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Open
a new transparent canvas, size 600x450 and fill with the gradient.
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Effects
--> Edge Effects --> Enhance More.<
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Open
the tulips tube. Image --> Mirror.
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Adjust --> Hue and Saturation --> Colorize: 119 - 57.
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Copy
and paste it onto the canvas and position it to the right.
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Effects
--> 3D Effects --> Drop Shadow: 2&nnbsp; 2 60 15,00.
Repeat with:
-2 -2 60 15,00. Sharpenn 1x.
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Open
the face tube. Resize to 450 px high.
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Colorize the same as in step 4.
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Copy
and paste onto the canvas and position it to the left.
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Change the opacity of this layer to about 20% in your Layers palette.
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Merge
all visible layers.
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Open
the accessories image. You will notice the different layers in the Layers
palette of the image.
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Click
on the 'Believe' - layer.
Copy and paste onto your canvas.
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Effects
--> 3D Effects --> Drop Shadow: -2& -2 70 15,00.
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Do
the same with 'Hope" as well as the strip.
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Position them all where you want it and merge all visible layers.
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Change your background color to #B2C4C0.
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Add
borders:
5 px - background color;
5 px - foreground color;
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Resize to 500 px in width: 'Aspect Ratio' should be checked.
Sharpen 1x.
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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.
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Deselect.
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Add a 5px
border in your foreground color.
Select and apply the same Poolshadow effect.
Deselect.
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Open
the accessories image again. Highlight the 'medallion'-layer.
Copy and paste onto your canvas and position it at the top left corner.
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Apply
a drop shadow: -2 -2 70 15,00.
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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.
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Erase
the parts overlapping with your Eraser tool, as demonstrated below.

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Merge
layers.
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Activate
your Text tool ( without locking the foreground color.)
Use the 'Bookman Old Style'-font, size 18, Italic, and type your text.
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Apply
a drop shadow: -2 -2 70 5,00.
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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!