GOLDEN FLOWER TUTORIAL



    PREPARING
  1. Open tube, height maximum: 350 px
  2. Duplicate tube (Shift D)and close original
  3. Choose a light colour from tube and select it as foreground
    colour in the material box
  4. Choose a darker colour from tube and select it as background
    colour in the material box
  5. Edit - Copy
  6. Minimize copy of tube

    GOLDEN FLOWER
  7. File �New Image: 400x400 (transparent)
  8. Activate your Preset Shape Tool in your toolbox
  9. Select your flower shape
  10. View � Rulers
  11. In your image start drawing at 20 horizontal until
    20 vertical (20-20) and stop at 380-380.
  12. Select your magic wand in your toolbox and click once in your flower
  13. Hit delete.
  14. Layers � Convert to raster layer
  15. Edit - Paste � Paste as New Layer
  16. Layers � New raster layer
  17. Floodfill with your light foreground color
  18. Layers � Arrange � Send to bottom
  19. Layers � Merge � Merge visible
  20. Effects � Reflection Effects � Pattern: default settings
  21. Adjust � Blur � Gaussian Blur: radius of 15
  22. Effects � Bordermania � Round button 1: settings:

    Settings: Border Width: 125, Light Angle: 0, Light Intensity: 128
    Outside Mask: 0, Outline Width: 0, Color: black, 50 anti-alias
  23. Selections � Select None


    Selection Type Circle, Mode: Replace, Feather: 0 and Anti-Alias: checked.
  24. Now we are going to draw a circle selection. Starting point at
    200-200. Draw the circle to the point where the flower leaves
    begin at the edge of the inner circle. That�s about 105 from
    each edge.
  25. Edit � Paste � Paste as new layer
  26. With your mover tool move your tube until there is a part in the
    circle that you want to have focused. You should move with a
    part that is situated outside the circle selection.
  27. Selections � Invert
  28. Hit the delete button once
  29. Selections � Select none
  30. Effects � 3d effects � Dropshadow: Vertical & Horizontal: 3,
    Opacity: 45, Blur: 10 and Color: black.
  31. Layers � Merge � Merge Visible
  32. Effects � 3d Effects � Inner bevel: with these settings:


    Bevel: 2, Width: 3, Smoothness: 0, Depth: 3, Ambience: 0.
    Shininess: 20, Angle: 315, Intensity: 50 and Elevation: 30
  33. Edit � Copy
  34. Minimize, we will use this flower later
    BACKGROUND TILE

  35. File - New Image: 400-400 Transparent
  36. Selections � Select all
  37. Edit � Paste � Paste into Selection
  38. Selections � Select none
  39. Layers � New raster layer
  40. Floodfill with your foreground color or background color
  41. Layers � Send to bottom
  42. Layers � Merge � Merge All (Flatten)
  43. Effects � Image effects � Seamless Tiling: default settings
  44. Adjust � Blur � Gaussian Blur: radius of 20
  45. Effects � Penta.com � Dot and cross: with these settings:


    Settings: Amount: 150, Cross distance: 60, Cross width: 13
  46. Effects � Image effects � Seamless Tiling: Mirror and
    Bidirectional checked, Horizontal and Vertical Offset: 0 and
    Width: 50
  47. Optional: Image � Resize � Resize to 50 %, all checked
  48. Your background tile is now ready, minimize

    BACKGROUND

  49. File �New Image: 1280x400 (transparent)
  50. Go to your material pallet and put your background color (box)
    to pattern


  51. Click once to open your Material Properties box.
  52. Choose your settings: angle 0, scale 100,
  53. Choose your background tile as pattern
  54. Floodfill the background with your pattern
  55. Layers � New raster layer
  56. Floodfill this raster layer with your light foreground color
  57. Lower opacity to 50-80.
  58. Layers � Merge � Merge All (Flatten)
  59. Edit � Paste � Paste as new Layer
  60. Move your flower tube to the left, leave symmetrical
    spaces from top, bottom and left edge
  61. Effects � 3d effects � Dropshadow: vertical and
    Horizontal: 3, Opacity: 45, Blur: 10 and color: black
  62. Layers � New raster layer
  63. Add your watermark
  64. Layers � Merge � Merge all (flatten)

    FINISH

  65. File � Export � PJEG Optimizer: compression of 22
  66. Open Letter Creator
  67. File � open your letter
  68. Tile in your body
  69. Mention your credits in your footer
  70. Finish
    See this example: here I didn�t resize the background tile



    Another example:




    I hope you enjoyed making this letter. I would love to see the results.
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    Or to my website if you have gotten this tutorial through
    creatorscommunity:
    http://www.geocities.com/ladyluna37/index.htm

    My tutorials can be found in my groupfiles.
    http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IMtutorialsbyJetty
    or after a while at the earlier mentioned homepage.

    With thanks to the brilliant women who have given me
    lessons in PSP and Incredimail.
    Many things I learnt have been used by me in creating.
    Any resemblance with other
    tutorials is purely coincidental.
    And special thanks my testers for their testing.

    You are free to share my tutorials. If you want to use them for lessons
    or a groupshare please ask me and please acknowledge it as my
    tutorial.

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    Jetty
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