L&K... Jezebel

Tube: MAS

This tut is written in Corel XI, but can be done in Corel X, with a little adjustment.
This translation is made in X

Materials :

  • plugin Fm Til Tools : here  Name: Registered - Code: INHJ8QJ
  • plugin  IC net software - Unlimited : here
  • plugin Transparency- Eliminate white : here
  • L&K brush _les Jezebel_ psp 11 : here  psp 10 : here , brush folder or Corel_01
  • L&K selections_les _Jezebel : here extract to your selection folder or in the folder  Corel_12
  • gradient bhw_harvest : here  extract to your gradient folder or Corel_06
  • MTm tube : here made by Manon :) thanks Manon . Her group Tops can be found here
  • Horizontal image : here (or use an image with very bright colours)

Annemarie wrote an excellent script especially for this tut here
Her beautiful site can be found h
ere

Preparation :

Pick 2 dark colours for foreground prooperties (Make sure your second colour is the darkest, I took black!!)

Properties foreground    :

  • set your foreground to a nice dark colour, matching your image , in the original tut Lisette picked dark brown   # 352B22          
  • set your background to black (or at least to a darker colour than your foreground colour)

 

 

 

Properties background : obligatory !!!
you can colorize during the tutorials

  • find your linear gradient bhw_harvest

1.Open a transparent size 750 x500

2.flood fill /
Flood fill with your dark foreground colour, in the original tut dark brown

3.swap colours : make back your foreground colour (or your darkest colour)

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When using Corel 10 you will have uses a little trick to create step 4, as the size of the brush can not be larger than 500 pixels.
New layer /find the brush L&K les Jezebel_1 /use the same density setting: 20size 500 / and now stretch the brush over the total 750 x 500 working area, using your pick tool (k) 
layers - merge all (flatten)
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4.Brush tool -> find L&K les Jezebel_1> Watch your settings,   put the density to 20 !!!!!

stamp the brush on your image (in X stretch it now)

 

5.effects / plug ins/ fm tile tools- Wrinkle Emboss

6.layers / new layer !!!!

7.swap material :

8.flood fill / flood fill use your gradient

9.layers pallette / change the blend mode to Dodge
lower the opacity to approx. 30 -85, just as you like it.

10.if necessary : adjust / hue and saturation/colorize -> pick a colour matching your tube and your image

11.layers / merge / merge all (flatten)

12. now make a copy -> window / duplicate -> or Shift +  D on your keyboard, put this away for now, we will need it later.

let's continue:

13.swap materials, make black (or your darkest colour) your foreground colour

14.layers /  new layer

15.Selections /load/Save selection / load selection from disk, find L&K_ les_Jezebel_1

zoom in:

16.flood fill / flood fill the selection with black (or your darkest colour)

17.selections / deselect

18.magic wand :

click in the 11 small boxes, as in example given:

No activate your horizontal image:

19.edit / copy

20.on your 750 x 500 working area

21.edit / paste into selection

22.selections / deselect

 

23.magic wand again: -> now click in the 7 rectangle boxes, as in example given:

Attention !!! : 24.layers / new layer !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

25.swap your material again, make your gradient your foreground


26.flood fill /
flood fill the 7 boxes using your gradient (in Corel XI click 3 times)

27.keep selected !!!!

28.effects / plugins / ICnet software-filter Unlimited
special Effects 1- Rasterlines (black & white ), treshold on 106

29.keep selected !!!

30.effects / filter Transparency- Eliminate white

31.selections / float

zoom in a lot :
32.flood fill / again flood fill the selection with your gradient, as in example given

33.if necessary: adjust / hue and saturation / colorize -> same settings

34.selections / deselect

35.layers palette / lower the opacity somewhere between 50 en 60,
check for your self.

36.layers / merge / merge down  

37.effects / 3d / dropshadow, same settings

38.again swap materials, make your darkest colour the foreground colour

39.layers / new layer !!!!

40.selections / load selection from disk , find L&K_ les_Jezebel_2

41.flood fill / flood fill with black (or use your darkest colour)

42.layers / new layer !!!!

43.again swap your material, make your gradient your foreground

44.selections / load selection from disk , find L&K_ les_Jezebel_3

45.flood fill / flood fill the selection with your gradient

46.if necessary: adjust / hue and saturation/colorize -> same settings

47.selections / deselect

48.effects/deformation effects / wind

49.effects / 3d / dropshadow , same settings

50.layers / merge / merge down !!

 

51.layers / duplicate

52.image / free rotate , Right - 90 - following settings

53.move tool / place the tube as you like it , depending on the tube you're using.

 

54.image / add borders , as in example given !!
colour =black-> or your darkest colour

55.repeat : image / add borders , following settings,
colour = dark brown -> or your dark colour

56.magic wand : click in the two boxes

57.layers / new layer !!!!! 

58.flood fill / flood fill with your gradient

59.repeat : effects / plugins / ICnet software-filter Unlimited -

special Effects 1- Rasterlines (black & white ), hit ok !!

60.keep selected !!!

61.effects / plugin Transparency- Eliminate white

62.selections /float

zoom in:
63.flood fill/ again flood fill the selection with your gradient (click where the arrows are)

 

64.if necessary: adjust / hue and saturation/colorize -> same settings

65.selections / deselect

66.layer palette / lower the opacity of this layer between 40-90 , check your self

open and activate your tube:

67.edit / copy

68.on your working area

69.edit / paste as a new layer

70.move tool / place your tube to your liking

 

71.effects / 3 d / dropshadow, same settings

72.image / add borders , 2 symmetric ->colour = black or your darkest colour

export and save as JPG .

Background :

73.open the copy image we made earlier in this tut.

74.crop tool (R) and crop, aprox. 200 x200,

(double click on the edge) 

75.effects / image efects / seamless tiling .. following settings:

save as jpg, fill out the script.

extra example :


tube: Marcio

Love, Lisette, Karin and Mac