Hi. This is Marty from Blue Lightning TV.
I'm going to show you how to create the look of chocolate candy popsicles.
I provided a Photoshop template, so you can follow along.
Its link is in my video's description or project files.
It includes 3 layers - a pattern background, a white lollypop stick and a high-contrast,
black and white graphic.
Feel free to use different backgrounds and graphics if you like.
Just make sure the document's resolution is 150 pixels per inch, otherwise, you'll have
to adjust the setting amounts in many of the layer styles and filters that we'll be using
in this video, so your results will look similar to mine.
If you are using a different graphic, make sure its high-contrast like this example.
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The first step is to make a selection of Mickey's face.
To do this, open your Magic Wand Tool and make sure "Contiguous" is not checked.
If it is, click it to de-activate it.
Click anywhere on his face.
This will make selections of all the black shapes.
Hide the graphic and click the New Layer icon to make a new layer.
Click the foreground color to open the Color Picker.
In the hexadecimal field, type in: 693C36. then, click OK or press Enter or Return.
We'll fill the selection with the new foreground color by pressing Alt or Option + Delete.
Deselect it by pressing Ctrl or Cmd + D. Open back the Magic Wand Tool and this time, check "Contiguous".
Click anywhere on the ear, which makes a selection of just of the outer shape of the face.
Press "Q" on your keyboard to show the selection as a Quick Mask.
Notice, as soon as we opened our quick mask tool, our foreground and background colors
became white and black respectively.
We'll delete the quick mask on the inside of the face by opening our Paint Bucket Tool
and clicking inside the face.
Press "Q" again to revert it back into a selection.
Go to Select, Modify and Expand.
Expand it by 14 pixels.
Then, click OK or press Enter or Return.
We'll create a new layer below the active layer by pressing Ctrl or Cmd as you click
the New Layer icon.
We'll fill the expanded selection with the foreground color by pressing Alt or Option + Delete.
Then, deselect it.
We'll convert it into a Smart Object, so we can modify it non-destructively.
To do this, click the icon at the upper, right and click "Convert to Smart Object.".
Temporarily hide the layer and make the top layer active.
Convert it into Smart Object, as well.
Double-click on an empty area of the layer to open its Layer Style window.
Click Bevel & Emboss . The Style is Inner Bevel, the Technique is Smooth and the Depth is 188%.
The Direction is Up, the Size is 30 pixels and soften it 4 pixels.
The Shading Angle is 130 degrees and the Altitude is 53 degrees.
Open the Gloss Contour list and click the gear icon.
Check Large or Small List and click "Rounded Steps".
The Highlight Mode is Linear Light, the color is white and the opacity is 100%.
The Shadow Mode is Linear Burn and its opacity is 5%.
Click the color box and type in: 582D27.
Then, click OK.
Click "Contour" and open the Contour list.
Click, "Shallow Slope - Valley".
The Range is 75%.
Click "Inner Glow" and the color box.
Pick black.
The Blend Mode is Multiply and the opacity is 50%.
The Technique is Softer, the Source is Edge, the Choke is 0 and the Size is 24 pixels.
The Contour is Linear and the Range is 50%.
Make the layer below it visible and active.
We'll copy the effects from the top layer by going to "Effects" and pressing and holding
Alt or Option as you drag a copy of it onto the layer below it.
Double-click Bevel & Emboss to open it in the Layer Style window.
Change the Depth to 1000 pixels.
Ctrl-click or Cmd-click the thumbnail of the top layer to make a selection of its shape.
Alt or Option-click the Layer Mask icon to make an inverted layer mask of the selection
next to the active layer.
Next, we'll create a recess into the chocolate candy just above the lollypop stick.
Double-click the solid brown shape to open its source image.
Click the Layer Mask icon to make a layer mask next to the layer.
Open your Brush Tool and Brush Picker.
Pick a soft, round brush.
Make the size 10 pixels, the Hardness: 0% and the opacity & flow 100%.
Brush a small curved indentation into the bottom of the shape.
Click the small "x" to close the file and when you see this message, click "Yes" to save the changes.
Next, we'll add a subtle sheen to the surface of the chocolate, but before we do, Shift-click
the top layer to make it active, as well, and convert the two layers into one Smart Object.
Go to Filter, Artistic and Plastic Wrap.
You could also click Filter Gallery and navigate to Plastic Wrap.
I'll make the Highlight Strength: 1, the Detail: 1 and the Smoothness: 15, but feel free to play with these amounts.
Next, we'll add a shadow to the top of the popsicle stick.
Drag up the popsicle stick layer just below the chocolate candy.
Ctrl-click or Cmd-click its thumbnail to make a selection of its shape.
We want the selection to be just the part that's visible below the chocolate.
To do this, go to the thumbnail of the chocolate and press Alt + Ctrl on Windows or Option
+ Cmd on a Mac to remove the shape of the chocolate from the selection.
Click the layer mask icon to make a layer mask of the selection next to it.
Make the popsicle stick active and with your Brush Tool still active, reduce its opacity to 10%.
Increase its size to approximately 35 pixels.
Brush overlapping arcs between the top of the popsicle stick and the chocolate.
Next, we'll brighten the chocolate.
Make the top layer active and click the Adjustment layer icon.
Click "Curves".
We want this adjustment layer to be clipped or restricted to affect just the chocolate layer.
To do this, click the Clipping Mask icon or go to Layer and "Create Clipping Mask".
Basically, the Curves adjustment allows us modify an image s tonal range by dragging
the diagonal line at specific points to new locations on the graph.
The upper-right area represents the highlights, the middle area represents the mid-tones,
and the lower-left area represents the shadows.
For this image, go to the center of the diagonal line and drag it slightly up and over to approximately here.
This essentially brightens its mid-tones.
Lastly, we'll add a drop shadow, which will connect our candy popsicle to the background,
but first, let's place our chocolate candy and the popsicle stick into a folder.
To do this, Shift-click the popsicle stick layer to make it active, as well, and press Ctrl or Cmd + G.
Double-click an empty area next to the folder to open the Layer Style window.
Click "Drop Shadow".
Make the Blend Mode: Linear Burn and the color: black.
Make the opacity: 25% and the Angle: 130 degrees.
Make the Distance: 40 pixels, the Spread: 0 and the Size: 15 pixels.
This is Marty from Blue Lightning TV.
Thanks for watching!