FTU Tutorial - Picture Perfect
For this tutorial i am using the amazing artwork by @Keith Garvey
~Supplies Needed~
Tubes of choice
Scrapkit used was Picture Perfect made by Topcat which can be downloaded from here
If you do not have this scrapkit please feel free to use another one with similar elements
FTT13 template made by Minxy & Rosey which can be downloaded from here
Vix_BigMask made by Vix which can be downloaded from here
~Filters Used~
Eye Candy 4 - Gradient Glow
Xero - Radience
Penta.com - Color Dot
~Font used~
Carpenter Script
Let's Get Started
Open the template in psps - image - canvas size - set to 850 x 750 - unhide the background layer & flood fill white
On the white frame layer select the middle of the frame with your magic wand - selections - modify - expand by 3 - add a new raster layer - fill with black - move below the frame layer - copy & paste your tube as a new layer - position - selections - invert - hit delete - selections - none - add a drop shadow to the frame
Duplicate your tube - change the blend mode of the original to luminance (L) - on the duplicate go to adjust - blur - gaussian blur - 3.00 - change the blend mode to soft light - effects - plugins - Xero - Radience
Copy & paste the filmstrip frame as a new layer - resize to liking - position in the bottom left & move below the black square layer that you filled - with your magic wand select the middle of each frame - fill with a gradient (Two colours from your tube, choose gradient, repeats 3, angle 45) - copy & paste your tube as a new layer - position in the first frame - selections - invert - hit delete - selections none - repeat this until all 3 frames are filled - merge together - duplicate - change the blend mode of the original to luminance (L) - on the duplicate go to adjust - blur - gaussian blur - 3.00 - change the blend mode to soft light - effects - plugins - Xero - Radience
On the frame layer go to selections - all - float - defloat - selections modify - expand by 3 - add a new raster layer & move it below the filmstrip layer - fill with white - selections - none - adjust - add/remove noise
Add a drop shadow - -1 - 1 - 50 - 4.00
On the black rounded rectangle layer - selections - all - float - defloat - copy & paste a paper as a new layer - selections - invert - hit delete - selections - invert - selections - modify - expand by 2 - fill the original layer with a gradient (Two colours from your tube, choose gradient, repeats 3, angle 45) - add a drop shadow
Repeat the above steps for all the layers of the template except for the purple circle layer
On the purple circle layer - selections - all - float - defloat - add a new raster layer - fill with your gradient (Two colours from your tube, choose gradient, repeats 3, angle 45) - effects - plugins - Penta.com - Color Dot
Selections - modify - expand by 2 - fill the original layer with black - selections - none - add a drop shadow
Copy & paste your tube as a new layer - position to the right of your tag - resize to liking - duplicate - adjust - blur - gaussian blur - 3.00 - change the blend mode to soft light - apply the same Xero - Radience settings as earlier - selections - all - float - defloat - add a new raster layer & move it below both tube layers - selections - modify - expand by 2 - fill with white - selections - none - apply the same noise settings as earlier - add a drop shadow
Copy & paste any elements from the scrapkit you are using & position them around your tag - add drop shadows
Add a new raster layer above the background layer & fill with your gradient - layers - new mask from image - apply Vix mask - merge group
With your font add your name - position - apply the same noise settings as earlier - effects - plugins - Eye Candy 4 - Gradient glow - glow width set to 3.00 - fat setting - 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!
