PTU Tutorial - Beauty
For this tutorial i am using the amazing artwork by @The Hunter
~Supplies Needed~
Tube of choice
Scrapkit used was Beauty made by Bibi which can be purchased from here
If you do not have this scrapkit please feel free to use another one with similar elements
Vix_BigMask01 made by Vix which can be downloaded from here
~Filters Used~
Eye Candy 4 - Gradient Glow
~Font used~
Crpenter Script
Let's Get Started
Open a new 850 x 750 canvas - fill with white
Copy & paste element 106 as a new layer - resize to liking - add a drop shadow
Copy & paste element 112 as a new layer - resize to liking - move it below the gate layer - position so that it looks like the path goes through the gate - add a drop shadow
Copy & paste element 78 as a new layer - resize to liking - position - add a drop shadow
Copy & paste element 2 as a new layer - resize to liking - position to the left of the gate - add a drop shadow - duplicate - image - mirror
Copy & paste element 43 as a new layer - position to the left of the gate - duplicate - image - mirror
Copy & paste element 113 as a new layer - resize so that it is fairly small - position in front of the left candles - add a drop shadow - duplicate - image - mirror - duplicate again - resize smaller - position
Copy & paste element 127 as a new layer - position to the left of the gate - add a small drop shadow - duplicate - image - mirror
Copy & paste element 108 as a new layer - move below the gate layer
Copy & paste element 122 as a new layer - position to the right - with your magic wand select the middle - selections - modify - expand by 4 - add a new raster layer & move it below the frame layer - fill with black - copy & paste your tube as a new layer - selections - invert - hit delete - selections - none - adjust - hue & saturation - colorize - set both sliders to 0
Duplicate your tube - adjust - blur - gaussian blur - 3.00 - change the blend mode to screen - effects - texture effects - blinds
Add a drop shadow to the frame - hide all layers except for the black filled layer - tube layers & the frame layer - merge visible - unhide all layers - duplicate the merged layer - image - mirror
Copy & paste element 83 as a new layer - resize to liking - position on the left frame - duplicate - image - mirror
Copy & paste your tube as a new layer - position - selections - all - float - defloat - modify - expand by 2 - add new raster layer beneath the tube layer - fill with white - selections - none - adjust - add/remove noise
Add a drop shadow
Copy & paste element 130 as a new layer - move below all layers - position to the left - duplicate - move to the right - merge together - add a small drop shadow
Add a new raster layer above the background layer - fill with a colour from your tube - layers - new maskf rom image - apply Vix mask - merge group - reduce opacity to liking
With your font add your name - apply the same noise settings as earlier - i also added a Gradient Glow to mine (See other tutorials for settings) - add a drop shadow
Don't forget to add the artists correct copyrite - crop around your tag - delete the white background layer and you are done!
