Anita

This is probably something that should be done in a 3D modelling proggie, but I'd like to try it out in Photoshop. You know those little pastel hearts with messages written on the front? You can see a photographic image at GettyOne.com - it's #ca19933, which I've also attached.

I'd like to try creating these hearts from scratch in Photoshop. Unfortunately, the only method I know of to create that much depth is by duping a background layer dozens of times over and flattening it. And that winds up looking very hard-edged - I don't get the soft rounded edges that I'd like.

Any ideas on how to achieve this in PS? By the way, this is my first post - this is a *great* place to hang out.

Chapps

jamesbond

Hi Chapps

There is a nifty little heart tutorial involving paths which I found very useful. That should help you achieve your basic shape. Then with a bit of tweaking and possibly a text overlay you could come close to what you need, I think. Here is the address of the tutorial:
http://www.myjanee.com/tuts/hearts/heart/heart1.htm

Cheers
Koula

jpfitness

welcome aboard Chapps...... would love to see how it pans out if you would like to post it when your done
sfm

Anita

Thanks, Koula -

Well, I have no problem in creating a heart, it's just the effect that eludes me. I'm going to keep hacking at it - but it needs some thought and loads of trial and error.

Chapps

jamesbond

Hmm...

Sorry that last post didn't help you Chapps. The effect you're talking about...do you mean blurring of the edges? If so, try selecting the area, feathering that selection and then softenning / blurring it using the Gaussian Blur filter. Does this help?

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Koula

Sanby

Welcome chapps...

Koula, I couldn't get at that link, there was an error.

I agree with koula about the gaussian blur. If it's the soft edges you are after then that's probably the way to go about it but if you are having trouble with creating the actual heart, then I am not exactly sur how it would be done.

may I ask why you are needing to do this? if it's because you need it in another picture or you want a personalized heart then you should be able to change the caption on the picture you have there, or extract that heart and put it where you want.

Just my 2 cents.

BTW Those things taste really nasty [righton]
sanby

ladyfinger007

Welcome!!!
Someone here might give you a better solution, but in the meantime, here is another tut at : http://www.designsbymark.com (no, it's another Mark...) have fun, and show us the results!

namvet

Chapps ... try this .. make heart (on layer, not on background) then duplicate layer make lower layer darker than top layer ... then with lower layer active go to edit>transform>scale (click on scale) ... look at top menu bar and find the box that changes the size (w: 100%) to the right of that box is a chain link click on it and then change the 100% to 102% the lower heart is now a tad bigger than the top one .... now with the lower (bigger heart) layer active and the move button depressed (top right hand icon in the tools menu) use your arrow keys (on keyboard) to move the lower heart into a 3d looking position ..... nearly there .... now it's not looking deep enough?, not a problem ... go to edit>transform>distort (and click) and then drag on the bottom centre square to 'create' more depth .... anyway that's the basics and with a few changes to the scale %age and depth with the distort thingo it should give you the effect you want .... any probs, just ask

namvet

Chapps ... oops, forgot ... below is my rough and ready copy using above method

wbiss

Welcome aboard Chapps!

To make the candy hearts that I made here:

1. create your desired heart shape on a separate layer
2. load selection & fill with desired colour on a new layer (leave selection on - do not deselect at any point until finished)
3. select/modify/feather (I feathered 3 pixels)
4. Ctrl/Shift+"I" (invert) and delete 3 times to "feather" the edges
5. Ctrl/Shift+"I" (invert back) and contract 4 pixels
6. fill selection with a shade lighter than you original heart and deselect.
What this does is create a definable edge.
Now you can multiple this "heart" in the normal way to create a 3D look.
Any questions, feel free to ask!