Raquel, L&K
This tut is translated for us by a L&K member Diana Roald -3 December 2004, thanks Diana, for your wonderful work, a big hug and kiss for you, lisette and karin
To complete this tutorial you will need the following materials:
L&K tube 'bolletjes' HERE
Background image HERE
Filter BorderMania HERE
A nice tube. The tube used here is one of Joke's great tubes.
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PREPARATIONS
Set your foreground color to 'black' (#000000),
and your background color to a suitable color from your tube
(#123ccc is used in this example).
and your background color to a suitable color from your tube
(#123ccc is used in this example).
Set your foreground to 'Gradient' with the following settings:
1. Open the image 'wallillusionary1024.jpg'. Colorize based on a color from your main tube.
If you want to use a different background image, it needs to be 1024x400 pixels.
If you want to use a different background image, it needs to be 1024x400 pixels.
2. Add a new raster layer.
3. Flood Fill with your Gradient.
4. Activate your 'Selections Tool', then use the following settings for 'Custom Selection':
5. From your keyboard, click 'Delete'.
6. Select None.
7. Add a new raster layer.
8. Change your Gradient to the following settings:
9. Go again to 'Custom Selection' but this time use the following settings:
10. Flood Fill this selection with the new Gradient.
11. Select None.
12. Duplicate this layer.
13. Go to 'Effects/Image Effects/Offset' and use the followings settings:
Now we need to make this 2 more times ...
14. Duplicate the last layer.
15. Go to 'Effects / Image Effects / Offset' and use the same settings.
16. Once again, duplicate the last layer and apply the same 'Offset' effect.
Your image and 'Layers Palette' should be similar to this:
Your image and 'Layers Palette' should be similar to this:
17. In your Layers Palette, close the background layer and then merge
the visible layers ('Layers / Merge / Merge Visible')
the visible layers ('Layers / Merge / Merge Visible')
18. Activate your 'Selection Tool' and use the following settings:
19. Start with the coordinates 300x200 and make a selection like this:
20. Click 'Delete' from your keyboard.
21. Go to 'Selections / Modify / Contract' and enter '36'.
22. Change your Gradient to this:
23. Flood Fill with the new Gradient.
24. Go to 'Effects / Plugins' and locate the plugin 'BorderMania/round button#1'
and use the following settings:
and use the following settings:
25. Select None.
26. Add a new raster layer.
27. Open the 'L&K bolletjes tube'. Go to 'File / Export / Picture Tube' if you want to install the tube.
If you have installed the tube, you can use the following settings
(You can just copy and paste the tube as a new layer
in your main image, then resize it if you like):
If you have installed the tube, you can use the following settings
(You can just copy and paste the tube as a new layer
in your main image, then resize it if you like):
28. Place 5 tubes as shown below. Colorize ('Adjust / Hue and Saturation / Colorize')
them with a color from your image/main tube. These are the settings we used:
them with a color from your image/main tube. These are the settings we used:
29. Open your background layer.
30. Activate your main tube.
31. Copy your main tube ('Edit / Copy'), then go back to your main image and
paste the tube in as a new layer ('Edit / Paste As New Layer'). Resize your tube if necessary.
paste the tube in as a new layer ('Edit / Paste As New Layer'). Resize your tube if necessary.
32. Move your tube in place with your 'Move Tool'.
33. Merge All.
Translated by Diana Roald - December 2004
This translation is based on the Danish translation by Alice. Thanks Alice for making my job easy!
This translation is based on the Danish translation by Alice. Thanks Alice for making my job easy!
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