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Kyra's original Dutch tutorial can be viewed here

Download the supplies here
This tutorial was specially written for
Maria of the Bellisimo group


FILTERS NEEDED
None.

The Color Palette:
Foreground color: #F1EFE8
Background color: #927762

Start with a new transparent canvas: 850 x550 pixels.

1: Fill the canvas with the dark color.
Add a new raster layer and select all.

2: Open the '1614' background image.
Copy and paste it into the selection.
Change the layer opacity to 'Luminance(Legacy)'
in the Layers palette.
Deselect.

3: Open the 'marif-2007-05 Mai'- tube.
Copy and paste as a new layer onto the canvas.
Change the layer opacity to 'Luminance(Legacy)'
in the Layers palette.
Change the Blend Mode of the layer to 70%
in the Layers palette.
 
4: Open the 'bloem 4'-pspimage.
Copy and paste as a new layer onto the canvas.


5: Image - Rotate - Free Rotate: 90 / Right.
Image - Mirror.
Change the layer opacity to 'Luminance(Legacy)'
in the Layers palette.
Move it to the right.

6: Open the 'Marif-2007-Juillet'- image.
Copy and paste as a new layer onto the canvas.
Image - Resize: 110%.
Move it to the left.

7: Open the 'Kyra brush' or use your own text.
Copy and paste as a new layer onto the canvas.
You can also import it as a brush before you use it of course.
Apply a drop shadow:
-2 / -2 / 50 / 7 / color black.

8: IMage - Add Borders:
2 pixels - light color.
2 pixels - dark color.

9: Make a gradient:
Style - Linear
Angle - 45 
Repeats - 5
Invert - checked:



10: Add a 20 pixel white border.
Select with the Magic Wand
and fill with the gradient.

11: Image - Add Borders:
2 pixels - light color
1 pixel - dark color.

Add your name or watermark and you're done !! :)) .


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Translated 19 Augustus 2007


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