Creativity is contagious, turn it!
It's Christmastime
" Christmas is the day that holds all time together. "
- Alexander Smith -
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Place the selections your usual folder and the gradient in your folder
Open the tubes and duplicate them, close the originals
Depending on the colors you are going to use
feel free to change the mode and opacity of the layers
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1.
In the style and texture palette
Put two colors of your tube
a light color in the foreground
and a dark color in the background
and prepared a radial gradient with the following settings:
Open a transparent image of 900 x 500 pixels
Fill with gradient
2.
Adjustment - Blur - Gaussian Blur radius at 20
3.
Copy - paste the image as a new layer
Change the Mix mode to "Soft Light"
Effects / Edge Effects / Enhance
4.
Go to the bottom layer
Selections - Load / save a selection -
Load selection from disk
Select the selection "Sel01-ItsChristmastime"
and click Load
Selection transform to layer
Selections - Deselect all
5.
Seamless image / mosaic effect / effect
6.
Effects / Plugins / AP Lines SilverLining filter ⇒ Breaks In Fence
Layers - Merge - Merge visible layers
7.
Layers - Duplicate
Effects / Plugins / <I.C.NET Software>: Filters Unlimited 2 / VM 1 ⇒ Web Weaver
8.
Effects / Plugins / <I.C.NET Software>: Filters Unlimited 2 / Filter Factory Gallery J ⇒ Drink To Me
Effects / Edge Effects / Enhance
Change the Blend mode to "Multiply"
Reduce Opacity to 50
9.
Copy - paste the deco tube 1
Change the Mix mode to "Soft Light"
Layers - Merge - Merge visible layers
10.
Selections - Select all
Selection - modify - contract - 30 px
Effects / Plugins / AAA frame filter ⇒ Foto Frame
Selection transform to layer
Selection - deselect all
Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow
11.
Copy and paste the Deco 2 tube
Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow (same setting)
Layers - Merge - Merge visible layers
12.
Image - Add borders - Symmetric checked
2 pixel size = Color White
Image - Add borders - Symmetric checked
1 pixel size = Dark Color
Image - Add borders - Symmetric checked
Size of 25 pixels = Color White
13.
Copy and paste the Deco tube 3
14.
Copy - Paste Wordart
Place as on my model
15.
Copy - Paste Your Tube
Resize if needed
Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow (to your liking)
Place on the left
Layers - Merge - Merge visible layers
16.
Add your signature
And Copyright if you use a designer tube
Add my copyright
Tutorial Created By © CreativeAttitude / www.creativeattitude.wixsite.com / Version From (YourName)
Layers - Merge - Merge visible layers
Here ! Your tag is finished
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Do not hesitate to send me your version to this address
creativeattitude.wix@gmail.com
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