Creating an Open Book
Tutorial in Advanced, Designing, Drawing, Goodies, Web
This is a quick and easy way of creating an open book. It can be useful when it comes to many things, such as: writing texts, poems, phrases, placing pictures of friends or family, and much more.
Open a new document, 640×480px, and fill it in with #473e24.
Create a ((New Layer)).
Select ((Rectangular Marquee Tool)) and trace a rectangle as the one that appears below.
Fill it in with #764e2b.
Double click the layer to apply ((Layer Styles)).
((Drop Shadow)).
((Gradient Overlay)).
Accept the changes.
Create a ((New Layer)).
With ((Rectangular Marquee Tool)), draw the paper and fill it in with white.
Double click the layer to apply ((Layer Styles)).
((Drop Shadow)).
((Gradient Overlay)).
Accept the changes.
Duplicate the paper layer (Ctrl + J).
With ((Move Tool)), move the duplicated paper 4px towards the right.
Press Ctrl + T to activate ((Free Transform)) and with Alt + Shift, enlarge the paper from the center.
Zoom in the following image so that you see it in more detail.
Repeat the previous step (duplicate, move, transform) to apply 4 more papers.
Create a ((New Layer)).
With ((Rectangular Marquee Tool)) trace a selection as the one that appears below.
Fill it in with color #c9934c.
In the next 2 steps, use ((Dodge Tool)) and ((Burn Tool)). The values you need to use are in the following images, in the options bar, exactly.
Select ((Dodge Tool)) to apply some shine in the left superior side.
Then with ((Burn Tool)), darken the middle-bottom side.
Now with ((Burn Tool)), apply some shadows in the right side of the paper.
Double click the layer to go to ((Layer Styles)).
((Gradient Overlay)).
Accept the changes.
Select all the book layers and drag them into the ((Create a New Layer)) button, in order to duplicate them.
Select the duplicated layers and press Ctrl + E to unify them in an independent layer.
Finally go to ((Edit))-((Transform))-((Flip Horizontal)) and place them in the right side to complete the book.
