My Lonely Autumn

Materials:
NS_287_0809 Broken Tower
NS_280_0909 Watermill
NS_182_0909 Gothic Lady
NS_092_1009 Autumn Trees
NS_019_1009 Leaves
NS_065_1009 Autumn Scenery in Park
1059 Autumn House (made by?)
Accent tube naar keuze
(I gave the tubes of NS a extra name so you can see what I mean)

Here you find the materials for this tutorial

Out of respect for the creators of the tubes leave the name intact.
Don't pretend you created the tubes!!
I want to thank them for sharing the tubes.

Plug-ins:
FM Tile Tools Blend Emboss

Gradient:
sg_Autumn Gold

Texture:
Mystique_orangefield_PP1

Font:
Fallen Thyme

We start this tutorial:

1
Open all tubes into PSP
Take 2 colours out of a tube
Foreground colour is light and the background colour is dark

Open a new transparent layer 800x600pix
The foreground becomes gradient sg_Autumn Gold
(was send in zip)
Linear angle 45 repeat 2

Fill the layer with the gradient

2
New layer
Fill this layer with your light colour
(that means undo the gradient)
Opacity between 30 & 50
(not to light not to dark)

Texture effects-> Texture:
Mystique_orangefield_PP1

Merge all layers
Opacity 75

3
Activate Autumn trees tube (NS092)
Copy and paste as a new layer

Move the tube to the upper border
Adjust-> sharpness-> sharper

4
Activate the tower tube (NS287)
Copy and paste as a new layer

Mirror
Place this tube in the right hand upper corner

Selection tool Freehand

make a selection around the tower to the road

we don't select the part under the road
1x delete
Luminance legacy & opacity 61

5
Activate the watermill tube (280)
Copy and paste as a new layer

Move this tube to the right hand bottom corner
Luminance legacy & opacity 80

6
Activate the house tube
Copy and paste as a new layer

Mirror

Place the tube in the left hand bottom corner
Luminance legacy & opacity 46

7
Go to the Park tube
Copy and paste as a new layer
place this tube between the house and the wattermill

8
Merge visible layers
FM Tile Tools Blend Emboss default setting

Activate the woman tube
Copy and paste as a new layer

Mirror
Place her on the left site
The woman stands against a piller, this pillar may fall till
the half over the border

Select this tube with the selection tool (K key)
Pull up and make this tube a bit smaller to the left
now you see the house tube a little bit

9
Go to the leave tube (019)
Copy and paste as a new layer
4x resizes to 75%

Place this tube to the right hand bottom corner
Adjust-> sharpness-> sharpen more

10
Resize to 600pix

Border 1pix black
border 10pix dark colour
select with the magic wand feather on 0
Inner bevel default setting

Border 25pix yellow colour
Select with magic wand
Fill with the gradient of step 1

New layer
Fill with the dark colour
Opacity 50
repeat the texture from step 2
CTRL D

Border 10 pix dark colour
Select with the magic wand
Repeat the bevel

11
Go to your accent tube
Copy and paste as a new layer

Move to the right hand bottom corner
Drop shadow defeault settings

Duplicate
Mirror & flip

12
Go to the text tool
Take font Fallen Thyme or one of choice
Settings of choice
Background colour becomes the gradient
Lock the foreground colour

Type your text
Repeat 2x the drop shadow

Rotate 15 degrees left
Opacity 65

13
Merge all layers
Place a watermark
Resize to 600 pix

Save as JPG

This tutorial was written on 24 october 2009 & translated on 1. november 2009 by Babaloux

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Similarities with other classes is based on pure chance.
The tubes I have obtained through third parties, when you want to use them for private lessons yourself then ask the creators for permission.
This lesson may only be linked on forums, clubs and groups under my conditions and with my consent.
Place this lesson not on a different site with your name!

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