Silver

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 file names.

1: Place the gradient in your gradients file.

Set your foreground to the dmssilver gradient. Angle 45, repeats 3 style linear. Invert is not checked. Set your background to #404040.

2: Open the dmsalpha. Shift D to duplicate and close the original.

3: Layers new raster layer.

Selections, load/save selections, Load selections, from alpha channel. Load selection 1.

Fill with the gradient.

Leave selected.

4: Adjust, add/remove noise, add noise, Uniform, 10, monochrome is checked.

Adjust, sharpness, sharpen.

Selections invert. Apply the following drop shadow.

Select none.

5: Layers new raster layer.

Selections, load/save selections, Load selections, from alpha channel. Load selection 2.

Fill with the gradient changing the angle to 133.

Selections invert.

Apply the same drop shadow except change the vertical and horizontal to - (minus) 5.

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

Image mirror. Position as in the main graphic.

7: Add the same drop shadow as in. 4.

Repeat drop shadow with minus values at vertical and horizontal.

8: Open the dmssilverstar tube. Making sure the tube layer is active click on the bar at the top copy. Back to the working canvas. Paste as a new layer. It will be in the correct position.

9: Add the same drop shadow as in. 4.

Repeat drop shadow with minus values at vertical and horizontal.

10: Open the dmssilverdoublehearts1 tube. Making sure the tube layer is active click on the bar at the top copy. Back to the working canvas. Paste as a new layer.

Image resize by 85% making sure all layers is not checked.

Repeat resize once.

Position as in main graphic.

Adjust sharpness, sharpen.

11: Apply the same drop shadow as in 4, but with -5 (minus) 5 at vertical and horizontal.

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

Note: This tube already has a drop shadow applied so no need to add another one.

13: Open the Maxyran_23_10_09 Women114 tube. Making sure the tube layer is active click on the bar at the top copy. Back to the working canvas. Paste as a new layer.

Image resize 90% making sure all layers is not checked. Repeat resize once.

14: Apply the drop shadow as in 4 with both vertical and horizontal values.

15: At this point add any text you may require.

16: Image add borders 2 with the background colour.

17: Image add borders 12 white.

Select with the magic wand feather and tolerance set at zero and fill with the gradient with the same settings as in 5.

Selections, select none.

18: Open the dmssilverframe. Click on the bar at the top copy. Back to the working canvas. Past as a new layer. It will be in the right place.

Merge all, flatten.

19: Image add borders 2 in your background colour.

20: Save as a jpg image, resize if you wish (but not too much or you lose detail) add your watermark and you are all done.

This tutorial was written by Diane M. Stanley on November 5, 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 and Chris for testing this tutorial.