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Spiral Cd Label using Photoshop CS3:
This massive
tutorial aims to teach you how to create a
spiral cd title image you can print it out on a
cd label and affix it to a cd .You can apply
this tutorial using photoshop cs, cs2 and cs3.
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Step1
Create a new
project 800X 800 and fill it with black.
Press Ctrl+R to
show the rulers. If necessary,
 right-click
on the ruler and click on Pixels to display the
ruler measurements in
pixels. Click on the ruler and drag it toward the
inside twice to create a cross-shaped guideline in
the center of the work
window. The snap function will snap the guideline to
the exact center.
Choose the Rectangular
Marquee Tool from the toolbox and use it to select
exactly half of the image and fill it with white:
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Step 2:
Choose Filter >
Distort > Twirl from the
and set the Angle to 999. This creates a clockwise
spiral then Press Ctrl+F to Reapply the
filter.
Click on the Channels
Palette to open it and click on
the RGB channel at the top while holding down the
Ctrl key to create a selection frame in the shape of
the image. The selection frame that is created will
select only the white areas of the image, not the
black areas.
Then click go to the
path palette and then click on
the Make Work Path from Selection button at the
bottom to make a path in the shape of the selection
and then fill it with black to see the path
 
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Step3:
Choose the Direct Selection Tool from the
toolbox.
Click on the segment near the center of the
path. Press Del to erase the selection. Click
on the outside of the path to deselect the
selection.
Next, click on the part of the deleted line
that extends outside the path and press Del.
Click again on the outside of the path to deselect the selection.
The center of the path has now been made into a separate path.
You will now delete one of the two spiral
shapes. Click the
Direct Selection Tool on the spiral shape to be deleted while
holding down the Alt key. Then press Del. Click on the outside
of the path to deselect the selection. The spiral shape is
now complete.
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Step4:
Choose the Horizontal Type
Tool from the toolbox.
In the Character Palette, set
the font to Arial and the font
size to 12 pt. Click on the outside of the path,
and you will see a blinking cursor and start typing your text
Press Ctrl+T to apply the Free Transform
command
and drag out the handles on the text to
rotate it
Choose the Ellipse Tool from the toolbox.
Next, click on the Paths icon in the option bar at the top to
create a shape path.
Drag the
tool while holding down Shift+Alt to make a circ ular
path
that extends out from the center.
then Right click on the pathe and choose make
selection adjust the setting to 0 and press ok then fill the selection with any
color
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Step 5
double click on the circle layer to view the style
options
choose gradient overlay and choose the gradient
that you see in this image:
adjust the noise of the gradient to 60
 adjust
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Then Create a hole at the middle of the
circle
Now you should get a something like this
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Step:6
Select
the text layer from the Layers Palette and set the
Fill to 0% to
make the text transparent. Click on the Add a Layer
Style button
at the bottom of the palette and choose Drop Shadow
to
open the Layer Style Panel.
Choose Drop Shadow from the list on the left side
of the Layer Style panel. Set the Opacity to 75%,
the Distance to 3 px, the Spread to 14%, and the
Size to 5px. Now choose Inner Shadow from the list
and set the Blend Mode to Linear Dodge, the color to
white, the Opacity to 81%, the Distance to 7 px, the
Choke to 0%, and the Size to 13 px. Click on OK to
apply the style. You have now completed making the
transparent 3D text layer style.
GO to the circle layer and apply
the following stroke settings:
Then apply the following bevel and emboss
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This is the final result
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Mark
Galer is a seniorr lecturer in Digital
Imaging i photography at the Royal Melbourne Institute
of University on the BA Photography program ,, and has
published six titlezs for the International publisher
(Focal Press) - - ranging from location
photography through to Photoshop skills and . Digital
Imaging . He has a good commercial background in editoria; photography and is currently contributor
to magazines in the Australia USA, and the UK. He
is an Adobe beta tester for Photoshop and Photoshop
Elements, he is considered as one of the leading
lecturer in Photoshop training and has been appointed as
an Ambassador for Photoshop training in Australia.
