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DESCRIPTION:
Make a beautiful blend with PI.
Tutorial:
Copyright © Inge Klement
PI
Version:
10
Level:
Intermediate
Featured tools:
Transform Tool, Pick Tool, Texture Filter
Additional filters:
None
Additional files:
2 tubes, 1 mask, one background picture
and a texture you will need for your PI-Texture Filter.
You'll get them in the zip-file.
IMPORTANT NOTE:
I'm using one tube from Hans
Paintshop Palace, and the second one is from Patry Mists &
Tubes -
you are allowed to download them here and use them for your
private use,
but you are not allowed to change the name of the tubes,
delete the watermarks, offer them for sale or download
or use them for your own tutorials.
The mask is from Hayler's
Heavenly Creations.
The copyright © belongs ALWAYS to the original artist/designer!
No copyright infringement is intended.
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Before we
start, you should open the masks, and store them into your Easy
Palette. In case you need to freshen up your memory on how to save
a mask into the EP - you can take a look at one of my other
tutorials, where I explain a little bit more about how to use a
mask in PI. You'll find the tutorial here.
Important - in my tutorials my masks fit the chosen
background/object ... you achieve this by right clicking any mask
inside the original category Mask Library in your Easy Palette.
Now you choose the option Fit Mask.
And you should also install the texture into your PI Texture Filter. (If you need help, take a look here.)
Very important:
Do NOT merge the picture (tubes) before I tell you
to do so!
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Open
the background you've downloaded, and the tube of the couple.
Copy (Ctrl+C)
the tube (1) and paste
(Ctrl+V) the
copy on our main picture (2).
Close the original tube, the tube on the main picture should be
activated.
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Choose
the Transform Tool (white arrow)/Rotate and flip, and Flip
Horizontally (white hand).
Right click the tube/Properties/Position & Size (1), and set
the position to:
Left: -123 and Top: 6 (red arrows).
Click OK and keep the tube selected.
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Choose
the Pick Tool (white hand), and change the Transparency to 32 (red
arrow).
Deselect the tube (Enter). |
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Open
the tube with the flower, choose the Transform Tool and Flip
Horizontally (1).
Copy (Ctrl+C) the tube (1) and paste
(Ctrl+V) the
copy on our main picture (2).
Close the original tube, the tube on the main picture should be
activated.
Choose the Transform Tool (white hand)/Rotate by degree and set to
40.00 degree (red arrow). Click the rotate button (white arrow).
Keep the tube activated.
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Right
click the flower tube/Properties/Position & Size (white hand)/Position,
and change the position to:
Left: 155 (red arrow) and Top: 31 (white arrow).
Click OK and keep the tube selected.
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Go
to Photo/Enhance/Duotone Effect and click Enable sepia effect
colors and range (red arrow).
Go to Preset, and choose Duotone05 (white arrow).
Do NOT click OK yet, keep the Duotone Effect window open because
we have to change two more settings!
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Change
Original color remained to 50% (red arrow), and Red/Orange filter
to 62% (white hand).
Click OK and deselect the tube (Enter). |
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Open
your Easy Palette/Libraries (white hand) and double-click the mask
haylers 36-invert (1), which
you've downloaded, unzipped and stored into the EP.
On the screenshot you can see that the mask applied on
the image (2).
Leave it that way, we shall now fill our mask with a texture. |
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On
the screenshot to the left, you can see that I still have the mask
selected (1).
I
suppose you've installed the texture from the zip file (texture_Dither 50 pct.jpg), so go to
Effect/Fills and Textures/Texture Filter/Embossed (2) and find the texture
you've installed (white hand). Change the Level to 40 (red arrow),
... you can use the rest of the default settings.
Click OK/Apply Current Frame Effect to Image.
Merge All. |
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Right click/All, right click/Border,
and use these settings:
Border width: 1 (white hand)
Direction: Inward (red arrow)
Shape: Box and Anti-aliasing.
Click OK.
Go to Edit/Fill/Color and fill the border with a nice light shade
from the picture. (I used 121/14/0.)
Deselect (spacebar).
Expand all sides equally:
1 Pixel (235/179/93) + 3 Pixel (121/14/0) +
1 Pixel (235/179/93).
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Add
some text ... if you want to, ... and your blend is finished!
:))
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it! A beautiful blend ... made with PI, one mask, two tubes
and a nice background picture. HAVE FUN!!!
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If you need any help with
this tutorial - or want to make suggestions to improve it -
please email
me!
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Copyright © inkl-Designs. All
rights reserved.
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