THE UNKNOWN

Materials

2 tubes, mask, image and font

tube Absinthe_misted source: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RozenMaiden_Misted/ thank you

Filters

Bordermania

Unlimited 2.0

cybia (screenworks)

Simple

Filter FM Tile Tools

Open new image 640x480 px transparent

The foreground color = #735310 (dark) the background color = #baaa67 (light)

foreground color on gradient with settings shown below:

Floodfill your layer with this gradient

Adjust - gaussian blur 20

Minimize this layer

Activate your 'image_theUnknown' (size of this image 374px width and 500 px height)

Layers - Mask load from disk and activate dmsk0325:

Layers - merge - groep merge

Edit – copy and paste as a new layer (minimized layer)

Move to the right

Layer – duplicate

image - mirror

Move both to the center

Layers - merge - layers merge visibly

Effects - Filter Simple - Quick Tile

Effects - Filter FM Tile Tools - Blend Emboss

Layerpalette – new rasterlayer

Floodfill with the darkest color

Layerpalette - opacity = 72%

Layerpalette – new rasterlayer

Floodfill with the gradient as you did before

Effects - Filter - Cybia Screenworks - Fine Rule - 0

Layer palette - blend mode = overlay

Activate the image that you edit with the mask

Edit - copy - paste as a new layer and rename this layer 'gang'

Move to the right, but remain parallel with the top and bottom

Layer - dyplicate

Layer palette activate the layer 'gang'

Adjust - blur - gaussiaanse blur 20

layer palette : activate the top layer 'this is the copy layer of ‘gang' - opacity +-26%

Activate tube absinthe_misted, edit – copy – edit – paste as a new layer

Move to top left see example

Layer palette - opacity 40%

Activate the other tube 'drei tucher' edit – copy – edit – paste as a new layer

Move right

I colorised this tube : adjust – hue and saturation - colorize 28 - 193

Change these values if you uses tubes of your own

Layer palette - opacity 40% (feel free to change,or to play with the blendmodi)

Effects - 3D Effects - drop shadow horz/vert 0, opacity 100, blur 50, repeat twice

Layers - merge - visibly

Effects - Filter Unlimited 2.0 - buttons and frames - Mirrored frame - 5

Selections – select all

Selections - modify contract 5 px

Selections - invert

Effects - Filter Bordermania - Frame#2 yhe two slides on top = 2, bevel en notch corners not checked

Deselect

Layerpalette – new text layer

foreground color = lightest color, je background color = darkest color

Activate your text tool and choose font 'channel tuning' with these settings:

size 72, floating, width = 1

Type text

Repeat drop shadow same settings

Layer palette - opacity = 75% - blend mode = Hard Light

Save as a jpg