Lesson 013: Mette

There is always an introduction in the Dutch lesson

I do not translate it. You can ask me (Jille) if necessary

Materials: tube, image, font, brushes and selection

Tube: Lisa

Brushes: unknown

Filters: Cybia Screenworks, FM tile tools

Let’s start:

Open tube and image, install font, import brush, selection in map selections

Open new image 540x380 px transparent

Flood fill with this color #c1b3a3

Image add borders see settings (symm. Unchecked):

Magic want tolerance and feather = 0, click in the dark part

Selections – promote selection to layer

foreground = black

Brushtool : choose brush ‘@cb-flower3’

Fill your selected area with this brush

Deselect

Dulplicate layer/Image mirror

Effects – FM tile tools – Blend Emboss – standard settings

Layerpalette new raster layer

Selection: load from disk and choose selection ‘@nn_sel001_mette’

Activate image ‘Winter_II_’, edit: copy and paste into the selection

Effects – filter Cybia Screenworks – crescent wave standard settings

Deselect

Layer palette, opacity 53%, blend mode: Luminantie (L)

Image: mirror

Layer palette : new raster layer

With the Selection tool, custom selection see settings:

Activate tube ‘LisaG_tubes_...’ edit – copy – edit paste as a new layer on your working area

Move this tube over the selection: the face should be in the middle of the selection:

Selections – invert and delete on your keyboard - deselect

Layer palette, opacity 40%, blend mode: Luminantie (L)

Layer palette : new raster layer

With the brush tool choose brush ‘@cb-newsprint6’, standard settings, foreground color = #c1b3a3

Stamp the brush ad random

Image –free rotate right 90°

Move to the right see example

Effects – 3D effects – drop shadow horz/vert 1, opacity 100, blur 1, color black

Layerpalette, new text layer

Foreground color locked, background color = #c1b3a3

With the text tool, choose font, size 72 px, write text

Effects – 3D effects – drop shadow horz/vert 2, opacity 100, blur 3 , color black

Deselect,. This is what you have, move text see printscreen:

Layer palette – merge – merge visibly

Selection tool – custom selection settings shown below:

Selections – promote selection to layer

Deselect

Layer palette – blend mode screen

Image, add borders 1 px, dark color

Save as a jpg

Copyright© - 8 january 2006

Translation: pooltje@skynet.be (Jille)