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This tutorial was created by Mystic on March 12, 2007.




~~ Credits ~~

The artist of the tube used in this tutorial is Wolf Pasticcio.

~~ Supplies ~~

Corel/Jasc Paint Shop Pro X here.

Download Eye Candy 4000 here.

Download Dragon Fly Filter (Sinedots 2) here.

Download Italian Editors Effects here.

Download FM Tile Tool here.

Download the supplies here.



Place the Filters into 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. Open a new image with the Width set at 500 and the Height set to 350.

2. Set your Foreground colour to #000000 and your Background colour to #6f314b.

3. Flood fill your work area.

4. Toggle your colours.

5. Go to Selections/Select All.

6. The Selections/Modify/Contract and set this to 3.

7. Flood fill the selected area.

8. Keeping selected add a new layer.

9. Flood fill with the same colour.

10. Keeping selected add another new layer.

11. Go to Effects/3D Effects/Cut Out and apply the following settings.

cutout


12. Deselect your selection by going to Selections/None.

13. On your layers palette click on Raster 2 to activate it.

14. Go to Effects/Texture Effects/Blinds and apply the following settings.

blinds


15. Once again to Effects/Penta.com/Jeans and apply the settings below.

jeans


16. Add a new layer and flood fill with the burgundy colour (do not worry that it covers everything up).

17. Go to Effects/Dragon Fly/Sinedots II and apply the following settings.

sinedots


18. Once again to Effects/Italian Editors Effects/Mosaico and apply the settings below.

mosaico


19. Now move your image to the left of your work area without going into the border.

20. Click on your freehand selections tool (the laso)and select a small portion of the edge, sample below.

selection


21. Go to Selections/Modify/Feather and set this to 50.

22. Hit your delete key THREE times.

23. Deselect by going to Selections/None.

24. Click on Effects/FM Tile Tool/Blend Emboss and hit okay as we are using the default settings.

25. On your layers palette lower the opacity to 51.

26. Duplicate this layer.

27. Go to Image/Mirror.

28. Toggle your colours so that your foreground is not Black.

29. Flood fill your work area.

30. Go to Effects/Dragon Fly/Sinedots II and apply the same settings.

31. Once again to Effects/Italian Editors Effects/Mosaico and apply the same settings.

32. You will notice this overlaps the borders at the bottom so we will move it up and slightly to the right, I supplied a sample below.

arrangement


33. On your layers palette lower the opacity of this layer to 40, if you are using a lighter colour on your background you may want to lower it a bit more.

34. Copy and paste your I don't care word art tube and place into the mid upper left hand corner.

35. Copy and paste your tube do not worry about arrangement till after we have completed your name.

36. Click on your text tool and set to the settings below taking note that I use points for my size.

font


37. Using all CAPITAL letters type your name.

38. Now if your name is small (mine was okay), or you are using a different tube (such as the objection tube I provided) you will need to stretch your name out by hovering your mose over the box located in the middle of the right side, here you will get an arrow pull your name out so it stretches to fit under your tube.

font


39. On your layers palette right click and select Convert to Raster layer.

40. Click on your Magic Wand tool.

41. Hold down your shift key and select the burgundy colour in your name for each letter so that all the letter have marching ants around them.

42. Now to Effects/Eye Candy 4000/Glass and set to the following settings.

glass


43. Deselect by going to Selections/None.

44. Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow and apply the settings below.

drop shadow


45. On your layers palette right click on your name select Arrange/Down.

46. Click on your tube and apply the same drop shadow as you used previously.

47. Arrange your tube so that she is laying on top of your name.

sample


48. Add the copy right information provided and your watermark.

49. Go to Image/Add Borders and with symmetric checked set to two, also be sure the colour is the burgundy colour and then hit okay.

50. Save your work




I hope you enjoyed this tutorial and like the end results.



sample





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