Tell me a story

Original tutorial can be found HERE

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Material
no tube is provided
so… tell people your own story
you will need 3 tubes for the book
and other tubes of your choice to decorate
1 layer alpha

Filters Used
Unlimited 2/Tiles and Mirror/Quadrant Mirror
DC/Special Book
Penta.Com/Dot and Cross
Graphic Plus/Cross Shadow
Penta.com/Color Dot
Carolaine and Sensibility/CS LDots

Colors
foreground color -> color 1 -> #f8ddb1 (light)
background color -> color 2 -> #eb6a5c (dark)

Use the paint brush to follow the steps
left click to grab it

 

Realization
Step 1
activate the alpha layer, window/duplicate, close the original and work with the copy

Step 2
fill with color 2

Step 3
selections/load-save selection/from alpha channel/selection #1
effects/3D effects/drop shadow/   0 / 0 / 100 / 50 / black
selections/invert
fill with color 1
effects/3D effects as before
selections/select none

Step 4
selections/select all
selections/modify/contract/70 pixels

Step 5
effects/reflection effects/rotating mirror

Step 6
effects/image effects/seamless tiling

selections/select none

Step 7
effects/plugins/Unlimited 2/Tiles and mirror/Quadrant mirror

Step 8
selections/load-save selection/from alpha channel/selection #2
effects/plugins/DC Special/Book

Step 9
selections/promote selection to layer
selections/select none

Step 10
layers/duplicate 2 times
rename these 3 layers   A - B - C

Step 11
your layers palette looks like this

Step 12
in the layers palette, raster C is active
selections/load-save selection/from alpha channel/selection #3
effects/image effects/page curl
top left, color 1

selections/select none

Step 13
in the layers palette, raster C is still active
selections/load-save selection/from alpha channel/selection #4
effects/image effects/page curl
bottom right, color 1

selections/select none

Step 14
in the layers palette, activate raster B
selections/load-save selection/from alpha channel/selection #4
effects/image effects/page curl
bottom right, color 1

selections/select none

Step 15
in the layers palette,activate the alpha layer (at the bottom of the stack)
selections/load-save selection/from alpha channel/selection #5
effects/plugins/Penta.Com/Dot and Cross

Step 16
selections/modify/contract/30 pixels
layers/new raster layer
fill with color 2
effects/plugins/Graphic Plus/Cross Shadow

effects/plugins/Penta.Com/Color Dot

effects/3D effects/drop shadow as before

Step 17
layers/new raster layer
fill with color 1
selections/modify/contract/3 pixels
press the Delete key of your keyboard
selections/select none
layers/merge/merge down

Step 18
in the layers palette, activate the layer on top of the stack
layers/new raster layer
selections/load-save selection/from alpha channel/selection #6
fill with color 2
effects/texture effects/weave/weave color : black

effects/3D effects/inner bevel

selections/select none

Step 19
layers/arrange/move down/3 times
your layers palette looks like this

effects/3D effects/drop shadow as before

Step 20
in the layers palette, activate the layer on top of the stack (layer C)
layers/merge/merge down/2 times
now the 3 layers C - B - A are merged
effects/3D effects/drop shadow as before

Decorate the pages of your book with the story of your choice

Step 21 - Left Page
on this page, Jacotte used 2 tubes ->
the background with the castle ( a misted image )
and the tube with the characters

selections/load-save selection/from alpha channel/selection #3
activate the misted tube
edit/copy - back on your work - edit/paste as a new layer
eventually, resize your image, and move into selection
effects/3D effects/drop shadow/   0 / 0 / 80 / 8 / black
in the layers palette, set the opacity on 40% (or other)

activate the tube
edit/copy - back on your work - edit/paste as a new layer
resize if necessary, and move into selection
effects/3D effects/drop shadow as before

Step 22 - Right page
selections/load-save selection/from alpha channel/selection #4
activate your third tube
edit/copy - back on your work - edit/paste as a new layer
resize if necessary, and move into selection
erase the part of the image that could be found on the page curl at the bottom
effects/3D effects as before

Step 23
layers/merge/merge all (flatten)
image/add borders :
2 pixels/color 1
2 pixels color 2

Step 24
selections/select all
selections/modify/contract/4 pixels
layers/new raster layer
effects/3D effects/cutout

selections/select none
layers/merge/merge all (flatten)

Step 25
image/add borders/50 pixels/color 1
select this border
fill with a linear gradient  45 / 5
effects/Carolaine and Sensibility/CS LDots

effecgs/edge effects/enhance more

Step 26
selections/invert
effects/3D effects/drop shadow/   5 / 5 / 80 / 40 / black
and again drop shadow/   -5 / -5 / 80 / 40 / black
selections/select none

Step 27
image/add borders :
2 pixels/color 1
2 pixels/color 2

Step 28
decorate your tag as you wish

Step 29
image/add borders/2 pixels/black

Step 30
image/resize/900 pixels width
adjust/sharpness/unsharp mask

Step 31
apply your signature
save as… type jpeg

Your tag is finished
Thank you to have realized it

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