How to Make Ribbons in Photoshop

If you are doing and decorating for a party or other occasion and need to make cards and flyers, Photoshop can be a big help. It can help you produce professional-looking printed materials that still have the personal touch that makes them unique to your family, business or group. One thing you can easily do in Photoshop is create eye-catching ribbons to decorate your flyers and birthday cards with.

Things You'll Need

• Photoshop

Instructions

1. Open a new document in Photoshop. In the dialog box that pops up, make the new document whatever size you want your overall document (flyer, card) to be. Click “OK.” Make the “Foreground” color whatever color you want the ribbon to be.

2. Go to the “Tool” bar and select the “Custom Shape” tool. Then go to the top and go through the available shapes to get to the “ribbon.” Select this, and draw it on the canvas. We will be using this as a basis for our ribbon.

3. Go to the bottom of the “Layers” panel and click on the “Blending Options." A dialog box will open.

4. Click on the “Bevel and Emboss” tab. Go to the “Size” and change it to 32. Now go to “Style” and change it to “Emboss.”

Resources

• Photoshop