Complete Guide to Creating a Blog Website Layout

Complete Guide to Creating a Blog Website Layout
Complete Guide to Creating a Blog Website Layout
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Now go to Filter > Render > Clouds. I used this filter several times (CTRL+F) until I get the effect I needed but here I will show just a steps of one random example.

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Go to Select > Color range and choose some bright color from our clouds as a sample color.

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Hit OK and then DELETE on your keyboard so you will get rid of all highlights from clouds. Then just hit CTRL+I to invert the colors.

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Then with Eraser tool (soft brush) erase clouds near the boundaries and leave just one cloud near the center of image.

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Now with the eraser tool (hard brush this time, pretty small) make a holes in brighten parts of cloud.

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And all you have to do now is just changing the layer's blending mode from normal to color dodge. You can also go to Image > Adjust > Color balance and add some blue/cyan to pop up the clouds (which are our simple nebulas now).

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Here's my final result. I player with opacity (10-20%) and color balance a bit. I've made it really soft.

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Also I've added purple smudges here and there with soft brush. Almost invisible.

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Step 8 - Flashlights

Firstly I want to make a header more purple. I used this color #523157. With hard brush (low opacity, like 20-30% and different sizes) doodle around on the header.

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Then go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur and use pretty high radius like 100px so everything will be smooth.

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Now create a custom brush (hard brush with 1-5px diameter) like this below and go to Edit > Define brush preset.

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Choose the brush tool and in active brush set you can find your newly created brush- select it.

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Open up the brush panel and use the settings as below. Then paint around the header.

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Try to get something like this

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Then CTRL+Click on the layer's thumbnail, so you will get the selection. Go to the Select > Modify > Contract and contract by 1px. Hit OK, go to Select > Inverse and then hit DELETE on your keyboard so you should end up with something like this.

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And here is how it looks on the header:

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I've added two hovering lights on top of the header.

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How to create them? Just pick a polygonal lasso tool and make a selection like this below and fill it with gradient (color - transparency). I used #876887.

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2 comments on “Complete Guide to Creating a Blog Website Layout”

  1. Dzięki za tutka. Muszę przyznać że fajnie wygląda ale przy 8 latach doświadczenia wszystko można zrobić :)

    BTW:

    Czemu mnie nie dziwi że w komentarzach pojawia się flame ? ;d

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