Monday, March 30, 2015

TUTORIAL for PTU kit Underwater Party by Graphics of Fantasy


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This tutorial was written by me on March 28, 2015.
Both the tag and the tutorial are purely my own work, 
and any similarities to anyone else's creations are purely coincidental.

I use Photoshop Elements 12, which is NOT the most updated version, so you may have a quicker way to do things.  I don't have any fancy plug-ins or flashy extras.  My way of making this tag is certainly NOT the only way, nor is it the best.  I only offer ONE way to create a tag.

Some knowledge of Photoshop (any version) is assumed and required for understanding this tutorial.
*C/P = Copy/Paste*

Here we go!

Tube: Mermaid Girl 2 by Alex_Prihodko HERE
Kit: Underwater Party by Graphics of Fantasy HERE and HERE
Mask: 43 by Millie's PSP Madness HERE
Font: Frosting For Breakfast HERE

File - New - 600 x 600 - 300 ppi - Flood Fill White - Rename - Layer 0

Open Mask 43 - Magic Eraser Tool - Erase all black

Open Paper 3 - c/p above mask layer - Right Click - Create Clipping Mask - Opacity 50%

Open Paper 5 - c/p over previous paper layer - Right Click - Create Clipping Mask - Opacity 50%
Merge Visible
C/P as top layer

Open tube - hide all layers except "Coral," "Head gold," and "Mermaid Gold" -
c/p as new layer on top of mask layer - rotate 7.86°

Open Element 1 - c/p below tube layer - resize to 36.98 -
reposition to left of center toward top

Open Element 19 - c/p above dolphin layer - resize to 12.88 -
Image - Rotate - Flip Layer Horizontal -
reposition to center above tube

Open Element 28 - c/p above mask layer - resize to 78.66 -
reposition to left, under tube's hands
Duplicate Layer - reposition to the right and up so sand aligns

Open Element 35 - c/p above sand layers - resize to 32.67 -
reposition under seahorse

Open Element 36 - c/p above seahorse layer - resize to 32.20 -
reposition to left side, behind tube's hand
Duplicate Layer - reposition to right, near tube's tail -
move layer position above tube layer

Open Element 46 - c/p above sand layers - resize to 30.71 -
reposition to lower right, behind tube's tail

Open element 58 - c/p above tube layer - resize to 34.23 -
reposition to lower right

Open element 43 - c/p above sand layers - resize to 36.11 -
reposition behind tube's torso

Open element 65 - c/p as top layer - resize to 16.53 - rotate 15.24° -
reposition to lower left, in front of rock

Open Element 64 - c/p as top layer - resize to 25.42 -
reposition to bottom center

Open element 63 - c/p as top layer - resize to 14.29 -
reposition just above tube's tail

Open Element 48 - c/p above sand layers - Change Opacity to 50% - resize to 88.40 -
reposition over darker sand

Open element 45 - c/p above tube layer - resize to 15.62 -
reposition to bottom left corner

Open element 6 - c/p above tube - resize to 35.56 -
reposition to bottom, in front of tube's tail

Open element 26 - c/p above tube - resize to 21.75 -
reposition to center right, just in front of tube's tail

Open Element 27 - c/p above treasure chest - resize to 17 -
reposition at bottom, left of treasure chest

Open Element 70 - c/p above previous shell layer - resize to 28 -
reposition between stone and purple shell

Open Element 16 - c/p above mask - resize to 62.32 -
reposition to top center, behind dolphin

Open element 17 - c/p above sand layers - resize to 70.17 -
reposition to right side

Open Element 15 - c/p above sand layers - resize to 54.96 -
reposition to left side

Delete Layer 0

Hide Layer 48 and all layers below that

Layer - Merge Visibe

Right Click - Duplicate Layer

Filter - Blur - Gaussian Blur - 3.0 - OK

Blending Mode - Screen - Opacity 50%

Layer - Merge Visible

Enhance - Auto Sharpen

Effects - Styles - Drop Shadows - Soft Edge (double click to apply)

Layer - Layer Style - Style Settings - Size 10 - Distance 15 - OK

Unhide all

Layer - Merge Visible

New Text Layer - Size 18 - Color #d2d0f6 -
Type Name - reposition to lower right corner - rotate -23.07° - OK

Graphics - Text - Outline (double click to apply)

Layer - Layer Style - Style Settings - Color #413594 - OK

Add Credits

Save

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