February 28, 2015

Flora ~ by Joanne Salgado



Tutorial written by Joanne Salgado on February 18th, 2015
Any resemblance to any other tutorial is coincidental.
Do not copy and paste this tutorial anywhere on the net.
If you want to translate please ask first. 

Tube: Natalia Nz - you can purchase here 
Kit Fairy Fungus by Disturbed Scraps - you can purchase here
Mask by Dee here
Template by Melissaz Creationz here
Font: Canter Bold

Don't forget to save often.

1. Open template. Duplicate. Close original. Delete all text and leafs layers. Image/Canvas Size - 600x600 pixels/placement: center.

2. Open paper 'DS - FF Paper 8'. Copy and paste as new layer. Layers/Arrange/Send to Bottom. Resize 80%. Rename MASK.

3. Select 'raster 6' layer. With flood fill tool change it to texture. Using paper 'DS - FF Paper 8' colorize the layer. Select 'raster 3' layer and colorize with the same paper.

4. Open paper 'DS - FF Paper 3'. Select 'raster 4' and colorize with the paper. Select 'copy of raster 4' layer and colorize with the same paper.

5. Open paper 'DS - FF Paper 13'. Select 'raster 5' and colorize with the paper. Select 'copy of raster 5' layer and colorize with the same paper.

6. Select 'raster 2' layer. Colorize with white. Adjust/Add-Remove noise/Add noise - uniform/20/monochrome checked. Select 'merged' layer (the border of raster 6). Colorize with white. Adjust/Add-Remove noise/Add noise - uniform/20/monochrome checked.

7. Open element 'DS - FF Element (25)'. Copy and paste as new layer. Resize 70%. Arrange it to the left.

8. Open element 'DS - FF Element (8)'. Copy and paste as new layer. Resize 60%. Arrange it to the left, at the bottom of the tree.

9. Open element 'DS - FF Element (46)'. Copy and paste as new layer. Resize 30%. Arrange a little to the left, next the tree, near the grass.

10. Open element 'DS - FF Element (48)'. Copy and paste as new layer. Resize 30%. Arrange it to the far left, as it's flying to the tree.

11. Open element 'DS - FF Element (7)'. Copy and paste as new layer. Resize 30%. Image/Mirror. Arrange it neart the basket at the bottom of the tree.

12. Open element 'DS - FF Element (15)'. Copy and paste as new layer. Resize 30% Image/Rotate/Free Rotate 90-left. Image/Mirror. Arrange it to the far right above the frame border. (see my tag).

13. Open your tube. I used 'Flora' by Natalia Nz. Copy and paste as new layer. Resize 15%. Arrange it to the right.

14. Select your MASK layer. Open your mask (I used 'DD_VMask_7_zpshp5bfwbc' by Dee). Layers/New Mask Layer/From image - select the mask - source luminance/invert mask unchecked. Layers/Merge/Merge Group.

Add shadow as you like. I used 1-1-65-2 black.
Add your copyright.
Add your name - I used Canter Bold 60 white with black border.

Save.