You will need

FM Tile Tools

My zip file HERE

Lady tube by Lyankhan

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

1: Place the gradient in your gradients folder. Set your foreground to the gradient. Angle 0 repeats 0 style linear. Invert is not checked. Set your background to #5e519c.

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

3: Layers new raster layer.

Selections, select all.

4: Open the Cloudsintoheaven~gloriacampbell tube. Making sure the tube layer is active click on the bar at the top, copy. Back to working canvas. Paste into selection.

Selections. Select none.

Change the blend mode to luminance legacy and lower the opacity to around 60%.

5: Effects, plugins, FM Tile Tools, Blend Emboss with the default settings.

Repeat Blend Emboss twice.

6: Open the KAT_2007_010211 tube. 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 main graphic.

7: Open the sassyillusions_couple11_06 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.

8: With the selection tools and the following settings draw a selection over the upper part of the tube. We want to smooth out the harsh line at the bottom.

Selections invert.

Hit delete twice.

Position as in the main graphic.

Change the blend mode to luminance legacy and lower the opacity to around 42%.

9: Open the TUBE_211. 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.

Position to the left of the canvas as in the main graphic.

Lower the opacity to around 85%.

10: Open the mr_236_jewel tube. 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.

Adjust, sharpness, sharpen.

Position as in main graphic.

Apply the following drop shadow.

11: Add any text you may require.

12: When you are happy with how everything is positioned. Merge all. Flatten.

13: Image add borders 24 #5e519c.

14: Open the dmslostframe tube. Click on the bar at the top, copy. Back to the working canvas. Paste as a new layer.

15: Merge all, flatten.

16: Add your watermark and resize if you wish and you are all done

NOTE: Do not resize too much or you will lose too much detail.

This tutorial was written by Diane M. Stanley on October 2, 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 Cat for testing this tutorial.

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