This we will create  

Materials


*** Image - Tubes

*** Gradients

*** Plugin L&K Jouri

( Thanks to L& K for there beautifull Plugin )

*** Plugin Simple

*** Outlook express script made by Lidy

*** Materials   Here

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Especially for this tutorial Lidy wrote a beautiful script.

I'm very grateful to Lidy

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This tut contains several parts

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Put the grandient in the  gradient folder

Put the plugin L& K Jouri in your plugin folder

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Open your tubes and image, copy these and close the original.

Part 1 - the lensball

1/ Set your foreground to colour #bcd0d0

2/ File - New image

3/ Activate your Mtm-Lensbol tube      

 

4/ Edit - Copy ( Ctrl +C)

5/ Edit - Paste as a new layer (Ctrl + L )

6/ Selections - Select All

7/ Selectons - Float

8/ Selections - Invert

9/ Effects - 3 D effects - Dropshadow -Colour #F5F7F6

10/ Selections - deselect

11/ Activate the image Vases_by_Zanguieff   

12/ Edit - Copy( Ctrl +C)

13/ Magic Wand

14/Click inside the lensbal

15/ Selections - Selectons modify - Selection expand

16/ Layers - New Raster layer

17/ Edit - Paste into selection

18/ Layers - Arrange - Move down ( stay on this layer!!! )

19 / Selections - Invert

20/ Effects - 3 D effects - Drop shadow - Colour black

21/ Selections - deselect

22/ Layers - Merge - Merge visible

23/ Layers - Duplicate

24/ Adjust - blur - Gaussian blur -Radius 10

25/ Layers - Arrange - Move Down

26/ Layers - merge - Merge visible

27/Layers - Properties - Layer properties - Change name in ==> Big Lensball

28/ Layers - Duplicate

29/ Image - Resize - All layers unchecked!!! !

30/ Adjust - Sharpen - Unsharp Mask 

31/ Ecit - Cut

32/ Layers - Merge - Merge visible

33/ Paste as a new image ( ctrl+V ) ( the little lensball was still in cache )

34/ Layers - Properties - Layer Properties - Change name in ==> Little Lensball

35/ Put both the lensballs aside for a while

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Save your work regularly!!!

1/ Materials - Gradient - Mtm-vase1

2/ Open a new image 

3/ Flood fill with your gradient

4/ Layers - duplicate

5/ Effects - plugins - L & K jouri

6/ Layers - blendmode - soft light, lower the opacity to 40%.

7/ Layers - Merge - Merge down

8/ Activate the big lensball

9/ Edit - copy

10/ Edit - Paste as a new layer

11/ Effects - Plugins - Simple -4 Way Average

12/ Image - Rotate

13/ Layers - blend mode - soft light - Lower the opacity to 57%

14/Effects - Image effects - Off set 

15/ Materials - Gradient - Mtm- Vases

16/ Layers - New raster layer

17/ selection tool - custom selection

18/ Flood fill with the gradient Mtm vases

19/ Set your foreground colour to white and your background colour to black

20/ Layers - New raster layer

21/ Selection Tool - Custom Selection

22/ Zoom in a lot and flood fill the selection - colour white

23/ Materials - Swap colours - black is your foreground colour now.

 

24/ Selection Tool - Custom Selection

25/ Repeat zoom in and flood fill the selection using black now.

26/ Selections - select none

27/ Layers - blendmode - soft light - Opacity = 100

28/ Layers - merge - merge down

29/ Effects - 3 D effects - Drop Shadow

30/ Layers - Duplicate

31/ Image - resize - notice the numbers and which boxes are checked/unchecked!!

 

32/ Adjust -Schaprness - Sharpen

33/ Effects - Image effects - offset

34/ Edit - Copy ( Ctrl +C)

35/ Layers - merge - merge down

36/ Layers - Duplicate

37/ Image - Mirror

38/ Layers - merge - merge down

39/ Activate your bottom layer !!!

40/ Edit - Paste as a new layer ( the tube is still in cache)

41/ Image - Rotate - Right - Notice which boxes are checked !!

42/ Image - Resize fill out the right numbers and watch the cheked/unchecked boxes!!!!

43/ Effects - Image effects - Offset

44/ Effects - Edge effects - Enhance

45/ Activate your upper layer!!!!

46/ Activate your Mtm- Bloemen 154 Vases tube   

47/ Edit - Copy

48/ Edit - Paste as a new layer

49/ Adjust - Blur -Gaussian blur - Radius 10

50/ Effects - Image effects - offset

 

51/ Repeat steps 46-47-48

52/ Use your move tool to move your tube as in example given

53/ Layers - Duplicate

54/ Adjust - Blur - Gaussian blur - Radius 10

55/ Layers - Arrange - Move down.

56/ Activate your small lensball

57/ Image - Mirror ( do not forget this step!!! )

58/ Edit - Copy

59/ Edit - Paste as a new layer

60/ Effects - Image effects - offset

 

61/ Effects - Simple - Top left Mirror

62/ Image - Add borders Color #3C5C56

63/ Image - add borders - Size 10 - colour white - Symmetric checked

64/ Magic wand, click inside the white border

65/ Effects - Plugins - Simple - Diamonds

66/ Adjust - Blur - Gaussian blur - Radius 10

67/ Image - add borders, as in step 62

68/ File - save as Jpg

Another tut finished :))

Extra example

 

 

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I would like to thank Lisette for checking and testing this tutorial

I cordially thank Mac for translating this tutorial into English

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