<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/02e75ffa-cae9-4fef-ab12-ff2423f032eb/79F02068-0BCE-4AC3-8A25-399294908E46/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.fierydarts.com/designing/designing-a-cd-sticker.htm" href="http://www.fierydarts.com/designing/designing-a-cd-sticker.htm" style="font-size: 11px;">www.fierydarts.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.fierydarts.com/designing/designing-a-cd-sticker.htm"><DIV class="storycontent"> <TABLE width="400" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="4" border="0" align="center"><TBODY><TR><TD width="400" valign="top" height="61"><STRONG><BR />Designing a CD Sticker</STRONG></TD></TR><TR><TD valign="top" height="23">Start by creating a circle frame using custom shape tool.</TD></TR><TR><TD valign="top" height="92"><DIV align="center"><IMG width="245" height="194" src="http://www.fierydarts.com/images/cd_sticker_01.jpg" /></DIV> </TD></TR><TR><TD valign="top" height="96"><DIV align="center"><IMG width="344" height="342" src="http://www.fierydarts.com/images/cd_sticker_02.jpg" /></DIV> </TD></TR><TR><TD valign="top" height="24">Select the inner circle using direct selection tool. Scale down to the inner hole of the CD.</TD></TR><TR><TD valign="top" height="72"><DIV align="center"><IMG width="344" height="342" src="http://www.fierydarts.com/images/cd_sticker_03.jpg" /></DIV> </TD></TR><TR><TD valign="top" height="24">Create a thin circle frame using custom shape tool and place it as an outer most circular ring.</TD></TR><TR><TD valign="top" height="133"><DIV align="center"><IMG width="344" height="342" src="http://www.fierydarts.com/images/cd_sticker_04.jpg" /></DIV> </TD></TR><TR><TD valign="top" height="24">Create a thin circle frame using custom shape tool and place it as an inner most circular ring.</TD></TR><TR><TD valign="top" height="146"><DIV align="center"><IMG width="344" height="342" src="http://www.fierydarts.com/images/cd_sticker_05.jpg" /></DIV> </TD></TR><TR><TD valign="top" height="23">Insert an image.</TD></TR><TR><TD valign="top" height="179"><DIV align="center"><IMG width="344" height="342" src="http://www.fierydarts.com/images/cd_sticker_06.jpg" /></DIV> </TD></TR><TR><TD valign="top" height="24">Move the image layer below the outer and inner rings. </TD></TR><TR><TD valign="top" height="95"><DIV align="center"><IMG width="344" height="342" src="http://www.fierydarts.com/images/cd_sticker_07.jpg" /></DIV> </TD></TR><TR><TD valign="top" height="23">Press Ctrl+Alt+G to make clipping mask.</TD></TR><TR><TD valign="top" height="130"><DIV align="center"><IMG width="344" height="342" src="http://www.fierydarts.com/images/cd_sticker_08.jpg" /></DIV> </TD></TR><TR><TD valign="top" height="24">Change the layer mode to hard light.</TD></TR><TR><TD valign="top" height="88"><DIV align="center"><IMG width="211" height="320" src="http://www.fierydarts.com/images/cd_sticker_09.jpg" /></DIV> </TD></TR><TR><TD valign="top" height="88"><DIV align="center"><IMG width="350" height="344" src="http://www.fierydarts.com/images/cd_sticker_10.jpg" /></DIV> </TD></TR><TR><TD valign="top" height="23">Similarly add more images to fill the empty area.</TD></TR><TR><TD valign="top" height="88"><DIV align="center"><IMG width="350" height="344" src="http://www.fierydarts.com/images/cd_sticker_11.jpg" /></DIV> </TD></TR><TR><TD valign="top" height="180"><DIV align="center"><IMG width="350" height="344" src="http://www.fierydarts.com/images/cd_sticker_12.jpg" /></DIV> </TD></TR><TR><TD valign="top" height="25">Create a circle using elliptical shape tool.</TD></TR><TR><TD valign="top" height="145"><DIV align="center"><IMG width="350" height="344" src="http://www.fierydarts.com/images/cd_sticker_13.jpg" /></DIV> </TD></TR><TR><TD valign="top" height="45">Using type tool click on the circular path and type the CD info. on this path.</TD></TR><TR><TD valign="top" height="133"><DIV align="center"><IMG width="350" height="344" src="http://www.fierydarts.com/images/cd_sticker_14.jpg" /></DIV> </TD></TR><TR><TD valign="top" height="145"><DIV align="center"><IMG width="350" height="344" src="http://www.fierydarts.com/images/cd_sticker_15.jpg" /></DIV> </TD></TR><TR><TD valign="top" height="24">Add more details on the lower half of the CD sticker.</TD></TR><TR><TD valign="top" height="145"><DIV align="center"><IMG width="350" height="344" src="http://www.fierydarts.com/images/cd_sticker_16.jpg" /></DIV> </TD></TR><TR><TD valign="top" height="24">Double click the layer to open layer style window. Apply layer style with the settings shown. </TD></TR><TR><TD valign="top" height="145"><DIV align="center"><IMG width="376" height="339" src="http://www.fierydarts.com/images/cd_sticker_17.jpg" /></DIV> </TD></TR><TR><TD valign="top" height="145"><DIV align="center"><IMG width="350" height="344" src="http://www.fierydarts.com/images/cd_sticker_18.jpg" /></DIV> </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.fierydarts.com/designing/designing-a-cd-sticker.htm"><H2 id="post-25"><A title="Designing%20a%20CD%20Sticker" rel="bookmark" href="http://www.fierydarts.com/designing/designing-a-cd-sticker.htm">Designing a CD Sticker</A></H2></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/79F02068-0BCE-4AC3-8A25-399294908E46/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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