Reflection
Original tutorial can be found HERE
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Material
1 tube by Jacotte
1 color palette
1 mask
1 tube “decoration”
1 alpha layer
Filters Used
Unlimited 2 - Xero - Cybia Screenworks - Birgits Chaos
Colors
foreground color / color 1 / light color / #fddfa0
background color / color 2 / dark color / #055227
Use the Paint Brus to follow the steps
Left click to grab it
Realization
Step 1
open the alpha layer “alpha-reflet”
window/duplicate, and close the original. Always work with the copy
Step 2
paint with a radial gradient
Step 3
effects/plugins/Unlimited 2/Tile & Mirror/Mirror (Horizontal)
Step 4
layers/duplicate
image/flip
in the layers palette, set the opcaity on 50%
layers/merge/merge down
Step 5
selections/load-save selection/from alpha channel/selection #1
layers/new raster layer
fill the selection with color 2
Step 6
effects/plugins/Xero/Soft Vignette
selections/select none
Step 7
layers/duplicate
image/mirror
layers/merge/merge down
effects/3D effects/drop shadow/ 0 / 0 / 100 / 50 / black
Step 8
in the layers palette, ativate the background layer (alpha layer)
selections/load-save selection/from alpha channel/selection #2
selections/promote selection to layer
effects/plugins/Cybia Screenworks/Graph Paper
keep the selection active
Step 9
layers/new raster layer
fill with a linear gradient 45 / 2 (uncheck “invert”)
selections/modify/contract/10 pixels
press the Delete key of your keyboard
selections/select none
Step 10
layers/duplicate
image/resize/90%/uncheck “resize all layers”
layers/merge/merge down
effects/3D effects/drop shadow as before
layers/arrange/bring to top
Step 11
activate the tube of the woman
edit/copy - back to your work - edit/paste as a new layer
move it in the middle of the frame
Step 12
layers/new raster layer
fill with color 1
activate the tube of the mask (masque 37) and minimize it
layers/new mask layers/from image
choose “masque 37”
layers/merge/merge group
Step 13
selections/load-save selection/from alpha channel/selection #3
selections/modify/contract/10 pixels
press the Delete key of your keyboard
selections/select none
effects/3D effects/drop shadow as before
layers/duplicate
layers/arrange/move down 2 times
it should be under the layer of the woman
Step 14
in the layers palette, activate the layer on top of the stack (raster group)
selections/load-save selection/from alpha channel/selection #4
press the Delete key of your keyboard
if you don’t use the same tube, use the Eraser Tool and erase the character placed at the left
selections/select none
Step 15
layers/merge/merge visible
Step 16
layers/new raster layer
fill with color 1
selections/select allselections/modify/contract/5 pixels
press the Delete key of your keyboard
selections/select none
layers/merge/merge down
Step 17
image/resize/90%/uncheck “resize all layers”
Step 18
layers/new raster layer
fill with a linear gradient / 45-3 /uncheck “invert”
effects/plugins/Birgits Chaos/Embroidery
Step 19
layers/duplicate
image/mirror
in the layers palette, set the opacity on 50%
layers/merge/merge down
Step 20
layers/arrange/move down
Step 21
in the layers palette, activate the layer on top of the stack
effects/3D effects/drop shadow as before
layers/merge/merge visible
Step 22
image/add borders:
2 pixels color 1
2 pixels color 2
Step 23
image/add borders/45 pixels color 1
select this border with the magic wand
fill with the gradient prepared on step 18
effects/Cybia/Screenworks/Regular Glyph/22
Step 24
selections/invert
effects/3D effects/drop shadow/ 0 / 0 / 80 / 40 / black
selections/select none
Step 25
image/add borders :
2 pixels color 1
2 pixels color 2
Step 26
image/resize/900 pixels width
Step 27
acitvate the decoration tube
colorize it if necessary
edit/copy - back to your work - edit/paste as a new layer
don’t move it
Step 28
layers/merge all
adjust/sharpness/unsharp mask
Step 29
sign your tag
save as…. type jpeg
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