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Create a Book

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1. Create a New Image 800 x 600 pixels

2. Click View > Actual Pixels (Alt+Ctrl+0) this will allow you to see your work space

3. Change the Background Color to #747474

4. Create a new layer ( Layer>New>layer) or Shift+Ctrl+N name it paper1

5. Click on image 1 and set the dimension to what I have below. With the Style fixed it will make setting the exact dimension easy.

image 2

6. Now click image 3 and change the color to # FFFFFF. Fill the rectangle with the color. It should look something like this

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Press Ctrl+D to deselect

7.  We need to create the text book holes. Click on the Rectangular marquee Tool and select the elliptical marquee tool image 5 . Use the setting that I have below.

image 6   

8. Now with the elliptical marquee tool selected click on the selection image 7 to add to selection, now you will be able to add more that one selection. After this you need to create a circle using the tool. Make sure your still on the paper layer. Place the circle holes on the left hand side and create the holes.

9. Now we need to add another paper, Create a new layer,  (Layer>New>layer) or Shift+Ctrl+N name it paper2. Click back to the first layer u created. now hold Ctrl and click on the layer it should now be selected. Click on the Rectangular Marquee Tool  image 8 . And click on Subtract from selection. Create a rectangle and cut the selection so u can duplicate the holes

image 9

10. Click over to the new layer and fill the selection with #FFFFFF. Still on layer paper2 use the rectangular marquee tool image 10 to create a rectangle to make the rest of the paper by adding a selection to the holes u just created

image 11

11. Now to create the book rings, create a new layer and name it coil. Use the image 12 Rectangular Marquee tool to create a small rectangle to connect the holes.

image 13

Fill the coil will this color #FFFFFF. Right click on the Coil layer and click Blending Options

image 14

12. Here is the settings.

Blending Options:

image 15

Drop Shadow:

Counter: Gaussian

image 16

Inner Shadow:

Counter: Linear

image 17

Inner Glow:

Counter: Gaussian

image 18

Bevel and Emboss:

Counter: wow Chrome

Download: chrome

image 19

Contour:

Counter: wow Sharp Lighting

Download: sharp

image 20

Satin:

Counter: custom

Download: custom

image 21

Color Overlay:      

image 22

Stroke:  

image 23

When you are finished you can click new style or just click ok.

13. Now u have to duplicate the coil layer. Right click on the layer can click Duplicate. Use the key board arrows to move the newly duplicated layer into the hole.

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Do this until u fill all the holes.

14. That's it for the "hard" stuff. If you want to create a paper to add to you book. Go back to the layer name paper, hold Ctrl and click on the layer. with the layer still selected, create a new layer.  Use the Rectangular marquee Tool and cut about couple inches off the edge of the selection so it looks like the paper is in the book and u can fill image 25 it with #5798c7. you can use what ever color you like.

15. That's it your finished, Hope it came out to what you wanted.



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