You will need the supplies here
Save the mask in your mask folder
- Open and duplicate the tubes. Close originals
- Open a new image 650x450 px, transparent
Select 2 colours from one of the tubes = foreground : light - background : a darker one
I used #F7CAA5 and #A35F2D
Fill the image with the dark colour
- Open the tube Bridge_art. Right click => copy
Paste as new layer on your working image
Move it to the right as far as the streetlamp
- Layers palette => duplicate. Image => mirror
Both parts of the bridge meet up.
Stay on the duplicated layer
Layers palette => move down
Effects => Edge effects => enhance
Layers palette : opacity 67% - move the bridge to the right (see the tag)
- Open the tube MC3118 - right click => copy
Paste as new layer on your working image. Resize to 75%
Move the tube in the upper right corner. In the layers palette move down the bridge layer
Layers palette => opacity 87% - blend mode : luminance
- Open the tube MC3140 - right click => copy
Paste as new layer on your working image. Resize to 66%
Move the tube in the left. In the layers palette move down the bridge layer
Layers palette => opacity 18% - blend mode : luminance (legacy)
- Effects => 3D effects => drop shadow with the following settings
 Effects => edge effects : enhance
- Go back to the upper layer.
Open the tube MC3140 - right click => copy
Paste as new layer on your working image. Resize to 65%
Image => mirror. Move the tube down to the left
- Effects => 3D Effects => drop shadow (same settings as above - colour #ffffff)
- Open the tube Mallu.access.34 - right click => copy
Paste as new layer on your working image. Resize to 40%
Move the tube between the woman and the clown
Layers palette => opacity 59% - blend mode : luminance (Legacy) - Merge visible
- Add a new raster layer. Fill it with the light colour
Layers => load/save mask => load mask from disk : Tori Mask 12
 Layers => merge => merge group
- Effects => 3D Effects => drop shadow with the following settings
 Repeat with vert./hor. -2
- Effects => 3D effects => inner bevel with the following settings
 Layers palette => merge => merge visible
- With the font ZanerianTwo (colour of the background) write your initial
Effects => 3D Effects => drop shadow vert./hor 1 - opacity 100 - blur 1 - colour #100
Apply the drop shadow
again Palette layers => merge all (flatten)
- Image => add borders = 2 px dark colour
Image => add borders = 2 px light colour
Image => add borders = 2 px dark colour
- File => export as jpeg optimiser
You are done !
I hope you enjoyed doing this tutorial.
Translated by Silmaril, August 28th, 2008. |