~*~ Black Beauty ~*~



Kyra's original Dutch tutorial can be viewed here




Download the supplies here

FILTERS NEEDED
None.


Foreground color : #EDEDEB
Background color: #545351

New transparent canvas: 750 x 550 pixels


1 :Fill the canvas with the background color.
Add a new raster layer and fill with the foreground color.

2: Layers - Load/Save Mask - Load Mask From Disk.
Find the 'GD Mask2' and apply.
Merge Group.
 

3: Effects - Edge Effects - Enhance More.

Image - Mirror.



4: Activate your Selection Tool and draw a selection
as seen below:



5: Add a new raster layer and fill with the foreground color.
Add a new raster layer and fill with the background color.


6: Apply the mask 'Streep'.
Merge group.
Effects - Edge Effects - Enhance more.
Deselect.


7: Open the face tube.
Copy and paste as a new layer.
Place it against the left edge.


8: Activate the Selection Tool and draw a selection
below the face tube as seen below.
Press delete.


9: Duplicate the tube layer in the Layers palette.
Make sure the first tube layers is active.
Effects - Distortion Effects - Wind: Left / 80.



10: Add a new layer.
Copy and paste the man - tube as a new layer.
Change the Blend Mode to 'Luminance(Legacy)
and the layer opacity to 40%.
Move it to the right.


12: Find the brush 'brush RT Brush_Paramore'
and apply 2x with the foreground color to the canvas.
Apply a drop shadow: 1 / 1 / 50 / 12 / color black.


13: Activate the bottom raster 1 layer.


14: Add a new layer.
Open the flower tube.
Copy and paste as a new layer.
Change the Blend Mode to 'Luminance(Legacy)
Image - Mirror.
Move it to the left edge.
Use the Deformation Tool to draw the flower out
to the top edge.
Position it where you like it.

15: Effects - Edge Effects - Enhance more.
Change the layer opacity to 75% in the Layers palette.



16: Merge all layers.
Add a new layer.
Activate the Text Tool and type
"Black Beauty" as seen in the example tag.
The 'French-ScriptMT'- font was used in the tag example.
Apply the same drop shadow as before.



17: Add borders:
1 px - background color.
1 px - foreground color.
1 px - background color.

Add your name or watermark.
And that's it! :)

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Translated 13th July 2007


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