How to Photoshop a Luxury Invitation
You can use Photoshop to create a luxury invitation for any important event. A dark background with copper or gold text does a lot to add a touch of luxury to a document. Add some texture to the font to create a gold-leaf effect. Minimalism is also important in adding a sense of luxury to an invitation.Try not to overload the invitation with too much text, or photographs. Space often creates more of an impact than words or pictures.
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Open Photoshop, and create a new document. If you are printing the invitation, size it with the same dimensions of your card stock, or the specifications supplied by a professional printer.
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Click "New Fill Layer" under the Layer menu. Select "Gradient," and click "OK." Click the "Gradient" menu, and select "Black, White." Select a "Linear" style at an angle of "90" degrees, and a scale of "100" percent, then click "OK."
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Select the Horizontal Type Tool from the Toolbox, and draw a text box in the center of the document. Select a font style and size you feel is most appropriate for the title of your invitation.
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Type the title of the invitation on the first line. Keep the title short and formal, such as "Invitation." Put the details of the event three or four spaces down. In most cases, the fewer words you use, the more formal the invitation will appear. Make sure you include the important details describing what the event is, who it is for, and where and when it is being held.
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Select one font for all the text, using center alignment, and white color. ChopinScript has an elegant look. Engravers MT, is a bold sans serif font that can add a sense of luxury to an invitation. The title can be the same size as the description of the event, or a size two to three times larger.
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Click the "Background Color" in the Toolbox, and set it to black with the color picker. Click the "Foreground Color" and set it to white.
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Click the "Rasterisize" in the Layer menu, and click "Layer."
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Click the "Filter Menu," and select "Texture," then "Texturizer." Use a "Canvas" texture with a Scaling of "100," and a Relief of "4." Select "Top" in the Light menu, and click "OK."
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Select "Layer Style" in the Layer menu, and click "Gradient Overlay." Click the "Preview" check box, then click the "Gradient" menu to open the Gradient Editor. Select the Copper preset.
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Move the second Color Stop on the bottom all the way to the left. Move the next color stop to one quarter of the bar distance from the left. Click the OK button twice to close the Gradient windows.
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Click "Layer Style" in the Layer menu, and select "Outer Glow." Set the Opacity at "75" and the noise at "0." Select "Softer" from the Technique menu using a spread of "10" and a size of "5" px. In the Quality section type "50" in the Range field, and "0" in the Jitter field.
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Make any adjustments required for your invitation, then save the document. You can print it directly from Photoshop to a color printer. You can also save a copy as an image file for email by clicking "Save for Web & Devices."
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