CREATE PACKAGING DESIGN IN PHOTOSHOP

This lesson will teach how to make a plastic sachet. We will be using plastic wrap filter as well as other technique to make it look more real.
FINAL RESULT:This tutorial, would like to make into two parts. Basic and advanced. Now let`s go for basic tut, followed advanced. This is useful for people who works on wrap-design for products.

• Open a document 500 x 500 px.

• Select the marquee tool (M) and draw a square 300 x 300 px.
  
• Fill it with lemon yellow color (#f9be2e). This will be the base color of the sachet. If you have plans to make a red sachet, use red color.

• Next select the rectangular shape tool (U). Draw a rectangle 300px width and height 30px as shown below. We need to modify this shape.

• Select the shape and right click to open the menu. Select the Warp from the menu.

• Move the top corner handles as shown below. Not necessary it should be exact. Press Enter Key to apply transform.

• Make a similar rectangle of same width and height and as did above apply Warp and make it convex shape. Press Enter Key to apply transform.

• Duplicate the Path, by holding the Alt+Move tool (V) to 10px down. Repeat the same process once again. Now you have 3 lines as shown below.

• Draw the paths for the bottom part with the same steps applied for the top.

• From the tool bar select the polygonal Lasso tool (L). Draw as shown below and join the end from where you started.

• Select the middle part layer. Hit the Delete Key, to remove the area. This is to make the folding of the sachet.

• As did for the left side , make a selection for the right side and use the same steps to cut the edges.

• Now, from the toolbar, selct the Pen tool (P), draw a Path along the edge of the shape .

• Create another one layer (Ctrl+Shift+N). Name it “highlights” .

• With the same Polygonal Lasso Tool draw shape as below.

• Now fill it with white color.

• In the same layer draw few more shapes where the folds or edges are folded as shown below.

• From the Filter menu (Alt+t) select Blur > Gussian Blur.

• Drag the slider to 6.0 . See the result below. You can see the plastic sachet molding up.

• Now lets go to make some salty chips.

• Create a new layer. Make a rectangle with marquee tool . Fill it with color. I`ve used here is #fdfddd.

• Go the Filters Gallery in the Filter menu.

• Select the Texture which is the last one. Click to open more filters.

• Select the Texturizer. You will get more settings on the right side which is shown below.

• Press OK to apply the filter.

• Next we will apply Motion Blur.

• From the Filter Menu , select Blur > Motion Blur.

• Apply the following settings. Press OK.

• Draw an ellipse with the Elliptical Marquee tool.

• Invert the selection by holding Ctrl+Shift+I.

• Hit the Delete key to remove the inverted area.

• Duplicate the chips layer.

• From the Filter Menu, next we will use Twirl, which is in the ——————–

• Drag the angle slider to 50. See the preview.

• Duplicate another layer. Select the layer. Press Ctrl+F to apply the previous used filter.

• You can play around with many shapes.

• Place the logo (pic)

• Place the chips and arrange it. Apply some drop shadow. Increase the size if the shadow opacity to 50%.

• After arranging all the layers, make a ‘New Group from Layer’ from the Layers channel (for further editing). Hide the group.

• Duplicate the layer group . Select all the layers and flatten (Ctrl+E).

• Apply plastic wrap to give depth from the filter gallery.

• Change the settings to the following. You might have to make some variations in the values, depending on the color you have chosen.

• Try to get the maximum, by visually looking at it, in the preview window.

• Tear the edge by using Lasso tool. Just draw a torn shape around the edge as shown below.

• Rotate the torn by first moving the center point to base. Now rotate to 50 -60 degree from the option menu or manually.

• Add perspective by selecting the layer. Press Ctrl +T . right click and select the bottom nodes.

• Change the values of H to -7.5 or do it manually to get the result.

• Press Ctrl+T and rotate the sachet at 110 degree.

• Add chips falling below the sachet layer .

• Add drop shadow to the sachet.

• Add drop shadow to chips too

• See the results.

• Add a dark background color #691222.

• The end results will be like below

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