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DESCRIPTION:
Make a beautiful picture with PI.
Tutorial:
Copyright © Inge Klement
If you want to redo this tutorial, but don't want to print so many
pictures,
you can find a copy without screenshots here!
PI
Version:
12 (but you can use earlier, and newer versions too)
Level:
Intermediate
Featured tools:
Transform Tool, Pick Tool, Retouch Tool
Additional filters:
None
Additional files:
2 tubes, 1 scrap element, 1 mask,
1 background, 1 object and 1 text-file
You'll get the material in the zip-file.
IMPORTANT NOTE:
Supplies: One tube is from Suzy Sgai and one from Evereves -
thank you both for your wonderful work!
The scrap element and the mask are from the internet, the
text-file I've made myself for this tutorial
and the background is from Shady
Medusa (I've changed a little bit of the background to fit the
tubes -
you'll find the original background on Shady Medusas site. )
You are allowed to download the material here and use it for your
private use,
but you are not allowed to change the name of the tubes/scrap
element/mask/background/object or text-file,
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
the background ... shadymedusa_text011-ik ... and the object ...
object_When I need you.
Copy (Ctrl+C) the object (1), and paste (Ctrl+V) the copy of the
object on
our main picture (2).
Right click the object on the main picture/Properties/ Position &
Size, and use these
settings:
Left: 58 (red arrow) and Top: 21 (white arrow).
Deselect the object (Enter).
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Open
the tube ... SS_334 ..., copy the
tube, and paste the copy of the tube on
our main picture.
Right click the tube on the main picture/Properties/ Position &
Size, and use these
settings:
Left: 409 and Top: 88.
Keep the tube activated, choose the Pick Tool and change the Soft
edge to 28 (red arrow).
Keep the tube activated, right click/Duplicate and change the Soft
edge of the duplicate to 70.
Deselect the tube (Enter).
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Open
the tube ... eve60 ..., copy the
tube, and paste the copy of the tube on
our main picture.
Right click the tube on the main picture/Properties/ Position &
Size, and use these
settings:
Left: - 69 and Top: 189.
Keep the tube activated.
Go to Edit/Fade Out and use these settings:
Fill type: 6.altern. (white hand)
Fill color: Two-color:
100% (white arrow) to 20% (red arrow).
Click OK, choose the Pick Tool and change the Transparency of the
tube to 20.
Deselect the tube (Enter).
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Open
the scrap element ... scraptube45_joluvsdogs ..., copy the element, and paste the copy
on
our main picture.
Right click the element on the 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 383 (white hand).
Now we can change the position of the tube to:
Left: 175 / Top: 97 (white arrows).
Click OK and keep the scrap element activated.
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Choose the Transform Tool/Rotate by degree and set
the value to 5.00 (red arrow). Click the button Rotate
counterclockwise (white hand).
Deselect the scrap element (Enter).
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Choose
the Retouch Tool/Burn (white hand), Size: 6, Transp: 50, Level: 42
and click the button Paint as object (white arrow).
Paint small marks inside the left ring and outside the right ring
of the scrap element. (see Screenshot - red arrows). The element will
look much more realistic by doing this step.
When you are satisfied with the burn painting, click the Pick
Tool, and a small window appears on your screen. Click Yes.
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Activate
the scrap element again, right click/Shadow, and use
these settings:
Black + 5.altern. (red arrow) +
Transparency: 50
Shadow size: 101
Soft edge: 10
Click OK and deselect the element (Enter).
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Open the text file ... text_When I need you ... copy the text and paste the copy
on our main picture.
Right click the text on the main picture/Properties/ Position &
Size and use this Position:
Left: 130 / Top: 146.
Choose the Pick Tool and change the Soft edge to 5 (red arrow).
Deselect the text (Enter).
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Open
your Easy Palette/Libraries (white hand) and double-click the mask
... graphiceden_borderpaint-02 (1) ..., which
you've downloaded, unzipped and stored into the EP.
On the screenshot you can see the mask applied on our picture.
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Go to Edit/Fill/Color set the Transparency to 40 (white
hand) and fill the mask with the color:
Red: 76 / Green: 61 / Blue: 32 (red arrows).
Click OK and deselect the mask (spacebar).
Merge All.
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Right
click/All, right click/Border, and use these settings:
Border width: 2 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 same color we used for the mask (76/61/32), but remember to reset the Transparency to 0.
Deselect the border (spacebar), and your picture is finished. :))
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Here's
the result in the original size :))
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it! A beautiful picture ... made with PI. 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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