Italian translation
HERE
You will need
Plugins
Simple Top Left Mirror
A gold pattern or gradient of your choice
My zip file HERE
Please respect those who made the contents and do not change the file names
1: Set your foreground to #6e1110 and your background to #ca363d.
Then set your foreground to the foreground/background gradient with the following settings.
Set your background to the gold pattern or gradient of your choice.
Settings will remain the same unless noted.
2: Open a new transparent canvas 700X525 and fill with the gradient.
3: Layers new raster layer. Fill with the gradient.
Image mirror.
Lower the opacity to 50%.
Layers, merge, merge down.
4: Effects, distortion effects, Displacement map with the following settings. The colour will be the foreground colour.
I have included the squares in the supplies just in case you don't have it.
Adjust. sharpness, sharpen more.
5: Layers new raster layer.
6: Set the selection tool to rectangle. Click on custom selection and apply these settings.
7: Fill the selection with gold.
Leave selected.
Selections modify contract by 2.
8: Layers new raster layer. Fill with the gradient with the following settings.
Leave selected.
9: Effects texture effects with the following settings. The texture required is in the zip. The colour is your background colour.
Selections select none.
Layers, merge merge down.
10: Layers duplicate. Image flip.
11: Open the GoldCorner_04_mm tube. Click on the bar at the top copy. Back to working canvas. Paste as a new layer.
Image resize 50% making sure all layers is not checked.
Image rotate, free rotate with the following settings.
Position at the bottom left corner of the bottom bar you have just made.
Image duplicate. Image flip.
Layers, merge, merge down.
Image duplicate, image mirror.
12: Layers new raster layer.
13: Set the selection tool to rectangle. Click on custom selection and apply these settings.
14: Fill with gold.
Selections modify, contract by 2.
Leave selected.
15: Layers new raster layer.
Fill with the foreground/background gradient with the first given settings.
Select none.
Layers duplicate. Image mirror.
Lower the opacity on the duplicated layer to 50%.
16: Layers, merge, merge down.
17: Repeat step 16.
18: Layers new raster layer. Add the same custom selection as in step 13:
Selections, modify contact by 4.
Layers new raster layer.
19: Open the kwr_972 tube. 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 and lower the opacity to 70%.
Adjust, sharpness, sharpen.
20: Open the 1Patries-retrobabe Dita-gigiscan-07-12-07 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 80% making sure all layers is not checked.
Position as in the main graphic and apply the following drop shadow.
Reapply the drop shadow changing the vertical and horizontal to - (minus) 7.
21: Open the jcw_besame_lipstick tube. Click on the bar at the top, copy. Back to working canvas. Paste as a new layer.
Image resize 80% making sure all layers is not checked.
Repeat resize.
Position as in the main graphic and apply both drop shadows as in 20.
22: Open the rouge-a-levre-tube-colombe tube. Making sure the tube layer is active click on the bar at the top copy. Back to workig canvas, paste as a new layer.
Position as in the main graphic and apply both drop shadows as in 20.
23: Open the CJ_Scripty Bow. Click on the bar at the top copy. Back to working canvas, paste as a new layer.
Image resize 50% making sure all layers is not checked.
Position as in the main graphic and apply both drop shadows as in 20.
24: Image duplicate. Move to the center of the bottom bar as in main graphic.
25: Add any text you may require and your watermark.
When you are happy where everything is positioned, merge all, flatten.
26: Image add borders 1 black.
27: Image add borders 2 with a colour not in your graphic. Select with the magic wand with the feather and tolerance set at zero.
Fill with gold.
Select none.
28: Image add borders 50. Select with the magic wand, same settings.
Layers new raster layer. Fill with the gradient using the first settings given.
Select none
Layers duplicate, image mirror. Lower the opacity to 50%. Layers merge, merge down.
29: Selections, select all, selections modify, contract by 50. Selections invert. Selections float.
Apply the displacement map as in 4.
Leave selected.
30: Effects, plugins, Simple Top Left Mirror.
Merge all, flatten.
Leave selected.
31: Apply the inner bevel below.
Selections select none.
32: Image add borders 1 back.
33: Image add borders 2 with a colour not in your graphic. Select with the magic wand with the feather and tolerance set at zero.
Fill with gold.
Select none.
34: Resize as you wish and save as a jpg. You are all done.
This tutorial was written by Diane M. Stanley on March 20, 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.
© D.M.S Creations 2011