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This tutorial will teach you how to create a photorealistic widescreen LC D HDTV from scratch. The LC D HDTV that we will be making is modeled after Samsung's LC D
HDTVs.
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Step 1
C reate a blank canvas (with white background) 9 inches wide by 7 inches high at 72 dpi.
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Step 2
Put a horizontal guide at 20 pixels from the top and a vertical guide at 4.5 inches (the vertical center of the canvas). (View > New Guide)
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Step 3
Make sure you have snap to guides and snap to document bounds turned on.
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Step 4
C reate a new layer on top of the background layer and name it frame.
Set your foreground color to black (#000000).
C lick on the Rounded Rectangle Tool and set its radius to 8 px. Also, click on the Geometry Options dropdown menu, choose Fixed Size and key in 630 px for
the width (W) and 390 px for the height (H).
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Step 5
With the frame layer active, click and hold the mouse button on the canvas and move the pointer until you can see the entire shape inside the boundaries of your
canvas. Release the mouse button to create the shape. (If you click and release the mouse button with some parts of your rounded rectangle going off the edges of
the canvas, the shape will not be filled/rendered in its entirety.)
Step 6
Move the rounded rectangle until its top edge snaps to the top guide and its center snaps to the vertical guide.
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Step 7
With the frame layer still active, drag a horizontal guide and let it snap to the center of the black rounded rectangle and another to the bottom. Also, drag vertical
guides and let them snap to the rounded rectangles left and right edges.
In addition to those guides, put a horizontal guide at 430 pixels down from the top of the canvas. (View > New Guide)
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Step 8
Now, we are going to make the lower edge of the rounded rectangle bulge down a bit. There are numerous ways to accomplish this.
For C S2 and C S3 users, you can do Edit > Transform > Warp
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Step 9
Align the mouse pointer to the vertical guide (at the center of the canvas) very near the bottom edge of the rounded rectangle and click and drag until it touches the
horizontal guide below.
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Step 10
For all others, you can use the Elliptical Marquee Tool.
Make an elliptical selection similar to the one shown below. Please note that the elliptical selection is exactly as wide as the rounded rectangle. It should also be tall
enough that its horizontal center is situated slightly above the bottom of the rounded rectangle with the bottom of the selection touching the guide below the bottom
edge of the rounded rectangle.
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Step 11
So as not to leave any void spaces when you fill the selection, create a new layer on top of the frame layer and fill the selection with black on that layer. Deselect
afterwards.
To keep things clean, go back to the frame layer. Using the Eraser Tool, erase the parts of the lower corners of the rounded rectangle extending beyond and below
the boundaries of the ellipse you have just created (that is if there are any).
Note: Theres a very slight difference between the before and after screens above, but if youd take a really close look, Im sure youll be able to see the difference.
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Step 12
Afterwards, merge that layer down with the frame layer
Whichever method you chose to use, you should have a result like this.
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Step 13
Load the selection of the frame layer by pressing the C TRL key and clicking on the frame layer (for C S users, you must click on the thumbnail of the frame layer
in the layers palette).
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Step 14
C ontract the selection by 3 pixels (Select > Modify > C ontract) and...
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Step 15
...feather it by 1 pixel (Select > Modify > Feather).
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Step 16
C reate a new layer on top of the frame layer and name it frame highlight.
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Step 17
Set your foreground color to #adacaf and your background color to #151517.
Step 18
With the Gradient Tool set to Radial Gradient (going from foreground color to background color), click and drag the gradient starting from the upper left corner of
the selection to the center of the black rounded rectangle (this would be the intersection point of the vertical center guide and the horizontal guide at the center of the
rounded rectangle).
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Step 19
You should have something like this:
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Step 20
With the selection still active, use a 25 px soft brush (set to 100% flow) and paint a straight line (of #adacaf) down the right edge of the selection starting from just
below the top right corner and ending just above the bottom right corner of the selection. (Tip: Align the center of your brush with the edge of the selection and hold
down the Shift key as you click and drag your brush down or up, this will keep your line straight. DO NOT let the your brush/paint reach the corners of the selection
as this will not result to a good effect).
Deselect afterwards.
You should now have something like this:
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Step 21
C reate a new layer on top of the frame highlight layer and name it screen.
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Step 22
Set the foreground color to #141416.
C lick on the Rectangle Tool. C lick on the Geometry Options dropdown menu, choose Fixed Size and key in 560 px for the width (W) and 315 px for the height
(H).
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Step 23
With the screen layer active, click and hold the mouse button on the canvas and move the pointer until you can see the entire shape inside the boundaries of your
canvas. Release the mouse button to create the shape.
Move your newly created rectangle until it snaps to the center of the black rounded rectangle.
Step 24
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Load the selection of the screen layer. (C trl+click on the screen layer in the layers palette)
C ontract the selection by 2 pixels. (Select > Modify > C ontract)
Step 25
C reate a new layer on top of the screen layer and name it screen highlight.
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Step 26
C lick on the Gradient Tool and make a custom gradient using the following colors:
#a6a6a8 at 0% location
#202022 at 50% location
#35363a at 100% location
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Step 27
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With the screen highlight layer active, drag the gradient starting from the top left corner of the selection and ending at its lower right corner.
Deselect when done.
Step 28
At this point you should have something like this:
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Step 29
Now, we will add a couple of highlights to the dark outline of the screen.
Set your foreground color to white (#FFFFFF).
C lick on the screen layer to activate it and load its selection again.
Using a soft round brush (about 50 px big) with its Flow set to 10%, slowly paint in highlights to the upper right and lower left portions of the selection. C areful not to
overdo it.
Deselect when done.
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(Please refer to the screenshot below as your guide to what you aim to achieve at this point.)
Step 30
Using the Rectangular Marquee Tool, create a rectangular selection large enough to cover the lower portion of the frame starting from approximately the midpoint
between the screen and the original bottom edge of the rounded rectangle.
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Step 31
Make sure that the frame layer is the active layer, press C trl+J to copy that portion of the frame onto a new layer.
Move that layer below the frame layer and rename it lower arch.
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Step 32
Put a horizontal guide at 445 pixels down from the top of the canvas (View > New Guide).
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Step 33
With the lower arch layer the active layer, press C trl+T (free transform) and pull down the bottom-center handle until it snaps to the horizontal guide below it and
apply the transformation.
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Step 34
Load the selection of the lower arch layer. Remove the unwanted portion of the selection by pressing down the C trl+Alt keys and clicking on the frame layer in the
layers palette. You should now have a selection like this:
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Step 35
C ontract the selection by 3 pixels (Select > Modify > C ontract) and feather it by 1 pixel (Select > Modify > feather).
Set the foreground color to #cbcccd and the background color to white (#FFFFFF).
C reate a new layer on top of the lower arch layer and name it lower arch highlight.
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Step 36
With the Gradient Tool set to Radial Dradient (going from foreground color to background color), drag the gradient starting from the center of the selection to either
the left or right tip.
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Step 37
You should now have something like this.
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Step 38
C reate a new layer between the frame highlight layer and the screen layer and name it frame dark.
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Step 39
Load the selection of the lower arch layer. Transform/scale down the selection (Select > Transform Selection) to 90% width and 25% height.
Step 40
Move the selection until its top edge snaps to the topmost guide (make sure that the center of the selection is aligned with the vertical center guide.
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Step 41
With the frame dark layer the active layer, fill the selection with black (#000000).
By now, you should have something like this:
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Step 42
C reate a new layer on top of all layers and name it power.
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Step 43
Using the Elliptical Marquee Tool, create a 25 pixel diameter circular selection. Move the selection to relatively the same place as shown below. Again, its center must
be aligned with the vertical center guide.
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Step 44
With the power layer the active layer, stroke the selection with 2 px white (Edit > Stroke), set the Location to Inside.
Deselect when done.
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Step 45
Duplicate the power layer and scale down the duplicate to 20% (Edit > Free Transform and key in 20% for the width and height in the free transform options bar
on top of the screen.)
Step 46
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Merge the power and power copy layers. At this point, you should have something like this.
Step 47
Now, create a new layer on top of the background layer and name it stand bottom.
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Step 48
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Step 49
Set the foreground color to #1d1d1f.
C lick on the Ellipse Tool. C lick on the Geometry Options dropdown menu, choose Fixed Size and key in 395 px for the width (W) and 40 px for the height (H).
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Step 50
With the stand bottom layer active, click on the canvas to create the ellipse.
Move your newly created ellipse and let its bottom edge snap to the bottommost guide. Also, make its center snap to/align with the vertical center guide.
Step 51
C reate a new layer on top of the stand bottom layer and name it stand top.
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Step 52
Put a horizontal guide at 480 px down from the top of the canvas.
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Step 53
Set the foreground color to #7d7e82.
C lick on the Ellipse Tool. C lick on the Geometry Options dropdown menu, choose Fixed Size and key in 380 px for the width (W) and 30 px for the height (H).
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Step 54
With the stand top layer active, click on the canvas to create the ellipse.
Move your newly created ellipse and let its bottom edge snap to the guide situated above the bottommost guide. Also, make its center snap to/align with the vertical
center guide.
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Step 55
Load the selection of the stand top layer. With the stand top layer the active layer, brush on a bit of a white highlight on the upper left portion of the ellipse with a
big soft brush with a low Flow setting as shown below (in this case I used a 50 px soft brush at 10% Flow and made 5 passes).
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Step 56
C reate a new layer on top of the stand top layer and name it stem.
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Step 57
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Step 58
C lick on the Rectangle Tool. C lick on the Geometry Options dropdown menu, choose Fixed Size and key in 30 px for the width and 20 px for the height.
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Step 59
Set the foreground color to black (#000000).
With the stem layer the active layer, click on the canvas to create the rectangle and move it until its bottom snaps to the latest guide youve created. Also, make its
center snap to the vertical center guide.
Step 60
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With the Elliptical Marquee Tool create an elliptical selection similar to the one shown below and position it also as shown.
Step 61
With the stem layer the active layer, press the Delete key on your keyboard. Do the same to the other side of the stem.
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Step 62
C reate a new layer on top of the stem layer and, with the Elliptical Marquee Tool, make a selection like the one shown below.
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Step 63
Fill this selection with black and merge the layer down with the stem layer.
This is what you should have by now:
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Step 64
Load the selection of the stem layer.
With the stem layer the active layer, paint in highlights to the stem like the ones shown below using the color #ceced0 and a 5px diameter soft brush.
Deselect when done.
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Step 65
Duplicate the stem layer and flip the duplicate (stem copy layer) vertically (Edit > Transform > Flip Vertical).
Position it as shown below.
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Step 66
Move the stem copy layer to below the original stem layer in the layers palette.
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Step 67
With the Elliptical Marquee Tool, make a selection like the one shown below. (Note that its center is aligned with the vertical center guide).
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Step 68
Eliminate the portion of the selection extending outside of the stand top layers ellipse by pressing C trl+Alt+Shift and clicking on the stand top layer.
Your selection should look like this:
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Step 69
C reate a new layer on top of the stem copy layer and fill the selection with black on that layer (you may merge this layer and the stem copy layer if you want).
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Step 70
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Step 71
C reate a new layer on top of the lower arch highlight layer and name it reflection.
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Step 72
Load the selections of the stem, stand top, and stand bottom layers by holding down C trl+Shift and clicking on the layers one by one. Your slection should look
like this:
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Step 73
With the reflection layer the active layer, fill the selection with black and deselect.
Afterwards, press C trl+t (free transform).
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Step 74
Transform and position the newly filled shape as shown. (Tip: The resulting height should be about one thirds of the original, the width is unchanged).
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Step 75
Load the selection of the lower arch highlight layer and invert it (Select > Inverse).
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Step 76
With the 'reflection' layer the active layer, press 'Delete' on your keyboard and deselect afterwards. You should now have something like this.
You're done!
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