A Generous Heart
You will need
Cybia Screenworks plugin
Graphics Plus plugin
Filters Unlimited 2
My zip file HERE
Please do not change file names
Place the gradient in your gradients, place the gold fills with your patterns and the mask in your mask file
1: Open the dmschristmas3 image. Shift D to duplicate. Close the original. The alpha selection you will need later is stored inside so don't worry as you won't be able to see it yet.
Flood with the dmschristmas3 gradient angle 0, repeats 0 linear invert is not checked.
2: Layers new raster layer.
Selections load/save selection, load selection from alpha channel. Load the selection 1.
Flood with the goldenglitterkaren fill.
Select none.
3: With your magic wand feather and tolerance set at zero click inside the oval in the center.
Layers new raster layer.
Selections modify expend by 1.
4: Open the generousheart graphic. Click on the bar at the top, copy. Go back to your main graphic. Paste into selection. Leave selected.
Pull this layer below the layer with the gold.
5: Make sure the layer with the gold oval is the active layer. Selections modify contract by 1.
Effects 3D effects cutout with the following settings.
Select none.
6: Effects 3D effects drop shadow with the following settings.
Repeat the drop shadow with the vertical and horizontal at -1 (minus 1)
Merge all, flatten.
7: Image add borders 1 black.
Image add borders 3 in any colour not in your graphic.
Select with the magic wand and fill with the gold.
Leave selected.
8: Effects, plugins Cybia Screenworks Close Knit default setting.
Adjust sharpness, sharpen.
Selections invert.
Effects 3D effects cutout with the following settings.
Select none.
9: Add borders 1 black.
10: Image add borders 14 in a colour not in your image.
Select with the magic wand and fill with the gradient angel 45 repeats 3 linear invert is not checked.
Leave selected.
Adjust add/remove noise, add noise 15 uniform monochrome is checked.
Leave selected.
11: Effects plugins Graphics plus cross shadow with the default settings, but play with the bottom 2 until you like the effect.
12: Image add borders 1 black.
13: Image add borders 3 with a colour not in your image. Select with the magic wand and fill with gold.
Effects, plugins Cybia Screenworks Close Knit default setting.
Adjust sharpness, sharpen.
Select none.
14: Image add borders 1 black.
15: Image add borders 24. Select and fill with the gradient. Same settings as in 10.
Leave selected.
16: Effects plugins Filters Unlimited 2, buttons and frame glass frame 2 with the default settings. Select none.
17: Repeat steps. 12, 13 and 14.
18: Image add borders 35 with a colour not in your graphic. Flood with the gradient same settings as in 10.
Leave selected.
19: Layers new raster layer. Fill with the d_goldfold.
Leave selected.
20: Layers, load/save mask, load mask from disk, find the CC07_ExoticFrame1_pspMaskSmall and apply with the following settings.
Right click on the mask layer. Merge group.
Selections float. Selections defloat.
Apply the drop shadow as in 6, but change the colour to black.
Merge all flatten.
21: Selections select all, selections modify, contract by 35. Selections invert.
Effects plugins Filters Unlimited 2, buttons and frame glass frame 2 with the default settings. Select none.
22: Repeat steps. 12, 13 and 14.
Save as a jpg image resize as you wish and you are all done.
This tutorial was written by Diane M. Stanley on November 2, 2007.
Any similarity to any other tutorial is purely coincidental. No copyright infringement is intended as this is purely for the learning experience gained through creating this image.
This tutorial must not be passed through e-mail, groups or by any other method without written permission from myself.
Thank you to Carol and Chris for testing this tutorial.
© D.M.S Creations 2007