Imagination is friend of the future

Original tutorial can be found HERE

Material
tubes by Jacotte - 1 alpha layer (selections)
you will find 2 text tubes, one in french, the other one in english, choose the one you like best

Filters Used
Teph’s Trick Slide X50
Unlimited 2 / Tile and Mirror / Quadrant Flip
Sapphire Plugin 03 / plugins 0238
AAA Foto Frame
AP 01 [Innovations]/Lines Silverlining
FActory GAllery C / The Grid
Mura’s Meister / Perspective Tiling

Colors
color 1 -> foreground color -> #a019357 (dark color)
color 2 -> background color -> #ede8cd (light color)

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

Realization
Step 1
open tha alpha layer « Imagination »
windo/duplicate
close the original, and work with the copy

Step 2
in the materials palette, prepare a linear gradient   90 / 0  (uncheck « invert »)

Step 3
fill the layer with the gradient

Step 4
selections/select all

Step 5
selections/modify/contract/80 pixels
effects/plugins/Teph’s Trick Slide X50
effects/image effects/seamless tiling

selections/select none
effects/edge effects/enhance

Step 6
effects/reflection effects/feedback

Step 7
effects/image effects/seamless tiling

Step 8
effects/plugins/Unlimited 2/Tile and Mirror/Quadrant Flip

Step 9
selections/load selection 1 from alpha channel
selections/promote selection to layer
effects/plugins/Sapphire plugins 03/Sapphire Plugin 0238

effects/edge effects/enhance

Step 10
activate the tube of the apple
edit/copy - back to your work - edit/paste as new layer
image/resize/uncheck « resize all layers »/85%
move it properly inside the selection

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

Step 12
selections/invert
adjust/sharpness/sharpen more
layers/merge/merge down

Step 13
effects/plugins/AAA Frames/Foto Frame

Step 14
selections/modify/select selection borders

Step 15
layers/new raster layer
fill with color 1
effects/3D effects/inner bevel

selections/select none
layers/merge/merge down
effects/3D effects/drop shadow/     0 / 0 / 100 / 50 / black

Step 16
in the layers palette, activate th bottom layer (alpha layer)
selections/load selection 2 from alpha channel
elections/promote selection to layer
selections/modify/contract/15 pixels

Step 17
layers/new raster layer
effects/3D effects/cutout

Step 18
layers/new raster layer
effects/3D effects/cutout (negative settings)

layers/merge/merge down 3 times
selections/select none

Step 19
effects/3D effects/drop shadow

Step 20
selections/load selection 3 from alpha channel
selections/promote seletion to layer
adjust/blur/gaussian blur/20

Step 21
effects/plugins/AP 01[Innovations]/Lines Silverlining :
Dotty Grid/   ( 10 / -1 / 10 )   /   ( 0 / 0 / 0 ) / Grid / freebies 1

Step 22
effects/plugins/AAAFrames/Foto Frame

Step 23
layers/new raster layer
fill with color 1 (dark color)
selections/modify/contract/15 pixels
hit the delete key of your keyboard
selections/select none

Step 24
selections/load selection 4 from alpha channel
effects/3D effects/drop shadow

selections/select none
layers/merge/merge down

Step 25
selections/load selection 5 from apha channel

Step 26
activate the tube « tube-jacotte-13-7-12a » (the jars)
edit/copy - back to your work - edit/paste into selection
effects/plugins/AAA Frames/Foto Frame (width 15)

selections/select none

Step 27
in the layers palette,a ctivate the layer below (promoted selection 1)
selections/load selection 6 from alpha channel
selections/promote selection to layer
effects/plugins/AP 01[Innovations]/Lines Silverlining (as in step 21)

effects/plugins/AAA Frames/Foto Frame/width 25

Step 28
layers/new raster layer
fill with color 2 (light color)
selections/modify/contract/15 pixels
hit the delete key of your keyboard
selections/select none

Step 29
selections/load selection 7 from alpha channel
effects/3D effects/drop shadow

selections/select none
layers/merge/merge down

Step 30
selections/load selection 8 from alpha channel

Step 31
activate the tube of the egg
edit/copy - back to your work - edit/paste into selection
effects/plugins/AAA Frames/Foto Frame/width 15

selections/select none

Step 32
in the layers palette, activate the bottom layer (Alpha layer)
selections/load selection 9 from alpha channel
effects/artistic effects/halftone

effects/edge effects/enhance

Step 33
layers/new raster layer
activate the tube of the woman riding a rabbit
edit/copy - back to your work - edit/paste into selection
image/resize/uncheck « resize all layers »/115%
move it properly inside the selection
selections/invert
hit the delete key of your keyboard

Step 34
selections/invert
layers/merge/merge down
effects/plugins/AAA Frames/Foto Frame/width 5

selections/select none
effects/3D effects/drop shadow/   0 / 0 / 80 / 40 / black

Step 35
in the layers palette, activate the bottom layer (alpha layer)
selections/load selection 10 from alpha channel
selections/promote selection to layer
effects/artistic effect/halftone as in step 32 (settings already written)
effects/edge effects/enhance

Step 36
layers/new raster layer
activate the tube of the child with the bicycle
edit/copy - back to your work - edit/paste into selection
image/resize/uncheck « resize all layers »/115%
move it properly into the selection
selections/invert
hit the delete key of your keyboard

Step 37
selections/invert
layers/merge/merge down
effects/plugins/AAA Frames/Foto Frame/width 5

selections/select none
effects/3D effects/drop shadow/   0 / 0 / 80 / 40 / black

Step 38
in the layers palette, activate the top layer
layers/new raster layer
effects/plugisn/Filter Factory Gallery C/The Grid

Step 39
layers/new raster layer
fill with color 1 (dark color)
layers/arrange/move down
in the layers palette, activate the top layer
layers/merge/merge down

Step 40
effects/plugins/Mura’s Meister/Perspective Tiling

Step 41
layers/merge/merge all (flatten)

Step 42
image/add borders/check « symmetric »/45 pixels color 1 (dark color)
select this border with the magic wand tool
fill the selection with a lilnear gradient   { ( 45 / 0 )  uncheck « invert » }
selections/promote selection to layer
effects/artistic effects/enamel/color 2

selections/select none

Step 44
layers/duplicate - image/mirror
set the opacity of this layer on 50%
layers/merge/merge down twice

Step 45
selections/select all
selections/modify/contract/45 pixels
effects/3D effects/drop shadow/    0 / 0 / 100 / 50 / black
selections/select none

Step 46
image/add borders/check « symmetric »/5 pixels color 2, and 1 pixel black

Step 47
activate the tube of the sitting sheep
edit/copy - back to your work - edit/paste as new layer
image/resize/uncheck « resize all layer »/85%
move it to the left (see final result)
effects/3D effects/drop shadow/   0 / 0 / 60 / 25 / black

Step 48
activate the tube of the elephant
edit/copy - back to your work - edit/paste as new layer
image/resize/uncheck « resize all layers »/75%
image/mirror
move it to the right (see final result)
effects/3D effects/drop shadow/   0 / 0 / 60 / 20 / black

Step 49
activate the text tube
edit/copy - back to your work - edit/paste as new layer
move it as shown
effects/3D effects/drop shadow/   1 / 1 / 80 / 2 / black

Step 50
layers/merge/merge all (flatten)
image/resize/width 900 pixels
adjust/sharpness/unsharp mask

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