This tutorial was created by Mystic on June 3, 2007.
~~ Credits ~~
Artist of the tube used is Sandra Kuck her beautiful web site can be found here.
The Scrap pieces are provided by Melissa of Scrappy Expressions you can find her group here.
~~ Supplies ~~
Corel/Jasc Paint Shop Pro X here.
Download Mezzoforce Ice 1.02 here.
Download the Supplies here.
Place your Filters in your filters folder.
Place the Font in your fonts folder.
Place the Tubes in your tubes folder.
Now lets get started with the tutorial
1. Copy and paste as a new image the background supplied below.
2. Open your Rulers, by going to View/Rulers.
3. You can use the colour provided or pick a new colour to work with by colourizing.
4. To colourize, select your colour with your eyedropper. Click on your colour you picked on the Colour Palette, to open the colour's details. With this open you can see the Hue and Saturation boxes, write the numbers down H = Hue and S = Saturation.
5. Now go to Adjust/Hue and Saturation/Colourize, now add your Hue number and Saturation numbers, you can play with the Saturation number a bit to achieve the colour you are after as they are sometimes a little off in lightness and darkness. I have found that between 38 - 68 in the Saturation works with most colours. I am using these settings during the tutorial (sample of the purple at end of tutorial).
6. Now copy and paste as a new layer your ribbon tube and place the outer edge of the scalloped part at 100, sample of what I mean below.
7. Duplicate this layer.
8. Go to Image/Mirror.
9.Copy and paste the bg below and leave it where it lies, colourize this if colourizing your work.
10. Copy and paste as a new layer your sisters_frame tube, leave it where it lies, colourize if you need too.
11. Copy and paste as a new layer your sisters_doodle tube, arrange this to the right column of your work area and center it.
12. On your layers palette set the Blend Mode to Luminance (Legacy).
13. Duplicate this layer.
14. Go to Image/Mirror.
15. Copy and paste your screw tube, and arrange in the upper right corner of your center square.
16. Duplicate this layer.
17. Go to Image/Mirror.
18. Duplicate this layer.
19. Go to Image/Flip.
20. Duplicate this layer.
21. Go to Image/Mirror.
22. This is what you should have so far.
23. Copy and paste your sisters_touch tube, or a misted tube of your choice, and just move it down a touch to center it.
24. Duplicate this layer.
25. Colourize this layer your colour if using the teal your colourize figures are Hue = 129
and the Saturation = 28.
26. On your layers palette lower the opacity of this layer to 85, this will give it that little touch of colour and your colour combined to give it that I belong here look.
27. Go to Image/Add Border and set this to 12.
28. Use your magic wand to select this border.
29. Copy the image below.
30. Right click on your work area and select "Paste Into Selection".
31. Go to Effects/2Manekeni/MezzoForce-Ice and set to the settings below.
32. Colourize this now if you are colourizing your work.
33. Go to Selections Invert.
34. Now to Effects/3D Effects/Cutout and apply the following.
35. Add a new layer
36. Back to Effects/3D Effects/Cutout and change the Vertical and Horizontal to -2.
37. Deselect your selection.
38. Copy and paste your mystic_ribbon and arrange at the bottom right corner so that the little hump sits over the right hand column. Sample below.
39. Colourize if you need too.
40. Copy and paste your metal_heart tube, and arrange this over the hump part of your ribbon.
NOTE: We are going to copy and paste in layer order all the elements for the bow arrangement first then deal with the arranging.
41. Copy and paste your metal_tag and move to upper left hand corner.
42. Copy and paste your string_piece and move to upper left hand corner, this can be colourized or left as it is, up to you.
43. Copy and paste your large_daisy and move to upper left hand corner.
44. Copy and paste your Bow and move to upper left hand corner, colourize this if you need too.
45. Copy and paste your pearl_pin and move to upper left hand corner.
46. Copy and paste your small_daisy and move to upper left hand corner.
47. Now arrange these items to how you would like them to be, this is a preference thing.
48. Click on your Pen Tool and draw a small very slight diagonal line over your metal tag.
49. Add a new layer.
50. Click on your Text tool and set the text options to those below.
51. Now hover your text tool over the diagonal line until you see an A with a half circle under it then click your mouse.
52. Type your name.
53. Deselect the selection.
54. Go to Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow and apply the following.
55. On your layers palette close your vector layer (the diagonal line).
56. Add your watermark and save.
I hope you enjoyed this tutorial and like the end results.
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