Swan Song

You will need

Filters Unlimited 2

Simple, Top Left Mirror

My zip file HERE

1: Set your foreground to #f9e9ef and the background to #e3aeb9

2: Open the dmsswansongbg. Duplicate twice and close the original.

3: Open the Kat_artistunknown_swanandmoon_03_062008 tube. Shift D to duplicate and close the original.

4: Adjust, hue and saturation, colorize with the following settings:

Using one of the duplicated backgrounds paste as a new layer. Position as in the main graphic. Lower the opacity to 75%.

5: Open the vsc_LH_SWANS tube. Making sure the tube layer is active click on the bar at the top, copy. Move to the bottom left as in the main graphic.

6: Colorize using the same settings as in step 4. Lower the opacity to 80%.

7: Add any text you may require.

8: Merge all, flatten.

9: Image add borders 2 using the foreground colour.

10: Image add borders 2 using the background colour.

11: Image add borders 2 using the foreground colour.

12: Image add borders 22 white. Select with the magic wand feather and tolerance set at zero.

13: Go to the second duplicated background. Click on the bar at the top, copy. Back to working canvas. Paste into selection. Leave selected.

14: Effects, plugins, Filters Unlimited 2, buttons and frames, glass frame 2 with the following settings:

Image copy. Select none.

15: Repeat steps 9, 10 and 11.

16: Repeat step 12.

17: Click on the bar at the top of the working canvas. Paste into selection. Select none.

18: Repeat step 9.

19: Open the dmsswansongcorner. 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.

Position in the top left corner.

20: Effects, plugins, Simple, top left mirror.

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

22: Add your watermark and resize as you wish and you are all done.

This tutorial was written by Diane M. Stanley on April 30, 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.