Video Tut #2 – Quickly Create a Post-It Note in Photoshop

posted in Photoshop Tutorials

Create a post-it note in photoshop

There are a a few ways that you can achieve this in Photoshop, but this tutorial will simply go through my personal process of how to create a post-it note pretty quickly. I tried not to use too many shortcut keys when doing this just so those with less Photoshop experience could follow what was going on.

However, here are some of the shortcut keys used and what they do: (MAC controls in grey)

CTRL/CMD + N = create new document

CTRL/CMD + T = free transform (then right click to select "Warp")

Press 5 and 0 on Number Key = drops opacity of selected layer to 50%

ALT/OPTION + Click + Move = duplicate the layer

Would you like some more Photoshop shortcuts? Check this out

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Difficulty: Easy

The quality of the video is a little on the scratchy side, I am still new to creating video tuts and all of the export settings when publishing it. It will get better the more I do, thanks.

Previous Video Tutorials:

#1 : Die-cut Business Card – How To Mock Up for a Client

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  1. Mike Smith says:

    Nice video tutorial. Simple effect but can be very effective when used properly. Thanks for posting

  2. Steve says:

    Thanks Brian, these are very useful techniques, it is interesting to see how different designers use photoshop. I am going to have sneak a post-it somewhere into my blog now.

    Steve’s last blog post..Water based T shirt Printing part 3

  3. Jerry says:

    Very Very good tutorial. I was just searching everywhere on how to create one, and I ended up finding this site. Thanks a bunch Brian you’re creative.

    Thanx A Bunch.

  4. Gini says:

    Cool Creation! I might make myself some post-it notes for one of my blogs or my myspace.

    Gini’s last blog post..Remove Image Background in Photoshop Using the Magic Extractor Tool

  5. Manfred says:

    Great advice, I use ImageMagick for some “automagic” post-it’s but this gives me more control over the process while still being very efficient.

    Thanks!

  6. Mish says:

    Hi, great tutorial. So easy to follow. Keep such tutorials posted. Thanks a lot.

    Mish’s last blog post..Hello world!

  7. Brilliant. Thank you.

  8. Neil says:

    Nice technique, and quick too. Easy to follow tutorial as well, Excellent.

  9. Rob says:

    Genius!! I found that it looks more realistic if you use a greyish yellow to finish it off rather than an orangey yellow.

  10. Allan says:

    Wow nice tutorial you have here, thank you! I will recommend this to my friends. This is also a great blog like one that you have http://www.icpep.org

  11. Eric says:

    Great video! Thanks!

  12. Scott says:

    Awesome video! Worked great!

  13. James says:

    Hey your tutorial video link is not working :(