Unlock This Pain

You will need

My zip file HERE

Please do not change file names

1: Open the dmspainalpha. Shift D to duplicate. Close the original. It will look blank, but the 2 selections saved are there. Flood with the dmssoftblues gradient angle 45 repeats 0 linear.

Name this layer base.

2: Layers new raster layer. Selections, load/save selection, load selection from alpha channel.

Open the rw-RosePetals&LoveSongs~misted-4-08-07. Click on the blue bar at the top. Back to the main canvas, paste into selection. Select none.

Change the blend mode to Luminance Legacy and lower the opacity to 50%.

3: Open the woman_flower tube. Click on the blue bar at the top. Back to the main canvas, paste as a new layer. Move to the left hand side as in the main graphic.

4: Open the dmspainwordart. Click on the blue bar at the top. Back to the main canvas, paste as a new layer. Position as in the main graphic.

5: Open the hmo_flowerkey. Make sure the layer with the locket and key is active. Click on the blue bar at the top. Back to the main canvas, paste as a new layer. Move to the left hand side as in the main graphic.

Image resize by 55% bicubic. Position as in the main graphic. Adjust sharpness sharpen.

Change the blend mode to Luminance Legacy and apply the following drop shadow.

6:Open the lace edging. Click on the blue bar at the top. Back to the main canvas, paste as a new layer.

Image resize 55% bicubic making sure all layers is not checked.

Adjust, sharpness, sharpen.

Position as in main graphic. Make sure it's not quite at the bottom.

7: With the selection tool tolerance and feather set at zero select the part of the lace on the that covers the girls hand (see graphic below) I have flooded this selection with blue for you to see clearer. You don't need to do this.

Click on raster layer 2 which should be the layer with the girl image. Click delete once.

Select none.

8: Selections, load/save selections, load selection from alpha channel and load the selection 2.

9: Open the Rose Stem tube. Image mirror.

Adjust hue and saturation colorize with the following settings.

Click on the blue bar at the top, copy. Back to main working canvas. Past into selection. Select none.

Image duplicate, image mirror.

10: Open the TransparentButterfly1. Click on the blue bar at the top. Back to the main canvas, paste as a new layer.

Image resize 55% bicubic making sure all layers is not checked.

Adjust, sharpness, sharpen more.

Position as in the main graphic.

11: When you are happy with how everything is positioned, merge all, flatten.

10: Open the dmspainframe. With the magic wand tolerance and feather set at zero click once inside the frame.

Selections, modify expend by 1.

Layers new raster layer.

12: Go back to the main working canvas. lick on the blue bar at the top. Back to the frame, paste into selection.

13: Layers arrange send to bottom.

14: Make sure the frame layer is active and add the following cutout.

Select none.

15: Merge all, flatten.

16: Image resize by 85% bicubic making sure all layers is checked.

Adjust sharpness, sharpen.

Add your watermark and you are all done.

This tutorial was written by Diane M. Stanley on August 7, 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