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Tutorial Time: Sugar Text Effect In Photoshop

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Sweet Sugar Text Effect in PhotoshopSweet and simple!
I love creative Photoshop tutorials like this one. It’s very well explained, easy to follow, and even if you don’t have a lot of time don’t hesitate to recreate this sugary text effect on your favorite font.

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You can find it here:
Sweet Sugar Text Effect in Photoshop

Tutorial Time: How To Make Cupcake Toppers In Photoshop

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Well, who doesn’t love cupcakes. And with a holiday season fast approaching, I bet that a lot of you want to decorate your cupcakes with some occasional festive toppers. So, I will show you the easiest way I know to make them in Photoshop. And, at the end of this tutorial you can download the .psd file with a cupcake topper made here.

The most common size of a cupcake topper is 2 inches, so I will be making them that size. When you print them out, you can use scissors or paper punch to cut them out.

I will be making two versions of them in Photoshop: square ones and circle ones. Square ones are great if you want to make a decorative edge with a scallop punch, for instance.

Let’s begin!
(For a larger view click on the images.)

1. Create a new document and make it 2“ x 2“, 300 ppi (600 x 600 px).

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2. With a black color as your Foreground Color go to Ellipse Tool. Make a new layer and name it Outside Circle. With a Shift pressed make a circle 600 px in diameter (so it fits perfectly in that document). If you want to make sure it’s centered, go to Select > All, and than with the Outside Circle layer and a Move Tool selected go to Align vertical centers and Align horizontal centers.

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3. Duplicate the Outside Circle layer by right clicking on it and choosing Duplicate Layer and name it Inside Circle. Make that inside circle white so you can see it better. Just click twice on the layer thumbnail and the Color Picker will appear.

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4. With the Inside Circle layer selected (it’s blue) go to Edit > Free Transform Path (Ctrl+T) and with holding Shift and Alt Keys reduce the size of that inside circle to your liking. I made mine 75% of the original size.

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5. And now the fun starts! Double click on the Outside Circle layer to open Layer Style window. Go to Pattern Overlay and choose a pattern for your border. I chose my Christmas Colors Patterns because I wanted to make holiday cupcake toppers. You can download them for free HERE.
If you are not sure how to install and use Photoshop patterns you can check out my quick tutorial: How To Install Patterns In Photoshop
You can use any pattern you wish or you can fill it with solid color.

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If you have a pattern like this (stripes) and you can not see the whole outer line (for cutting the topper out), I recommend making a light inside stroke. Again double click on the Outside Circle layer to open Layer Style window. Go to Stroke, position Inside. I made mine green, size 3 px, but you can make it thicker.

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6. For the Inside Circle, I left it white. You can add an inside border on the Inside Circle the same way you did it on the Outside Circle for more crisp look.

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7. Now we are going to fill inside circle with a greeting or an image. I used free font called What we do all day to write Merry Christmas, and my very own Christmas Doodles Brushes for the embellishment.

To do that, first make a new layer above the Inside Circle layer and name it Greeting. Pick Horizontal Type Tool, select the font you like, and write your greeting in the center of your topper.

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8. Now we can add some Christmas doodles! Make a new layer on top and name it Doodles. Load Christmas Doodles Brushes or any other Photoshop brush set you want to use.
Loading brushes: Select Brush Tool and click on that arrow beside the brush size. Then click on the little „flower“ on the right side of that new window and choose Load Brushes… Then choose your brush inside the brush menu and… have fun!

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Here is your 2 inches wide Christmas cupcake topper!

9. If you want your topper square, first turn off the Outside Circle layer (click on the eye beside the layer to turn off its visibility). With the Background layer selected go to Layer > New Fill Layer > Pattern. Choose your Pattern Fill and that’s it!

Don’t forget to play around and have fun with different designs!

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10. Now you just need to save them as .jpg or .png, insert them into Word document and print them out! Be careful with the margins because most of home printers don’t print all the way to the edge.

To download cupcake toppers (.jpg) made in this tutorial click on the image and choose the download icon ↓

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To download psd file click on the download button below.

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Tutorial Time: How To Create A Custom Wood Texture In Photoshop

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Custom Wood Texture in Adobe PhotoshopI’ve been looking for a way to make my own wood texture from scratch in Photoshop, and this is one of the best tutorials as far as I’ve seen. It’s pretty simple, well explained and suitable even for a beginner.

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You can find it here:
Custom Wood Texture in Adobe Photoshop

Tutorial Time: Ghosting An Image

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Ghosting An Image With Photoshop CS6If you are starting to feel the Halloween madness, you might be interested in this ghostly good Photoshop tutorial :) It’s extremely easy to follow, even if you’re a beginner in Photoshop. I love the way each step is explained in detail, so you can really see what is going on behind the values you modify.

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Ghosting An Image With Photoshop CS6

Tutorial Time: How To Create A Watercolor Look In Photoshop

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Photoshop fashion design tutorial: How to create a watercolor look This Photoshop tutorial is so much fun and very easy to understand! I could stay up all night just mixing colors and feeling like a kid, but with no mess ;) Don’t miss on learning some very cool techniques on how to make simple but pretty realistic watercolor artwork.

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You can find it here:
Photoshop fashion design tutorial: How to create a watercolor look | lynda.com

Tutorial Time: Inked Typography In Photoshop

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Quickly and Easily Recreate a Popular Inked Typographical StyleSuper simple and very creative way to get that inked look on ordinary and clean fonts. I bet any type of classic serif fonts would be good for this tutorial – I used Cinzel and it turned out great.

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Quickly and Easily Recreate a Popular Inked Typographical Style

Tutorial Time: How to Batch Resize in Photoshop

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How to Batch Resize in PhotoshopIf you need to resize a larger number of photos, especially in a short amount of time, this tutorial is going to be a life savior. I’m speaking from personal experience :)

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How to Batch Resize in Photoshop

Tutorial Time: How To Merge Photoshop Shapes Into One

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Merge Photoshop Shapes Into OneIf you wanna play around with Photoshop shapes, this quick tutorial will probably come in handy.

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Merge Photoshop Shapes into One Combined Shape Easily

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