Wedding Invitations and Photoshop Brushes

Photoshop Brushes in Action: Wedding Invitations

May 22, 2008 | by darijan | Image Gallery, Tutorials

Guys, just couldn’t help it. Woke up a bit earlier today and just had to put this wedding invitation design idea on the “paper” :)

Wedding invitation

If you like it, here is a layered .psd (Photoshop CS3 – Download available after subscription) file which is, at the same time, a tutorial explaining how I got that engraved effect on the paper. Download will be available subscription free for next 5 days (as usually).

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Add brush to a layer above paper background
Emboss it (In this sample Height: 2, Amount: 26%)
Change Layer blending mode to Luminosity
Edit -> Transform -> Flip Horizontal
Ctrl+Click on Layer with brush to create a selectio
Select -> Modify -> Contract (1 or 2 pixels) -> Delete (this will allow paper texture show up on the engraved area)
VOILA! That’s it!

If you’re worried on how to create this paper texture – don’t! It’s included in the Photoshop file (above) and I will make a tutorial on this too. Soon.

If you wonder where did I get this beautiful brush, it’s from our Photoshop Brushes – Wedding Ultimate Pack.

Have fun creating!

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8 Comments

bsilvia
August 22, 2009 at 2:11 am

Dear Stephanie, just as I said in my reply you need to press CTRL.
Stephanie
August 21, 2009 at 11:08 pm

I don’t use a MAC, so what is the command for a PC???

Thanks for the video :)
Steph
bsilvia
August 21, 2009 at 7:04 am

Hi Steph!
I made this little video for you, so you can see exactly how it’s done.
Just make sure to hold Ctrl (on Aplle Cmd) while clicking on a layer with a shape.
Here is the video:
http://graphics-illustrations.com/videos/modify.mp4
Have fun!
Stephanie
August 20, 2009 at 6:38 pm

Hello :)

I have been trying to do this for my wedding invitation designs that I sell on Etsy…but I can’t figure out how to get “modify” to show up!! I use Photoshop CSC3…can you help me???

Thanks,
Steph
bsilvia
September 27, 2008 at 10:58 pm

Sorry Fred. I am not sure what exactly is the problem. Why don’t you send me the psd file and I will see what I can do. My email is under “About” section.
Fred
September 27, 2008 at 5:19 pm

Ok, i ran into a problem. I can recreate exactly what’s on this file from scratch, even the paper texture, which i ilike the watercolor paper better. But, if i try to make it bigger, in blue (less green than yours) it doesnt do it. It just looks darker. I made the emboss and the contract of the selection higher (since my canvas is bigger it needs more depth) I even try several copies of the layer with a progression of contract. Nothing works, it just makes it look like a watermark. Anyway i need help, what ami doing wrong?. And once again, thanks for what you do for us!
Fred
September 27, 2008 at 3:59 am

This is so cool, what are the chances… I’m designing my sister’s wedding invitation and searching in google for tribals i got to this page (don’t know how) Thank you so much, this page is way cool with lots of resources and info.
gus raya
May 22, 2008 at 6:32 pm

Thats really nice, except for the type. Justified is hard to read especially like that when on word is stretched to fill one line. People see the letters instead of the word.