Original tutorial can be found HERE

Material


Filters Used
Unlimited : VM Extravaganza : transmission
Vanderlee Unplugged-X : 45° Rectangle
L en k's Katharina
AP Innovations lines silverlining : Dotty grid
Vanderlee Unplugged-X vertical tile
Dbs flux : bright noise
Unlimited : Photo Aging kit : cracked paper
Nick Software Color Efex pro : Cross balance
Unlimited : VM Distorsionnn : Flip Chop
Plugin Galaxy : Instant Miror
Unlimited Paper Texture : Japanese Paper
Richard Roserman : Solid Border
Mura Meister : Perspective Tilling

Thank you Cloclo and Renée for sharing thier plugins pages



Colors


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

Realization
1
open alpha layer
window -> duplicate
work with copy, close original layer to preserve it

2
flood fill with a linear gradient -> 45 / 0 / check « invert »

3
effects -> image effects -> seamless tiling

4
effects -> plugins -> Unlimited 2 -> VM Extravaganza / Transmission

effects -> edge effects -> enhance

6
layers -> duplicate
effects -> plugins -> VanDerLee / Unplugged X

use BG color
selections -> load selection  1 from alpha channel
selections -> promote selection to layer
leep selection active

7
flood fill with a linear gradient (uncheck « invert »)

8
effects -> image effects -> seamless tiling

selections -> promote selection to layer
effects -> plugins -> L en K’s Katharina

9
layers -> duplicate
image -> mirror -> mirror horizontal

10
effects -> image effects -> offset

11
layer’s opacity : 60%
blend mode : hard  light (match your colors)
layers -> merge -> merge down

12
selections -> load selection 1
selections -> modify -> contract / 35 pixels
selections -> promote selection to layer

13
effects -> plugins -> AP Innovations / Lines Silverlining / Dotty Grid

14
effects -> image effects -> seamless tiling

15
selections -> promote selection to layer

16
effects -> plugins -> VanDerLee / Unplugged X / Vertical Tile
adjust -> sharpness -> sharpen more
selections -> select none
effects -> 3D effects -> drop shadow -> 0 / 0 / 50 / 25 / black

17
highlight « Promoted Selection 2 »
drop shadow (don’t change settings)

18
highlight « Promoted Selection 1 »
drop shadow (same settings)

19
drop shadow on « promoted selection » too

20
your layers palette

21
highlight « Copy of Alpha » (second from bottom)
load selection 2 from alpha channel

22
effects -> plugins -> DBS Flux / Bright Noise

23
selections -> select none

24
highlight top layer
laod selection 3 from alpha channel
layers -> new raster layer

25
copy / paste into selection landscape tube
effects -> edge effects -> enhance

26
to improve her landscpae, Jacotte highlighted « Copy of Alpha_mayy »
then loaded selection 4 from alpha channel and applied plugins : Mura’s Meister / Cloud
this is optional
if you apply this effect, don’t forget to deselect before going on

27
highlight « copy of alpha-mayy »
load selection 5 from alpha channel
selections -> promote selection to layer
flood fill with a linear gradient / 45 / 0 / uncheck « invert »

28
effects -> plugins -> Unlimited 2 -> Photo Aging Kit / Cracked Paper

effects -> 3D effects -> drop shadow -> 0 / 0 / 50 / 25 / black
selections -> select none
layers -> arrange -> bring to top

29
close bottom layer’s visibillity
highlight any othe layer
layers -> merge -> merge visible

30
effects -> plugins -> Nik Software Color Efex Pro / Cross Balance

31
copy / paste as new layer decoration tube

32
effects -> image effects -> offset

33
copy / paste as new layer decoration 2

34
effects -> image effects -> offset

35
copy / paste as new layer decoration 3
colorize if necessary to match your colors

36
effects -> image effects -> offset

effects -> 3D effects -> drop shadow -> 1 / 1 / 100 / 1 / black

37
copy / paste as new layer flower tube

38
effects -> image effects -> offset

effects -> 3D effects -> drop shadow -> 1 / 1 / 100 / 1 / black

39
alpha layer’s visibility is still closed
layers -> merge -> merge visible

40
open alpha layer’s visibility
highlight top layer
ipmage -> resize -> uncheck « resize all layers » -> 90%

41
highlight alpha layer
optional : redo step 30 (Nik Software effect)

42
effects -> plugins -> Unlimited 2 -> VM Distortion / Flip Chop

43
effects -> plugins -> Galaxy / Instant Mirror

44
effects -> plugins -> Unlimited 2 -> Paper Texture / Japanese Paper

Edit -> Copy

45
highlight top layer
selections -> select all
selections -> float
selections -> defloat

46
effects -> plugins -> Richard Rosenman / Solid Borders / FG color

effects -> 3D effects -> drop shadow -> 0 / 0 / 100 / 50 / black  TWICE
selections -> select none

47
image -> add borders -> check « symmetric -> FG color

48
select this border
paste into selection (layer copied in step 44)

49
effects -> plugins -> Mura’s Meister / Perspective Tiling

adjust -> sharpness -> sharpen more
selections -> select none

50
copy / paste as new layer character tube
place it where you like
effects -> 3D effects -> drop shadow -> 0 / 0 / 21 / 14 / black

51
image -> add borders -> check « symmetric ->
2 pixels FG color
3 pixels BG color

52
copy / paste as new layer text tube
place it where you want
layers -> merge -> merge all

53
image -> resize -> check « resize all layers -> 900 pixels (width)
adjust -> sharpness -> unsharp mask

54
apply your watermark and save as... type .jpeg
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