Monday, April 8, 2024

Picture Perfect ~ FTU Tutorial

 

FTU Tube by Eenniizzie of Elegance Fly HERE

FTU Mini Freebie ~ Focus On You by Mary John HERE

Mask HERE

Dropshadow of choice

Font:  Oh Lara

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1. Open transparent blank 700 x 700 px

Flood fill white

NRL ~ Select all

Open Paper 4 C/Paste-into-Selection. d/s

Open PNG mask.  Layers - Merge All Flatten

Image ~ Negative

Apply mask to paper layer.

Merge group.

2.  Open white frame ~ 15%

C/P, duplicate, move copy below original frame, 

moved slightly to right & downward.

Back to original frame, click inside frame, expand selection by 3 px

return to copy of frame layer, press delete. d/s

Merge two frames together.  Add light D/S 

*see below for arrangement


3.  Open pink flower brush1 ~ 15%

place to right center, duplicate, mirror, place slightly upward

Open filmstrip ~ 25%

place centre, rotate 25 deg left

Ribbon ~ 17%, rotate 15 deg left

Foliage 2 ~ 20%, rotate 15 deg left

4. Open main tube ~ 25% 

C/P ~ duplicate, change blend mode to 'screen' and blur, gaussian blur ~ 5

back to original tube, select all, float, defloat, invert

back to copy of tube, press delete. d/s

Apply light D/S to original tube layer.

5.  Your Smile Word art ~ 30%, rotate 15 deg to right

Flower 1 ~ 10%
Flower 1 ~ 13%
Scatter ~ 20%
Camera ~ 13%, rotate 7 deg left
butterfly ~ 5%, rotate 20 deg left
and any other elements of choice

*sharpen all elements once when resized and/or rotated

6. Add copyright, url & name

Close white bg, crop ~ merged opaque

Save as a PNG







Sunday, April 7, 2024