Here you will be taught to create those
tech lines I used in a few of my layouts.
1)
Open a new file, 600 x 500. Make the background
color anything but white.
2)
Make a new layer. And make a thin rectangle.
For every box your make you must make it a
new layer.
3)
Select the Polygon Lasso Tool
4)
Cut up the box in a cool patter. Make sure
you hold down the SHIFT key. This will make
all your angles 45 Degrees and will prevent
jaggy edges. Here what I have now.
5)
You need to make at least 4 of these types
of shapes, but the more the better. Make
sure there all different, either in height
or length. Heres a few more I made.
Remember to keep them on different layers.
6)
Now you need to position these
shapes. Heres mine after I positioned them.
7)
Now I will duplicate a few pieces, rotate,
flip and recut them so that it appears that
theres alot more unique pieces. Changes the
size of pieces also helps. My images now looks
like this.
8)
Now merge all the shape layers
togethers (not including the background)
Go to EDIT > TRANSFORM > SCALE and set
the scale to 25% of the original size.
9)
Duplicate this layer a few times and position
them so it looks good. You might need to recut
some parts. Here what I have.
10)
Ok, almost done. Select the
Line Tool and make about 8-10 lines around
your shapes. Heres what mine looks like with
the lines.
11)
Go to LAYER > RASTERIZE >
SHAPE. Do this for each line your made in
the above step. We need to do this so we can
erase some lines. One that is done, MERGE
all the line layers together. This will make
the next step easier.
12)
Select the ERASER and make the size about
35. Now erase all the ends of the lines so
they appear to be fading out. You can also
erase the lines in the middle to make it appear
as though some of the lines are pulsing. Heres
my final product.
13)
Now Merge all the
layers togethers, open up your background
image and copy and paste this onto it. Set
the opacity to about 66%. I used this technique
on the last version of my website.
