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Feliz Natal Roberta


 


I simply developed this tutorial in my fantasy. Should you find similarities to other Tutorials, please contact me. The only third party material I used are two freebies from www.pixabay.com. The background image shows the Christmas market of my hometown Bremen in Germany..


For this tutorial you need::


Material

2 selections

The kerzen.jpg file

The goldmuster.jpg file

The 20-20 mask

A Christmas background image

The Polar Snow font


You can download it here: https://filehorst.de/d/etcaudor


Filters:

Birgits Chaos – Curtain

It@lian Editor's Effect – Effetto Fantasma

MuRa's Meister – Copies

Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Nature

Simple – Top Left Mirror

Filters Unlimited – Tile & Mirror – Radial Tile


Most of the filters you will find here: http://tutorialsbyhexi.grafikkreators.de/filterseite/filterseite.html


Preparation:

Place the selectioss in your selectiobs folder

Place the gold patter in your pattern folder


      1 Open a new image 950 x 600 pixels    

  1. Selections     – Select all

        

  2. Copy     your background image (not misted)

        

  3. Edit     – Paste into selection

        

  4. Selections     – Select none

        

  5. Effects     – Image effects – Seamless tiling with the default settings

        

  6. Layers     - Duplicate

        

  7. Effects     – Birgits Chaos – Curtain

        

  8. Set     the blend mode to Luminance (Legacy)

        

  9. Layers     – Merge – Merge down (flatten )

        

  10. Load     the Roberta1 selection

        

  11. Selections     – Promote selection to kayer

        

  12. Selections     - Duplicate

        

  13. Select     the original – Effects - It@lian     Editor's Effect – Effetto Fantasma with the default values

        

  14. Set     the blend mode of the copy to Multiply – Layers – Merge –     Merge down (flatten)

        

  15. Selections     – Select none

        

  16. Set     the blend mode of the merged layer to Multiply

        

  17. Effects     – Image effects – Seamless tiling with the default values

        

  18. Load     the roberta2 selection – Layers – New raster layer

        

  19. Edit     your background image with the 20-20 mask - Copy

        

  20. On     your working image Selections – Select all, Edit – Paste into     selection

        

  21. Selections     – Modify – Select Selection borders, Outside – Width 5- Anti     Aliasing selected

        

  22. Layers     – New raster layer, fill the selection with the gold pattern

        

  23. Effects     – 3D effects – Inner bevel with the default settings

        

  24. Effects     – 3D effects – Drop shadow: 0-0-50-25

        

  25. Selections     – Select none

        

  26. Layers     – Merge – Merge down (flatten)

        

  27. Layers     - Duplicate     

        

  28. Image     – Resize to 20 %, Resize all layers not selected

        

  29. MuRa's     Meister – Copies with the Encircle preset and the default values

        

  30. Edit     - Cut

        

  31. Selections     – Select all

        

  32. Edit     – Paste into selection

        

  33. Alien     Skin Eye Candy 5 Nature – Snow drift with the Large, Large Snow     Pile from bottom preset and the default settings

        

  34. Effects     – 3D effects – Drop shadow 0-0-100-50

        

  35. Copy     the kerzen.jpg file

        

  36. Edit     – Paste as new layer

        

  37. Use     the pick tool to shift the layer to the position x = 14 y = -9     

        

  38. Effects     Simple – Top Left Mirror

        

  39. Selections     – Select all

        

  40. Image     – Add borders with any color

        

  41. Selections     - Invert

        

  42. Fill     the selection with the gold pattern

        

  43. Repeat     inner bevel and drop shadow

        

  44. Selections     – Select all

        

  45. Edit     - Copy

        

  46. Image     – Add borders 100 pixels with any color

        

  47. Selections     - Invert

        

  48. Edit     – Paste into selection

        

  49. Filters     Unlimited – Tile & Mirror – Radial Tile with the default     settings

        

  50. Selections     – Select all     

        

  51. Image     – Add borders 5 pixels with any color

        

  52. Seletions     - Invert

        

  53. Fill     the selection with the gold pattern

        

  54. Selection     – Select all

        

  55. Selections     – Modify – Contract by 110 pixels

        

  56. Repeat     step 34

        

  57. Install     the Polar Snow font and set the gold pattern as a foreground color     and white as a background color

        

  58. Activate     the text tool and write Merry Christmas or the text in a language of     your choice with the Polar Snow font and font size 50

        

  59. Shift     the text to a height of your choice on the upper snow

        

  60. Objects     – Align – Horizontal center     

        

  61. Layers     – Promote to raster layer

        

  62. Then     with the same settings, write the name of the person you are making     this imagre fory     

        

  63. Shift     the text to a height of your choice on the lower snow

        

  64. Objects     – Align – Horizontal center     

        

  65. Layers     – Promote to raster layer

        

  66. Repeat     drop shadow for both text layersWiederhole bei beiden Textebenen den     Schlagschatten

        

  67. Add     your watermark and the copyright. I only used a license free image     from www.pixabay.com

        

  68. Layers     – Merge – Merge down (flatten)

        

  69. Resize     the image to a width of 1000 pixels and save it as a JPG file

        


I hope you liked my tutorial and I would very much like to see your results.