Realistic Photo Print

英文原文来自http://www.pstut.com/

Step 1:

First we create the thin border of the photograph.
Use the Rectangular Marquee Tool to draw a rectangle the shape of a photo.
Create a new layer and call it frame, fill the selection with a gradient going from white to beige (#F7F2E7) like in the picture bellow.

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首先，我们建立一个比较窄的图形。

使用矩形选区工具画出一个矩形的选框，新建一个叫做“frame”的图层，在选区内填充渐变色(FFF-F7F2E7)

Step 2:

Create a new layer and call it mask, with the selection still active shrink the selection by 4px (Alt + S + M + C).
Fill the selection with whatever color you like, we will use this layer as a layer mask for our real picture in the next step.

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新建一个图层，名称为“mask” .保持选区为激活状态，然后执行“选择-修改-收缩”，调节值为“4px”.(这里的数值为设定画框的宽度，可以根据自己的需求调节)

继续保持选区状态，将这个被缩小了的选区填充任意一个你喜欢的颜色，因为在下一步我们将会用这个图层作为照片的遮罩层。

Step 3:

Insert the image you want to use to create this realistic photo, make sure the image is in a layer above the mask layer.

Hold down the Alt
button and position the mouse between the mask layer and the picture
layer, the mouse pointer should look like the on in the picture to the
left, now left click.

Your image should now only be visible inside the rectangle you created in the mask layer.
Now you can resize and move the image as you like inside this rectangle.

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将你想要的照片置入到画板中(此时这张照片会作为一个图层存在)，然后将照片所在的这个图层放在mask图层之上。

将滑鼠移动到这2个图层的中间，按住ALT/OPTION键，这时鼠标会变成如图中的形状，然后用滑鼠左键点击。

解释下上一步操作：将被遮罩层和遮罩层按上下顺序排列，用ALT/OPTION+鼠标左键点击2个图层的中间位置。显示结果是以下面的遮罩层为边界的被遮罩层的图案。

Step 4:

Create a new layer and call it white gradient, set the foreground color
to white, select the gradient tool and open the gradient editor.
Select the gradient called "Foreground to Transparent" which should be in your presets list.
Click the left Opacity stop and set the opacity to 50% as demonstrated in the picture bellow.

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新建一个图层，你可以取个名字叫做“白色渐变”，然后设置前景色为“白色”，选择渐变工具，并且打开“渐变编辑器”

选择“渐变列表”中一个叫做“从前景到透明”的方块，调节左边的“透明选项”至50%

Step 5:

Draw a gradient from the bottom right corner towards the upper left corner as demonstrated in the image bellow.
Change the foreground color to black and create a new layer and call it
black gradient now create the same gradient but in the opposite corner.

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使用渐变工具从右下角到左上角拉出一条渐变，注意，使用是“线性选择”工具。

改变前景色为“黑色”，然后新建一个图层，可以取个名字叫做“黑色渐变”，然后再重复一次上述的渐变过程。

Step 6:

Select all layers except the bottom layer by ctrl clicking all the layers and press ctrl + T.
Now you can rotate the photo a bit by dragging the corner handles in any direction.

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选择除背景层之外的所有图层(CS2及以上版本适用，低于CS2版本的需要先将图层链接起来，确实很麻烦^^),使用自由变换工具(Ctrl/CMD+T),然后按你的想法旋转它吧～

Step 7:

Instead of applying a basic drop shadow we will create a more realistic shadow.
Start by creating a new layer called shadow and place the shadow layer bellow the frame layer, ctrl click the frame layer preview.
Right click the selection and select Make work path, set the tolerance to 10.

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接下来我们将会为这个照片添加一个真实的阴影。

新建一个图层，取名“shadow”。把这个层放到“frame”层的下面，然后按住ALT/CMD键再点击图层面板上的缩略图，调出选区。切换到“路径”面板下，鼠标右键/Cotorl+鼠标键点击这个图层，在弹出的菜单里面选择“从选区生成工作路径”，将选区变成路径。

Step 8:

Select the Path selection tool
and add an anchor point on the right and bottom side of the path, to
add an anchor point you simply right click the path and select Add anchor point.
Move the anchor points so that your path looks something like the one bellow.

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点选“路径选择工具”然后根据你想要照片阴影弯曲的形状调节自由发挥了(翻译得烦躁了^^)具体的路径操作的就不在这里重复了，相信看这个tour的朋友都应该知道～

Step 9:

Right click the path and select Make selection to transform it back to a selection.
Fill the selection with black and deselect by hitting ctrl + D, set the layer opacity to 50% and apply a gaussian blur (Filter > Blur > Gaussian blur) with about 6px in radius.

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将路径转化为选区，填充为黑色。(这个步骤再偷点懒，大家都应该知道该这么操作吧～)

执行“滤镜-模糊-高斯模糊”选项，“半径”可以根据需要自行设置，这里的设置是6px.
最后将此图层的透明度调低(例图里是设置为50%，我却喜欢用65%)

The result:

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终于翻译完了，真是累啊～～其实很简单的一个效果，老外做起tour来却这么麻烦，要是这个教程是我自己写，估计也就4步，其他的就去自由发挥吧。设计软件的教程最忌讳是数值教学，也就是把一些设置的数值都给你让你去做，其实，设计这个充满变数的职业，这些数值往往把人给限制了。

发了点牢骚。这里还是感谢原作者......！......我居然忘记这个的原作者了，稍等稍等，我去查下，稍后来补。

谢谢观看。