Duality

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Colors
color 1/foreground color/#000000
color 2/background color/#ffffff
if you change the dark color, keep white
if you change the ligth color, keep black

prepare the colors in the materials palette

Filters
Textures - Tramages - XE Xtras - Simple - AP Lines/Lines Silverlining



Material
1 color palette - 1 tube by Nicole - 1 tube by Mago74 - 1 fractal by Karella - 1 word art by Libellule

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

Implementation
install the plugins
open the tubes and duplicate them. Work with the copies, close the originals

Realization
Step 1
in the materials palette, prepare a linear gradient

Step 2
open a new transparent raster layer   800  ** 600 pixels
fill with the gradient

Step 3
effects/plugins/Textures/Craquelure

Step 4
effects/plugins/XE Extras/Elemental/Metal

Step 5
layers/duplicate

Step 6
effects/image effects/seamless tiling

your layers palette look like this

Step 7
in the layers palette, set the opacity on 50%
activate the layer below (Raster 1)
image/flip

Step 8
layers/merge/merge visible
effects/image effects/seamless tiling as in step 6

Step 9
effects/plugins/Simple/4 Way Average/default settings
effects/edge effects/enhance

Step 10
layers/new raster layer
fill with color 2
effects/plugins/Tramage/Moving Screen

set the opacity on 20% and the blend mode on « difference »

Step 11
effects/distortion effects/warp

Step 12
image/add borders/2 pixels/black

Step 13
layers/duplicate
image/resize/uncheck « resize all layers »/80%

layers/duplicate (again)

Step 14
in the layers palette, activate the layer below (copy of background)
effects/plugins/Simple/Half Warp/default settings

Step 15
effects/plugins/Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Impact/Perspective Shadow

Step 16
in the layers palette, activate the top layer
effects/plugins/Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Impact/Perspective Shadow (as before)

Step 17
activate the tube « Lila by-mago74 »
edit/copy - back to your work - edit/paste as new layer
image/resize/uncheck « resize all layers »/60%

Step 18
effects/plugins/AP[ Lines]/Lines-Silverlining/Arrow

in the layers palette, set the blend mode on « soft light » (or other)

Step 19
activate the fractal « Karela1022Fractal10006 »
edit/copy

Step 20
back to your work
layers/new raster layer
selections/select alla
edit/paste into selection
selections/select none (Ctrl + D)

Step 21
effects/plugins/Simple/4 Way Average/default settings

Step 22
in the layers palette, set the blend mode on « saturation »
adjust/sharpness/sharpen

Step 23
layers/duplicate
layers/merge/merge down

Step 24
layers/new raster layer
fill with color 1
selections/select all
selections/modify/contract/3 pixels

Step 25
edit/clear/delete
selections/select none (Ctrl + D)

Step 26
activate the tube « nicole-etrange-femme2-2012 »
edit/copy - back to your work - edit/paste as new layer

Step 27
image/resize/uncheck « resize all layers »/80%
effects/image effects/offset

Step 28
layers/duplicate
in the layers palette, activate the layer below (Raster 4)
effects/artistic effects/colored edges

Step 29
in the layers palettes, activate the top layer
adjust/sharpness/unsharp mask

Step 30
activate the word art « duality_wordart_libellule »
edit/copy - back to your work - edit/paste as new layer

Step 31
image/free rotate/left/90°

effects/image effects/offset

apply your signature
layers/merge/merge all (flatten)

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