How to Create a Christmas Ornament With Photo Inside Using Photoshop

I was searching for a way to create a translucent Christmas ornament with a photo of our house inside that I could use to create a Christmas card.  I’m by no means a Photoshop guru, but I know enough about how to use the basic tools in Photoshop to follow most tutorials, so I thought I’d share the results of my project with those that may wish to undertake something similar.  The entire process has many steps and I won’t repeat them here, but instead will share the (free) links to the tutorials that I found helpful.

This link entitled Photoshop: How to Make a Custom SNOWGLOBE from Scratch by Blue Light TV will guide you through the process of creating the round translucent ornament, placing your chosen photo inside, and adding falling snow.

This link entitled Creating a Christmas Bauble in Photoshop by davrodigital contains the steps for adding the ornament loop to the top of the ball.

This is how my project turned out.  It’s not perfect by any means, but I’m satisfied with the results.  Some of you may see this again when our Christmas cards go out!  😉

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About Dave Hood

Married to my wife of 54 years, Barbara. Two adopted grandsons, Jim age 20, and Billy, age 15. Retired from the Air Force Reserve after 26 years in 1993. Retired from Air Force civil service with 34 years of service in 2000. Worked an additional 7 years for General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems before finally leaving the workforce. Hobbies include working around the house, exercising our Labradoodle Shadow, travel, and photography. My photo equipment includes Nikon Z50 and Z6 cameras, several Nikon lenses, a Godox speedlight, Godox 200 and 600 watt studio lights, a Manfrotto tripod, a monopod, and assorted filters. I use Adobe Camera Raw and Photoshop CC for post processing and ProShow Producer software for producing slide shows (mostly about travel) set to music.

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