Sports Jersey Mania, Part 2 By Joel Day jersey. We ll continue with all the finer details to create our basketball jersey template and at the end we ll show you a Home and Away STEP THIRTEEN: In this step, we ll add the stitching details. Start by creating a new layer set at the very top of your Layers palette named Stitching. We ll also need to create a custom brush that s 9 pixels wide by 2 pixels high at 300-ppi resolution (as we did in Step Nine, Part 1). Fill it with gray and go to Edit>Define Brush Preset. Name it Stitch, click OK, and then close the file without saving. Now press the B key, go to the Brushes palette, and select the Stitch brush. Click on Brush Tip Shape and set the Spacing at 750%. Click the Spacing Dynamics checkbox. Now you can create paths by loading various components and expanding the selection. STEP FOURTEEN: First, let s add the stitching detail to the Mesh Fabric layer. Load a selection of the Front Neck Rib layer by holding down Command (PC: Control) and clicking on the Front Neck Rib layer in your Master Components layer set. Now, also hold the Shift key and click on the Sleeve Rib layer as well. Both of these should be selected. Next go to Select>Modify>Expand. Enter about 9 pixels in the dialog (depending on your design) and click OK. Now, go to the Paths palette, select Make Work Path from the flyout menu, enter 5 in the dialog, and click OK. Double-click this path and name it Fabric Stitch. While this path is still selected, switch to the Brush tool (B) and Option-click (PC: Alt-click) the Create a New Layer icon name the layer Fabric Stitch (make sure the layer is in your Stitching layer set). Now select Stroke Path from the Paths palette s flyout menu. You should now have a dashed line that follows along the path you just created.
STEP FIFTEEN: Load a selection of the Front Panel layer by holding down Command (PC: Control) and clicking on the Front Panel layer in the Master Components layer set. Then go to Select>Inverse and press Delete (PC: Backspace). This will get rid of the path outside the Front Panel layer. Deselect (press Command-D [PC: Control-D]). Now apply a Bevel and Emboss layer style with a Pillow Emboss (as shown). Duplicate the layer then double-click the Bevel and Emboss layer style and change it to an Inner Bevel. Then press Command-E (PC: Control-E) to merge this layer down. We now have stitching details for the front fabric panel. Repeat this technique to get the stitching details for the Front Neck Rib and the Sleeve Rib. We ll also need to create some stitching details for the bottom hem of the jersey.
STEP SIXTEEN: Now we ll create some shading for the inside of the collar. Duplicate the Front Neck Rib layer in your Master Components layer set and rename it Neck Shading. We ll add a blur Filter>Blur>Gaussian Blur) with a Radius of 15 20 pixels. Select the Mesh Fabric layer in the Back Panel layer set and apply the shading to this layer as well as the Back Neck Rib layer: Image>Apply Image and then change the Blending pop-up menu to Multiply and lower the Opacity to 50%.
STEP SEVENTEEN: The last detail is the inside neck stitch. Create a new file and draw a repeatable stitch pattern (as shown). Define a new brush preset (as explained in Step Thirteen). Create a new layer set above the Back Neck Rib and under the Front Neck Rib and name it Serger Stitch, then create a new layer in this set with the same name. Now, create a new path by loading the Back Neck Rib layer as a selection. Then Stroke the path with this new brush and apply a Bevel and Emboss as well as a Drop Shadow. Use the Eraser tool (E) to delete the part of the stitching that you don t need.
Congratulations! You ve created a master basketball jersey file and now you can use this file and color it any way you want. You can create Home and Away Jerseys as shown or apply tem graphics and players numbers. And, with a simple modification of this file, you can add different color side panels and even create a back view.
Joel Day has over 15 years of experience in the Graphic Design industry. He has worked at Nike for over 13 years in various roles. Currently, he leads a team specializing in digital photography, and digital image creation and editing. More tutorials by Joel Tutorials Index Back to Top ^ Privacy policy 2004 National Association of Photoshop Professionals. All rights reserved. Photoshop is a registered trademark of Adobe Systems, Inc