Swan Lake

You will need

FM Tile Tools

Flaming Pear Flood

My zip file HERE
Please respect the tubers and do not change the file names

1: Open a new transparent canvas 600X475 and fill with the dmsswanlake gradient angle and repeats set at zero style linear invert is not checked.

2: Add a new raster layer and fill with the same gradient same settings.

3: Effects plugins Flaming Pear Flood with the following settings:

4: Lower the opacity to 40% on the flood layer. Effects edge effect enhance.

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

Image resize 75% bicubic making sure all layers is not checked.

Adjust sharpness, sharpen.

Position as in the main graphic.

Change the blend mode to luminance legacy and lower the opacity to 32%.

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

6: Open the swan_lake tube.

Click on the bar at the top, copy. Back to the working canvas. Paste as a new layer.

Image resize 85% bicubic.

Position as in the main graphic.

Adjust sharpness, sharpen.

7: Open the swan1 tube. Click on the bar at the top, copy. Back to the working canvas. Paste as a new layer.

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

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

8: Open the dmsswanlaketext. Back to the working canvas. Paste as a new layer.

Position where you wish. The drop shadow is already added for you.

9: When you are happy where everything is merge all, flatten.

10: Image add borders 6 white.

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

Merge all. Flatten.

12: Add any other text you wish and your watermark and save as a jpg.

NOTE: If you resize be sure not to resize more than 10% at a time and of course make sure you sharpen.

This tutorial was written by Diane M. Stanley on January 26, 2009. Any similarity to other tutorials 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 Jaccie for testing this tutorial.

© D.M.S Creations 2009