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Post by Jen on Nov 22, 2009 23:31:49 GMT -6
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Post by Jen on Nov 22, 2009 23:34:58 GMT -6
START With A New File. Fill the layer with black and name it black back. Add a new layer and name it flower brushes. With white as your foreground color make your flowers with the brush tool. Make sure the Mode is set to Normal in the options bar.
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Post by Jen on Nov 22, 2009 23:35:55 GMT -6
This is the brush I used to color the flowers. If you don't have this brush choose a round brush and change the settings to the ones in the picture. Add a new layer and name it flower color. Set the opacity to 60%. Put this layer under the flower brushes layer. Now color your flowers. Use the eraser tool to delete any unwanted color that goes outside your flowers. When using the eraser you can set the Mode to Brush in the options bar and choose a small round feathered brush from the brushes palette to delete with. If you find that certain colors are showing too bright at 60% and it's making it difficult to see your flowers you can put those colors on their own layer and then lower the layer's opacity even more. When done coloring link and merge the flower brushes and flower color layers. Name the new layer flowers.
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Post by Jen on Nov 22, 2009 23:37:15 GMT -6
Add a new layer and name it border. Put this layer under your flowers layer in the layers palette. With the rectangular marquee tool make a selection. If you need to move the selection click and drag inside the selection. Make white your foreground color and choose Edit>Stroke>Center>1. Deselect.
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Post by Jen on Nov 22, 2009 23:40:02 GMT -6
Add a new layer and name it frame. With the rectangular marquee tool make your frame selection. With black as the foreground color choose option + delete for Macs and alt + delete for Windows to fill the selection. Deselect.
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Post by Jen on Nov 22, 2009 23:40:49 GMT -6
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Post by Jen on Nov 22, 2009 23:41:22 GMT -6
Put your picture in the frame. I named this layer T&W picture. You can see in the layers palette I linked this layer with the frame layer so if I wanted to reposition my frame the two layers would move together.
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Post by Jen on Nov 22, 2009 23:41:51 GMT -6
Click on the black back layer. For this step I hid the other layers, purple outline, so you could see my lens flares. When I made my flares I had all the layers showing so I could see how they worked with everything in the signature. Choose Filter>Render>Lens Flare... In the pop up window choose the 50-300mm Zoom. If you look in the flare's picture you'll see a tiny cross in the bright spot. If you click and drag the cross you can reposition the flare.
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Post by Jen on Nov 22, 2009 23:42:18 GMT -6
Here are my final flares. I applied the filter three times each time placing the bright spot with the tiny cross in a different location.
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Post by Jen on Nov 22, 2009 23:42:46 GMT -6
Take the type tool and write your name(s). Use the move tool to position your names.
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