You will need
My zip file HERE
Please respect those who made the contents and do not change file names
1: Set your foreground to #93969d and your background to #c7c7c6. Then change your foreground to the foreground/background gradient. Angle 45, repeats 3 style linear. Invert is not checked.
2: Open a new transparent canvas 625X500 and fill with the gradient.
3: Layers new raster layer. Selections select all.
4: Open the template2 tube. Click on the bar at the top, copy. Back to working canvas. Paste into selection. Selections, select none.
Lower the opacity to 50%. Effects, edge effects, enhance.
5: Open the boucle tube. Click on the bar at the top, copy. Back to working canvas. Paste as a new layer. Chance the blend mode to luminance legacy and position as in the main graphic.
6: Open the PatryMists_06_ValentineD_03 tube. Making sure the tube layer is active click on the bar at the top, copy. Back to working canvas, Paste as a new layer. Change the blend mode to luminance legacy and lower the opacity to 65%. Position as in the main graphic.
7: Open the Tocha23172 tube. Click on the bar at the top, copy. Back to working canvas. Paste as a new layer. Image resize 85% making sure all layers is not checked.
Apply the following drop shadow.
Edit, repeat drop shadow. The colour is your foreground
colour.
8: Open the Blue_Rose_Swag_mm tube. Click on the bar at the top, copy. Back to working canvas. Paste as a new layer. mage resize 85% making sure all layers is not checked. Position as in the main graphic. Change the blend mode to Luminance legacy and lover the opacity to 50%.
9: Open the kittys-Blondmodel tube. Making sure the tube layer is active click on the bar at the top, copy. Back to working canvas. Paste as a new layer. Image, resize 65% making sure all layers is not checked. Edit, repeat resize. Position as in the main graphic. Pull this layer below the blue swag tube.
Using the eraser remove the blue swag tube that covers the mans face.
Go back to the layer with the man tube and lower the opacity to 65%.
Click on the top layer to make it active. This should be the blue swag layer.
10: When you are happy with how everything is merge all, flatten.
11: Image add borders 2 foreground colour.
12: Image add borders 20 background colour. Select this border with the magic wand feather and tolerance set at zero.
Fill with the gradient but change the repeats to 9. Leave selected.
13: Layers new raster layer.
14: Open the eli frame mb. Making sure the tube layer is active click on the bar at the top, copy. Back to working canvas. Paste into selection. Selections select none.
Change the blend mode to luminance legacy. Adjust, sharpness, sharpen. layers, merge, merge all/flatten.
15: Repeat step 11.
16: Add any text you may require and your watermark. Resize as you wish and save as a jpg. You are all done.
This tutorial was written by Diane M. Stanley on May 5, 2011
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 Gail for testing this tutorial.
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