Making playing cards in Photoshop is extremely easy, especially since all the symbols for the four suits are included as Photoshop custom shapes. Of course, making the Ace through 10 of each suit is very simple, with no real skill involved. The difficulty starts with the face cards. This tutorial will walk you through some techniques to quickly create the King of Hearts. The same principles can be applied to the rest of the face cards.

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