Photoshop Creative Issue

Elements

StaGE 3

With your clock very nearly complete,

all that’s left to do is finish off the

project with adjustments, and turn it

into a real-life product for you to sell!

There are loads of great sites online

that can turn your artwork into

products, but one of the best things

about Redbubble is that it gives you a

percentage of the profits whenever

someone buys your design. Visit

http://www.redbubble.com for more

information and to set up an account.

Finish the clock

Adjust your work and turn it

into a product

Save for web

03

Hide the background layer in your project. Hit Cmd/Ctrl+Alt/

Opt+Shift+S and then choose PNG. Keep the image at high

quality and save it to your computer, as we want our image to be as

high resolution as possible to turn into a clock.

adjust the clock

01

Create a Levels adjustment and improve the colour and tone,

before adding a black-to-white gradient. Choose Radial, and

then set to Soft Light, 50% Opacity so it fades to the edge. Now add a

black-to-white gradient map, set it to Soft Light and then reduce to

30% Opacity.

Use Redbubble

04

Go to http://www.redbubble.com and sign up for a free account.

Head to your proile and upload a new image. Choose your

clock face, enable it as a clock, and then resize as necessary.

Reduce noise and sharpen

02

Merge everything into one layer by hitting Cmd/Ctrl+Alt/

Opt+Shift+E and go to Filter>Noise>Reduce Noise. Move

Strength to 10 and the other values to 0. Hit OK, merge everything into

another layer, then go to Filter>Other>High Pass. Set to 5px and also

set to Overlay to Sharpen.

Hit ‘5’ to reduce a

layer to 50%

Opacity

Shortcut

GET PAID

Every time someone

buys your design,

you will receive a

percentage of the

sale money.

HAND COLOUR

Choose between

white, black, red

or teal for the hand

colour: we went

with red to stand

out against the blue.

FRAME COLOUR

Choose between black,

white and bamboo

frames for whatever

looks best on your clock.