There are some new things to keep in mind for this section of the article. Rendered objects on layers in Photoshop appear in the same hierarchy as they appear in the layers palette. For instance, a tree rendered on a layer but appearing beneath a shrub layer in the palette will look like the shrub is floating above tree. All you have to do is click and drag the tree layer in the palette to be above the shrub layer for it to be seen over it.

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Setting up the Layers

Go to the arrow (palette menu) in the layers palette and select ?EUR??,,????'??New Layer.?EUR??,,????'?? Rename it according to the layers needed for the project, then select OK. The layer will be added to the list in the layer palette. Do this process until all the layers have been made. Don?EUR??,,????'???t worry about their order for now, they can always be rearranged later. Other layers may also be added later if you aren?EUR??,,????'???t sure what layers to create.

Selection Options and Rendering

There are several ways to select areas that will be rendered. This article will review the most widely used methods for selection; elliptical marquee, magnetic lasso and the magic wand.

Elliptical Marquee

The elliptical marquee is excellent for selecting circular objects like simple tree shapes. It will be used to select the large tree in the bottom left corner of the drawing. First, zoom into the area of the object using the zoom tool and click on the area to work on. The magnifying glass will have a plus sign in it. If you zoom too close hold down the ?EUR??,,????'??Alt?EUR??,,????'?? key to zoom back out. The magnifying glass will have a minus sign in it.

Make sure you are on the base layer. Select the elliptical marquee by selecting on the upper left icon of the tool bar and selecting elliptical marquee tool.

Click starting from one side of a circle and drag an ellipse across a tree symbol. Holding down the shift key while dragging will turn the ellipse into a circle. Holding down the space bar at the same time allows the circle to move so it is more aligned with the shape of the object. Stay inside the black line of the circle. If the selection isn?EUR??,,????'???t what you want, go to Select and then Deselect and try again. You can also click back in the history palette.

Change to the layer that the selected object will be rendered on by selecting that layer in the layer palette. In this sample, the large tree rendering will go in the layer named ?EUR??,,????'??Trees with Shadows.?EUR??,,????'??

Using the Paint Bucket and brush to render

Select the paint bucket tool. This will fill the entire selection area with a solid color.

To select a color, click on the foreground color tool.

Scroll up the color bar and then select in the color box a light green. It is a good idea to start light and then go darker with the brush.

Once the color is selected, choose ?EUR??,,????'??OK.?EUR??,,????'?? Select inside the elliptical marquee. The color fills in the space.

Now use the air brush to highlight the sunny side and darken the shadow side of the tree.

Select the airbrush tool.

Up by the paint brush options, select a large textured brush like the ?EUR??,,????'??Spatter 58?EUR??,,????'?? pixels brush which is labeled 59.

Change the foreground color to a lighter color. This sample will use a light yellow to highlight the sunny side of the tree.

Now go back and select a darker foreground color to shade the shadow side of the tree. Select as many colors as you want to blend the two sides together.

Change the opacity of this layer so that items below it can be seen as well.

Once the rendering is finished, add a shadow to the layer by going to ?EUR??,,????'??Window?EUR??,,????'?? and ?EUR??,,????'??Show Layer Styles,?EUR??,,????'?? then select drop shadow from the selection menu.

Select different shadows to see their effects and find one that works for the drawing.

Once the tree and shadow are done, go to ?EUR??,,????'??Select?EUR??,,????'?? then ?EUR??,,????'??Deselect.?EUR??,,????'??

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