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Material
tubes - font

Filters used
Unlimited 2.0 / &<Bkg Kaleidoscope>
Unlimited 2.0 / &<Bkg Designer sf10 I>
Tramages
Graphics Plus
VanDerLee
Alf's Power Toys
FM Tile Tools
VM Natural
AAA Frame
Alien Skin Eye Candy 5: Impact

Use the pencil to follow the steps hold down left click to grab it and move it

2
pick 2 colors into your tubes
Animabelle chose these
FG -> color 1 -> #a5856f
BG -> color 2 -> #000000 (black)
don’t hesitate to change colors, opacity and blend mode matching your colors

3
open a new transparent raster layer 900 * 550 pixels
flood fill with a gradient with the following settings

effects -> plugins -> Unlimited 2 -> &<Bkg Kaleidoscope> / @Mirrored & Scaled

4
layers -> duplicate
effects -> plugins -> Unlimited 2 -> &<Bkg Kaleidoscope> / Cake Mix

effects -> image effects -> seamless tiling

5
layers -> duplicate
image -> mirror -> mirror vertical (flip)
layer's opacity  : 50%
layers -> merge visible

6
layers -> duplicate
effects -> plugins -> Unlimited 2 -> &<Bkg Kaleidoscope> / Kaleidoscope 4   83 / 155

layer's opacity : 40%
layers -> duplicate

7
effects -> plugins -> Unlimited 2 -> Tramages / Tow The Line / default settings -> 80 / 54 / 48 / 9
effects -> plugins -> Unlimited 2 -> &<Bkg Designers sf10 I> / Barcode Generator / default settings
181 / 228 / 159 / 133 / 193 / 182
blend mode : Multiply  -  opacity : 20%
layers -> merge visible

8
activate selection tool -> custom selection

selections -> promote selection to layer
effects -> plugins -> Unlimited 2 ->  Graphic Plus / Cross Shadow

9
effects -> plugins -> VanDerLee / Unplugged X / Expand / Luminosity

effects -> plugins -> Unlimited 2 -> Alf’s Power Toy / Color Grid

selections -> select none

10
layers -> duplicate
layers -> mirror -> mirror horizontal (mirror)
image -> mirror -> mirror vertical (flip)
layers -> merge down
layer's opacity : 80%
effects -> 3D effects -> drop shadow -> 0 / 0 / 90 / 60 / black

11
highlight bottom layer (merged)
copy / paste as new layer « 77_femme_page6_Animabelle »
don’t move it
layer's opacity : 50%
adjust -> sharpness -> high pass sharpen

layers -> merge all (flatten)

12
selections -> select all
image -> add borders -> check « symmetric » -> 50 pixels color 2
selections -> invert
selections -> modify -> contract : 2 pixels
effects -> plugins -> Unlimited 2 -> VM Natural / Splash !...

13
effects -> plugins -> AAA Frame / Foto Frame

selections -> invert
effects -> 3D effects -> cutout / black

selections -> select none

14
zoom in to see better
select thin white border with magic wand tool


in materials palette, set color 1 as FG color
flood fill selection with color 1
effects -> plugins -> Graphic Plus -> Cross Shadow / default settings -> 0/0/0/0/0/0/128/128
selections -> select none

15
copy / paste as new layer « 58_homme_Animabelle »
image -> resize -> 80% (uncheck « resize all layers »)
place tube bottom right
drop a shadow of your choice

16
copy  /paste as new layer « Paco-Animabelle » (perfume)
place it bottom left
drop a shadow of your choice

17
install font provided (Orial.ttf)
activate Text tool -> size : 60 pixels / FG color : color 2 / BG color : color 1

write « PACO » (vertical) or choose another text
in layers palette, right click on vector layer, and convert to raster layer

place this text tube where you like

18
effects -> plugins -> Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Impact / Extrude
choose « Black Offset, No Shading » in « settings » tab

you will find a text tube « ready to use » in the material provided
drop a light shadow if you wish

19
 layers -> merge all (flatten)
selections -> select all
image -> add obrders -> 10 pixels color 1
selections -> invert
effects -> plugins -> Graphic Plus / Cross Shadow as before
selections -> select none

20
layers -> new raster layer
apply your watermark
layers -> merge all (flatten)
file -> save as... type .jpeg optipmized
resize if necessary

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