Hope and Believe
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Click on the image to view the working script.


 

Supplies here: the tubes were made by Suzi en Fredo,
the accessories was gathered by Jeanette.

Filters: Greg's Factory Output II

Foreground #2B433C
Background #6CA094

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Change the foreground color to gradient
with these settings:


 

  1. Open a new transparent canvas, size 600x450 and fill with the gradient.
     

  2. Effects --> Edge Effects --> Enhance More.<
     

  3. Open the tulips tube. Image --> Mirror.
     

  4. Adjust --> Hue and Saturation --> Colorize:  119 -  57.
     

  5. Copy and paste it onto the canvas and position it to the right.
     

  6. Effects --> 3D Effects --> Drop Shadow: 2&nnbsp; 2  60  15,00.
    Repeat with: -2  -2  60  15,00. Sharpenn 1x.
     

  7. Open the face tube. Resize to 450 px high.
     

  8. Colorize the same as in step 4.
     

  9. Copy and paste onto the canvas and position it to the left.
     

  10. Change the opacity of this layer to about 20% in your Layers palette.
     

  11. Merge all visible layers.
     

  12. Open the accessories image. You will notice the different layers in the Layers palette of the image.
     

  13. Click on the 'Believe'  - layer.
    Copy and paste onto your canvas.
     

  14. Effects --> 3D Effects --> Drop Shadow: -2&  -2  70  15,00.
     

  15. Do the same with 'Hope" as well as the strip.
     

  16. Position them all where you want it and merge all visible layers.
     

  17. Change your background color to #B2C4C0.
     

  18. Add borders:
    5 px - background color;
    5 px - foreground color;
     

  19. Resize to 500 px in width: 'Aspect Ratio' should be checked.
    Sharpen 1x.
     

  20. Add a 50px border in your background color.
    Select with your Magic Wand.
    Effects --> Filter Greg's Factory Poolshadow: all slidebars on 50,
    except the bottom one on 128.
     

  21. Deselect.
     

  22. Add a 5px border in your foreground color.
    Select and apply the same Poolshadow effect.
    Deselect.
     

  23. Open the accessories image again. Highlight the 'medallion'-layer.
    Copy and paste onto your canvas and position it at the top left corner.
     

  24. Apply a drop shadow: -2  -2  70  15,00.
     

  25. Activate the  'chain' layer in the accessories image again.
    Paste it onto the canvas and fit it nicely at the medallion as seen in the example.
     

  26. Erase the parts overlapping with your Eraser tool, as demonstrated below.
                                  
     

  27. Merge layers.
     

  28.  Activate your Text tool ( without locking the foreground color.)
    Use the 'Bookman Old Style'-font, size 18, Italic, and type your text.
     

  29. Apply a drop shadow: -2  -2  70  5,00.
     

  30. If the color is too bright, you can colorize ( Ctrl+ L ) it again by changing the Hue and Saturation values to 119 - respectively.

You need 2 additional backgrounds if you want to use the script.
The stars are also in the zip file.
Enjoy!
 

Download empty script.

 



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Translated on 18th June 2006

 


 

 

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