Lesson 014: Dreaming

Materials: tubes, brush, font, selection

Filters: Mehdi – Sorting tiles

OptikVerveLabs – Virtual Photographer

Penta-com

Let’s go

Install font, open tubes, selections in map

Open new image 600x480 px transparent

Foreground color = #202020 (dark), background color = #606060 (lighter color but same tone)

Foreground color on gradient see settings:

Flood fill layer with this gradient

Effects – filter Mehdi – Sorting Tiles see settings:

Effects– edge effects – enhance

Activate tube Mtm_Lady_104, edit copy paste as a new layer

Move to the right.(see printscreen ***)

Activate tube from RozenMaiden, edit copy paste as a new layer

Move to the left and you have this:

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Layerpalette – merge – merge down

Selections –select all

Selections - float

Selections – modify – feather, number of pix = 30

Selections invert and click delete 3 times (this makes the borders of the tubes softer)

Deselect.

Layer palette - opacity 85%

Activate tube from Yoka, edit copy paste as a new layer, rename this layer ‘bloem (flower)’

Image mirror

Move to the right, but stay 40 px away from the bottom (put your rules on (view - rulers))

duplicate layer

Return to layer ‘bloem’ (flower) = activate this layer

Adjust – blur – radial blur see settings

Layerpalette blend mode screen

Duplicate layer

Activate layer ‘bloem’ (flower)

Effects – 3D effects – drop shadow horz/vert 5, opacity 60, blur 20, color black

Image add borders see settings:

Select with the magic wand, tolerance and feather = 0 !!!

Selections Promote selection to layer

Effects– Filter Penta.com – VTR2 standard settings

Effects -3D effects – drop shadow verts 0, horizs -9, opacity 75, blur 35, color black

Deselect

Layer palette new raster layer

Selections – selections load from disk and choose selection ‘sel002_TheRose_TD_141105’ op

Flood fill with this color #950054

Selections – modify – contract 2 px - delete

Deselect

Image –add borders 2 px symmetrisch color = #950054

New raster layer for brush

Foreground color = white

Brush tool : activate brush see settings:

Stamp brush ad random (I placed it 5 times, 4 in the edges and 1 in the middle)

Layer palette: blend mode soft light

Layer palette: merge – merge visibly and rename : background

Duplicate layer , activate layer background

Adjiust – blur – gaussian blur 10

On the same layer apply plugin OptikVerveLabs – Virtual Photographer – choose Glamour

Activate layer background’, opacity = 51%

New textlayer

Foregroundcolor = #950054, background color = locked

Text tool choose font see settings

Write text

Effects– 3D effects– drop shadow settingshorz/vert 2, opacity 100, blur 5, color #950054

Deselect

Feel free to play with the blend mode, I did not, but some gave nice effects

Save as a jpg