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Vase of Pansies Greetings

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Winter Sun

#952

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Made some new parrot AI images today, and they've been uploaded to my Fotki.

Hope you enjoy them.?

Also,?just wanted to let you know that I treasure and appreciate your kind comments that you leave on my Fotki.

Thank you ?

Hope everyone has a great weekend.

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Girl In Red Note

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Elegance

#948

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Waving At You

#947

开云体育

:: Waving At You ::

Tutorial by

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**Do?NOT share this tutorial with anyone else.? It is for members ONLY**
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Supplies:
A tube of your choice

No outside filters needed :)

Let's Begin? :)

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1.? Open a tube of your choice
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2.? Duplicate (Shift and D) and close original
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3.? Image->Resize
Resample using: Smart Size checked
Width and Height in Pixels
Settings:
Height 300
Width will self adjust
Lock aspect ratio checked
Resize all layers checked
If width is over 300, resize to 250 and the height will self adjust
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4.? Adjust-> Sharpness->Sharpen
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5.? Dropper Tool-> Choose a very light color for your foreground and a medium to dark color for background

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The Pattern:
6.? File-> New
Width 200
Height 89
Image Characteristics Raster Background
Color: Transparent checked

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7.? Flood Fill Tool->? fill with dark color

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8.? Image-> Add Borders
Color your light
Symmetric not checked
Top, Left, Right 0
Bottom 1

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We are done with the pattern.? Set it off to the side? :)

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Back to our tube now :)
9.? Image-> Canvas Size
Width 1700 or your choice
Height 360
Placement left middle
Change Left to 30
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10.? Layers-> New Raster Layer
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11.? Layers-> Arrange-> Send to Bottom

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12.? Materials Palette-> change background to pattern
Material Properties
Pattern
Angle: 0
Scale: 100
Texture not checked
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13.? Flood Fill Tool-> fill with with pattern

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14.? Effects-> Distortion Effects-> Wave
Settings:
Horizontal displacement
Amplitude: 0
Wavelength: 1
Vertical displacement
Amplitude: 1
Wavelength: 2
Edge mode
Wrap

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15.? Layers-> New Raster Layer

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16.? Materials Palette-> change background back to your dark color

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17.? Flood Fill Tool-> fill with the dark color

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18.? Layers-> Properties-> lower opacity to 60-85%

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19.? Layers-> Merge-> Merge Down

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20.? Effects-> Texture Effects-> Blinds
Width 3
Opacity 10
Color your light
Horizontal checked
Light from left/top checked
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21.? Adjust->Add/Remove Noise->Add Noise
Settings:
Uniform
Noise: 5%
Monochrome not checked

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22.? Preset Shape Tool
Settings:
Shape- Rectangle
Retain Style not checked
Anti-alias checked
Create as vector checked
Line style Solid
Width 1.00

If you are using a version of PSP higher than 9, change Width to 1.20

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23.? Draw rectangle just under your tube leaving some sides on the top, bottom, left, and right

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24.? Objects-> Align-> Vert. Center in Canvas

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25.? Layers-> Convert to Raster Layer

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26.? Effects-> Texture Effects-> Blinds
Settings same as above

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27.? Effects-> Distortion Effects-> Wave
Settings same as above

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28.? Effects-> 3D Effects-> Drop Shadow
Settings:
Offset
Vertical 0
Horizontal 0
Attributes Opacity 25 or your choice
Blur 10
Color: black
Shadow on new layer not checked

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29.? Activate your bottom layer in the Layers Palette (your background)

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30.? Preset Shape Tool
Settings the same:
Shape- Rectangle
Retain Style not checked
Anti-alias checked
Create as vector checked
Line style Solid
Width 1.00

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31.? Draw a rectangle under the first leaving?the same amount of space on all sides

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32.? Layers-> Convert to Raster Layer

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33.? Effects-> 3D Effects-> Drop Shadow
Settings the same as above

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34.? Activate the top layers in the Layers Palette (your tube)

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35.? Effects-> 3D Effects-> Drop Shadow
Settings:
Offset
Vertical 2
Horizontal 2
Attributes Opacity 25 or your choice
Blur 10
Color: black
Shadow on new layer not checked

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*Optional*
Move Tool-> Reposition the tube or rectangles more to your liking

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36.? Add watermark, and any text, brushes, etc.
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37.? Layers-> Merge-> Merge All (Flatten)
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38.? Export to a folder and finish in the Letter Creator

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I hope you have enjoyed this tutorial!
If you have any questions please email me at TaRacey@...
I would love to see your results if you like to share it with me? :)
Please link back to

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Swirly Doodle SB - with Frame

#946

开云体育

::Swirly Doodle SB::

Tutorial by

Tube in my example was purchased at

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**Do?NOT share this tutorial with anyone else.? It is for members ONLY**
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Supplies:

TaRaceySwirlyDoodleFrame

No outside plugins needed

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Let's Begin? :))

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1.?Open TaRaceySwirlyDoodleFrame
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2.? Duplicate (Shift and D) and close the original
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3.? Layers Palette-> Right click and delete Credits
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4.? Open a tube of your choice
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5.? Duplicate (Shift and D) and close the original
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6.? Image->Resize
Resample using: Smart Size checked
Width and Height in Pixels
Settings:
Width no more than 250
Height no more than 275
Lock aspect ratio checked
Resize all layers checked
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7.? Adjust-> Sharpness-> Sharpen
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8.? Edit-> Copy
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9.? Dropper Tool-> Choose a dark color for your Foreground
We will choose a Background color later? :)

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10.? Go back to the template

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11.? Adjust/Color Balance/Manual Color Correction
Settings:
Manual target color
Freehand selection not checked
Source #808080
Target your Foreground color

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12.? Layers-> New Raster Layer

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13.? Layers-> Arrange-> Send to Bottom

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14.? Dropper Tool-> Right click over the middle of the rectangle to choose the lighter color for the Background

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15.? Flood Fill Tool-> Fill with your new Background color

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16.? Effects-> Texture Effects-> Blinds
Width 2
Opacity 20
Color your Foreground color
Horizontal not checked
Light from left/top checked

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17.? Effects-> Reflection Effects-> Kaleidoscope
Settings:
Image Area
Horizontal offset 0
Vertical offset 0
Rotation angle 0
Scale Factor 0
Kaleidoscope settings
Number of petals 2
Number of orbits 1
Radial suction 100
Edge Mode Wrap

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18.? Effects-> Image Effects-> Seamless Tiling
Settings: Default
Tiling Method- Corner
Direction- Bidirectional
Settings
Horizontal Offset 0
Vertical 0
Transition 50
Corner Style Linear

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19.? Layers Palette-> click on the SwirlyDoodleFrame to activate it

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20.? Effects-> 3D Effects-> Drop Shadow
Settings:
Offset
Vertical 0
Horizontal 0
Attributes Opacity 20 or your choice
Blur 10
Color: black
Shadow on new layer not checked

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21.? Image-> Add Borders
Color your Foreground color (dark)
Symmetric not checked
Top and Bottom 0
Left and Right 1

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22.? Image-> Add Borders
Color your Background color (light)
Symmetric not checked
Top and Bottom 0
Left and Right 1

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23.? Image-> Add Borders
Color white
Symmetric not checked
Top and Bottom 0
Left and Right 1

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24.? Image-> Add Borders
Color your Background color (light)
Symmetric not checked
Top and Bottom 0
Left and Right 1

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25.? Image-> Add Borders
Color your Foreground color (dark)
Symmetric not checked
Top and Bottom 0
Left and Right 1

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26.? Layers-> Promote Background Layer
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27.? Image-> Canvas Size
Width 1700
Height 420
Placement Left center
Change Left to 5

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28.? Layers-> New Raster Layer
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29.? Layers-> Arrange-> Send to Bottom

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30.? Flood Fill Tool-> Fill with your Background color

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31.? Effects-> Texture Effects-> Blinds
Settings the same:
Width 2
Opacity 20
Color your Foreground color
Horizontal not checked
Light from left/top checked

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32.? Effects-> Reflection Effects-> Feedback
Settings:
Opacity 10
Intensity 100
Horizontal offset 0
Vertical offset 0
Elliptical not checked

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33.? Effects-> Image Effects-> Seamless Tiling
Settings: Default
Tiling Method- Corner
Direction- Bidirectional
Settings
Horizontal Offset 0
Vertical 0
Transition 50
Corner Style Linear

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34.? Layers Palette-> click on the top layer to activate it

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35.? Effects-> 3D Effects-> Drop Shadow
Settings:
Offset
Vertical 0
Horizontal 0
Attributes Opacity 30 or your choice
Blur 10
Color: black
Shadow on new layer checked

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36.? Effects-> Image Effects-> Seamless Tile

Tiling Method- Corner
Direction- Vertical
Settings
Vertical Offset 0
Transition 50

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37.? Edit-> Paste-> Paste as New Layer (your tube)
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38.? Layers-> Arrange-> Bring to Top
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39.? Move Tool-> Position your tube to the left
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40.? Effects-> 3D Effects-> Drop Shadow
Settings:
Offset
Vertical 0
Horizontal 0
Attributes Opacity 30 or your choice
Blur 10
Color: black
Shadow on new layer not checked
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*Optional*
Add any text, brushes, accents, watermark etc.
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41.? Layers-> Merge-> Merge All
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42.? File-> Export-> JPEG Optimizer
Set compression value to: 15
and direct it to a folder.
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43.? Finish in the Letter Creator.

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I hope you have enjoyed this tutorial!
If you have any questions please email me at TaRacey@...
I would love to see your results if you like to share it with me? :)
Please link back to

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A Batch Of Materials

#945

开云体育

::A Batch of Materials::

Tutorial by

Released September 26, 2011

Tube purchased at

**Do?NOT share this tutorial with anyone else.? It is for members ONLY**
Please link back to

Supplies Needed:

A tube of your choice

Plugin: Funhouse (Patchwork)? It can be found

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Let's Begin? :)

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1.? Open a tube of your choice
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2.? Duplicate (Shift and D) and close original
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3.? Image->Resize
Resample using: Smart Size checked
Settings:
Width no more than 295
and Height no more than 365
Lock aspect ratio checked
Resize all layers checked
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4.? Adjust-> Sharpness->Sharpen
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5.? Dropper Tool-> Choose a medium or dark color for the Foreground and a light color for the Background
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6.? File-> New
Width 100
Height 400
Image Characteristics- Raster Background
Color: Transparent checked

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7.? Materials Palette-> Change Background to Gradient
Settings:
Foreground-Background
Angel: 90
Repeats: 125
Invert not checked
Style Linear

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8.? Flood Fill Tool-> Fill with the Gradient Background

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9.? Effects-> Plugins-> Funhouse-> Patchwork
Settings:
PatchSize 10

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10.? Image-> Add Borders
Color your Foreground color
Symmetric not checked
Top, Left and Bottom 0
Right 1

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11.? Image-> Add Borders
Color your Background color (light)
Symmetric not checked
Top, Left and Bottom 0
Right 3

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12.? Image-> Add Borders
Color your Foreground color
Symmetric not checked
Top, Left and Bottom 0
Right 1

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13.? Image-> Add Borders
Color Gray
Symmetric not checked
Top, Left and Bottom 0
Right 15

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14.? Image-> Add Borders
Color your Foreground color
Symmetric not checked
Top, Left and Bottom 0
Right 1

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15.? Image-> Add Borders
Color your Background color (light)
Symmetric not checked
Top, Left and Bottom 0
Right 154

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16.? Image-> Add Borders
Color your Foreground color
Symmetric not checked
Top, Left and Bottom 0
Right 1

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17.? Image-> Add Borders
Color Gray
Symmetric not checked
Top, Left and Bottom 0
Right 15

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18.? Image-> Add Borders
Color your Foreground color
Symmetric not checked
Top, Left and Bottom 0
Right 1

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19.? Image-> Add Borders
Color your Background color (light)
Symmetric not checked
Top, Left and Bottom 0
Right 3

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20.? Image-> Add Borders
Color your Foreground color
Symmetric not checked
Top, Left and Bottom 0
Right 1

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21.? Layers-> Promote Background Layer

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22.? Magic Wand Tool
Settings:
Mode: Add (Shift)
Match Mode: RGB Value
Tolerance 0
Sample Merged checked
Contiguous checked
Feather 0
Anti-alias Checked
INSIDE

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23.? With your Magic Wand, click on both gray bars

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24.? Layers-> New Raster Layer

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25.? Flood Fill Tool-> Fill with Gradient Background

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26.? Effects-> 3D Effects-> Inner Bevel-> Bevel 6
Settings:
Width: 4
Image
Smoothness: 0
Depth: 1
Ambience: 0
Shininess: 0
Light
Color: White
Angel: 315
Intensity: 50
Elevation: 30

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27.? Selections-> Select None

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28.? Effects-> Image Effects-> Seamless Tile
Tiling Method- Corner
Direction- Vertical
Settings
Vertical Offset 0
Transition 50

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29.? Layers-> Merge-> Merge Visible

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30.? With your Magic Wand, click on the light color between the 2 beveled bars

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31.? Effects-> Texture Effects-> Weave
Gap Size: 1
Width: 7
Opacity: 1
Weave color: your Background color (light)
Gap color: your Foreground color
Fill gaps checked

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32.? Selections-> Select None

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33.? Image-> Canvas size
Width 2000 or your choice
Height 400
Placement left center

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34.? Effects-> 3D Effects-> Drop Shadow
Settings:
Offset
Vertical 0
Horizontal 10
Attributes Opacity 30
Blur 1.00
Color: your Background color (light)
Shadow on new layer not checked

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35.? Layers-> New Raster Layer
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36.? Layers-> Arrange-> Send to Bottom

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37.? Flood Fill Tool-> Fill with your Foreground color

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38.? Effects-> Texture Effects-> Blinds
Width 3
Opacity 15 or your choice
Color: Background color (light)
Horizontal not checked
Light from left/top checked

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39.? Layers Palette-> click on the top layer to activate it

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40.? Go to your tube

Edit-> Copy

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41.? Go to your background
Edit-> Paste-> Paste as New Layer

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42.? Move Tool-> Position your tube on the left

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43.? Effects-> 3D Effects-> Drop Shadow
Offset
Vertical 2
Horizontal 2
Attributes Opacity 20 or your choice
Blur 10
Color: black
Shadow on new layer not checked

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*Optional* Add any text, brushes, accents, watermark, etc.
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44.? Layers-> Merge-> Merge All
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We're done!
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45.? File-> Export-> JPEG Optimizer
Set compression value to 10 and direct it to a folder.
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46.? Finish in the Letter Creator

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I hope you have enjoyed this tutorial!
If you have any questions please email me at TaRacey@...
I would love to see your results if you like to share it with me? :)
Please link back to

TaRaceyMemberTutorial.jpg

Enhancing The Dark Side - TaRacey

#944

开云体育

::Enhancing The Dark Side::

Tutorial by

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Tube used in my example was purchased at

**Do?NOT share this tutorial with anyone else.? It is for members ONLY**
Please link back to

Supplies Needed:

A tube of your choice

Plugin: L en K landksiteofwonders (L en K's Jeffrey)? You can find it

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Let's Begin? :)

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1.? Open a tube of your choice
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2.? Duplicate (Shift and D) and close original
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3.? Image->Resize
Resample using: Smart Size checked
Width and Height in Pixels
Settings:
Width no more than 275
Height no more than 350
Lock aspect ratio checked
Resize all layers checked
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4.? Adjust-> Sharpness->Sharpen
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5.? Dropper Tool-> Choose a dark color for your Foreground and the same color but a little lighter for the Background.
Very light colors don't work well with this tutorial.
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6.? Edit-> Copy
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7.? File-> New
Width 250
Height 8
Image Characteristics- Raster Background
Color: Transparent checked

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8.? Flood Fill Tool-> Fill with your Background color

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9.? Image-> Add Borders
Color your Foreground color
Symmetric checked
Top, Left, Right and Bottom 1

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A Note: It may look like your canvas disappeared.? If so, you can go to View-> Zoom-> Zoom In More.?

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10.? Layers-> Promote Background Layer
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11.? Image-> Canvas Size
Width 275
Height 25
Placement TOP CENTER

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12.? Layers-> Duplicate
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13.? Image-> Flip

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14.? Layers-> Merge-> Merge Visible

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At this point, if you zoomed to see your canvas better, you can zoom out now by going to View-> Zoom-> Zoom Out More.

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15.? Image-> Canvas Size
Width 275
Height 375
Placement TOP CENTER

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16.? Layers-> Duplicate
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17.? Image-> Flip

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18.? Layers-> Merge-> Merge Visible

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19.? Image-> Canvas Size
Width 275
Height 400
Placement CENTER

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20.? Effects-> 3D Effects-> Inner Bevel-> Bevel 12
Settings:
Width: 31
Image
Smoothness: 0
Depth: 1
Ambience: 0
Shininess: 0
Light
Color: White
Angel: 315
Intensity: 50
Elevation: 30

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21.? Selection Tool-> Custom Selection
Settings:
Top: 50
Left: 10
Right: 265
Bottom: 350

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22.? Layers-> New Raster Layer

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23.? Flood Fill Tool-> Fill with your Foreground color

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24.? Selections-> Modify-> Contract
Number of pixels: 1

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25.? Layers-> New Raster Layer

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26.? Flood Fill Tool-> Fill with your Background color

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27.? Selections-> Select None

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Yours should look something like this:

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28.? Effects-> Plugins-> L en K landksiteofwonders-> L en K's Jeffrey
Settings:
Tile 7

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29.? Effects-> Image Effects-> Seamless Tile
Tiling Method- Corner
Direction- Vertical
Settings
Vertical Offset 0
Transition 50

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30.? Effects-> Edge Effects-> Enhance

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31.? Layers Palette-> Click on the bottom layer to highlight it

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32.? Layers-> Arrange-> Bring to Top

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33.? Effects-> 3D Effects-> Drop Shadow
Settings:
Offset
Vertical 0
Horizontal 0
Attributes Opacity 25
Blur 5
Color: black
Shadow on new layer not checked

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34.? Layers-> New Raster Layer

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35.? Layers-> Arrange-> Send to Bottom

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36.? Flood Fill Tool-> Fill with your Foreground color

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Yours should look something like this:

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37.? Image-> Add Borders
Color your Foreground color
Symmetric not checked
Top and Bottom 0
Left and Right 1

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38.? Image-> Add Borders
Color your Background color
Symmetric not checked
Top and Bottom 0
Left and Right 1

?

39.? Image-> Add Borders
Color your Foreground color
Symmetric not checked
Top and Bottom 0
Left and Right 1

?

40.? Layers-> Promote Background Layer
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41.? Image-> Canvas Size
Width 1700
Height 400
Placement LEFT CENTER
Change Left to 10

*A Note* If your width is set wider than 1700, your background results will be different than mine

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42.? Layers-> New Raster Layer

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43.? Layers-> Arrange-> Send to Bottom
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44.? Flood Fill Tool-> Fill with either your Foreground? or Background color

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45.? If you used your Foreground color for the background:
Effects-> Texture Effects-> Blinds
Width 2
Opacity 25
Color your Background color
Horizontal not checked
Light from left/top checked

>>>>>OR<<<<<

If you used your Background color for the background:
Effects-> Texture Effects-> Blinds
Width 2
Opacity 25
Color your Foreground color
Horizontal not checked
Light from left/top checked

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46.? Effects-> Reflection Effects-> Pattern
Settings:
Image Area
Horizontal offset (%): 0
Vertical offset (%): 0
Rotation angle: 0
Scale factor: -100
Pattern Settings
Number of columns: 12
Number of rows: 20
Horizontal shift: 0
Vertical shift: 0

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Optional: If your background seems too dark, add a new layer and using the Flood Fill Tool, fill with your background color.? Then go to Layers-> Properties-> and lower the Opacity

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47.? Layers Palette-> click on the top layer to activate it
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48.? Effects-> 3D Effects-> Drop Shadow
Settings:
Offset
Vertical 0
Horizontal 0
Attributes Opacity?25 or your choice
Blur 12
Color: black
Shadow on new layer checked
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49.? Effects-> Image Effects-> Seamless Tile
Tiling Method- Corner
Direction- Vertical
Settings
Vertical Offset 0
Transition 50
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50.? Edit-> Paste-> Paste as New Layer (your tube)
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51.? Layers-> Arrange-> Bring to Top
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52.? Move Tool-> Position your tube to the left
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53.? Effects-> 3D Effects-> Drop Shadow
Settings:
Offset
Vertical 2

Horizontal 2
Attributes Opacity?25 or your choice
Blur 10
Color: black
Shadow on new layer not checked
?
*Optional*
Add any text, brushes, accents, texture, watermark etc.
?
54.? Layers-> Merge-> Merge All
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55.? File-> Export-> JPEG Optimizer
Set compression value to: 10
and direct it to a folder.
?
56.? Finish in the Letter Creator.

?

I hope you have enjoyed this tutorial!
If you have any questions please email me at TaRacey@...
I would love to see your results if you like to share it with me? :)
Please link back to

TaRaceyMemberTutorial1.jpg

CrissCross Lines - TaRacey - with Template

#943

开云体育

::CrissCross Lines::

Tutorial by

?Tube used in my example purchased at

?
**Do?NOT share this tutorial with anyone else.? It is for members ONLY**
Please link back to

Supplies:

A tube of your choice? (Tubes that are about the same size or a little longer work best)

TaRaceyCrissCrossLinesTemplate
Plugin: Scribe (Noisey).? It can be found

?

Let's Begin? :))

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1.? Open TaRaceyCrissCrossLinesTemplate
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2.? Duplicate (Shift and D) and close the original
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3.? Layers Palette-> Right click and delete Credits
?
4.? Open a tube of your choice
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5.? Duplicate (Shift and D) and close the original
?
6.? Image->Resize
Resample using: Smart Size checked
Width and Height in Pixels
Settings:
Width no more than 250
Height no more than 275
Lock aspect ratio checked
Resize all layers checked
?
7.? Adjust-> Sharpness-> Sharpen
?
8.? Edit-> Copy
?
9.? Dropper Tool-> Choose a nice color for your Background
We will choose a Foreground color later? :)
?
10.? Go back to the template
?
11.? Adjust/Color Balance/Manual Color Correction
Settings:
Manual target color
Freehand selection not checked
Source #c0c0c0
Target your?Background color

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12.? Dropper Tool->?Choose the lightest color in your template and make it your Foreground color
?
13.? Layers-> New Raster Layer
?
14.? Layers-> Arrange-> Send to Bottom

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15.? Flood Fill Tool-> Fill with your Foreground color
?
16.? Effects-> Texture Effects-> Blinds
Width 3
Opacity 20
Color your Background color
Horizontal not checked
Light from left/top checked

If the blinds aren't showing up well, increase Opacity to 25-30

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17.? Effects-> Texture Effects-> Weave
Gap Size: 1
Width: 1
Opacity: 20
Weave color: your?Background color
Gap color: your?Foreground color
Fill gaps checked

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18.? Layers-> Merge-> Merge Visible

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19.? Effects-> Plugins-> Scribe-> Noisey
Control 0: 10

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20.? View-> Zoom-> Zoom in More

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21.? Dropper Tool-> Choose the?darkest color?for your new Foreground by left clicking on one of the dark borders

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22.? View-> Zoom-> Zoom to 100%

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23.? Image-> Add Borders
Color your new dark Foreground color
Symmetric not checked
Top and Bottom 0
Left and Right 1

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24.? Image-> Add Borders
Color your Background color
Symmetric not checked
Top and Bottom 0
Left and Right 2

?

25.? Image-> Add Borders
Color your lightest color that you chose from the template earlier

Symmetric not checked
Top and Bottom 0
Left and Right 1

?

26.? Image-> Add Borders
Color your Background color
Symmetric not checked
Top and Bottom 0
Left and Right 2

?

27.? Image-> Add Borders
Color your new dark Foreground color
Symmetric not checked
Top and Bottom 0
Left and Right 1

?

28.? Layers-> Promote Background Layer
?
29.? Image-> Canvas Size
Width 1700 or your choice
Height 400
Placement Left center
?
30.? Layers-> New Raster Layer
?
31.? Layers-> Arrange-> Send to Bottom
?
32.? Flood Fill Tool-> Fill with your Background color

?

33.? Effects-> Texture Effects-> Blinds
Width 3
Opacity 20
Color: either your darkest or lightest color
Horizontal not checked
Light from left/top checked

In my example, I used?my darkest color

?

34.? Effects-> Plugins-> Scribe-> Noisey
Settings the same:
Control 0: 10

?

35.? Layers Palette-> click on the top layer to activate it
?
36.? Effects-> 3D Effects-> Drop Shadow
Settings:
Offset
Vertical 0
Horizontal 2
Attributes Opacity 20 or your choice
Blur 10
Color: black
Shadow on new layer checked
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37.? Effects-> Image Effects-> Seamless Tile
Tiling Method- Corner
Direction- Vertical
Settings
Vertical Offset 0
Transition 50
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38.? Edit-> Paste-> Paste as New Layer (your tube)
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39.? Layers-> Arrange-> Bring to Top
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40.? Move Tool-> Position your tube to the left
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41.? Effects-> 3D Effects-> Drop Shadow
Settings:
Offset
Vertical 2
Horizontal 2
Attributes Opacity 20 or your choice
Blur 10
Color: black
Shadow on new layer not checked
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*Optional*
Add any text, brushes, accents, watermark etc.
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42.? Layers-> Merge-> Merge All
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43.? File-> Export-> JPEG Optimizer
Set compression value to: 15
and direct it to a folder.
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44.? Finish in the Letter Creator.

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If you have any questions please email me at TaRacey@...
I would love to see your results if you like to share it with me? :)
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:: Subtle Country Tiles ::

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Supplies:

A Tube of your choice

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Plugins-> Mehdi (Sorting Tiles)

FM Tile Tools-> Blend Emboss

Both?can be found

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Optional: Texture of your choice or Filters Unlimited 2.0-> Paper Textures-> Canvas, Fine

Or you may choose not to use any texture

A trial version of FU2?can be found

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Let's Begin? :))

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1.? Open a tube of your choice
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2.? Duplicate (Shift and D) and close original
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3.? Image->Resize
Resample using: Smart Size checked
Width and Height in Pixels
Settings:
Width no more than 295
Height no more than 350
Lock aspect ratio checked
Resize all layers checked
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4.? Adjust-> Sharpness->Sharpen
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5.? Dropper Tool-> Choose white for your Foreground color and a medium to dark color for your Background.

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Edit-> Copy
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7.? File-> New
Width 65
Height 400
Image Characteristics- Raster Background
Color: Transparent checked

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8.? Flood Fill Tool-> Fill with your Background color

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9.? Image-> Add Borders
Color white
Symmetric not checked
Top and Bottom 0
Left and Right 1

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10.? Layers-> Promote Background Layer

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11.? Image-> Canvas size
Width 150
Height 400
Placement left center

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12.? Layers-> Duplicate

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13.? Image-> Mirror

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14.? Layers-> Merge-> Merge Visible

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15.? Image-> Canvas size
Width 300
Height 400
Placement left center
Change Left to 10

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16.? Layers-> New Raster Layer

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17.? Layers-> Arrange-> Send to Bottom

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18.? Flood Fill Tool-> Fill with your Background color

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19.? Effects-> Textures Effects-> Blinds
Settings:
Width 2
Opacity 30
Color white
Horizontal not checked
Light from left/top checked

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20.? Image-> Add Borders
Color white
Symmetric not checked
Top, Left and Bottom 0
Right 1

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21.? Layers-> Promote Background Layer

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22.? Layers-> Properties-> Change Opacity to 50

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23.? Image-> Canvas size
Width 1700
Height 400
Placement left center

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24.? Layers-> New Raster Layer

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25.? Layers-> Arrange-> Send to Bottom

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26.? Flood Fill Tool-> Fill with your Background color

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27.? Effects-> Textures Effects-> Blinds
Settings the same:
Width 2
Opacity 30
Color white
Horizontal not checked
Light from left/top checked

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28.? Effects-> Plugins-> Mehdi-> Sorting Tiles
Settings:
Block Range 150-300
Block 200
Crossed selected

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29.? Effects-> Plugins-> FM Tile Tools-> Blend Emboss
at Default Settings as below:

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30.? Layers-> New Raster Layer

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31.? Flood Fill Tool-> Fill with your Background color

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32.? Layers-> Properties-> Change Opacity to 90-95 or your choice

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Optional: You may like to increase or decrease the opacity of the left side border.
To do that, just click on the top layer in the Material Palette to highlight it then Layers-> Properties-> Change Opacity to your liking.? I like my side border blinds to match the blinds in the background? :)

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When you're all done,
33.? Layers-> Merge-> Merge Visible

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Optional: You may like to add some texture.
I'm adding:
Effects-> Plugins-> <I.C.Net Software> Filters Unlimited 2.0-> Paper Textures-> Canvas, Fine
Settings:
Intensity 20
Lightness 87

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34.? Edit-> Paste-> Paste as New Layer (your tube)

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35.? Move Tool-> Position your tube on the left

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36.? Effects-> 3D Effects-> Drop Shadow
Settings:
Offset
Vertical 2
Horizontal 2
Attributes Opacity 30 or your choice
Blur 10
Color: black
Shadow on new layer not checked

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37.? Add any text, brushes, accents, watermark, etc
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38.? Layers-> Merge-> Merge All
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39.? File-> Export-> JPEG Optimizer
Set compression value to 15 and direct it to a folder.

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40.? Finish in the Letter Creator.

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I hope you have enjoyed this tutorial!
If you have any questions please email me at TaRacey@...
I would love to see your results if you like to share it with me? :)
Please link back to