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DESCRIPTION:
Make a beautiful picture with PI.
Tutorial:
Copyright © Inge Klement
PI
Version:
12 (but you can use earlier versions too)
Level:
Intermediate
Featured tools:
Transform Tool, Pick Tool, Eraser
Additional filters:
None
Additional files:
2 tubes, 2 masks and 1 text file.
You'll get the material in the zip-file.
IMPORTANT NOTE:
Supplies: Special thanks to Patry for one of the tubes - the other
one is from the internet.
One mask is from the internet and the other one I got with a
magazine.
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 watermark, neither offer them for sale or download.
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.
Very important:
Do NOT merge the pictures
before I tell you
to do so!
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Open a New Image,
800x600 Pixels, color: Black.
Open
your Easy Palette/Libraries (white hand) and double-click the mask
- shapes_11_ao (1) -, which
you've downloaded, unzipped and stored into the 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: White.
Keep the mask activated.
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Right
click/Convert to Object, right click/Shadow and use these
settings:
Black (white hand) + 5.altern. (red arrow) +
Transparency: 50
Shadow size: 104
Soft edge: 10
Click OK and Merge All.
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Open a New Image, 300x600 Pixels, color: Black.
Open
your Easy Palette/Libraries and double-click the mask
- mask-blend_033 -, which
you've downloaded, unzipped and stored into the EP.
Go to Edit/Fill/Color and fill the mask with the color: White.
Deselect the mask (spacebar).
Copy (Ctrl+C) the small picture (1), and paste (Ctrl+V) it on our
main picture (2).
Minimize the small picture (1) - we'll need it later one more
time.
Right click the small picture on our main picture
(2)/Properties/Position&Size (white hand) and use these
settings:
Left: 54 (red arrow) / Top: 0 (white arrow).
Click OK and keep the small picture activated.
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Choose
the Pick Tool (white arrow) and change the Transparency to 7 (1).
Keep the small picture activated, right click/Shadow:
Color: 217/217/217 (white hand) + 5. altern. (red arrow) +
Transparency: 50
Shadow size: 103
Soft edge: 10
Click OK and deselect the small picture (Enter).
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Open
the tube - PatryMists_06_Goth_53[1] -, 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.
Choose the Transform Tool (white hand), and use the command Flip
Horizontally (red arrow).
Right click the tube/Properties/Position
& Size (3)/ Position and use these settings:
Left: 48 / Top: 44 (white arrows).
Click OK and deselect the tube (Enter).
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Maximize
the small picture, go to Adjust/Invert, copy (Ctrl+C) the small
picture and paste (Ctrl + V) it on our main picture.
Choose the Transform Tool and use the command Rotate Right 90.
Right click the small picture/Properties/Position
& Size/ Position and use these settings:
Left: 223 / Top: 59. (1)
Keep the small picture selected, choose the Pick Tool (white
hand), and use the command Send to Back (red arrow).
Keep the small picture activated.
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Choose
the Eraser (white hand), Form: Square (white arrow), Size: 145,
Soft edge: 0, and Transparency: 0 (1).
Erase all parts of the "dark" small picture under the
"light" one. On the screenshot you can see how much of
the "dark" picture I erased (red arrows).
When you are satisfied, right click the "dark" small
picture/Shadow and use the same settings as we used on the
"light" one:
Color: 217/217/217 + 5.altern. + 50/103/10.
Deselect the "dark" small picture (Enter).
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Open
the text file - blend_033_text - copy (Ctrl+C) the text, activate
our main picture, and paste (Ctrl+V) the copy of the text on it.
Right click the text on our main picture, Properties/ Position
& Size/Position and use these settings:
Left: 370 / Top: 87. (1)
Keep the text activated, go to Edit/Fade Out and use these
settings:
Fill type: 3.altern. (white hand),
Fill color: Two-color:
40% (red arrow) to 100% (white arrow).
Click OK and Merge All.
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Right
click/All, right click/Border, and use these settings:
Border width: 2 Pixel (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: Black.
Deselect the border (spacebar).
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Go to Adjust/Expand Canvas, and expand all sides equally
with
10 Pixels, Color: 58/58/58.
Right
click/All, right click/Border, and use these settings:
Border width: 10 Pixel, Direction: Inward, Shape: Box and Anti-aliasing.
Keep the border selected, right click/Convert to Object.
Right click/Shadow and use these settings:
Color: 217/217/217 (white hand) + 5.altern. (red arrow) +
50/99/10.
Click OK and deselect the border (Enter).
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Open
the tube ... DLB-12-lock&chain ..., copy (Ctrl+C) the tube (1), activate
our main picture (2), and paste (Ctrl+V) the copy of the tube on
it.
Right click the tube on our main picture (2)/Properties/ Position
& Size (white hand)/Position and use these settings: Left: -5
(red arrow) / Top: -10 (white arrow).
Click OK and Merge All.
Right
click/All, right click/Border, and use these settings:
Border width: 1 Pixel, Direction: Inward, Shape: Box and Anti-aliasing.
Keep the border selected, and fill with the color: 217/217/217.
Deselect the border (spacebar).
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Here's
the result in the original size :))
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it! A beautiful picture ... made with PI, two tubes, two masks
and one text file. 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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rights reserved.
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