Christmas Candy Canes in Photoshop
Since the holiday season is upon us once again I thought a festive tutorial was called for. 1. Create a new RGB canvas that is 32 pixels in height and width. Make sure it has a white background. Create a new layer above the background and create a square with the marquee tool that is 16 pixels by 16 pixels. Fill this square with red (R:255 G:0 B:0). Position the square directly in the center of the 32 pixel square canvas. 2. Select the red square layer and choose

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Edit > Free Transform (Ctrl/Cmd + T). In the options bar set the vertical skew to -45 degrees. Hit the checkbox or Enter to commit the transformation.
4. Choose Select > All. Then choose Edit > Dene Pattern to make this selection a pattern. 5. Next, create a new document that is 500 by 500 pixels in size. Using the type tool, create a large J on the canvas. Use a large round font for this. I used Arial Rounded set around 500 pt. for this example.
3. Duplicate the red square layer. With the new layer active, Choose Filter > Other > Offset. Enter the following settings.
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6. Ctrl + Click on the J layer to put a selection around it. Move over to the Channels palette and create a new channel. Fill this channel with white. Deselect the J (Ctrl/ Cmd + D).
7. Choose Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur. Enter 10 for the radius setting. Choose Select > All once again. Copy (Ctrl/Cmd + C) this selection. Hit Ctrl/Cmd + N to create a new le. Paste this selection in to the new le, however, do not close the le with the original J yet. Save it as CandyCaneMap.psd on your U:/ drive.
9. Choose Filter > Distort > Displace. Enter the following settings and click OK. You will then be prompted to select a displacement map le. Choose the le we saved in step 7.
8. Go back to the le with the original J. Hide the J layer. Create a new layer on top. Choose Edit > Fill. Select Pattern for the Use option and pick your red and white striped pattern from the list. Click OK to ll the new layer with this pattern.
10. You should now have something similar to this reference image.
11. Next, Ctrl/Cmd + Click on the hidden J text layer to put a selection around it. Hit Ctrl/Cmd + Shift + I to select the Inverse. Be sure the striped pattern layer is active and hit delete. You should be left with this:
12. Choose Edit > Transform > Flip Vertical. Then double click the layer to bring up the layer styles dialog box. Add an Inner Shadow and a Bevel and Emboss layer style to this layer with the following settings. 13. Thats it. Looks yummy doesnt it. You can add a few extra elements to add to the holiday cheer. Also, this effect is not limited to a candy cane. You can use the same steps to create candy cane text. Using your imagination, this is possible:

Mesilla Valley Mall

Key Retailers
Aropostale American Eagle Outfitters Barnes & Noble Charlotte Russe Chicos Cineport 10 Theatre The Childrens Place

Mall at a Glance

Mesilla Valley Mall, located in Las Cruces, is the only regional mall in southern New Mexico and has a trade area that encompasses five counties Over the past few years an aggressive remerchandising campaign began which included the addition of Chicos, Aropostale, Kay Jewelers, Wet Seal, rue21, Motherhood Maternity, Charlotte Russe and a state-of-the-art, ten-screen theatre. The Childrens Place will open in the summer of 2010 Las Cruces is the hub for all of southern New Mexico for banking, higher education and the expanding medical community New Mexico State University, with an enrollment of over 17,000 students, is located less than three miles from the mall Mesilla Valley Mall is centrally located in a growing high tech community that includes White Sands Missile Range, a NASA Test facility and the future Spaceport America The area has been named one of the top 25 cities for Doing Business in America by INC. Magazine. Las Cruces has recently been ranked on two Forbes/Milken lists: Number One small city of Best Places for Business and Careers and Number Nine on the list of Best Performing Small Cities. In 2009, Las Cruces was also named one of the top 21 cities on boomertowns.com 2009 Best Places to Thrive The population in the trade area is expected to increase 7.8% over the next five years. In 2010, the number of troops will increase by 25% at White Sands Missile Range and Holloman Air Force Base

Contact Information

Brenda Ford, SCLS Vice President, Leasing Specialist Jones Lang LaSalle 1120 N Canterbury Court Dallas, Texas 75208 tel 1196 fax 1068 brenda.ford@am.jll.com Candy Allen, CSM, CMD Vice President, General Manager Mesilla Valley Mall 700 S Telshor Boulevard Las Cruces, New Mexico 88011 tel 1001 fax 0956 candy.allen@am.jll.com Vicki Leiknes VP, National Accounts Manager Jones Lang LaSalle 1125 Sanctuary Parkway, Suite 170 Alpharetta, Georgia 30009 tel 5285 fax 5235 vicki.leiknes@am.jll.com
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Property Data

Opening Date Renovation Date Site Parking Total Stores Levels 77.4 acres 4,500 spaces 602,108 s.f. 261,995 s.f. 58,565 s.f. 35,116 s.f. 23,449 s.f. 281,548 s.f. 35,507 s.f. 71,610 s.f. 40,185 s.f. 65,765 s.f. 68,481 s.f. 363,005 147,604 $49,yrs.
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Total Mall GLA Mall Shops Jr. Anchors (Total) Available Barnes & Noble Anchors (Total) Cineport 10 Theatre Dillards Women Dillards Men and Home JCPenney Sears Trade Area Population Total Households Avg. Household Income Median Age
Source: DemographicsNow - 2009
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