Final Preview

Below is the final preview of background that we will design in this tutorial.

Step 1:

Create a new document. You can take any size as per your requirement. Here I am using 500 X 500 px
Fill the layer with color #200000

Step 2:

Set foreground color to #200000 and background color to #be2b2b


Now apply clouds filter from Filter >> Render>> Clouds
So, it looks like this now:

Step 3:

Now we will apply Mosiac filter.
Navigate to Filter >> Pixelate >> Mosiac
and apply with following settings:
Cell Size: 22

Now it looks like this:

Step 4:

Now we will sharpen the image using Filter >> Sharpen >> Sharpen
Press CRTL + F 5-6 times more to re-apply the sharpen effect.
So, it looks like this now:

Step 5:

Now go to Filter >> Blur >> Motion Blur
and apply with Angle: 90 Degree, Distance: 999
Our background image is ready. Below is the final image.

Step 1:
Create a new document sized 700 x 250px with transparent background.
Create a new layer named “white background”, Select “Rectangle Tool” from the toolbox:

Draw a rectangle shape using white color. Leave around 20px margin from both left and right side.

Step 2:
Create a new layer named “grey background”, Select “Rectangle Tool” from the toolbox and draw a rectangle shape as shown below. Use color #ebeaea and leave 8 px margin from left side and about 35 px margin from right side.

Apply following layer style to “Grey Background” layer.

You should get something like this now:

Step 3:
Create a new layer named “left border” just below “Grey background” layer. Select “Pen tool” and draw a triangular path as shown in below image. Fill the triangle path with #000000 color and after filling, delete the path.

Step 4:
Create a new layer named “shadow” just below “Grey background”. Again using “pen tool” draw a black triangle shape.

Apply “Gaussian Blur” (Filter >> Blur >> Gaussian Blur) with radius 10 px.
You should get something like this now:

Now free transform the shape (CTRL + T) and stretch it both the side to get like this.

Step 5:
Create a new layer named “ Dark grey background”. Select “Rectangle Tool” from the toolbox and draw a shape as shown below. Use #727272 color and leave about 7px margin from top, bottom and right side.

Apply following layer style to “Dark grey background” layer.

You should get something like this now:

Step 6:
Hold “CTRL” key and click on “Dark Grey background” layer. This will load the grey background shape.

Now select “rectangular marquee tool” and remove about 200 px selection from left side.

On rest selected area, paste a image related to your post. Its similar like post thumbnail image. I am just using a random image.

Step 7:
Select “text tool” and type post information like “Post date”, “category”, “Author” in left of thumbnail image.

And again type post title using following text style.
Font style: verdana
Font weight: Bold
Size: 24
color: #2f2f2f

This is final image of the post title.

I hope you like the tutorial. below you can download PSD file.

Step 1:
Create a new document, roughly about 500 px by 500 pixels, with white or transparent background. Fill the layer with #3c3c3c color.

Step 2:
Right click first layer and select “duplicate layer”. This will create a duplicate layer of first layer. Set foreground color to #b7b7b7.

Now Select “Ellipse Tool” with “Fill pixels”.

and draw a large circular shape.

change layer mode to “Multiply” and set opacity to 30%. Now it looks like this.

Right click the layer and apply following layer style.

That’s it, you’ve done it. This is how background looks now:

I hope you like the tutorial.

Step 1:

Create a new document. File >> New
Use below settings while creating new document.

Step 2:
Set Following background and foreground color.
Foreground -> #5e6808
Background -> #96a702

Step 3:
Select “Gradient tool” with following settings.

With this gradient setting, press and hold shift key and drag mouse from bottom to top. After applying gradient, the image will look like this:

Step 4:
Now go to Filter >> Distort >> Wave..
Apply following settings.

Step 5:
Now Press “CTRL + F” to re-apply this wave filter again. Keep pressing “CTRL + F” until you get your desired effect. I have pressed “CTRL + F” 30 times.

Here is the Final image:

Download Final PSD file

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