Beautiful Spring

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Original tutorial can be found HERE

Material 
 tubes - Alpha raster

Thank you to the tubers : Hazal – Thafs – Danimage

Filters used
Simple – Unplugged X – Mura’s Meister – AFS Import – AP01 Innovations – Mock – Toadies

Colors palette

Realization

Prepare a sunburst gradient with 2 colors chosen in your tubes and with the following settings
(dark color as background and light color as foreground)

open the layer “alpha spring”, duplicate it and close the original.
We will work on the copy
paint this raster with the gradient
effects/plugins/AFS IMPORT/sqborder2/default settings

effects/plugins/Simple/Blintz
layers/duplicate
image/mirror – image/flip
in the layers palette, set the blend mode to “darken” or “multiply” (or other if necessary) and the opacity to 55%
layers/merge/merge visible
effects/plugins/Unplugged X/Vanderlee/vertical tile

effects/plugins/Simple/top left mirror
selections/load-save selection/load selection from alpha channel : selection #2

selections/promote selection to layer
effects/3D effects/drop shadow  :  0 / 0 / 100 / 50 /black, and select none
effects/plugins/UnpluggedX, Vertical tile as before

effects/plugins/Simple/Pizza Slice Mirror
in the layers palette, set the blend mode of this layer to “hard light” (or other) and the opacity to +/-85% (according to your results)
effects/3D effects/drop shadow : 0 / 0 / 80 / 30 / black

selections/load-save selection/load selection from alpha channel : selection #1

selections/promote selection to layer, and select none

effects/image effects/seamless tiling

effects/plugins/AP01Innovations/Lines-Silverlining/horizontal

effects/Simple/Blintz
effects/image effects/seamless tiling as before
layers/duplicate
image/free rotate

effects/distortion effects/polar coordinates

selections/load-save selection/load selection from alpha channel : selection#6

press the “delete” key of your keyboard and select none

effects/image effects/offset

layers/duplicate – image/mirror
close the visibility toggle of the background layer,
activate the upper layer

and merge visible

open the visibility toggle of the background layer, and keep the upper layer active
image/rotate left. (The 2 layers are going to rotate, it’s normal)
(don’t choose a free rotate, the effects won’t be the same)

efects/distortion effects/pinch

image/right rotate
layers/merge/merge visible
layers/duplicate
image/resize/25% (disable : resize all layers)
image/free rotate

selections/select all – selections/float – selections/defloat
effects/plugins/Mock/Windo

selections/select none
effects/image effects/offset

effects/3D effects/drop shadow : 0 / 0 / 80 / 30 / black

selections/load-save selection/load selection from alpha channel : selection #3

adjust/blur/gaussian blur/16
layers/new raster layer
copy the tube “Munde Spring Vertical”, and paste into selection
effects/3D effects/drop shadow : 0 / 0 / 80 / 30 / black, and select none
effects/3D effects/drop shadow : 1 / 1 / 80 / 2.97 / black
layers/merge/merge down
layers/duplicate – image/mirror – image/flip
layers/merge/merge down

layers/new raster layer
selections/load-save selection/load selection from alpha channel : selecion #4

paint the selection with the dark color
effects/texture effects/blinds (with the light color)

selections/select none
effects/3D effects/drop shadow : 0 / 0 / 80 / 30 / black
layers/arrange/move down
layers/merge/merge visible

copy the tube “WA Munde sprin def vellum”, paste as a new layer
don’t move it, it will drop at the right place
effects/3D effects/drop shadow : 1 / 1 / 80 / 2.97 / black
layers/new raster layer
layers/arrange/move down
selections/load-save selection/load selection from alpha channel : selection #5

copy the tube “Rw Spring bouquet” and paste it into selection
in the layers palette, set the blend mode to “soft light”, OR set the opacity to +/- 75% if your tube has no lively colors
effects/edge effects/enhance

adjust/sharpness/sharpen
layers/new raster layer
effects/3D effects/drop shadow : 0 / 0 / 100 / 50 / black and select none
layers/merge/merge all

activate the selection tool/rectangle/custom selection

selections/promote selection to layer

effects/plugins/Mura’s Meister/Perspective Tiling

selections/select none
effects/3D effects/drop shadow : 0 / 0 / 65 / 25 / black
layers/merge/merge all

image/add borders/2 pixels/enable symmetric (choose the dark color)
image/add borders/disable symmetric/choose the light color

activate the magic wand (default settings) and select this border
effects/plugins/Toadies/What are You

and again the same plugin with the same settings

selections/invert
effects/3D effects/drop shadow/ : 0 / 0 / 80 / 35 / black and select none

activate the selection tool/rectangle/custom selection

effects/3D effects/drop shadow : 0 / 0 / 80 / 35 / black and select none
activate the tube “Woman tubes 179”, image/mirror - resize it : 85% , copy and paste as a new layer, and place it as shown on the example
effects/3D effects/drop shadow (as you like)

activate the tube “tube danimage vase”, copy and paste as a new layer
image/resize/ 55% (disable resize all layers) and place as shown
effects/3D effects/drop shadow/ same settings as before

don’t forget to sign

layers/merge/merge all (flatten)
image/add borders/enable symmetric/dark color/2 pixels
resize if necessary, and save file as..... type jpeg

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