (overay) and a bit of inner glow (black, overlay).
![Eze - Making of - Step 3](/content_images/eyeson_images/Effects/VladStudio/tut13_EzeWallpaper/15-3.gif)
To make this background look like a wall, I took the real photo of a wall (taken by me some time ago), turned it to grayscale (Ctrl-Shift-D) and sharpened the wall texture by increasing image contrast.
![Eze - Making of - Step 4](/content_images/eyeson_images/Effects/VladStudio/tut13_EzeWallpaper/15-4.jpg)
then I pasted this image to our file and set its blend mode to soft light.
![Eze - Making of - Step 5](/content_images/eyeson_images/Effects/VladStudio/tut13_EzeWallpaper/15-5.jpg)
Next, we’ll need a picture in a frame. Let’s start with the frame itself. Create a new layer set, new layer inside it, and draw a dark-red rectangle.
![Eze - Making of - Step 6](http://designstacks.net/content_images/eyeson_images/Effects/VladStudio/tut13_EzeWallpaper/15-6.gif)
in menu, find select > modify > contract and contract selection by around 20 pixels.
![Eze - Making of - Step 7](http://designstacks.net/content_images/eyeson_images/Effects/VladStudio/tut13_EzeWallpaper/15-7.gif)
hit Del to remove selected image.
![Eze - Making of - Step 8](http://designstacks.net/content_images/eyeson_images/Effects/VladStudio/tut13_EzeWallpaper/15-8.gif)
Add the following layer effects:
Stroke (1pixel, outside, almost black), bevel (3-4 pixels, overlay mode), shadow (not too big). Tweak settings carefully, to make frame as realistic as possible.
Stroke (1pixel, outside, almost black), bevel (3-4 pixels, overlay mode), shadow (not too big). Tweak settings carefully, to make frame as realistic as possible.
![Eze - Making of - Step 9](http://designstacks.net/content_images/eyeson_images/Effects/VladStudio/tut13_EzeWallpaper/15-9.gif)
underneath this layer, create new layer, fill it with darker grey, and add black Inner glow effect.
![Eze - Making of - Step 10](http://designstacks.net/content_images/eyeson_images/Effects/VladStudio/tut13_EzeWallpaper/15-10.jpg)
Now simply duplicate this layer set several times and distribute the copies here and there. For each frame, hit Ctrl-T (transform) and rotate but very slightly (not more than 1 degree).
![Eze - Making of - Step 11](http://designstacks.net/content_images/eyeson_images/Effects/VladStudio/tut13_EzeWallpaper/15-11.jpg)
Our frames are empty – we need pictures inside them. My idea is to have one photo sliced into pieces. But before that, I need a single layer which would be “container” for this photo. Select all frames (to do so, click layers one by one holding Ctrl-Shift).
![Eze - Making of - Step 12](http://designstacks.net/content_images/eyeson_images/Effects/VladStudio/tut13_EzeWallpaper/15-12.jpg)
go to menu Select – Modify – Contract, and contract by around 40 pixels.
![Eze - Making of - Step 13](http://designstacks.net/content_images/eyeson_images/Effects/VladStudio/tut13_EzeWallpaper/15-13.jpg)
Create new layer and fill with solid color (doesn’t matter which).
![Eze - Making of - Step 14](http://designstacks.net/content_images/eyeson_images/Effects/VladStudio/tut13_EzeWallpaper/15-14.jpg)
Paste the photo that you’d like to put inside the frames…
![Eze - Making of - Step 15](http://designstacks.net/content_images/eyeson_images/Effects/VladStudio/tut13_EzeWallpaper/15-15.jpg)
…and then simply hit Ctrl-G to group this layer with previous. Voila!
Eze wallpaper ( see wallpaper ).
Author: Vlad Gerasimov
URL: http://www.vladstudio.com
URL: http://www.vladstudio.com
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