Sweet Music

You will need

My zip file HERE

Plugins

Tramages Perforator 1

Simple Top Left Mirror

FM Tile Tools

Place the gradient in your gradients folder and install the plugins before you start.

Remember to save often.

1: Open a new transparent canvas 500X500 and flood fill with the gradient. Angle 45, repeats 1 linear invert is not checked.

2: Effects, plugins Tramages Perforator 1 with the default settings, but change the top setting to 55.

Image duplicate.

3: Image rotate, free rotate 90 degrees left. All layers is not checked. Rotate single layer in center of canvas is checked.

Merge visible.

Effects, plugins, Simple top left mirror.

4: Effects, plugins blend emboss default settings. Apply once more.

5: Layers new raster layer. Flood fill with the gradient. Same settings.

Layers arrange send to bottom.

Merge all, flatten.

6: Selections, select all. Selections modify contract by 2. Image crop to selection. This will remove any coloured lines that may appear around the outside when you added the blend emboss.

7: Open the dmssweetmusic tube. Click on the blue bar at the top, copy. Back to your working image. Paste as a new layer.

Layers duplicate.

8: X out the top tube layer and highlight the original tube layer.

Image resize 65% making sure all layers is not checked. Move to the top left corner. Lower the opacity to 60%.

Layers duplicate. Image mirror.

9: Remove the X from the top layer. No need to move her. She will be in the right place as long as you did not move her before.

Make this layer the active working layer and lower the opacity to 80%.

Merge all, flatten.

10: Effects, plugins, blend emboss.

11: Open the dmssweetmusictext. Click on the top blue bar. Back to your working image. Paste as a new layer. Move to the bottom right.

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

Repeat drop shadow once.

Adjust, sharpness, sharpen.

Merge all, flatten.

13: Click on the top bar. Copy.

Open the dmssweetmusicframe. Click on the blue bar at the top. Paste as a new layer. The image you have been working on will now be on top of your frame.

Layers arrange send to bottom.

Merge all, flatten.

Add your name if you wish and your watermark and you are all done.

This tutorial was written by Diane M. Stanley on February 3, 2007 for a dear friend who was a great music lover.

Any similarity to any other tutorial is purely coincidental.

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

Thank you to Chris  for testing this tutorial.

© D.M.S Creations 2007