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MATERIALS PALETTE:

CHHOSE A LIGHT AND A DARK COLOR FROM YOUR TUBES

MATERIALS:ZEN MATERIALS

12018113-NIKKITA MASQUE (MASK)

NINASISU LADIES - INDIAN BEAUTY (LADY MIST)

MOBK (MIST)

DANI@BONSAI (FLORAL)

ASSORTED DECORATIONS

EXTERNAL FILTERS:

CS L DOTS

MURA MEISTER - PERSPECTIVE TILING

FLAMING PEAR - FLEXIFY II

THE TUTORIAL:

1.  OPEN A NEW IMAGE 1000 X 600

2.  FLOOD FILL YOUR DARK COLOR

3.  OPEN YOU MASK... 

4.  LAYERS - NEW MAKS LAYER - FROM IMAGE

5.  LAYERS - MERGE GROUP

6.  LAYERS DUPLICATE

7.  EFFECTS - GEOMETRIC EFFECTS - SPHERIZE

8.  EFFECTS - GEOMETRIC EFFECTS - CIRCLE

9.  PLACE THIS LAYER IN MODE:  MULTIPLY

10.  EXTERNAL FILTERS - FLAMING PEAR - FLEXIFY 2

11.  LAYERS - DUPLICATE

12.  EXTERNAL FILTERS - MURA MEISTER - PERSPECTIVE TILING

13.  LAYERS MERGE VISIBLE

14.  EFFECTS - IMAGE EFFECTS - SEAMLESS TILING (SIDE BY SIDE)

15.  FORM A FOREGROUND GRADIENT

16.  LAYERS - NEW RASTER LAYER

17.  SEND THIS LAYER TO THE BOTTOM

18.. FILL WITH THE GRADIENT

19.  PLACE YOUR CURSOR ON THE TOP LAYER

20.  ADD A NEW RASTER LAYER

21.  USE YOUR SELECTION TOOL AND DRAW OUT AN ELIPSE

(DON'T WORRY IF NOT IN RIGHT PLACE YOU CAN MOVE IN A BIT

22.  FILL WITH YOUR BACKGROUND COLOR

23.  SELCTIONS - SELECT SELECTION BORDERS

24. LAYERS - NEW RASTER LAYER

25.  FILL WITH THE GRADIENT

26.  EFFECTS - INNER BEVEL

27.  SELECT NONE

28.  GO TO THE LOWER LAYER AND SELECT WITH THE MAGIC WAND

29.  OPEN THE MIST MOBK

30.. EDIT - COPY

AND EDIT PASTE INTO SELECTION

31.  ADD A DROP SHADOW OF CHOOSING

I USUAL;Y USE 0,0,80,40 BLACK

32.  GO BACK TO THE UPPER LAYER AND MERGE DOWN

NOW YU CAN SLIDE IT INTO PLACE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CANVAS

33.  SLIDE THIS LAYER UNDER THE MASKED LAYER

34.  PLACE CURSOR ON THE BOTTOM LAYER

35.  EXTERNAL FILTERS - CAROLINE & SENSIBILITY - CS L DOTS

36.  EDIT - REPEAT CSL DOTS

37.  GO TO THE MISTED LAYER AND DUPLICATE

38.  EXTERNAL FILTERS - MURA MEISTER PESPECTIVE TILING

(SAME SETTING AS BEFORE)

40.  SLIDE LAYER TO THE TOP AND SLIDE DOWN SLIGHTLY

41.  AGAIN YOU CAN ADD A DROP SHADOW HERE

42.  NOW YOU CAN ADD THE DECOS PROVIDED... WITH THE CAS DECO YOU WILL HAVE TO STRETCH IT OUT

AND THE OTHER DECO YOU WILL HAVE TO ROTATERIGHT 90

43.  OPEN THE NINASISU LADIES TUBE

EDIT COPY - EDIT PASTE AS NEW LAYER

44.  RESIZE 80%

45.  SLIDE TO THE UPPER RIGHT

REDUCE OPACITY AND MODE TO SOFT LIGHT

46.  ADD BORDERS

1PX DARK 

2PX LIGHT

1 PX DARK

47.  SELECT ALL

ADD BORDER

30 PX

48.  SELECT THE BOARDER WITH MAGIC WAND

49.  EFFECT - REFLECTION EFFECTS - KALEIDESCOPE

50.. EXTERNAL FILTERS - GRAPHICS PLUS - CROSS SHADOW (DEFAULT)

51.  SELECTIONS INVERT

52.  ADD THE DROP SHADDOW 0,0,80,40 BLACK

53.  SELECT NONE

54.  ADD BORDERS

 1PX DARK

2PX LIGHT

1PX DARK

ADD YOUR WATERMARK

ADD THE SAYING IF YOU WISH... I USED BURTON'S NIGHTMARE AS THE FONT

RESIZE TO YOUR LIKING AND SAVE

AND YOU ARE DONE....

I HOPE YOU ENJOYED THIS TUTORIAL