Beauty & Grace

You will need

My zip file HERE

Please do not change any of the file names

Place the gradient in your gradients folder.

1: Open a new transparent canvas 650X425. Flood with the dmsblues gradient. Angel and repeats set at zero linear.

2: Open the Image 2 - patry - hanging on tube. Click on the blue bar at the top, copy. Back to the main image. Paste as a new layer. Move to the right as in the main graphic.

Using the raster deform tool stretch to fit the canvas top and bottom and about 2/3 of the way across the canvas.

Change the bend mode to luminance legacy and the opacity to 35%.

Effects edge effects enhance.

3: Open the SS_396 tube. Click on the blue bar at the top, copy. Back to the main image. Paste as a new layer.  Image resize by 80% making sure all layers is not checked. Move to the left as in the main graphic. Lower the opacity to 70%

Effects, 3D effects drop shadow with the following settings.

4: Open the BallerinaBlue-mjc tube. Click on the blue bar at the top, copy. Back to the main image. Paste as a new layer.  Image resize by 70% making sure all layers is not checked. Move to the left as in the main graphic. Lower the opacity to 85%.

Effects 3D effects drop shadow with the same settings as in 3.

Repeat drop shadow, but change the vertical to 4 and the horizontal to -4 (minus 4).

5: Open the dmsbeautyandgracetext. Click on the blue bar at the top, copy. Back to the main image. Paste as a new layer. Position as in main graphic.

6: When you are happy with the positioning of everything merge all flatten.

7: Image add borders 5 white.

8: Open the dmsbeautyandgraceframe. Click on the blue bar at the top, copy. Back to the main image. Paste as a new layer.

Merge all. Flatten.

Adjust, brightness and contrast, clarify by 5.

9: Add your watermark and resize if you wish.

You're all done!

This tutorial was written by Diane M. Stanley on August 30, 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 tag.

This tutorial must not be passed through e-mail, groups or by any other method without written permission from myself.

Thank you to Carol for testing this tutorial.

© D.M.S Creations 2007