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This fast, easy tutorial will teach you how to use several filters to create your own digital candy. This tutorial is designed for beginner to intermediate level photoshop users. -Melissa Clifton

Digital Candy

3) Making the Swirl

Apply the Twirl filter with settings similar to mine shown in the image below
Filter >> Distort >> Twirl...

Grab your Eliptical Marquee Tool from your tool box. See below

Hold down shift and click drag to create a perfect circle selection on your canvas. This will be the shape of your candy.
After the circle selection is created drag it to the right position (center it).

Invert the selection
Ctrl + Shft + I

Hit Delete
Deselect (Ctrl + D)
Your canvas should now look like the one shown below.

4) Faking 3D Depth with a few Layer Styles

Click on the Add Layer Style () button at the bottom of the layers pallete. Select Inner Shadow.

Apply the settings shown in the image below and click OK. (You can always experiment later on).

Click on the Add Layer Style () button again and select Bevel and Emboss. Apply the settings shown below and click OK.

Finally click on the Add Layer Style () button one more time and select Colour Overlay. Change the colour to a grey and make the opacity around 5%, then click OK. See image below. This is just to get rid of the absolute white on the candy so that we can add white highlights.

Your candy should be looking a little 3D now. Almost there.

Now is probably a good time to remind you to Save.
On the next page we are going to do a little digital painting >>