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Filters used
Toadies/Weaver
Tramages/Downstairs
AP1 Innovations/Line - SilverLIning
Alien Skin / Eye Candy 5/Impact/Glass
Unlimited 2/Tiles & Mirror
Xxxxxxxxxx image filtres + lien xxxxxxxxx
Material
1 alpha layer (selections)
1 tube made by NIMUELAFEE
1 mask
1 element
1 text
1 preset/Glass
double click on the preset, and it will be registred automaticaly in the right plugin
1 color palette
Tubers’ authorizations -->
Use the paintbrush to follow the steps
right click to grab it
Franie’s colors
Don’t hesitate to change them and to change the blend modes of the layers
According to your tubes and images
Realization
Step 1
in the materials palette, prepare the colors
set color 3 as foreground, and color 1 as background
Step 2
activate the alpha layer - window/duplicate
close the original and work with the copy
Step 3
in the materials palette, prepare a radial gradient
Step 4
fill the layer with the gradient
layers/duplicate - image/mirror
in the layers palette, set the opacity on 50%
layers/merge/merge down
Step 5
layers/duplicate
effects/geometric effects/perspective horizontal
adjust/sharpness/sharpen more
Step 6
selections/load-save selection/from alpha channel/selection #1
selections/promote selection to layer
selections/select none
adjust/sharpness/sharpen
Step 7
layers/duplicate
image/resize/50% (uncheck “resize all layers”)
image/free rotate
effects/image effects/offset
layers/duplicate - image/flip
layers/merge/merge down (2 times)
effects/3D effects/drop shadow
again, drop shadow , replacing 2 by -2 -> -2 / -2 / 100 / 15 / color 3
Step 8
layers/duplicate
image/resize/50% (uncheck “resize all layers”)
image/mirror
effects/image effects/offset
layers/duplicate - image/mirror
layers/merge/merge down
effects/3D effects/drop shadow as in step 7 (with 2 and -2)
adjust/sharpness/sharpen
Step 9
layers/new raster layer
fill with color 3
selections/select all
selections/modify/contract
press the delete key of your keyboard
selections/select none
image/resize/75% (uncheck “resize all layers”)
effects/image effects/seamless tiling/default settings
effects/plugins/Toadies/Weaver
adjust/sharpness/sharpen
effects/3D effects/ as in step 7 (with -2 and 2)/color 3
layers/arrange/move down
Step 10
in the layers palette, activate the layer on top of the stack
in the materials palette, set color 2 as foreground
layers/new raster layer
selections/load-save selection/from alpha channel/selection #2
fill the selection with color 2
selections/select none
effects/reflection effects/feedback
effects/plugins/Tramages/Downstairs/default settings
effects/image effects/offset
in the layers palette, set the blend mode on “overlay” or “screen”, according to your colors
layers/arrange/move down (2 times)
effects/3D effects/drop shadow
Step 11
in the layers palette, activate the layer “copy of raster 1” (the second from the bottom)
selections/load-save selection/from alpha channel/selection #3
selections/promote selection to layer
selections/select none
adjust/add noise
effects/3D effects/drop shadow
2 /2 / 50 / 10 - 2 /2 / 50 / 10 color 3
adjust/sharpness/sharpen
Step 12
in the layers palette, activate the layer “copy of merged” again
effects/plugins/AP1 Innovations/Line-SilverLining
adjust/sharpness/sharpen
Step 13
at this point, your layers palette must be like this
and you work looks like this
Step 14
in the layers palette, activate the layer “promoted selection” (the middle one)
actiovate the layer “texte_gold”
edit/copy - back to your work - edit/paste as a new layer
don’t move it
of course, you can change the color, the settings, the saturation… to your liking
colorize according to your colors, or use the blend mode “multiply”
Step 15
in the layers palette, raster 4 is activated
in the materials palette, set color 2 as foreground
activate the mask “cg_mask0164”, and minimize it
layers/new raster layer
paint with color 2
layers/new mask layer/from image
layers/merge/merge group
image/resize/40 % / (uncheck “resize all layers”)
image/mirror - effects/image effects/offset
layers/duplicate - image/flip
layers/merge/merge down
effects/plugins/Alien Skin/Eye Candy 5/Impact/Glass/preset _tuto67_franiemargot
in the layers palette, set the blend mode on “overlay” or “screen”, according to your colors
adjust/sharpness/sharpen
effects/3D effcts/drop shadow 1 / -1 / 100 / 15 / black
Step 16
in the layers palette, close the visibility toggle of the bottom layer (merged)
activate the layer on top of the stack
layers/merge/merge visible
layers/new raster layer
paint with color 3
selections/select all - selections/modify/contract/2 pixels
press the delete key of your keyboard
selections/select none
layers/merge/merge down
in the layers palette, open the visibility toggle of the bottom layer
Step 17
in the layers palette, activate the layer on top of the stack
image/resize/90% (uncheck “resize all layers”)
select the transparent part with the magic wand
selections/invert
effects/3D effects/drop shadow
and again, replacing 5 by -5
adjust/sharpness/sharpen
selections/select none
Step 18
in the layers palette, activate the bottom layer
effects/image effects/seamless tiling/default settings
activate the element “gold”
edit/copy - back to your work - edit/paste as a new layer
image/add borders/2 pixels/check symmetric/color 3
COPY
Step 19
image/add borders/40 pixels/white
select this border with the magic wand tool
edit/paste into selection (the clipboard)
adjust/blur/gaussian blur/15
effects/plugins/Unlimited 2/Tiles & Mirror/XY Offset/50% (negative)
selections/invert, proceed as in step 15
5 / 5 / 100 / 15 * -5 / -5 / 10 / 15 / color 3
selections/select none
Step 20
activate the tube of the woman
edit/copy - back to your work -edit/paste as a new layer
move it to the right as shown on the final result
effects/3D effects/drop shadow ** -5 / -5 / 100 / 40 / color 3
adjust/sharpness/sharpen
image/add borders/2 pixels/color 3
Step 21
apply your signature
save as … type jpeg
Your tag is now finished
Written on 2013/12/19
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