Posted on June 1st, 2007
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In this tutorial you will learn how to create Metallica’s Greatest Hits CD Cover. A preview of the final result can be seen below:
Step 1:
First start off by creating a document with the size of 600 x 540. Fill it in with black(#000000).
Step 2:
It is now time to add the Metallica logo to make this cd cover really stick out. I went on google and searched for the Metallica logo. I found a nice purple on which can be found here http://agramoso.free.fr/metallica.jpg
Download that logo, and open it in photoshop and drag it into your black background. You may need to resize it. You should now have something like below:
Step 3:
Now I figured we should add an image of the group members to the background to get this show started. I again went to google and found this http://www.uvector.com/images/rep/1451/uvslayer.jpg
Download it and crop it again, and place it on top of the logo layer, and set its Opacity to about 17-25%, your image should now look similar to this:
Step 4:
Create a New layer, and go to Filter > Render > Clouds, and then do the same but go to Difference Clouds. After that is done hit Ctrl + L, and move the bars until you see a lightning start to form, and hit OK.Set the New Layer’s mode to ‘Opacity‘, and you should have something similar to the image below:
Step 5:
Create a New Layer once again, and this time fill it with Black(#000000). Go to Filter > Render > Lens Flare, and follow the settings Below:
Step 6:
Now pick out a cool font to write in “Greatest Hits” and also “Vol.1“. The font I picked is called “Marvelouz DSG“, and can be found here http://www.fontstock.net/2724/Marvelouz-DSG.html
Type in the text you want, and follow the settings below:
For the “Vol.1” text, do not apply a Stroke. You are now finished! You should have a result similar to this:
Nice tut…
Posted by Dan on June 3rd, 2007 at 1:23 pm
Nice Tutorial.The design looks good.
Posted by james on June 3rd, 2007 at 2:30 pm
Nice tutorial man
Posted by Jay on June 3rd, 2007 at 4:01 pm
thanks for the tutorial, it’s good!
Posted by Charles on June 3rd, 2007 at 5:57 pm
Nice and small tutorial.
Posted by Rodney on June 4th, 2007 at 3:25 am
Good tutorial.
Posted by flippys on June 4th, 2007 at 7:41 am
You have to delete those clouds from the heads so you get a good focal point,
Posted by Daemon on June 13th, 2007 at 2:32 pm
that does not look good at all polish your skills bro
Posted by joelamarca on August 16th, 2007 at 1:10 pm
your an idiot… thats Slayer not Metallica. get your fatcs right.
Posted by Michael on August 17th, 2007 at 4:57 am
lol. slayer. isnt. metallica. u. my.friend.is.retarded.i.dont.spoke.so.good.jesus.you.noob.how.dare.you.screw.up
metallica.with.slayer.douche.
Posted by Matthew on August 20th, 2007 at 10:21 pm
but when we download the background, logo & fonts so there is no thing hard to make that cd cover !!!
Posted by metalken on August 28th, 2007 at 8:16 pm
Nice Tutorial.The design looks good.
Posted by Willis on March 5th, 2008 at 4:34 am
why would you put slayer in it?
Posted by ryan on March 22nd, 2008 at 10:16 am