SHINY SINGLE FLOWER TUTORIAL





    PREPARING
  1. Open tube, , height maximum: 380 px. (taller than wider
    works the best).
  2. Duplicate tube (Shift D) twice
  3. Close original
  4. Minimize one copy
  5. Chose a light color from tube and select it as foreground
    color in the materialbox
  6. Edit - Copy
  7. Minimize also this copy of the tube

    BACKGROUND TILE
  8. File - New image: 200 x 200, transparant
  9. Selections � Select all
  10. Edit � Paste into Selection
  11. Selections � Select none
  12. Layers � New layer (raster)
  13. Floodfill layer with light foreground color
  14. Layers � arrange � send to bottom
  15. Layers � Merge � Merge visible
  16. Effects � Image effects � Seamless tiling (default)
  17. Adjust � Blur � Gaussian Blur � radius of 15
  18. Effects: Filter Factory C: Evanescence:

    settings: Depth: 165
  19. Effects � Edge Effects � Enhance (More)
  20. Effects � Image effects � Seamless tiling: default
  21. Minimize background tile
  22. Activate your first tube copy and resize to height of 150
    Wide will adjust.
  23. Edit � Copy
  24. Activate your background tile
  25. Edit � Paste as a new layer
  26. Change the opacity of this new layer to 15-30
  27. Layers � Merge � Merge all (flatten)
  28. Your background tile is now ready
  29. Minimize

    BACKGROUND
  30. File � New Image (1280 x 400, transparent)
  31. Go to your material pallet and put your background color (box) to pattern

  32. Chose your settings: angle 0, scale 100

  33. your background tile as pattern
  34. Floodfill (floodfill tool in toolbox) background with your
    pattern
    POINTS 34 � 37 ARE OPTIONAL. LIGHT COLORS DON�T
    NEED AN OPACITY LAYER. IF YOUR BACKGROUND TILE
    IS LIGHT OF COLOR AND TEXT FRIENDLY ENOUGH,
    PLEASE SKIP POINT 34-37 AND CONTINUE WITH 38 !
  35. Layers � New Raster Layer
  36. Floodfill with your light foregroundcolor
  37. Lower opacity of this layer to: 50-80. I used 61
  38. Layers � Merge � Merge all (flatten)
  39. Activate your other copy of the tube
  40. Edit � Copy
  41. Close this copy
  42. Activate your background
  43. Edit � Paste as a new layer
  44. Move with your mover tool to the left
  45. Optional: Effects � 3d Effects: Inner bevel of :

    settings: bevel 2, width: 4, smoothness: 0, depth: 4, ambience: 0
    shininess: 0, angle: 315, intensity: 50, elevation: 30
  46. Effects � 3d Effects: Dropshadow with these settings:
    horizontal & vertical: 4, opacity: 65, blur: 12, black
  47. Layers � new raster layer: add your watermark
  48. Layers � Merge � Merge all (flatten)

    FINISHING
  49. File � Export � JPEG Optimizer (between 22-26)
  50. In Letter Creator open your background in Body
  51. Tile in your Body
  52. Chose matching color for the text, chose margins
  53. Don�t forget your credits in your footer
  54. Finish
    Another example: no flower:

    You can also do this tutorial with a different kind of image,
    but best is to keep the tube you use simple and rather light.

    I hope you enjoyed making this letter.
    I would love to see the results. You can reach me at:
    [email protected]

    Please put a link to my group:
    http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IMtutorialsbyJetty
    Or to my website:
    http://www.geocities.com/ladyluna37/index.htm

    My tutorials can be found in my groupfiles.
    http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cuteIMlettersandtagsbyJetty
    or
    http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IMtutorialsbyJetty
    or 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 to 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
    awknowledge it as my tutorial.

    Hugs

    Jetty

    Tutorial created: March 2007 by Jetty, Netherlands
    Hosted by www.Geocities.ws

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