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Blue Memories

This is my own creation, any similarities to other tutorials is purely coincidental and unintentional.

This is what we will be making...




Open a New Image 500 x 500.

Flood Fill with a blue gradient of your choice.

Choose a scenic graphic with water in it, choose two tubes of your choice.

Click on your graphic, Edit Copy.

Click on your new image, selections, select all, Edit, Paste Into Selection.
Change the Blend Mode to Overlay.

Add a new Layer, add your tube, I had mine set at 50 percent, you don't want it too big.
Layers Duplicate. On your duplicate layer, Image Flip.
Line up the two images. Still on the duplicate layer, Adjust, Blur, Gaussian Blur, set on 2.00.
Lower the Opacity to about 54.

Add a new layer, add your second tube, I used a framed picture that I made.
Image Flip, Image Rotate, Free Rotate, Left, 25.00.
Lower the Opacity to about 40.

Add a New Layer, add some text.

Add a New Layer, add your name.

Add a 2 pixel border.

Effects, Plugins, Bordermania, Instant Button #1.

Effects, Plugins, Xero, Porcelain, default settings.

Resize by 90 percent.

Save as a jpg.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to
email me Beth

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