MP3 Player
With all the craze of mp3 players, you might like to make one with Photoshop. We decided to be original and make an mp3 player that looks like a fish!Final Image Preview
Steps
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.
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:
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:
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.
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:
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)
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