Let's start by creating a New Document
CTRL+R to show rulers
Grab 4 guides to the 4 edges
Increase Canvas by 0.25 inch in both Width and Height
The area outside the guides is the Blead Area "This area will be cropped in the flyer printing process"
Hold ALT+SHIFT to resize with a fixed ratio around center
Add Levels to darken the background
Add a new layer below Levels layer
Grab a Brush tool with low Opacity and Flow
Paint to add some darkness to the other edges
CTRL+ALT+Z to Undo
CTRL+H to hide guides
Change to Multiply mode and reduce Opacity
Select first layer then hold SHIFT and select last layer to select all layers between them
Open the Ribbons image
NOTE: If you have Illustrator you can open the ribbons .ai file and copy the ribbon you want from Illustrator and paste it in Photoshop.
Use Magic Eraser Tool to remove Background
Keep Tolerance high a bit
Select the ribbon with any selection tool then Press CTRL+J to take it to a new layer
Drag, Hold, Drop
Take this part with CTRL+J
CTRL+T to free transform
Use Eraser Tool to remove the unneeded parts
Decrease Size and increase Hardness
Merge Layers
Select then Ctrl+J
Add the restaurant name
Font: Archive, Size: 35 pt
Double-click to open Layer Style
Add Stroke
Right-Click this little arrow and choose Create Layer to separate the stroke to a new layer
Now we have a text layer and a stroke layer below it
Hold CTRL and click to make a selection from the text layer
Select the stroke layer and grab the Eraser Tool
CTRL+D to remove selection
Select the Move Tool then with the arrow keys start moving the stroke like this
That's it
Font: Atlantic Bentley, size: 21pt
Add another text layer "Presents"
Font: Nexa Bold, Size: 7Pt
Add another text "Free Delivery" or whatever you want
CTRL+A to select the text then set the leading to auto
Type the plate name. In my case it's called "Spanish Paella"
Warp Text: Flag
Increase the ribbon size
Add Color Overlay: white to the whole group
Since the plate is circular, I'll use the Elliptical Marquee Tool to select it
From Center of the plate create a circle
Hold ALT+SHIFT to make the circle goes from its center with a fixed ratio
From Select> Transform Selection
Adjust the selection to the plate edge
Hit ENTER
Drag, Hold, Drop
With the same technique select the other 2 plates
Adjust each plate brightness using a Levels adjustment layer
Grab 12 icons and drop them in Photoshop
Press ENTER multiple times
Select first layer then hold SHIFT and select last layer to select all layers between them
Group them
Add a white color overlay to the group
Check Auto-Select then distribute icons around the main plate
Let's speed things up a bit
Drag "Icons" group under "Plates" group
CTRL+X then CTRL+V to take what you've selected to a new layer
CTRL+X and CTRL+V to take what's selected to a new layer
Grab 2 guides to adjust fork and knife sizes
Select the arrow layer
Press CTRL+J then CTRL+T to duplicate a new arrow layer to the other plate then Flip Horizontally
Again CTRL+J, CRTL+T, Flip Horizontally
Select first layer then hold SHIFT and select last layer to select all layers between them
Make a selection using the same previous technique as seen
or use the Pen Tool if you want
Select the "Background" layer then press CTRL+J to take what is selected to a new layer
I'll use the Pen Tool here for making a selection
CTRL+J to take what is selected to a new layer
I'll use the Quick Selection tool for this tomato slice
CTRL+J to take what is selected to a new layer
Duplicate and put both at the left edge
Let's add a simple footer text to the bottom
This footer consists of a 3 text layers with a 3 black rectangles
Very Easy!, Do it on your own.
I've used Bebas Neue Font here
Let's add some Adjustment Layers
You can change all text and shapes blending mode to Dissolve and decrease Opacity a little bit to give you a chalky effect as seen
Great!