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
Additional filters: optikVerve Labs/Virtual Photographer
Additional files: 2 tubes, 1 mask, 1 background texture and 1 fill picture.
You'll get the material in the zip-file.

IMPORTANT NOTE:
Supplies: Special thanks to Jdl_Joke, Amestista (tubes) and
Ginny (mask) for their beautiful work.
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 mask, 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 the background texture - tippy_texture_04.jpg Open the tube - ametista_once_it_was_a_ballroom_ 020906 -, 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 (3)/Size and resize the tube. Make sure the box "Keep aspect ratio" is ticked (red arrow), and change the Width to 805 (white hand). Now we can change the position of the tube too. Left: 42 / Top: -77 (white arrows). Click OK and keep the tube activated.

	Choose the Pick Tool (white hand) and change the Trans- parency to 60 (red arrow). Keep the tube selected.

	Go to Effect/optikVerve Labs/Virtual Photographer, choose the Preset Ambience (red arrow) and click Process. Merge All.

	Open your Easy Palette/Libraries (white hand) and double-click the mask ... gh_grungeframe1mask_bunnys- atticdotcom (1) ..., which you've downloaded, unzipped and stored into your EP. On the screenshot you can see the mask applied on the image (2). Go to Edit/Fill/Color and fill the mask with the color: 197/187/150. Deselect the mask (spacebar).

	Open the tube - JdL_Dancing_in-the-Street -, 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 226 (white hand). Now we can change the position of the tube too. Left: 20 / Top: 116 (white arrows). Click OK and keep the tube activated.

'	Right click/Shadow and use these settings: Color: Black (white hand) + 3 altern. (red arrow) X-offset: 2 Y-offset: 3 Transparency: 50 Shadow size: 100 Soft edge: 10 Click OK and Merge All.

	Right click/All, right click/Border, and use these settings: Border width: 3 Pixels (white hand), Direction: Inward (red arrow), Shape: Box and Anti-aliasing. Click OK and keep the border selected. Go to Edit/Fill/Color, and fill the border with the color: 63/48/25. Deselect (spacebar). Go to Adjust/Expand Canvas, and expand all sides equally with 10 Pixels, Color: White. Right click/All, right click/Border, and use these settings: Border width: 10 Pixels, Direction: Inward, Shape: Box and Anti-aliasing. Keep the border selected.

	Open the picture named - 026_fill picture. (This is part of our main picture before we used the mask on it!). Copy (Ctrl+C) the fill picture (1), activate our main picture ... where you can see the 10 Pixels border selected (2) ..., and go to Edit/Paste/Fit into Selection (red arrow). Deselect (Enter). Adjust/Expand Canvas, and expand all sides equally with 3 Pixels, Color: 63/48/25. 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, 2 tubes, 1 mask, 1 background picture and one 3rd party filter. HAVE FUN!!!
If you need any help with this tutorial - or want to make suggestions to improve it - please email me!