Sunday, September 19, 2010

Oriental Dreams - PTU Tutorial



ORIENTAL DREAMS

For this tutorial I am using the following:
The beautiful artwork of Robert Alvarado which you can purchase at MPT (HERE) You must have a license to use his work.
The gorgeous PTU Scrap Kit "The Orient Express" by Creative Scraps by Crys which you can purchase at Tagging Angels (HERE)
Template by Bossy which you can download on the Creative Misfits Blog under "Circle Templates" (HERE)
Eye Candy 4000 - Glass (Optional - for name only)

Let's Begin.

Open your template in psp and delete the top layer (the credits).

Click on the large circle fill layer. Select all, select float, select defloat. Open Paper 3 in psp and resize to 50%. Copy then close. Paste as a new layer. Select invert, delete, select none. Delete the grey circle layer.

Click on the right circle fill layer and repeat the above steps using Paper 20. Do the same on the left circle fill layer, also using Paper 20.

Click on the rectangle layer. Select all, select float, select defloat. Open Paper 17 and copy then close. Paste as a new layer. Select invert, delete, select none. Delete the grey rectangle layer. Apply drop shadow if you'd like. I also applied a drop shadow to my circle frame layers.

Click on your halftone layer. Select all, select float, select defloat. Open Paper 5 and copy then close. Paste as a new layer. Select invert, delete, select none. Delete the grey halftone layer.

Click on your blue circle layer to make it active. Open your tube in psp and copy the close up. Paste as a new layer. Image-Mirror. Change the layer type to Overlay and reduce the layer opacity to 60%. Place the tube as I have in my sample. Click on the blue layer again. Select all, select float, select defloat. Click on your tube layer. Select invert, delete, select none.

Click on your right circle outline layer. Open the Cherry Blossom element and copy then close. Paste as a new layer and place as I have, making sure it is below your blue circle layer. Duplicate this layer. On your duplicate layer, go to Image-Mirror.

Open the Screen 2 Element and copy then close. Paste as a new layer. Resize to 75%. Drag under your right pink circle layer and place as I have. Apply drop shadow if desired.

Click on the right Cherry Blossom layer to make it active. Open the Butterfly Scatter 3 Element and copy then close. Paste as a new layer. Move the right and place as I have.  Using your eraser tool, erase the very bottom flower and the very bottom butterfly on the lower right side.

Click on the dotted circle layer to make it active. Open the Chinese Fan Element and copy then close. Paste as a new layer. Resize to 35%. Using your pick tool, rotate the fan and place as I have. Apply drop shadow.

Go back to your tube layer and copy the full size tube. On the top layer of your tag, paste as a new layer. Position as I have. Apply drop shadow.

Open the yellow flower element and copy then close. Paste as a new layer. Resize to 50%. Using your pick tool, rotate to the left slightly as I have. Apply drop shadow. Move to the left side of the tag and drag this layer to just below the left cherry blossom layer. Place as I have. Duplicate the layer.  Move the duplicate layer down and to the left and place as I have.

Open the Lantern 2 Element. We are going to recolor the lantern using the Change to Target brush. I used color #6c2a48.  Make sure you only recolor the blue part of the lantern. Once recolored, copy then close. Click on your rectangle layer and paste as a new layer. Image-Mirror. Resize to 75%. Move to the left side of your tag and place as I have. Duplicate this layer. Move the new duplicate layer above the left cherry blossom layer. Apply drop shadow.  Using your eraser tool, very carefully erase the part of the post that is over the flowers and cherry blossom.

Resize now if you'd like your tag smaller. I resized mine to 600 px wide.  Add your copyright info.

For the name I used the font "A&S Snapper Script" and used Eye Candy Glass on the following settings:
Bevel Width- 3, Smoothness- 100, Edge Darkening- 30, Gradient Shading- 12, Refraction- 50, Opacity- 0, Tinting- 50.  Then, select all, select float, select defloat, select-modify-expand by 3. Add a new layer and floodfill white. Select none. Adjust-add noise at 75%. Drag below the name layer and add a drop shadow.  You're done!

Thanks for trying my tutorial. I hope you enjoyed it and come back soon.

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