MP3 Player
With all the craze of mp3 players, you'd probably think it would be cool to actually make one with Photoshop. Well, you can- and it's pretty easy, too!
STEP 1
Open Photoshop, any size above 200px by 200px should be fine.
Make a new layer. Using the the custom shape tool, change your color to light gray and make the body of the mp3 player. You might decide you like a simple oval or even a rounded rectangle (like many standard mp3 players), but I decided to use a fish custom shape.
Next, take the dodge and burn tool to add a few shadows and highlights. It doesn't have to be much because you'll be using layer styles later.
STEP 2
To give the base some life, double click the layer and apply all the following layer styles.
With the new snazz factor, your mp3 player should look like this so far:
STEP 3
The next step will really make your base look more like a music player. Make a new layer and draw a circle with the custom shape tool in any color you want, then go to Filter- Noise- Add Noise. Make it only .7% click ok.
Next you'll be adding more layer styles. Double click the layer and apply the following styles:
With that, here's how the new music player looks:
STEP 4
Make a new layer, and use the text tool to type something in the screen (use a small text size). Change the blending mode to overlay. You can also pixel in some little volume bars.
STEP 5
Make another new layer. Change your color to light gray, and using the custom shape tool again, draw a few buttons for your music player. Mine are secretly shaped like bubbles for the fish. ;) Then apply our final layer styles:
And here's what it looks like:
STEP 6
Add a name for your little mp3 player with overlay settings, and you're good to go! (mine also had a warp text setting on it)
