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Soul Mate

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 600 x 400.

Choose a scenic grpahic and two misted tubes of your choice.

Choose two colors from your graphic, make a gradient, Linear, Angle 0, Repeats 0.

Flood Fill your New Image with your gradient.
Effects, Plugins, PhotoEffex, Scanlines, Default settings.

Add a New Layer, add your main tube.

Click on your graphic, Edit Copy.
Click on your flood filled image, Selections, Select all, add a New Layer,
Edit, Paste Into Selection.
Effects, Distortion Effects, Wind, From Left, wind strength 80,
apply again with wind From Right.
Left Lower the Opacity to about 54.

Add a New Layer, add some text or a brush.
Change the blend mode to burn.

Add a New Layer, add your second misted tube.
Change the Blend Mode to Luminance.
Lower the Opacity to about 50.

Add a New Layer, add your name.

Layers Merge Visible.

Add a 2 pixel border.
Effects, Plugins, Filters Unlimited, Buttons and Frames,
3D Glass Frame 2 with these settings, 9, 128.

Save as a jpg.

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

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