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Create Christmas Trees and Snowflakes in Photoshop
In this Photoshop tutorial we will crate a beautiful image with random Christmas trees and snowflakes from scratch.
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Create a new document.
I have created a document with dimensions 1024 x 768 pixels and white background.
Then select the Gradient Tool (G).
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Click on Set foreground color and in a field # type 5eb3e9 value and click OK.
After that click on Set background color and in a field # type 274fc5 value and click OK (see my pic).
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Then set the same gradient settings as I did (see my pic).
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Now drag your mouse from bottom to top to create a gradient (see my pic).
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We will place a Christmas tree now, which you can download here.
Then click above on File and select Place...
In a new window select the downloaded Christmas tree and click Place.
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Place a Christmas tree everywhere on the bottom (see my pic) and transform it to.
Places Christmas tree is a vector graphics so it will always look good and sharp.
After that confirm placement by pressing Enter key.
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Now we will duplicate Christmas tree many times.
Select Move Tool (V).
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Hold Alt (Option on MacOS) key and drag Christmas tree to another location (see my pic).
Alt (Option on MacOS) key will duplicate every layer selected and moved.
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Then click above on Edit and select Free Transform.
You layer will become transformable, so you can resize it, thicken it and everything you like.
I have resized it and confirm changes by pressing the Enter key.
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Repeat last steps to duplicate and transform many Christmas trees (see my pic).
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After than select any duplicated (or original) Christmas tree layer.
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Click above on Layer, Layer Style and select Color Overlay.
Click on color square and type 7cb6e8 in # field.
Press OK twice to confirm the color.
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Select now any other duplicated (or again original) Christmas tree layer.
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And repeat the Color Overlay step by entering other color values.
I have used values as 7cb6e8, 1f82c6, d9eeff, 368dd4 and ddedfc for my Christmas trees.
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We will add snowflakes now.
Press B key to select Brush Tool.
After that click above on Click to open the Brush Preset picker ...
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..., click on more options little icon and select Preset Manager.
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I a preset manager window click Load...
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And choose snowflake brushes file you can download here and press Load.
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Drag this layer to the bottom and above the Background layer (see my pic).
This step is not necessary but I prefer snowflakes below the Christmas trees and not at front of them.
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Press D key and after that X key to set white main color.
Press B key to select Brush Tool and right click on document.
After that select custom snowflake and modify it's size too (see my pic).
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Click on document and create as many snowflakes as you want.
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Right click on document and now choose any other snowflake brush and it's size.
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Now create even more snowflakes and repeat last steps to make more different ones to generate a really good Christmas picture.
Hope you like it.
Leave your comments on forum and let me know if you have managed your own Christmas trees with snowflakes.
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