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Sweet Poppy

Original tutorial can be found HERE

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Filter used
Factory 1/Weave
alien skin IMpact/Extrude
AP Innovations/Lines Silverlining/Backlash
Unlimited 2/Willy/Takinami Bamboo Web

Material

Colors
foreground color : #ffffff / color 1
background color : #ed0002 / color 2
#af3219 / color 3

Realization

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

Step 1
activate the alpha layer « alpha-coquelicots »
window/duplicate. Always work on the copy

Step 2
selections/select all

Step 3
activate the image “coquelicot 1”
edit/copy - back on your work - edit/paste into selection
selections/select none

Step 4
effects/image effects/seamless tiling

adjust/blur/radial blur

Step 5
layers/duplicate - image/mirror - image/flip
set the opacity of the layer on 50% and merge down
effects/edge effects/enhance more

Step 6
effects/artistic effects/topography

Step 7
effects/plugins/Filter Factory A/Weave

Step 8
activate the pick tool (K)
view/check rulers
push to the left (until the number 200)

press the M key of your keyboard to disable the pick tool
layers/duplicate - image/mirror
layers/merge/merge down
effects/3D effects/drop shadow / 0 / 0 / 80 / 35 / black

Step 9
layers/new raster layer
paint with color 1

Step 10
layers/new raster layer
paint with color 2

Step 11
open the mask and reduce it
laeyrs/new mask layer/from image

layers/merge/merge group

Step 12
your layers palette must be like this

Step 13
activate the top layer “group –raster 2”
layers/merge/merge down

Step 14
activate the pick tool (K)
pull this layer down until number 620

press key M to disable the pick tool

Step 15
layers/arrange/move down
your layers palette must be like this

Step 16
close the visiblity toggle of the layer “alpha coquelicot”
activate raster 1
layers/new raster layer
selections/load-save selection/from alpha channel/selection #1
paint with color 3
effects/texture effects/texture

effects/plugins/Alien Skin Impact/Extrude

selections/select none
effects/3D effects/drop shadow/ 0 / 0 / 100 / 45 / black
layers/arrange/move down

Step 17
layers/new raster layer
selections/load-save selection/from alpha channel/selection 2#
activate the tube “coquelicot 2”
edit/copy - back on your work - edit/paste into selection
activate the tube “tube-jacotte-575” (the girl)
copy and paste into selection
selections/select none
layers/arrange/send to bottom

Step 18
keep the layer active
layers/new raster layer
selections/load-save selection/from alpha channel/selections #3
paint with color 3
effects/textures effects/texture brick as before (step 16)
effects/Alien Skin Impact/Extrude

selections/select none

Step 19
layers/duplicate - image/mirror

Step 20
activate the tube of the window (fenetre)
edit/copy - boack on your work - edit/paste as a new layer
effcts/image effects/offset

layers/arrange/move down

Step 21
activate your work (5 layers)

Step 22
activate the top layer (alpha coquelicots)
copy the tube of the chair and paste as a new layer
layers/arrange/move down
move the tube as shown on the final result
drop shadow as you like (a very light shadow)

Step 23
activate the alpha layer (the gates)
selections/load-save selection/from alpha channel
layers/new raster layer
acivate the tube of the poppy (coquelicot3)
edit/copy - back on your work - edit/paste into selection
selections/select none
effects/edge effects/enhance
layers/duplicate - image/mirror
layers/merge/merge down

Step 24
open the visibility toggle of the layer “alpha coquelicots”
layers/merge/merge all (flatten)

Step 25
image/add borders/check symmetric
2 pixels color 1
2 pixels color 2
2 pixels color 1
2 pixels color 2

Step 26
selections/select all
selections/modifiy/contract/8
selections/invert
effects/3D effects/inner bevel

effects/3D effects/drop shadow/ 5 / 5 / 60 / 8 / black
and with -5 / -5 / 60 / 8 / black
selections/select none

Step 27
image/add borders/25 pixels/color 1
select thiat border
effects/plugins/AP Innovation/Line SilverLining

effects/3D effects/inner bevel as in step 26
selections/select none

Step 28
image/add borders/2 pixels/color 2

Step 29
image/add borders/25 pixels/color 1
select that border
paint with a linear gradient ( 45/7 ) (uncheck invert)
with colors 1 and 2
effects/plugins/Unlimited 2/Willy/Takinami Bamboo Web

effects/3D effects/inner bevel (as before)
selections/select none