Dimensions II: Book-Ish provides a tour through two of Photoshop’s most creative pair of tools: the Pen tool and Gradient Adjustments. When used together, you can build almost any kind of dimensional object you can think of! In this class, we’ll pair them together to design an open book with folded, curved pages perfect for a diary-inspired layout.
We’ll explore the following techniques:
- Use the Pen Tool to design a custom shaped, contoured book
- Craft an isolated, puckered dimensional shadow
- Apply a combination of competing gradients to help the contoured book appear realistic
- Blend a background photo using a Hard Light blend mode
- Stamp and distress text
Important Notes
- Runtime: 38 minutes
- Recorded using: Adobe Photoshop® CC
- Recommended Photoshop® software: Adobe Photoshop® CS6 and versions above including CC (Creative Cloud)
- Recommended Elements® software: Class Not Recommended for PSE Users
- Required Kit: Rearview by Allison Pennington