Visualization of a board made in EAGLE using Photoshop

I will unsubscribe how it is possible to visualize a printed circuit board designed in CAD EAGLE using Photoshop. But I want to warn you right away that this method does not take into account the presence of motherboards (vias) and surface mount areas (smd).
At the exit:


At the entrance:



For this we need: a board file (with the extension .pcb), the EAGLE program, and of course Photoshop.

Step 1 - Create a Virtual Card: Preparation and Dimension Layer

1. Open the board in EAGLE, remove all layers except Dimension
2. We export as a picture to the clipboard: select File-> Export-> Image, check the Clipboard checkbox, change the extension to 600 (for good quality) and click Ok.
3. Open Photoshop, create a new document (File-> New, or press [Ctrl-N]). In the dialog box:
   
   • call the document
   • make sure that the Clipboard is in the Preset field (otherwise, we have an empty clipboard)
   • Change Color Mode to RGB
   • click ok
   
   
4. Paste the contents of the clipboard into the picture (Edit-> Paste, or [Ctrl-V])
5. Create a mask for the layer:
   
   • Select the 'Magic Wand Tool', set the Tolerance to 0, and check the Contiguous box.
   • We click in the center of the board
   • Click on the button 'Add layer mask' under the list of layers
   
   
6. Paint the board:
   
   • Click on 'Layer thumbnail' choosing the layer itself and not its mask
   • Fill with color: 'Edit-> Fill ..', select 'Use: Color', and select the desired color, for example # 006600 (R-0, G-123, B-0), press 'Ok'.
   
   
7. Change the name of the layer to 'PCB'

Step 2 - Create Pads and Drill a Virtual Board

1. Go to EAGLE, select only two layers - Pads and Vias. Export (File-> Export-> Image-> Ok).
2. Go to Photoshop and paste the picture (Ctrl-V).
3. Create a mask for the layer:
   
   • select the 'Magic Wand Tool', you can use the [W] button,
   • uncheck the Contiguous and click on the contact area
   • click on the button 'Add layer mask' under the list of layers
   
   
4. Click on the 'Layer thumbnail' and paint it gray, for example # 999999 (R-153, G-153, B-153)
5. Put a checkmark on Contiguous and on 'Sample All Layers', click in the middle of the board (not on pads)
6. Next, uncheck the 'Contiguous' and while holding the Shift key, click on the contact pad (adding selection)
7. Invert the selection 'Select-> Inverse' or [Shift-Ctrl-I] and remove the excess: select the 'Layer mask thumbnail' on the 'PCB' layer and fill it with black.
   
   

Step 3 - Labeling

In EAGLE, select the layers 'tPlace', 'tNames' and 'tValues'. And everything is as usual: export, create a mask, fill it with white, call it 'Silk'. Upd: When creating a mask, you need to change 'Tolerance' to 64.

In principle, you can stop at this stage, the board already looks similar:



But, as you can see, the markings on the board creep into the pads. In a real board, all this will be cut off at the preparation stage, we will do the same:

1. right-click on the 'Layer mask thumbnail' of the 'PCB' layer and select 'Add Layer Mask To Selection'
2. Invert the selection 'Select-> Inverse' and add the selection from the 'Pads' layer.
3. For greater credibility, we expand the selection a little: 'Select-> Modify-> Expand-> 2pixels-> Ok'
4. Left on the 'Layer mask thumbnail' of the 'Silk' layer and fill it with black.
   

Step 4 - Final - Finishing

To give even greater credibility, you need to add a bit of volume. To do this, make the layer 'PCB' cast a shadow. This is done using the 'Styles' dialog box. You can also create a layer of 'Top' - the upper tracks. But this is already as homework.

Save, study, analyze, brag.

By the way, I often noticed blots on the board at this stage, especially in the marking layer.
Well, at the end, for comparison, what I visualized as much as possible, and what turned out in real life (the previous version of the board was scanned).