PI12-blend

And this is what we are making:

DESCRIPTION: Make a beautiful blend with PI.
Tutorial: Copyright © Inge Klement

PI Version: 12 (but you can use earlier versions too)
Level: Intermediate
Featured tools: Pick Tool, Eraser
Additional filters: Xero/Porcelain (filter set 1)
Additional files: 3 tubes, 2 masks and 1 goldfill.
You'll get the material in the zip-file.

IMPORTANT NOTE:
The tubes are from the internet - actually it's only one mask ...
the second one is the inverted version of the mask.
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/masks,
delete the watermarks, neither offer them for sale or download.
The copyright © belongs ALWAYS to the original artist/designer!
No copyright infringement is intended.

Remember to save often!

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. Very important: Do NOT merge the picture before I tell you to do so!
	Open a New Image, 800x600 Pixels, color: 247/239/233. Open the tube - PatryMists_06_Beauty_13 -, copy (Ctrl+C) the tube (1), activate our main picture (2), and paste (Ctrl+V) the copy of the tube on it. Minimize the original tube (we will need it later again) ... the tube on the main picture should still be activated. Right click the tube on our main picture/Properties/ Position & Size (white hand)/Position and use these settings: Left: -23 (red arrow) Top: 9 (white arrow). Click OK and deselect the tube (Enter).

	Open the tube - DaisyWeb_Andres-Orpinas_flowers- window -, copy (Ctrl+C) the tube (1), activate our main picture (2), and paste (Ctrl+V) the copy of the tube on it. Close the downloaded tube ... the tube on the main picture should still be activated. Right click the tube on our main picture/Properties/ Position & Size/Size and resize the tube. Make sure the box "Keep aspect ratio" is ticked (red arrow), and change the Width to 436 (white hand). Now we can change the position of the tube too. Left: 169 / Top: -10 (white arrows). Click OK and keep the tube activated.

	Choose the Pick Tool (white hand) and use the command Send to Back (red arrow) Keep the tube activated.

	Effect/Xero/Porcelain and use these settings: Softness: 160 Strength: 140 Brightness: 128 Red channel: 0 Green channel: 0 Blue channel: 0 Click OK and deselect the tube (Enter).

	Open the tube - Marif_2006_juillet_decor2 -, copy (Ctrl+C) and paste (Ctrl+V) the tube on our main picture. Minimize the original tube (we will need it later again) ... the tube on the main picture should still be activated. Right click the tube on our main picture/Properties/ Position & Size and set the Position to: Left: 323 / Top: 66. Keep the tube selected and choose the Pick Tool (white hand) and use again the command Send to Back. Change also the Transparency to 20 (red arrow) and the Soft edge to 20 (white arrow). Merge All. Go to Photo/Color/Hue & Saturation and change the Saturation to + 20.

'	Open your Easy Palette/Libraries (white hand) and double-click the mask - mask01_blend_024-02 (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). Go to Edit/Fill/Color and fill the mask with Black. Deselect the mask (spacebar).

	Maximize the tube - PatryMists_06_Beauty_13 -, copy and paste it on our main picture, and use the same position as the first time ... Left: -23 / Top: 9 (1). Keep the tube activated. Go to Photo/Color/Hue & Saturation and change the Saturation to -100 (red arrow). Click OK and keep the tube activated.

	Set the Transparency of the tube to approx. 50, choose the Eraser Tool (white hand), brush shape: square (red arrow) and use a brush with an approx. size of 100. Now erase everything of the woman tube inside the rectangles of our mask - see screenshot (white arrows). Be aware ... this is a misted tube, do not only use the eraser accurate on the border of the rectangles - you have to use it also inside the rectangles (big red X). Keep the tube activated after you are done with the erasing part.

	Choose the Pick Tool (white hand) and set the Trans- parency to 40 (1). Keep the tube activated. Go to Edit/Fade Out and use these settings: Fill type: 1.altern. (white arrow) Fill color: Two-color: 100% to 50% (red arrows). Click OK and deselect the tube (Enter). Maximize the tube - Marif_2006_juillet_decor2 -, copy and paste it on our main picture, and use the same position as the first time ... Left: 323 / Top: 66. Keep the tube activated. Go to Photo/Color/Hue & Saturation and change the Saturation to -100. Click OK and keep the tube activated.

	As before, - with the woman tube -, set the Transparency of the gift tube to approx. 50, choose the Eraser Tool, brush shape: square and use a brush with an approx. size of 100. Now erase everything of the gift tube inside the rectangles of our mask - see screenshot (red arrows). Be aware ... this is a misted tube, do not only use the eraser accurate on the border of the rectangles - you have to use it also inside the rectangles (big red X). When you are done with this work, and everything looks clean and nice, set the Transparency of the tube to 40 (white arrow) and Merge All.

	Open your Easy Palette/Libraries (white hand) and double-click the mask - mask01_blend_024 -, which you've downloaded, unzipped and stored into the EP. Right click/All, right click/Border, and use these settings: Border width: 1 Pixels (white hand), Direction: Inward (red arrow), Shape: Box and Anti-aliasing. Click OK and keep the border selected.

	Go to Edit/Fill/Image (red arrow)/File and find (white hand) the downloaded and unzip goldfill with the name cmv_gold.jpg. Click OK and deselect the border (spacebar). Add some text as you want, and your blend is finished :))
Here's the result in the original size :))


That's it! A beautiful picture ... made with PI, three tubes and two masks. HAVE FUN!!!
If you need any help with this tutorial - or want to make suggestions to improve it - please email me!