1 Layer Chainsaw

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1. Pro Marc Edwards ✎ Bjango

   This is one Photoshop vector layer. Yep, including the background and text. Not the prettiest thing, but I was just experimenting with some 1 layer techniques.

   If you’d like to see how it was done, please download the PSD via the attachment above.

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   If you’d like to rebound, here’s some 1 layer rules:
   1. No bitmap layers.
   2. No bitmap masks.
   3. Pattern fills are ok, but don’t cheat by sticking an entire image in there.
   4. You can use a background solid layer, if you have to.
   5. I didn't use CS6’s path strokes, but they’re fair game.

   about 1 year ago

2. Pro Jack Bingham

   Well thats one way of getting Dribbble likes!

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   about 1 year ago

3. Pro Anders Drage

   I dont get how you route the different colors when you have them in the same shape layer. Gradient?

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   about 1 year ago

4. Pro Marc Edwards ✎ Bjango

   @Jack Bingham Bribery will get you everywhere. Also, I really want people to get involved and share their tricks. We may as well all learn from each other.

   @Anders Drage Yep. Gradients can be really powerful, if you have the patience.

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   about 1 year ago

5. Pro Prathyush

   Give 100 Likes looks like a social experiment of some sort to me, as it seems easy enough to build to me.

   The contours are a path, with the texts added and subtracted from the base path, there seems be to be a base gradient layer and then a gradient overlay that acts as the yellow paint and red button.

   about 1 year ago

6. Pro Marc Edwards ✎ Bjango

   @Prathyush Pramod The red button was done another way :)

   The PSD doesn’t use any CS6 specific features.

   about 1 year ago

7. Pro Marc Edwards ✎ Bjango

   @Prathyush Pramod I believe the new ordering only relates to the way they're presented to the user in the Blending Mode window and Layers panel — the actual layer effect order is the same as CS5. CS6 just makes the order they're shown in the UI match the order they're composited.

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   about 1 year ago

8. Pro Prathyush

   @Bjango ✎ Marc Edwards Realised in hindsight and removed the comment.

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   about 1 year ago

9. Pro Marc Edwards ✎ Bjango

   @Prathyush Pramod And now I don't know if I should delete my reply. :D

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   about 1 year ago

10. Pro Prathyush

    @Bjango ✎ Marc Edwards Looking at your layer styles list, red button being a Pattern Overlay is my last guess. If not, you get +1 from me.

    about 1 year ago

11. Russell Bishop

    Impressive - I've not idea how it's done, nor why you did it :)

    about 1 year ago

12. Pro Marc Edwards ✎ Bjango

    @Prathyush Pramod The red button is a layer style stroke. I'll probably just post the PSD soon anyway, no matter how many likes.

    @Russell Bishop There's no sane reason to do this, except to play with and become better acquainted with Photoshop.

    about 1 year ago

13. Pro Marc Edwards ✎ Bjango

    PSD now available for download.

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    about 1 year ago

14. 1 Layer Portal Gun Proof: http://cl.ly/GIwg

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    1 Layer Portal Gun

    by Jared Sinclair, RN

    Proof: http://cl.ly/GIwg

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    about 1 year ago

15. 1 Layer iMac Made of one layer with a gradient and only two Layer Styles — gradient overlay and stroke (including the white background) The iMac's wallpaper is made from...

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    1 Layer iMac

    by Daniel Cooper

    Made of one layer with a gradient and only two Layer Styles — gradient overlay and stroke (including the white background)

    The iMac's wallpaper is made from the colours of the original Apple logo :)

    Proof that's it's only one layer: http://bit.ly/JChJpN

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    about 1 year ago

16. 1 Layer Mona Lisa This is a single Photoshop vector layer. No bitmaps are used in the document. Due to the slightly stupid method used, the PSD is a bit slow. So if you’re go...

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    1 Layer Mona Lisa

    by Marc Edwards ✎ Bjango

    This is a single Photoshop vector layer. No bitmaps are used in the document.

    Due to the slightly stupid method used, the PSD is a bit slow. So if you’re going to check it out, expect long delays.

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    about 1 year ago

17. 1 Layer Burger This is my submission to the single layer challenge. A burger. It's a pity I couldn't do the sauces, but I think this is alright. :)

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    1 Layer Burger

    by Matt Kelsh

    This is my submission to the single layer challenge. A burger.

    It's a pity I couldn't do the sauces, but I think this is alright. :)

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    about 1 year ago

18. Pro Jerry Gabra

    Nice, found a screwdriver path still in your doc! http://cl.ly/3V1T0P361z3S293t2v3W

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    about 1 year ago

19. Pro Marc Edwards ✎ Bjango

    @Jerry Gabra Oops. Yeah, that was part of a first attempt that didn't work out so well.

    about 1 year ago