You will need

My zip file HERE

The lady tube came from Maxyran HERE

Please respect those who made the contents and do not change the file names

1: Place the mask in your masks folder and the gradient in your gradients folder. Set the foreground to the dmslightblues  and select with the following settings. Angle 45, repeats 1, style linear. Invert is not checked. Settings will remain the same unless stated. Set your background to #08546a.

2: Open a new transparent canvas 625X500 and fill with the gradient.

3: Layers new raster layer. Fill with the gradient same settings.

4: Layers, load/save mask, load mask from disk. Locate the Vix_Mask47 and apply with the following settings.

You won't see anything as yet, but you will.

Layers, merge, merge group.

Adjust, sharpness, sharpen more. Now you see the mask :-)

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

6: Open the chrismist_something_blue tube. Making sure the tube layer is active click on the bar at the top, copy. Back to working canvas. Paste as a new layer.

Image, resize 80% making sure all layers is not checked.

Change the blend mode to luminance legacy and lower the opacity to around 50%.

Position as in the main graphic.

7: Open the T2009_angie291 tube. Making sure the tube layer is active click on the bar at the top, copy. Back to working canvas. Paste as a new layer.

Image mirror.

Image, resize 80% making sure all layers is not checked. Position as in the main graphic.

Change the blend mode to luminance legacy and lower the opacity to around 75%.

8: Open the Maxyran_21_11_09 Women137 tube. Making sure the tube layer is active click on the bar at the top, copy. Back to working canvas. Paste as a new layer.

Image, resize 80% making sure all layers is not checked. Position as in the main graphic.

Image mirror.

Adjust, sharpness, sharpen.

Position as in the main graphic and apply the following drop shadow.

9: Open the dmsbf23 tube. Making sure the tube layer is active click on the bar at the top, copy. Back to working canvas. Paste as a new layer.

Image, resize 80% making sure all layers is not checked.

Repeat resize once.

Adjust, sharpness, sharpen.

Position as in the main graphic.

Apply the same drop shadow as in 8.

Using the deform tool rotate a little to the left.

10: When you are happy where everything is positioned, merge all, flatten.

11: Image add borders 12 in your background colour.

12: Open the dmssomethingblueframe. Click on the bar at the top, copy. Back to your working canvas, paste as a new layer.

Merge all, flatten.

13: Add and text you may require and your watermark and you are all done.

This tutorial was written by Diane M. Stanley on December 1, 2009

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 Pam for testing this tutorial.

© D.M.S Creations 2009