Rainbow

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Material
1 layer alpha channel
tubes

Thank you to the tubers : Nicole – Thafs - StehtDream

Filters used
Textures (Texturizer)
VM Extravaganza
Mura's Seamless
VanDerLee/UnPlugged-X
DSB Flux
BKG Designers 10Sf III (provided, must be installed in Unlimited 2)
Penta.com
Eye Candy 5 Impact
Unlimited 2

Colors palette

Execution
Don't hesitate to change the colors, the blend mode of the layers
according to your tubes and colors

open the alpha layer "rainbow", window/duplicate, and close the original
we will work with the copy
Prepare a radial gradient with 2 contrasting colors chosen in your main tube
(light color (1) as foreground and dark color (2) as background)
use the following settings

paint the layer with the gradient
effects/plugins/Mura's Seamless/Shift at Wave

effects/image effects/seamless tiling

layers/duplicate – image/mirror
in the layyers palette, set the blend mode on Luminance or Luminance (Legacy)
layers/merge/merge down
effects/image effects/seamless tiling

selections/load selection from alpha channel : selection 1

selections/promote selection to layer
effects/plugins/Texture/Texturizer – selections/select none

effects/3D effects/drop shadow : 0 / 0 / 35 / 35 / black
effects/image effects as before
in the layers palette, set the opacity on 50%
activate the layer underneath (raster 1, the background)
selections/load selection from alpha channel : selection 2

selection/promote selection to layer
effects/plugins/Penta.Com/Color Dot

effects/plugins/VanDerLee/UnPlugged-X/Vertical Tile

selections/select none
effects/3D effects/drop shadow as before
effects/image effects/seamless tiling as before (still in memory)
in the layers palette, set the blend mode on "screen" and the opacity between 80 and 85%
activate the background layer and duplicate it
effects/plugins/VM Extravaganza/Transmission

in the layers palette, set the blend mode on "dodge" (or other) and the opacity on 75%
effects/plugins/Unlimited 2/special effects 2/"Rainbow"

layers/new raster layer
selections/load selection from alpha channel : selection 3

activate the tube "Stéphydream2013.41"
copy and paste into selection
selections/select none
in the layers palette, set the blend mode on "soft light"and the opacity on 100%
adjust/sharpness/sharpen more
layers/duplicate
layers/arrange/bring to top (lower the opacity if necessary)
layers/merge/merge all
layers/new raster layer
selections/load selection from alpha channel : selection 4

paint with the radial gradient you prepared at the begining
effects/plugins/Eye Candy 5 IMpact/Glass : choose the preset "Clear"*selections/select none
layers/duplicate
image/resize : 80% (disable "resize all layers")
layers/merge/merge down
effects/3D effects/drop shadow as before
effects/image effects/seamless tiling as before
layers/new raster layer
selction tool/rectangle/custom selection

in the materials palette, set color white as foreground and paint the selection
effects/plugins/DSB Flux/Linear Transmission

selections/select none
effects/distortion effects/ripple

selections/load selection from alpha channel : selection 2
press the delete key of your keyboard and select none
layers/duplicate – image/mirror – layers/merge/merge down
in the layers palette, set the opacity on 50%

layers/arrange/move down
layers/merge/merge all (flatten)
image/add borders/2 pixels/color 2
iamge/add borders/2 pixels/color 1
selections/select all
image/add borders/45 pixels/color 2
edit/copy – selections/invert
edit/paste into selection
adjust/blur/gaussian blur : 25
effects/plugins/BKG Designers 10 Sf III/SE Shiver

selections/invert
effects/3D effects/drop shadow : 0 / 0 / 75 / 35 / black, and select none
image/add borders/2 pixels/color 2
iamge/add borders/30 pixels/white

activate the tube "miss Swarovsky", resize it : 75%
copy and paste as a new layer
move it to the right (or left, as you like)
adjust/sharpness/sharpen
effects/3D effects/drop shadow (as you prefer)

activate the tube "nicole-déco 10.2013", resize it
copy and paste as a new layer, and move it opposite the tube of the woman
apply the same shadow

new raster for your signature, and merge all.
image/add borders/2 pixels/color 2

resize if necessary, save as... type JPEG

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