TUTORIAL - YOU ARE MY SUNSHINE

YOU ARE MY SUNSHINE

MATERIALS NEEDED FOR THIS TUTORIAL:

MIST

TUBE LADY

TUBE SEAGULL

FONT - 2 PEAS MR GIGGLES

WSL MASK 24

WSL MASK 217

CAN BE FOUND HERE:MATERIALS

PLUGINS NEEDED FOR THIS TUTORIAL:

SIMPLE - DIAMONDS

SIMPLE - ZOOM OUT AND FLIP

AP (SILVERLINES) - DOTTY GRID

AP (SILVERLINES) - HORIZONTAL GAPS

TOADIES - WHAT ARE YOU?

ITALLIAN EDITORS - PICURE IN A PICTURE

SET COLOR PALETTE TO;

FOREGROUND:  fbd3a0

BACKGROUND: 979315

NONE OF THE SUPPLIES USED IN THIS TUTORIAL ARE MY OWN.  MASKS, TUBES, FONTS WERE ALL GATHERED FROM THE VARIOUS SHARE GROUPS I AM IN.  IF THEY ARE YOURS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SHARES!!!!!

THE TUTORIAL:

1.  Open a new transparent image 1024 x 600

2.  Fill layer with background color

3.  Layer-new raster layer

4.  Fill layer with foreground color

5.  Layer - load save mask from disk

6.  Layer - merge Group

7. Duplicate layer (close top for now)

8.  Activate the bottom layer

9.  Effects - Seamless Tiling

10.  Effects - Simple - Diamonds

11.  Effects - Simple Zoom Out and Flip

12.  Effects - AP (lines) - Dotty Grid

13.  Layer - New Raster layer

prepare a gradient

14.  Pour the gradient

15.  Effects - Geometric effects - perspective horizontal

16.  Selections - Select All

Selections - select Float

Open your mist and edit-copy

Edit- paste into Selection

17.  Layer - Duplicate

18.  Layer - mirror

distortion - wind right 100

distortion wind left 100

19.  Effects - AP(lines) - Horizontal gaps

20.  Activate the layer above and open the top layer

21.  Layers - New raster layer

22.  Make the following selcetion

23.  Pour in your dark color or background

24.  Effects - Geometric effects - Circle

25.  Image - Rotate Left 90

26.  Effects - Toadies - What Are You?

27.  Slide this layer over the sand on the right

28.  Slide the top layer sun left over clouds

29.  Layers - new raster layer

30.  Flood fill with white

31.  Layer - new mask layer from disk

32.  Merge Group

33.  Resize lyaer 80%

34.  Slide over the sun

35.  Layers merge all flatten

36.  Add Borders:

1 px dark

1 px light

1 px dark

36.  Edit Copy

37.  Add Border 40px white

38.  Click your magic wand in this border

39.  Pour previous gradient into the border

40.  effects - Itallian editors - Picture in a picture

41.  Effects - Drop Shadow

42.  Effects - edge effects - enhance more

43.  Selections - select none

44.  Add Borders:

1 px dark

1 px light

1 px dark

44.  Open lady tube

edit - copy

edit paste as new layer on working image.

45.  Image - mirror and slide to the right

you can add a dro shadow to taste if you wish at this point

46.  Open seagull tube

edit - copy

edit past as a new layer on working image

47.  Slide up to the middle of the sun

48.  In your color palette set fore and back to white

49.  Using your text tool

Font 2 peas mr giggles or your choice type

"You Are My

Sunshine"

Adjust - Sharpen More

50.  Effects - Mura Seamless - Emboss at Alpha

51.  layer Duplicae

52.  On the layer below 

effects - distortion effects - Wind from the left 100

53.  Layers - merge All Flatten

sign your name

resize to your liking

And you are finished....Yay you.

feel free to leave a comment or send me your samples.