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| We will use a lot of tubes for this tutorial. You can either follow the tutorial & make your own or you can download the ones I've already made & skip right to the Putting it Together page. The only things I won't go into detail with is how to make the bows or baubles, as I have already written tutorials on making them. If you do want to download the tubes I used to make my wreaths, go to my Christmas Tubes Page. |
1.  The first step of the wreath is to make
the pine needles. Create a new image, 600x600 pixels, with a transparent
background. Go to File/Preferences/General Program Preferences....
Click on the tab that says Rulers and Units. Make both the Horizontal
and Vertical spacing 100. Ok the settings, then go to View
and click on Grid. A grid will now appear on your canvas - this will
make it easier to make the tube. |
2. Change your foreground colour to a medium
green, I used#116611 for this tutorial. Select the Line Tool.
From Type choose Single Line, Style Stroked, Width
2, Antialias checked, Create as Vector and Close Path
not checked. On your canvas, draw a line in each of the grid squares. Start
with a vertical line in the first square, then draw a slightly skewed line
in the next in the next, & so on. It doesn't have to be precise, just a
rough rotation. |
3. Click on the Selection Tool. Press
CTRL+A to select the entire image. Click anywhere on the canvas to
select each of the needles individually. You could also use the Magic
Wand to the same effect, but I find this way makes a cleaner selection.
Next, go to Image/Effects/Inner Bevel... and apply the Angled
preset. Keep the selection. |
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4. Go to Image/Effects/Drop Shadow.... Make the Color Black, Opacity 100, Blur 6, Vertical and Horizontal both 1 & apply. |
5. Your Pine Needles tube is ready to be
exported. Go to File/Export/Picture Tube.... Use the settings shown
adjacent & give your tube a name. |
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We won't use this tube just yet, we'll get the rest of the decorations first. If you already have beads, bow and baubles to decorate your wreath with, go to Putting it Together. Otherwise, click on the link below to find out how to make some beads. |
