Published on 01/23/2007

Create Valentine Day Background in Photoshop CS

Valentine Day Background
Designing background of heartshape forms for valentine day.

Valentine Day Background - part 1

Create a new file that would have 217x450px, 300 dpi, then take the indicated tool

and create the background for the picture to be.

Create Valentine Day Background in Photoshop CS

Fill 0 % on the layers.
Blending Options-Gradient Overlay

Create Valentine Day Background in Photoshop CS

Gradient?s parameters:

Create Valentine Day Background in Photoshop CS

Take now this instrument

and represent an ellipse of white color.

Create Valentine Day Background in Photoshop CS

Copy the new made layer and make use of Free Transform option to increase the copy and place it the right way, indicated in the picture below.

Create Valentine Day Background in Photoshop CS

Valentine Day Background - part 2

Take the previous instrument to draw one more ellipse.

Create Valentine Day Background in Photoshop CS

Blending Options-Gradient Overlay

Create Valentine Day Background in Photoshop CS

Gradient?s parameters:

Create Valentine Day Background in Photoshop CS

Using the same instrument applied before, it?s possible to draw two more ellipses of black color.

Create Valentine Day Background in Photoshop CS

Applying the usual tool

, create a circle colored in F7E7E8.

Create Valentine Day Background in Photoshop CS

on the layers.

Valentine Day Background - part 3

Take the last instrument to represent several more ellipses and circles colored with this color?s code ? F7C9CC.

Create Valentine Day Background in Photoshop CS

Now we should use the same instrument

and create several circles and ellipses colored in white.

Create Valentine Day Background in Photoshop CS

Apply now a different instrument, this one:

and represent a spiral figure.

Create Valentine Day Background in Photoshop CS

The Opacity on the layers should be of 50%.
Blending Options-Gradient Overlay

Create Valentine Day Background in Photoshop CS

Valentine Day Background - part 4

Gradient?s parameters:

Create Valentine Day Background in Photoshop CS

Take the same instrument and draw a wavy stripe colored with 998587.

Create Valentine Day Background in Photoshop CS

Take the next instrument

and draw another wavy stripe colored with a different color now ? 837076.

Create Valentine Day Background in Photoshop CS

The same instrument and the next wavy stripe.

Create Valentine Day Background in Photoshop CS

Valentine Day Background - part 5

Blending Options-Gradient Overlay

Create Valentine Day Background in Photoshop CS

Gradient?s parameters:

Create Valentine Day Background in Photoshop CS

Select the usual tool now

for representing another stripe of wavy shape, colored in F9E7E3.

Create Valentine Day Background in Photoshop CS

The next instrument

will help us to choose from the table below an appropriate clich? that will be inserted later in our picture. Choose that one accentuated with red color.

Create Valentine Day Background in Photoshop CS

Represent now a heart figure colored in white.

Create Valentine Day Background in Photoshop CS

Valentine Day Background - part 6

Choosing the same instrument and the same clich? (the heart), represent one more figure ? the heart.

Create Valentine Day Background in Photoshop CS

Blending Options-Outer Glow

Create Valentine Day Background in Photoshop CS

Blending Options-Gradient Overlay

Create Valentine Day Background in Photoshop CS

Gradient?s parameters:

Create Valentine Day Background in Photoshop CS

Copy the new made layer and then apply Free Transform option to make it smaller a little, turn it around and place it exactly the way it is shown in the picture below.

Create Valentine Day Background in Photoshop CS

Valentine Day Background - part 7

Select the last instrument and the same clich? to draw another heart figure.

Create Valentine Day Background in Photoshop CS

Blending Options-Outer Glow

Create Valentine Day Background in Photoshop CS

Blending Options-Gradient Overlay

Create Valentine Day Background in Photoshop CS

Gradient?s parameters:

Create Valentine Day Background in Photoshop CS

Copy this new made layer two times and select again Free Transform option to make it smaller, turn it around and place it the same way you may see in the following picture.

Create Valentine Day Background in Photoshop CS

Valentine Day Background - part 8

Represent the same way another heart figure.

Create Valentine Day Background in Photoshop CS

Blending Options-Outer Glow

Create Valentine Day Background in Photoshop CS

Blending Options-Gradient Overlay

Create Valentine Day Background in Photoshop CS

Gradient?s parameters:

Create Valentine Day Background in Photoshop CS

Copy the last made layer and make use one more time of Free Transform option to turn it around, minimize it a little and place it the way it is demonstrated in the next picture.

Create Valentine Day Background in Photoshop CS

Valentine Day Background - part 9

Take after that a brush with blurred edges and white color to draw on each of the represented hearts a flare on their left sides.

Create Valentine Day Background in Photoshop CS

Make a click now on the mouse?s right button on the first gradient layer to choose the option Create Layer. Erase now the layer having curved figures on it and keep only the gradient layer.

Create Valentine Day Background in Photoshop CS

Choosing this layer, select in the upper menu the next combination: Filter/Render/Lens Flare?
and insert the parameters from below.

Create Valentine Day Background in Photoshop CS

This is the final result!