Tia... L&K

This tut is translated for us by a L&K member Diana Roald -10 November 2004, thanks Diana, for your wonderful work, a big hug ans kiss for you, lisette and karin


Supplies:


  • Plugin Graphics Plus ....  HERE.
  • Plugin VM Experimental (part of the Visman Filter) ....  HERE.
  • Selection L&N sel_les Tia ....  HERE.
  • A nice image of your own or the one provided ....  HERE.

Place the plugins in your 'plugins' folder and the selection in your 'selections' folder.

  1. Activate your 'Dropper Tool' and select a dark color from your image for your foreground color. Set your background color to 'white'.

  2. Click on your Foreground Material box and select 'Gradient' with the following settings:

  3. Click on your Background Material box and select 'Gradient' with the following settings:

  4. Now your Materials Palette should look like this:

  5. Now we are all ready to start :-) ......... Create a new image 1024 X 375 / Transparent Background.

  6. Flood fill your image with the foreground gradient (rectangular).

  7. Go to 'Effects / Plugins / Graphics Plus' and apply 'Vertical Mirror' with the default settings (128 / 0 ).

  8. Now go to 'Effects / Plugins / VM Experimental' and apply 'Tee Wee' with the default settings (0 / 0).

  9. Activate your 'Magic Wand Tool' with Tolerance = '0' and Match Mode = 'RGB'. Click on the white area on the left side of your image.

  10. Add a new raster layer.

  11. Reverse/Swap your Foreground and Background Material boxes, and Flood Fill your selection with your Foreground gradient (now linear).

  12. Go again to 'Effects / Plugins / VM Experimental / Tee Wee (0 / 0)'.

  13. Keep your selection active. Go to 'Effects / 3D Effects / Drop Shadow' and use the following settings:

  14. Lower the opacity of this layer to 60.

  15. Go to 'Layers / Select None' then 'Layers / Merge All (Flatten)'.

  16. With your 'Dropper Tool' click on the white area on the right side of the image.

  17. Add a new raster layer. Reverse/Swap your Foreground and Background Material boxes. Flood Fill your selection with the Foreground gradient (now rectangular).

  18. Go again to 'Effects / Plugins / VM Experimental / Tee Wee (0 / 0)'.

  19. Keep your selection active. Go again to 'Effects / 3D Effects / Drop Shadow' and use these settings:

  20. Lower the opacity of this layer to 30.

  21. Go to 'Layers / Select None', then 'Layers / Merge All (Flatten)'.

  22. Add a new raster layer. Go to 'Selections', then 'Load/Save Selection / Load Selection From Disk' and load 'L_N les Tia'.

  23. Activate the image you have chosen to use for this tutorial ('margot0291w.jpg' if you are using the image provided). Go to 'Edit / Copy', then go back to your background strip, and go to 'Edit / Paste Into Selection'.

  24. Keep your selection active. Go to 'Effects / 3D Effects / Drop Shadow' and use the following settings:

  25. Select None. Go to your Layer Palette and duplicate the Raster 1 layer (right-click and select 'duplicate').

  26. With the 'Copy of Raster 1' activated, go to 'Image / Mirror'. Activate your 'Mover Tool' and place the copy like this:

  27. Lower the opacity of this layer (Copy of Raster 1) to 20.

  28. From your Layer Palette, activate the top layer (Copy of Raster 1) and move it below Raster 1. Your Layer Palette from top to bottom should now be: Raster 1, Copy of Raster 1, and Background.

  29. Activate the top layer (Raster 1). Go to 'Image / Resize / 80%'.

  30. Now you can merge all your layers ('Layers / Merge / Merge All (Flatten)'. Then you are finished!

Translated by Diana Roald - November 2004

This translation is based on the Danish translation by Alice. Thanks Alice for making my job easy!