tutorial_vivi

Anemone

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Material
1 alpha layer
tubes
thank you to the tubers : Ingeborg, and Narah for the mask

Filters used
AAA Frames - Toadies - Filter Factory Gallery T - Filter Factory Gallery N - Simple

Colors palette
color 1 -> foreground color -> #
color 2 -> background color -> #

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

Realization
open the alpha layer, window/duplicate
close the original and work with the copy
in the materials palette, prepare a radial gradient with 2 colors chosen in your tubes
(dark color as foreground and light color as background)
with the following settings

paint your layer with this gradient
effects/texture effets/mosaic-glass

effects/plugins/Simple/Blintz
image/flip
effects/plugins/Factory Gallery T/Tripolis

adjust/softness/soft focus

selections/load-save selection/from alpha channel/selection #1

selections/promote selection to layer/selections/select none
effects/3D effects/drop shadow/    0 / 0 / 50 / 40 / black
effects/plugins/Simple/Blintz
adjust/sharpness/sharpen
effects/image effects/seamless tiling

layers/duplicate - image/mirror
effects/image effects/offset

layers/merge/merge down
in the layers palette, set the blend mode on “overlay” and the opacity on 100%
layers/duplicate - image/flip
in the layers palette, set the belnd mode on “hard light” (or “darken”) and the oapcity on 100%
layers/new raster layer
selections/load-save selection/from alpha channel/selection #2

fill the selection with color 2
selections/select none
effects/plugins/Factory Gallery N/Circulator

selections/load-save selection/from alpha channel/selection #3

press the Delete key of your keyboard
selections/select none
effects/texture effects/weave (weave color n°1)

effects/image effects/seamless tiling

set the blend mode of the layer on “overlay” or “screen”, and the opacity between 80 and 100%
adjust/sharpness/sharpen
in the layers palette, activate the background layer (raster 1)

selections/load-save selection/from alpha channel/selection #2

selections/promote selection to layer
selections/select none
effects/plugins/Toadies/What Are You?

set the blend mode of the layer on “screen”, and the opacity on 80% (more or less)
adjust/sharpness/sharpen
layers/merge/merge all (flatten)
image/add borders/check “symmetric” :
1 pixel color 2
1 pixels colr 1
layers/duplicate
image/resize/uncheck “resize all layers”/85%
effects/3D effects/drop shadow/    0 / 0 / 50 / 40 / black
in the layers palette, activate the bottom layer
adjust/blur/radial blur

effects/texture effects/mosaic-glass

effects/plugins/AAA Frames/Foto Frame

effects/geometric effects/skew

effects/plugins/Simple/4 Way Average
in the layers palette, activate the top layer
acitvate the tube “decovivi anemone”
edit/copy - back to your work - edit/paste as new layer
don’t move it
in the layers palette, set the opacity on 85%
activate the tube “Fun 56”
edit/copy - back to your work - edit/paste as new layer
image/resize/uncheck “resize all layers”/69%
image/mirror
move it to the right, above the white frame (see final result)
set the blend mode of the layer on “soft light”, opacity 10%
layers/merge/merge all (flatten)
selections/select all
image/add borders/uncheck “symmetric”/contrasting color

selections/invert
fill with the gradient prepared at the beginning
effects/plugis/Toadies/What are You?/default settings (20 / 20)
apply the same plugin with the same settings once more
selections/invert
effects/3D effects/drop shadow/   0 / 0 / 80 / 40 / black
selections/select none
activate the tube “Fun 56”
edit/copy - back to your work - edit/paste as new layer
image/resize/uncheck “resize all layers”/80%
move to the left (see final result)
adjust/sharpness/sharpen
effects/3D effects/drop shadow/   12 / -20 / 38 / 28 / black
activate the tube “purpluanemone”
edit/copy - back to your work - edit/paste as a new layer
image/resize/uncheck “resize all layers”/choose the size you like best
place it as you wish in the right part of the tag
effects/3D effects/drop shadow as before
layers/merge/merge all (flatten)
selections/select all
image/add borders/check “symmetric”/white/25 pixels
effects/3D effects/drop shadow/    0 / 0 / 80 / 40 / black
selections/select noneimage/add borders/check “symmetric”/1 pixel/balck
apply you signature
layers/merge/merge all (flatten)
save as … type jpeg