Make a wooden Hollow Star with Depth.

The below video shows all the steps

Details of Polygon creation in this post: Polygons and Selections

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• Draw an 8 side polygon with:
  • star shape
  • 20% indentation for sides
  • Use the settings on the side
  • No outline
  • Blue fill
  • 500 px X 500px (50% of your canvas)
  • No curved Corners
  • No curved indents

• Duplicate this 8 corners star to a smaller one
  • From the layers side panel, select the polygon layer and right-click on it or select duplicate from menu>layer>Duplicate
  • press ctrl+T to open the Free transform Top tool menu
  • Set W=50%, H=50%
  • Set the Fill to black

• Now, make blue star hollow
  • Use the object selection tool from the side panel
  • Drag it around the black star
  • Select the blue star layer from the right-side panel
  • Then, menu>Layer>Rasterize>Layer to make it directly editable
  • hit delete
  • Hide the black star by clicking on eye icon (visibility) beside the black layer
  • You will end up with a hollow polygon as in the image to the side

• To add a Wooden Texture You have 2 options

1. Use the wooden Styles from the Photoshop as fill to the star
2. Embed a wooden layer or any other image and cut the hollow star in it

1. Add a wooden texture from Photoshop Stylesmenu>Windows>Styles
   • The Style selection panel will appear
   • Go to Natural .Wood
   • Then apply menu>layers>Layer Style> Bevel Emboss
   • settings as Screenshot to the side

2. Embed an image and cut the star into it
   • menu>File>Place Embedded
   • Choose the image you prefer, I will be using in this demo an Image by Diego Passadori from Unsplash Website
   • Make the blue perforated star layer to the top and use the object selection tool
   • IF the selection is not perfect, you can repeat it or correct is using are + or -

2. continue
   • Select the Wooden Layer that you embedded
   • menu>Layer>Rasterize>Layer
   • menu>Select>Inverse
   • hit Del (Delete)
   • Apply Bevel and Emboss

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