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Break it to me gently

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 400.

Choose three misted tubes of your choice.
Choose two colors from one of your tubes, make a gradient, Linear, Angle 45, Repeats 2.

Flood Fill your New Image with your gradient.
Effects, Plugins, VM Distortion, Center Mirror, default settings.
Effects, Plugins, Xero, Soft Vignette, with these settings...


Add a New Layer, add your first tube, change the Blend Mode to Soft Light, Lower your Opacity to about 64.
Add a New Layer, add your second tube.

Add a New Layer, add your third tube, Lower your Opacity to 56.

Add a new Layer, add some text.

Add a New Layer, add your name and watermark.

Layers Merge Visible, Effects, Plugins, Xero, Porcelain, default settings.

Add a 2 pixel border using a light color, add a 2 pixel border using a dark color.

Save as a jpg.

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

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