Final Product What You'll Be Creating

This tutorial will show you how to create a photo realistic image of Apple’s newly
released iPhone4. Hopefully, by the end of it you will have something extremely close
to the real thing, which for the few who don’t own the iPhone4 (like me), may be as
close as we’ll ever get. Before we get started it might be a good idea to pull up a
reference image from the web just so you know where everything goes and the size of
some of the features. But otherwise, Enjoy!

Step 1
To start, create a new document of a suitable size (I used a 10 inch x 8 inch photo size at
300dpi because it fits nicely as a high quality wallpaper).

To create the background, set your foreground color to #505050 and then use the
gradient tool and select the radial setting. Drag from the centre outwards to get a soft
glow in the middle of the image.
Step 2
Press (Cmd/Ctrl + R) to get the rulers up, drag some guides from the rulers towards the
centre of where you want your iPhone to be.
Step 3
On a new layer; call it "silver side", select the rounded rectangle tool (U) and set it to
paths. Make sure its radius is 1cm and then drag from the centre of the guidelines,
making sure to hold ‘Alt’ when you drag it. Try and get a realistic shape (If you’re not
sure then pull up a reference image from the web).

Right-click and select fill paths. Fill it with #C9C9C9. Then choose Filters > Noise >
Add Noise. Choose something around 9.51 (just enough to make it look more realistic
and lose it’s hardness) in the monochromatic and uniform setting. Press the ‘Escape’
button twice to remove the path. Draw the brush strokes as shown and then go to filters
> Blur > Gaussian blur > 2.8 pixels.
Step 4
Create a new layer and call it "main body." ‘Cmd/Ctrl – Click’ the "silver side" layer
and then choose ‘Select > Modify > Contract > 10 pixels.’

Set your background color to #0A0A0A, then to fill the selection press ‘Cmd/Ctrl +
Backspace.’ (This automatically fills the selection with the background color).
Step 5
Create a new layer and call it "depth": this is just a line around the inside of the body
where the iPhone curves and refracts the light away from the camera. To create the line
‘Cmd/Ctrl – Click’ the "main body" layer, Then go to ‘Edit > Stroke’ WIDTH – 10
pixels, COLOR – #000000, LOCATION – Inside.

Then go to ‘Filters > Blur > Lens Blur’ and apply the settings below. Make sure that
this layer is always on top of all other layers.

Step 6
Create a new layer underneath called "Screen." Select the Rectangle marquee tool (M)
and then draw from the centre of the guidelines, hold the ‘Alt’ once you have started
dragging to make the rectangle expand from the centre. Make the rectangle a nice shape
for the screen leaving space for the menu button, speaker and camera. When you are
satisfied with the shape of your screen, fill it with any colour and then create a new
layer above the "Screen" layer; don’t worry about naming it yet.

Step 7
When you are satisfied with the shape of your screen; in your new layer choose ‘File >
Place’ and choose a picture of your choice (I’ve chosen my dog – isn’t he cute!) Then
resize, move, or rotate the image or do whatever you please to make it look good. Make
sure that the image is over the screen when you are finished, you can then rename the
layer "Screen Pic." Now, press ‘Alt – Click’ between the "Screen" and "Screen Pic"
Layer to make it a clipping layer. This means that it crops to the layer below it and it
allows you to edit or change the image underneath with ease.
Step 8
Now we will start on the menu button. Create a new layer and call it "Menu Button",
make the opacity 60%. Bring another guideline down to where the button will be and
then use the Ellipse tool from the centre of the guidelines holding ‘Alt.’ When you have
the desired size, fill it with white then open the layer effects menu by Double-clicking
next to the layer, then use the gradient overlay option with #AEAEAE to #000000 as
shown below. Remove the path.
Step 9
Create a new layer and call it "Menu Icon", use the rounded rectangle tool (U) with a
radius of 10 pixels and pull the square out from the centre, before we add a stroke to it,
make your foreground colour #979797, then select the brush tool (B) and make the
brush 3 pixels wide and 90% hardness. Then go back to the rounded rectangle tool and
then ‘right-click > Stroke path > Brush > OK.’
Step 10
Now to create the speaker, move a horizontal guideline to above the screen, both the
speaker and the camera will be centred along this line. Make a new layer called
"Speaker" then use the rounded rectangle tool (U) to make the speaker grill. Set the
radius to 1cm just to make a rounded edge, and then pull out the shape to the size shown
in the pictures below. With the same tool, right click, choose ‘Fill Path’ and fill it with
black. Then view the layer effects and choose ‘Pattern Overlay’ and ‘Outer glow’ and
use the settings shown.
Step 11
Now we will make the reflection I mentioned earlier. So create a new layer called
"Reflection" underneath the "Speaker" layer. ‘Cmd/Ctrl – Click’ the "Main Body" layer
and then select the Polygonal Lasso tool (L), select the intersect mode and then make a
triangle across the right side of the iPhone as shown. Fill it with white. Then bring the
layer opacity to 55%.
Step 12
Select the Rectangle marquee tool (M) and set the feather to 150 pixels. Select the
bottom third of the reflection and press the Delete key a few times until you can’t see
the tip of the reflection.
Step 13
Now we can start on the camera, pull out a guideline to where you want the centre of
the camera to be, create a new layer called "camera." Select the Ellipse tool (U) and
make three small circles inside one another from the centre of the guidelines. Fill the
outside ring with #424242, middle ring #080809 and the centre ring #080F2B.
Step 14
Now go to the layer effects menu and use the bevel and emboss settings below to make
the camera look more set into the iPhone. Then go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur >
0.9pixels.
Step 15
Now that we have completed the camera we can finally move onto the finishing touches
for the front view of the iPhone; first we will do the side buttons. Create three new
layers underneath the "Silver side" layer (name them Button 1, 2 and 3.) Draw three
paths with the rounded rectangle tool (U) with a 1pixel radius along the left side of the
iPhone. We are doing the two volume buttons and the mute slider and you can see
where they go in the image underneath. Once you have drawn them, fill the paths white,
one at a time on each layer. Then apply the settings below on the layer effects menu.
When you have applied these to each layer go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur > 1.
Step 16
Create another new layer and call it "top button." Create another path with the rounded
rectangle tool (U) at the top right hand corner of the iPhone. Fill it with white and add
the settings below.

You may have to move the gradient into the correct place by using the move tool (V)
and dragging it along the screen. Press Cmd/Ctrl + F to repeat the last filter effect
(Gaussian Blur in this case).
Step 17
Before we move on I suggest group the layers you have used so far into Layer Groups if
you have not already done so by pressing the folder icon in the layers bar.

Now the iPhone body is out of the way we can get a move on with the interface before
we move onto the back and side views of the iPhone. To start, Make a new layer group
and call it "interface", Cmd/Ctrl – Click the "Screen" layer and then press the ‘Add
Layer Mask’ button. This will make everything made in the group crop to the Screen.

Make a new layer and select the rectangular marquee tool (M) and select an area in the
bottom part of the screen as shown and fill it with white.

Apply the settings below. Then go to Layer > Layer Style > Copy layer style.
Step 18
Drag two guidelines to the centre of the box and then create a new layer called "Camera
button." Use the ‘Rounded rectangle tool’ (U) with a radius of 1cm to create the button.
Press Cmd/Ctrl + Enter to turn the path into a selection, and then fill the selection. Go to
Layer > Layer Style > Paste layer style. (This will paste the same layer effects setting
from the copied layer onto this one).

Add the bevel and emboss settings as shown below.

Step 20
Now we will create the camera icon for the button, create a new layer and call it
"Camera icon." Using the Rounded rectangle tool (U) with a radius of 20 pixels, draw a
large-scale camera and use the direct path selection tool to move the top corners of the
top box towards each other. Press Cmd/Ctrl + T to transform the icon; resize it to make
it fit inside the camera button. Select the Rounded rectangle tool (U) and Right-click the
path, click fill path and fill it with #424242.

Step 21
Create a new layer called "slider box" and use the rounded rectangle tool (U) for the box
in the bottom right-hand corner of the screen. Using the same radius, draw a box where
the top touches the guideline as shown below. Fill it with white and then apply these
layer effects.
Step 22
Make a new layer called slider and then again using the rounded rectangle tool (U)
make a small slider inside the slider box, put it on the left side. Press Cmd/Ctrl + Enter
then Cmd/Ctrl + Backspace to make it a selection and fill it with your background
colour. Go to Layer > Layer style > Copy layer style.

Go to the "Camera icon" layer and press Cmd/Ctrl + J to duplicate the camera icon
layer, press Cmd/Ctrl + T to transform it, make it smaller and move it above the slider.
Then draw a film camera icon using the rounded rectangle tool (U) and the Pen tool (P),
transform it and move it over the slider.
Step 23
Import a different image by going to File > Place and selecting your image. Press
Cmd/Ctrl + T and reduce the size of the image so it can fit snuggly in the bottom left-
hand corner.
Then use the rounded rectangle tool (U) with a 10-pixel radius to create a box over the
picture. Press Cmd/Ctrl + Enter to create a selection, and then press the ‘add layer
mask’ icon in the layers bar. This will crop the image to the selection.

Step 24
Now we move onto the zoom bar! On a new layer called "Zoom bar", use the rounded
rectangle tool (U) with a 30-pixel radius and draw a thin bar across the bottom of the
screen. Then change the tool to subtract and draw another bar within the previous bar.
Using the path selection tool (A), select and right-click the outer path, choose fill sub
path, and then fill it with #EAEAEA.

Use the path selection tool (A) again and select the centre path. Change the settings
from subtract to add and then fill the path with Black. Press 5 on your keyboard to
reduce the opacity to 50%.

Make a new layer and draw a circular slider with the ellipse tool (U), fill it with white
and then press 9 to reduce the opacity to 90%.

Step 25
Select the text tool (T) and put a Black + and – symbol on either side of the zoom bar,
the font is Veranda and size 8 for the – sign and size 6 for the plus sign. Bring the
opacity to 50%.

Step 26
Now we move onto the flash display. Use the rounded rectangle tool (U) at radius 1cm
to draw rectangle in the top left-hand corner, fill it with white and bring the opacity to
50%. Use the Veranda font in black and size 12 to write the word ‘Off’ and then bring
the opacity to 50% again. Using the Pen tool (P) draw a lightning icon and fill it with
#000000. Bring the opacity to 50%.

Step 27
Now we have completely finished with the main view of the iPhone (pat yourself on
your back if you like) and if you want to go on further just keep on following the
tutorial as we move onto the back of the iPhone and then the side. Before we start, just
put the front iPhone into one big folder.

This step will be easier for those which have organised your layers into folders, I have
put all my button layers and body layers into one folder which I can just copy and flip
for the back of my iPhone. Otherwise, Cmd/Ctrl + Click the "Main body", "silver side",
"mute slider", "Top button", "Reflection", "depth" and the volume button layers, Right-
click and press duplicate layer, press OK and then put the layers into a new folder called
"Back iPhone.

Select the "Back iPhone" folder, then use the move tool (V) to move the back iPhone
next to the front iPhone. Open the folder and select every layer excluding the "reflection
layer", Then Choose Edit > Transform > Flip Horizontal.

Step 28
Now we move onto the back camera. Create a "camera ring" layer, bring two guides to
where you would like your camera to be, and then use the elliptical marquee tool (M),
hold down Alt + Shift ONLY when you have started dragging from the centre of the
guidelines. Then choose Edit > Stroke > 4 pixels > OK. Then apply the gradient settings
below.
Step 29
Create a new layer called "greys" and create another circle using the elliptical marquee
tool (M) inside the camera ring and fill it with #282828. Choose Filters > Noise > add
noise and choose 16.57. Then choose Filters > Blur > Gaussian Blur > 2.2 pixels. Add
these layer effects. Turn the layer opacity to 50%.
Step 30
Create another layer called "grey underlay" and underneath the "grey" layer use the
elliptical marquee tool (M) and create another circle underneath, fill it and add the layer
effects below.
Finally draw another circle for the lens and fill it with #013274 then apply these effects.
Step 31
Create a new layer underneath the "reflection copy" layer and call it "apple logo." Get
an image of the apple logo and trace it or just draw it from memory using the pen tool
(P) fill it with #CECDCB.
Step 32
For the flash just use the elliptical marquee tool (M) and fill it with white on a new
layer, use the guidelines to keep it in line with the camera. Then go to the layer effects
and apply the pattern overlay below.

Step 33
Select the text tool (T) with the Tahoma font, size 14 and write iPhone towards the
bottom. Then use the same font but at size 3.7 for the product code and information
underneath the brand name. The colour is #545453.

Step 34
Start to draw the safety and quality symbols with the Pen tool (P), have some fun and
make some of your own or just keep to the originals like I’ve done so below. Again
keep the colour #545453.
Step 35
Now that the Back is finished then we can finally finish off with the side. Create a new
layer group called "side iPhone" and in that group create a layer called "side blk." I’ve
dragged some guidelines to outline the basis of my side iPhone. Draw a box with the
rounded rectangle tool (U) with a radius of 10 pixels. Fill it and then open the layer
styles and apply these settings.
Step 36
Now with the same tool (U) on a new layer called "Silver" draw a thinner but longer
box than the "Side Blk." Its length should mean that it only just protrudes the edge of
the other box. Then add the gradient underneath.
From left to right this gradient goes: #202020, #919191, #2E2E2E, #737373,
#ADADAD, #BCBCBC, #616161, #EDEDED, #303030.
Step 37
Create a new layer called "Refraction" and then Cmd/Ctrl – Click the "Silver" layer and
use the polygonal lasso tool (L) to select two areas on the sides of the iPhone as shown
below. Fill it with white and then move the opacity to 40%.

Step 38
Create a new layer called "volume buttons" and use the elliptical path tool (P) to create
two circles the size of the volume button, fill it and apply the settings below. I have used
guidelines to make sure that they line up with my side iPhone view buttons.
Step 39
Use the text tool (T) and type a plus and a minus in the buttons, use the Tahoma font at
size 14. Make the minus sign wider by increasing the width to 160%. Go to Layer >
Rasterize > type (do this to both text layers). Then Cmd/Ctrl – Click the plus and minus
layers then go on to the "volume buttons" layer and press delete.
Step 40
For our final step use the rounded rectangle tool (U) with a radius of 8 pixels and draw a
rectangle on a new layer called "Slider Back." Fill it with #b7b7b7 and add the inner
shadow below.

Create a new layer called "slider" and draw another box with the rounded rectangle tool
(U) inside the previous box, just this time with a 7-pixel radius. Then apply these
settings to it.
Step 41
Just to finish off, select the brush tool (B) at size 13 and hardness 50% with the colour
#1E1E1E, Cmd/Ctrl – Click the "silver" layer and then at the bottom draw a brush line
by dragging and holding Shift. Make sure it’s in line with the other lines from the back
and front view. (Use a guideline if you like.)

Final Image
You have now completed your iPhone 4. I really hope you enjoyed this tutorial and are
satisfied with what you have ended up with. Hopefully you have learned something new
and have had an enjoyable experience.