Mystical

You will need

My zip file HERE

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

Place the gradient in your gradients folder and the mask in your masks folder

1: Set your foreground to the dmsmystical gradient angle 0, repeats 0. style Linear, invert is not checked.

Set the background to #fa7223.

Settings will stay the same unless noted.

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

3: Layers new raster layer. Fill with the gradient same settings except change the angle to 90.

4: Layers, load/save mask, load mask from disk locate the untitled mask suppled and apply with the following settings.

Layers, merge, merge group.

5: Effects, edge effects, enhance more.

6: With the selection tool set at rectangle, feather and tolerance set at zero select just inside the large rectangle on the mask layer as shown.

Layers new raster layer.

7: Open the Background tube. Making sure the tube layer is selected click on the bar at the top, copy. Back to working canvas. Paste into selection. Select none.

Change the blend mode to luminance legacy and the opacity down to around 32.

8: Open the dmsstarfield tube. Click on the bar at the top, copy. Back to working canvas. Paste as a new layer. Position as in the main graphic.

9: Open the SS_2190 tube. Making sure the tube layer is selected click on the bar at the top, copy. Back to working canvas. Paste as a new layer. Position as in the main graphic.

10: When you are happy how everything is placed merge all, flatten.

11: Image add borders 2 #fa7223.

12: Image add borders 20 white. Select with the magic wand and fill with the gradient changing the angle to 45 and repeats to 5.

Select none.

13: Open the dmsstarframe. Click on the bar at the top, copy. Back to working canvas. Paste as a new layer. It will be in the correct place.

Merge all, flatten.

14: Repeat step 11.

15: Add your watermark and any other text you may require. Resize a little if you wish, but not too much or you will lose the fine detail. Save as a jpg and you are all done.

This tutorial was written by Diane M. Stanley on August 8, 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 Chris for testing this tutorial.