Happy new year 2015

original tutorial can be found HERE


Material
tubes - images - a gold tile (copy/paste into the folder « 


Filters Used
Mehdi - L en K’s Zitah - Unlimited 2 -> Bkg Kaleidoscope & BKg Designers - Mura’s Meister - Graphic Plus
Colors
color 1 -> foreground color -> #c2a967 (dark color)
color 2 -> background color -> #f4ebc4 (light color)


translator’s note : I work with PSPX7,
but you can realize this tag with another version of course

Use the pencil to follow the steps left click to grab it

Step 2
effects/plugins/Mehdi/Wavy Lab 1.1

Step 3
adjust/blur/gaussian blur/10

Step 4
effects/plugins/Mehdi/Sorting Tile

effects/edge effects/enhance more

Step 5
effects/plugins/L en K’s Zitah

Step 6
effects/plugins/BKg Kaleidoscope/@Blueberry Pie

Step 7
effects/plugins/BKg Kaleidoscope/4QFlip ZbottomR

Step 8
effects/plugins/Unlimited 2/BKg Designer sf10 I/ALFs Border Mirror Bevel

Step 9
selections/load selection from alpha channel/selection 1
selections/promote selection to layer

Step 10
copy/paste the landscape tube as new layer
move it as shown
blend mode : Luminance (Legacy)
effects/edge effects/enhance

Step 11
selecitons/invert
hit the delete key of your keyboard

Step 12
selections/invert
layers/new raster layer
effects/3D effects/cutout

selections/select none

Step 13
layers/merge/merge down twice

Step 14
selections/load selection from alpha channel/selection 2
layers/new raster layer
paint with color 2

Step 15
selections/modify/contract/5 pixels
hit the delete key of your keyboard
selections/select none

Step 16
selections/load selection from alpha channel/selection 3
effects/texture effects/weave/color 2

selections/select none

Step 17
layers/merge/merge down

Step 18
selections/load selection from alpha channel/selection 2
effects/3D effects/drop shadow/   0 / 0 / 100 / 50 / black
selections/select none

Step 19
activate the bottom layer (alpha layer)
selections/load selection from alpha channel/selection 4
selections/promote selection to layer

Step 20
layers/new raster layer
paint with color 2

Step 21
selections/modify/contract/5 pixels
hit the delete key of your keyboard
selections/select none

Step 22
selections/load selection from alpha channel/selection 5
efects/texture effects/weave

selections/select none
layers/merge/merge down

Step 23
layers/duplicate
image/mirror/horizontal mirror
layers/merge/merge down

Step 24
effcts/3D effects/drop shadow/   0 / 0 / 100 / 50 / black

Step 25
activate the bottom layer (alpha layer)
selections/load selection from alpha channel/selection 2
selections/promote selection to layer

Step 26
layers/arrange/bring to top
selections/select none

Step 27
effects/plugins/Mura’s Meister/Perspective Tiling

Step 28
layers/arrange/move down twice

Step 29
activate the bottom layer (alpha layer)
selections/load selection from alpha channel/selection 6
layers/new raster layer
paint with the gold pattern provided

Step 30
selections/modify/contract/3 pixels
hit the delete key of your keyboard
selections/select none

Step 31
layers/merge/merge visible

Step 32
image/add borders/2 pixels color 2
edit/COPY

Step 34
image/add borders/55 pixels/color 1
select this border with the magic wand tool
edit/paste into selection

Step 35
adjust/blur/gaussian blur/25

Step 36
selections/invert
effects/3D effects/drop shadow/check « shadow on new layer »/white

Step 37
drop shadow again/white

Step 38
your layers palette looks like this

seletions/select none

Step 39
activate the top layer
layers/arrange/send to bottom

Step 40
activate the first shadow layer --> blend mode « dissolve »

Step 41
acivate the second shadow layer
blend mode -> « dissolve »

Step 42
activate the top layer
layers/merge/merge visible

Step 43
selections/select all
selections/modify/contract/57 pixels
effects/3D effects/drop shadow/unchek « shadow on new layer »/   0 / 0 / 80 / 40 / black

selections/select none

Step 44
image/add borders/5 pixels color 1

Step 45
select this border with the magic wand tool
effects/plugisn/Graphic Plus/Cross Shadow

selections/select none

Step 46
copy/paste the snowman tube as new layer
move it to the right

Step 47
copy/paste the decoration tube as new layer
move it to the left

Step 48
copy/paste the text tube as new layer

Step 49
effects/image effects/offset

Step 50
copy/paste the bow tube as new layer

Step 51
effects/image effects/offset

layers/arrange/move down

Step 52
copy/paste the tube « 2015 » as new layer

Step 53
effects/image effects/offset

Step 54
layers/merge/merge all (flatten)

Step 55
image/resize/width 900 pixels

Step 56
apply your signature and save as... type jpeg

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