Thank you for putting a link to this tutorial, whenever you display your realization of that tag on a website, on a group or in a mail !
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You'll find some versions of that tag in my gallery HERE
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To realize that tag, you'll need the plugins Alien skin Eye Candy 5 / Impact, Deformation, Graphic plus,
and the material zip here
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*It is forbidden to suppress watermarks on the material provided , to alter, mist or rename the tubes in order to respect the work of the tubers
- The tube of the woman is by Da Pino
- The tube of the scenery is by Kara
- The tube Fantasy is by Sylvie
- The tube of the leaves is by Guismo
You can find her tubes on Dakara's site here
or you can join in her sharing group here
- The mask used is by Kikirou, Thank you so much my friend for your present !
you can join in her sharing group here
The other elements have been found on the net
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Preparation
Duplicate your tubes and mask; close the originals and minimize the copies for now.
Put the selection in your folder selections
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Click here to print the tutorial
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You can use my arrow to follow your work
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1- 1- Open a new transparent image of 800 by 650 pixels
2- Set your material palette with two colours out of your main tube
My choice : Foreground : colour a4a5e8 
Background : colour 95f0d9 
Set your foreground with a sunburst gradient , repeats 3 as below :
3- Flood fill your transparent layer with that gradient
4- Add a new raster layer and flood fill it with a colour contrasting with the colours of your main tube
I have chosen black ( put that colour in your background )
5- Layers / new mask layer / from image / choose Kikiroumask2_doodle / check Source Luminance
Adjust / sharpness / sharpen more
Merge group
6- Effects / 3d effects / drop shadow / 4, 4, 50, 20, black
7- Add a new raster layer
Selections / load from disk / Fairymist-angel_selection / check Source Luminance and replace the selection
8- Flood fill that selection with the new gradient which appears in your foreground
Select none
9- Effects / edge effects / enhance / enhance more
10- Add a new raster layer and select all
11- Open the tube KaraT1354 or a misted scenery tube of your choice whose colours match your main tube, copy it and paste it into the selection
Select none
12- With your moving tool, drag your tube in the top right hand corner of your tag, as below :
Set the mode of that layer to Overlay and lower its opacity to about 70
You may choose another mode if you prefer !
13- Open the tube Calguisfeuille2849 or a tube of your choice, copy it and paste it as a new layer
I have resized my tube at 50 % and Image / flip
Place your tube in the bottom right hand corner of your tag
Set the mode of that layer to Luminance Legacy
14- Open the tube Fantasy_2_30_7 or another misted tube of your choice, copy it and paste it as a new layer
Place it in the top right hand corner of your tag
Set the mode of that layer to Screen and lower its opacity to about 80
15- Open the tube stars Elts52 or a tube of your choice, copy it and paste it as a new layer
Place that tube in the top right hand corner of your tag
Set the mode of that layer to Hard light or a mode of your choice ( I have lowered its opacity to 60)
16- Open the tube proud girl or a tube of your choice, copy it and paste it as a new layer
I have resize that tube at 80%
I have done Image / mirror
Place the tube as shown on my tag
17- Effects / 3d effects / drop shadow / 4, 4, 50, 20, black or a drop shadow of your choice
18- Add a new raster layer
With your material palette set as below ( or with the colours you 've been using ) ,
activate your text tool set as below
Write in capital letters the first letter of your title
Place that first letter at the right place
19- Effects / 3d effects / drop shadow / 4, 4, 50, 20, black
20- Add a new raster layer
Swap the colours of your foreground with the background , close your foreground
Write ( in black for me ) the rest of your word with your text tool set as on step 18
Place your word at the right place
21- Effects /effects 3d / drop shadow / 1, 1, 100, 2, white !!!
22- Add a new raster layer and appy your signature
23- Make sure everything is in the right place
Image / add some symmetrical borders of 2 pixels with a colour of your choice ( I have chosen white )
24- Layers / duplicate
25- Activate your top layer
Image / resize at 90% ( Resize all the layers NOT checked )
26- Effects / plugins / Alien skin Eye candy 5 / impact / Perspective shadow / Drop shadow blurry defaut, as follows :
27- Activate your bottom layer
Effects / reflexion effects / Kaleidoscope as below :
28- Effects / plugins / Deformation / Scrambler / 81
29- Effects / plugins / Graphic plus / Cross shadow default
30- Image / add some symmetrical borders of 2 pixels with a colour of your choice ( I have chosen white )
31- Save your work as a jpeg file and resize if necessary
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That's it !! You've done it !!
If you 've enjoyed doing my tutorial, it would be nice to write a few words in my guest book ! If you 've had the slightest problem, please, send me a mail so I can see to the problem !
Tutorial translated on the 19th of september 2009
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You'll find some versions of that tag in my gallery HERE
