Here is what we are going to create.

First create a file or your choice of size pref wide.
I chose 283 * 43 px transparent bg.

Then I prefer to lock the background without any colour. You
may wish to keep your bg transparent and put it on say yr website.
in order to reduce file size and set the table cell to bg of yr choice.

Create a new Layer and name it as “Style”

Choose an Image(heart chosen), choose a dull color(dull red).
Draw one first.

Choose add to shape layer and draw the rest images.
or else you will land up with many layers.

keep them of exactly same sizes. I used the bg squares as a help.

Add Bevel and Emboss in the Layer Styles to create a inward effect.
Manipulate as you like.

Create a new Layer and name it as “Animation”

Choose same shape and bright color(RGB=255,0,0 – Bright Red).
Draw one that overlaps the first one exactly

Add Bevel and Emboss in the Layer Styles to create a outward effect.
Manipulate as you like.

Now the excitement starts.
Now Jump to Image Ready

Now duplicate the current slide.
(Choose the animation palette from the Window menu)

Select the 2nd slide from the animation palette.
Choose the move tool and move the heart to the second place.

Repeat the previous 2 steps for entire no of hearts.

Goto File -> “Save Optimised as” Choose GIF and save the file.

Here’s what we have got. Go impress your girl.

This tutorial has been designed completely by me. The steps are many but the result is great.
Okay now…
(Before starting Reset your workspace by Window —> Workspace —> Reset Pallete Locations

* First of all start with a 750×750 image.
* Select the elliptical marquee tool. Set it’s style to “Fixed Size” and Width and Height to 750 , 750 and click to create the selection
* And drag it in the center
* Create a new layer and name it “Water”
* Goto Filter –> Render –> Clouds
* Now goto Filter –> Distort –> Spherize {Amount : 100 —- Mode : Normal}
* Lock the layers transparency by clicking on the small checkerboard icon in the layers windows
* Filter –> Blur –> Gaussian Blur {Radius : 20}
* Goto Image –> Adjustments –> Hue/Saturation {Colorize : Yes —- Hue : 218 —- Saturation : 25 —- Lightness : -20}

* Now create a new layer and name it Land
* Select the layer “Land” and ( Ctrl + Click on the water layer)
* Now goto Filter –> Distort –> Spherize {Amount : 100 —- Mode : Normal}
* Image –> Brightness/Contrast {Contrast : 100 —- Brightness : May range from 0 to -30 according to the size of the land}
* Select the Magic Wand Tool (W) { Tolerance : 32 —- Anti-aliased : Yes —- Other Options : No }
* Click on any black part of the layer “Land”
* Press delete.
* Now Ctrl + Click the “Land” layer.
* Goto Filter –> Render –> Clouds
* Goto Filter –> Render –> Difference Clouds {Press Ctrl + F until you get a balanced texture, usually 1 time}
* Edit —> Fade Difference Clouds { Opacity : 50 —- Mode : Normal}
* Press Ctrl + D to deselect the layer.
* Goto Filter –> Render –> Lighting Effects and use these settings

* Now create a new layer and name it Clouds
* Select the layer “Clouds” and ( Ctrl + Click on the water layer)
* Goto Filter –> Render –> Clouds { Don’t worry if the planet is hidden }
* Goto Filter –> Render –> Difference Clouds {Once Only!!!}
* Press Ctrl + I
* Image –> Adjustments –> Brightness/Contrast { Brightness : -30 —- Contrast : 95 }
* Lock the layers transparency by clicking on the small checkerboard icon in the layers windows
* Filter —> Blur —> Motion Blur {Angle : 0 —- Distance : 120}
* Filter —> Blur —> Gaussian Blur {Radius : 4}
* Now goto Filter –> Distort –> Spherize {Amount : 50 —- Mode : Normal}
* Select it’s Blending mode as “Screen”
* Image –> Brightness/Contrast {Contrast : 60 —- Brightness : 0}
* Set the opacity of the layer to 60
* Press Ctrl + D to deselect. {IMPORTANT !!!}
* Click on the “Water” Layer
* Goto Filter –> Render –> Lighting Effects and use the same settings but set the “Texture Channel” to “None”
* Do the same for layer “Clouds”
* Image —> Canvas Size {Width : 800 —- Height : 800 : Relative : No — Anchor : Center }
* Click on the Background layer
* Press D and then press Alt + Backspace to fill the background

Now your planet should look like this

* Click on the layer “Land” and drag it to the New Layer button to duplicate it.
* Click on the “Add Layer Mask” button in the layers window.
* Filter —> Render —> Clouds
* Image –> Brightness/Contrast {Contrast : 70 —- Brightness : 0}
* Now click on the “Land Copy” layer {Click on the thumbnail of the planet !!! not the cloud in the layers window}
* Goto Image –> Adjustments –> Hue/Saturation {Colorize : Yes —- Hue : 139 —- Saturation : 25 —- Lightness : 0}
* Click on the “Land” layer
* Goto Image –> Adjustments –> Hue/Saturation {Colorize : Yes —- Hue : 35 —- Saturation : 40 —- Lightness : -30}
* Click on the Background layer
* Filter —> Noise —> Add Noise { Amount : 70 —- Distribution : Uniform —- Monochromatic : No }
* Edit —> Fade Add Noise —> { Opacity : 50 —- Mode : Dissolve }
* Filter —> Blur —> Gaussian Blur { Radius : 1}
* Image –> Brightness/Contrast {Contrast : 90 —- Brightness : -35}
* Create a new layer just above the background and goto Filter —> Render —> Clouds
* Select the blending mode to “Screen” and “Opacity” to 50
* Goto Image –> Adjustments –> Hue/Saturation {Colorize : Yes —- Hue : 238 —- Saturation : 15 —- Lightness : -15}
* Press Ctrl + E

Here is the final result

You can make it more realistic by smoothing the land layer with a blur brush tool…

And adding some lighting to the Water layer…
Like this….

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Well this is quite an easy job if you know few basics of Photoshop.

Well this is what we going to make Now

Well start a new window with about 400 X 400 pixels.

Now first open the PATH tool window and create a new path in it. Then from the tools select “add anchor point tool”. Then create a heart shape as show below:

Then in the path window, at the corner you find an arrow button. Click it. From the menu select “make selection”

Now set the Feather Radius as 3. This is how the heart will appear.

Now create a new layer in the Layer window. You see the heart shape in the dotted lines.

Now select the bucket to fill the color. I chose #D70000 for the heart color. After you fill the color you need to press Crtl+D to deselect the heart.

Now the layer window, select the layer of the heart. Then press Ctrl key and click the heart layer. You see the whole heart is selected with the dotted lines. Now create a new layer and select it. Click on the gradient tool from the tools window. Then fill the gradient color from top to bottom.
And 85% of your hear ready.

Now time select “Magnetic Lasso Tool” and select the bottom of the heart something like this

Then fills the gradient color from bottom to top in a new layer.

Now type Ctrl+D to deselect the dotted portion.

You are done…
And this is it.