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一个很质感的像太极一样的图标的教程英文一个很质感的像太极一样的图标的教程英文谁英文好翻译一下，作者设计的图标也很不错， After publishing my last article on the Process of Making an Icon, I got a few requests for more indepth knowledge on Blending Options, and a more explicit walkthrough of their direct usage. Now, Blending Options are one of the first things Photoshop Novices stumble upon. The infancy of adding layer styles often leads to a short period of horrible drop shadows and cringeworthy bevels. Ironicly, this easily available styling is one of the harder things to master. Blending options is all about manipulating individual layers to obtain a certain effect. It’s a key aspect of creating icons, and will help you create textures, shading and highlighting. bo1.jpg (50.58 KB) 2008-9-29 13:30 Both of these icons consists of the same 3 layers *gasp* To give you a better idea of how Blending options can be used, i’ve chosen to take you through a recent project I did for Jeffrey Lynch Development, Ltd. Inspired by the ancient Yin Yang symbol, Jeffrey Lynch requested a simplistic icon to be used as a company logo. The reason, this examble is so well suited to illustrate the power of blending options, is because of it’s simplicity and most importantly the fact that it’s only made up of 3 handdrawn vector layers! The above picture shows the same 3 layers, that makes up the icon with and without layer styling. If anything, this shows how much can be obtained with simple blending options. Let’s go through the steps, that gave this seemingly flat icon a life of its own. GradientsLet’s start with something I′m sure most people are familiar with; Gradients. A Gradient is, as you might know, a colourfill that blends through a selection of colours. Gradients are the salt and pepper of the average photoshop user. A Gradient can add life to even the most boring element, and with the right combination of colours it can help you control object lighting. bo2.jpg (65.49 KB) 2008-9-29 13:30 You gotta love Gradients! Gradients are fun a