Create a Realistic Energy Drink Can to Present to Clients – Psd Premium Tutorial
Tutorial Details
- Program: Adobe Photoshop CS5
- Difficulty: Advanced
- Estimated Completion Time: 30 - 60 Minutes
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Final Product What You'll Be Creating
Today, we have another Psd Premium tutorial exclusively available to Premium members. If you want to take your package design skills to the next level, then we have an awesome tutorial for you. Learn more after the jump!
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We have all been there before; how can we make our artwork look great when we are presenting to clients? The single easiest way to show something to a client is to show them in a way that they can understand. This tutorial will show you how to create a realistic energy drink in a way that you can demonstrate to your clients. Lets get started!
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I hope everyone enjoys this tutorial! Please let me know if you have any ideas for any future tutorials.
One question my friend, did you use photos for the can?
Lyndon,
Sure did. Essentially, this tutorial demonstrates techniques utilizing channel information (highlights and shadows from an image) to re-create those highlights and shadows that you can then place on top of artwork. With this, you can also perform accurate color changes as well (say for example you want to change the top “lid” to a gold, or the base color to a red). Really, once you understand the techniques used, you can apply these techniques to anything, not just a can.
At my previous job, we used this technique on all of our presentations to clients. It really is a great way to step-up the level of presentations to clients. Not to mention the endless supply of product photography out there (google) that you can lift highlights and shadows from to apply on your own creations.
Also, for all the premium subscribers who download this, they will see some great extras that I included as well: The plastic wrap on the top of can (which isn’t shown), and some water drops and condensation that give the can an out of the cooler look.
Hey man, thanks for the thorough explanation of your tut. I think I’m gonna make a plus purchase to check this out
Just gotta schedule a little bit of that free time
well, he didnt include the wrapper or drops in the tutorial, however, he does have them in separate folders on the project file…
really Awsome !
Premium Membership , i will try to register..
really great tutorial, nice job!
only for PS CS5?
I think you can use CS3 and CS4 for this.
Thanks!, I mean I can´t open CS5 files (source) in CS3 version (also CS4) ! : /
lol thats not important. But only for premium members? :@
Diana,
All of the techniques used can be used from Adobe Photoshop 6.0 thru CS5. Some of the dialog boxes may be a little different, but it is essentially the same. Please let me know if you run into any issues due to an older version of Photoshop and I will do my best to help resolve.
Thanks, Tim! I will let you know here.
I Hate the premium Tutorials because they are always good and i cant do them because i don’t have premium.
Wow, but for just $9 you can get A LOT of great stuff, and I think is fair for the quality content that PSDtuts offer to us
Thanks a lot! Great tutorial! Can’t wait to start it!
I am not a member and I am from Nepal and I don’t have credit-card too. Please tell me how can i be member.
Wow :O
Looks like a photo, great job. Especially the top part!
wish I was plus
Awesome but didn’t vector tuts+ already do this? I understand its different techniques but result is similar.
Awesome… this looks real!
Damn – now this looks good!
I wish I could afford a Premium!!!
premium membership???
now… THAT’S a real PSD tut! love it!
thanks
More of this standard on psdTuts would be greatly appreciated!:)
Awesome tutorial . Great Thanks for the posting
Wow! Fantastic looking artwork….. Premium is calling me
WOW that is AWESOME
thank u SOO much, i’m doing an energy drink poster for my visual graphics class and this is REALLY helpful
although, just looking at it, it’ll probs take me like a 2 weeks to replicate it
so good job!
using my own design of course
real quick question then i’ll stop my endless ranting…
how do you just stick your already made label onto the can?