Lesson 015: Liberty

Materials: 2 images, mask, 2 fonts

Filters: Unlimited 2.0, Virtual Painter, FM Tile Tools

Font source: http://www.1001fonts.com/

Bron image small_TypoGenerator_1137512550.jpg : http://www.typogenerator.net/ (supertip)

(make your own backgrounds with this tool!)

Let’s go

Open images, install fonts, mask in map ‘masks’, install filters

To use Virtual Painter: here the crack (see printscreen)

Move to the map were you store your .8bf files:

Activate image small_typogenerator

Image – resize- see settings:

Effects – photo-effects - Sepia toning = 40

Duplicate layer

Effects – filter Unlimited 2.0 – Edges Square – Square edge 13

Layer palette – blend mode: Hard light

Activate image CRW_7032L_Perspective2 (width of yhis this image 640 px)

Layers – load mask from disk– choose SideFadeUp see settings

transparency invert checked

Layers merge –merge group

Edit – copy – paste as a ney layer

With the move tool, move to the bottom

Layer palette – opacity 81%, blend mode: Luminance (L)

Effects – FM Tile tools – Blend Emboss standard settings

Activate image liberty (this image has been resized to 480 px height)

Layers – mask load from disk, choose mask 2020 but transparency invert not checked

Layers – merge –merge group

Edit – copy – paste as a new layer

Move to the right see example

Layer palette – blend mode: Luminance (L))

Layers – merge – merge visibly

Duplicate layer

Effects– filter Virtual Painter – color Pencil – OK

Layer palette – blend mode: soft light

Image –add borders 1 px – choose dark color

Layer – new textlayer

Foreground color = locked, background color = #523e26

With the Text tool see settings:

(zwevend = floating)

Write text

Deselect

Effects – 3D effects – dropshadow horz/vert 2, opacity 70, blur 10, color black

Layer palette – blend mode: Luminance (L)

Layer palette – new raster layer for second text, see settings:

Write text and deselect

repeat dropshadow

move text see example

save as a jpg

those who want can play further with the

filter OptikVerveLabs – Photographer. It gives nice effects, try it out!

Extra example:

Here I used filter OptikverveLabs – Photographer preset DeepCopper.vph

(preset can be downloaded here: http://www.optikvervelabs.com/downloadExtras.asp (ctrl+do it)

* duplicate layer *activate bottom layer, *gaussian blur 8, *activate top layer on layer palette

Opacity 51% and done