AI and PS are both commonly used software for graphic design and graphic processing software! Many designers will combine them to produce beautiful graphic effects! Today, we will also make color CD maps through AI+PS. Let's see how they are made! AI+PS Making Colorful Disc Diagram Tutorial: Step 1: Start with Illustrator, open Illustrator, create a new document, draw a circle with the ellipse tool (L) (you can press shift here to draw a perfect circle), then select the gradient tool (G) to add gradient colors, and set the type as "Linear" and the angle as -90_ in the gradient panel. Step 2: Create another ellipse, which is simpler this time. Fill it in white, center it with the last circle and put it on the top floor. Step 3: Select the blending tool (W), click the white circle, and then click the colored circle to create a blending gradient effect from the white circle to the colored circle. Double-click the small icon of the mixing tool, and in the pop-up options panel, select the interval as the specified number of steps, and the value is 7. Finally, open object > Mix > Expansion, through which you can completely break up the mixture and open object >; Split the group so that each object can be selected. Step 4: We first create a document with a black background in Photoshop, and then paste every object element in Illustrator into Photoshop. Each element is an independent layer. Step 5: select the outermost layer and open the layer >; Layer mask > Show All to add a mask to it (in fact, you can also add it with the mask button below the Layers panel). Then choose the brush tool (B), choose a soft brush with regular shape, the size can be selected according to your own needs, and the hardness is set to 0%. Then, in the mask, smear the areas 1 and 2 in the schematic diagram with black. (You can also adjust the opacity of the brush according to actual needs. Step 6: Now what we have to do is to repeat the above steps, and the brush size can be reduced accordingly for each layer in turn. Step 7: Merge all elements except the background. Select each element layer, and then open layer >; Merge layers. Step 8: Select the merged layer and open the filter >; Brush strokes > hatching, stroke length is 9, sharpening is 6 and intensity is 1. All right. Doing so will make the image more textured. Step 9: First, create a new layer, and draw a small circle with the Elliptic Marquee Tool (M). Fill it with black to align it with the colored circle layer in the center. Then create a new layer to ensure that the foreground and background colors are black and white, and use the filter >; Render > Cloud, and set the layer blending mode to Overlay. Step 10: Now create a layer so that it is on top of all layers and filled with white. Then open Filter > Noise > Add Noise, and the quantity is set to 14%, Gaussian distribution, OK. Set the layer blending mode of this layer to "Positive Overlay". (If the reader thinks the noise is too obvious, it can be adjusted by opacity) Conclusion: In this tutorial, we learned the application of Illustrator blending tool, and combined it with a series of functions in Photoshop, such as filter, blending mode and mask, to create very cool images and colors. Now, I present it to you. To sum up, this is what we shared in detail for our friends, "How does AI+PS make color CD pictures?" How about related content? Have you learned? For those who haven't done it yet, Bian Xiao suggests you do it quickly, because mastering it with your hands is better than just watching it ~