Stood Up

You will need

My zip file HERE

Italian translation HERE

1: Set your foreground to #ddeae8 and your background to #76a1a0.

Next change your foreground to the foreground/background gradient, angle 45, repeats 1, style linear. Invert is checked.

2: Open a new transparent canvas 625X500. Fill with the gradient.

Layers duplicate. Image mirror.

3: make sure the duplicate layer is active. Layers load/save mask from disk. Find the dmslacemask1 and apply with the following settings.

Right click on the mask layer, merge, merge group.

4: Effects, 3d effects, drop shadow with the following settings.

Repeat drop shadow changing vertical and horizontal to - (minus) 1.

5: Close off the mask layer and click on the bottom original layer to make it active.

6: Open the fleur-gb7-tube-colombe. Click o the bar at the top, copy. Back to working canvas. Paste as a new layer.

Image resize 70% making sure all layers is not checked.

Change the blend mode to overlay.

7: Open the silnic_m_75 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 70% making sure all layers is not checked. Position as in the main graphic. Change the blend mode to luminance legacy and lower the opacity to 30%.

8: Open the SilverDiamondDanglerKRC2010 tube. Click o the bar at the top, copy. Back to working canvas. Paste as a new layer.

Position in the top right corner. Layers duplicate, image flip. Line up so as the diamonds like up as in the main graphic.

Layers, merge, merge down.

Layers duplicate, image mirror.

9: Open the mask layer again and click on it to make it active.

Adjust, sharpness, sharpen.

10: Open the 622-luzcristina 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 93% making sure all layers is not checked.

Position as in the main graphic.

11: Add any text you may require. When you are happy where everything is merge all, flatten.

12: Image add borders 2 with the foreground colour.

13: Image add borders 24 white. Selections, select all.

14: Open the dmssttoodupframe. Click on the bar at the top, copy. Back to working canvas. Paste into selection. Selections, select none.

15: Add your watermark and resize as you wish. Save as a jpg and you are all done.

This tutorial was written by Diane M. Stanley on May 1, 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.