The Glow Mask         For this tutorial you will need an image, the glow mask, Blade Pro, Art Texture, Paint Engine,  Filter Factory A, and the Celtic font. If you want to use my image right click and choose save as and save to your hard drive.      You will also need to save the mask image to your hard drive.   Okay let's get started.  Open up your image and also the mask image.  Click on your image to make it active.  Now choose Layers/New Raster Layer.  Using the bucket tool, Flood Fill the new layer with a contrasting color from your image. I used color#4d5948.  Next choose Mask/New/ From Image and choose the glow mask image using these settings.   Now choose Masks/Delete and answer yes to the question.   Next add a texture to the mask layer. I used paint engine with the following settings.      Now choose Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow and use the following settings. Next apply another drop shadow, same settings except H & V -2. Next choose Layers/Merge All.   Next choose Image/Add Borders and add a symmetric border of 2 pixels.  Using the magic wand, Match Mode RGB, Tolerance 0, Feather 0 Sample Merged unchecked, select the border. Now choose Effects/Plug-in Filters/Ulead Effects/ Art Texture.  Click on the edit button and choose palette 5.     Next choose pattern #1 and click OK.   Now add a symmetric border of 12 pixels.  I used color#4D5948.  Using the magic wand same settings as before, select the border.  Next choose Effects/Plug-in Filters/Filter Factory A/ Pool Shadow and use the following settings. Selections/Select None.      Next add another symmetric border of 2 pixels and apply the art texture plug-in using the same settings as before. Next add another symmetric border of 12.  I used color #6C382C.  Using the magic wand, same settings as before, select the border.  Apply the Filter Factory A Pool Shadow, same settings as before.  Now add another border of 2 pixels, select the border, and apply the art texture filter, same settings as before.  Seletions/Select None. Now choose Layers/New Raster Layer.  Using the text tool and the Celtic font, lower case m using these settings.    Next apply a blade pro preset.  I used Dee's Pitted Gold Now choose Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow and use the following settings.   Next choose Layers/Duplicate, then Image/Mirror. Make sure you are on the duplicated layer and choose Layers/Duplicate, then Image/Flip.  Now duplicate the flipped layer and then choose Image/Mirror. Last of all merge your layers.     Home   Tutorials   Tutorials2       Cool Counters @ baja.com