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    This tutorial is a personal creation.

    It is forbidden to Edit / Copy or distribute it without my permission.

    Any resemblance to another is pure coincidence.

    Please do not remove the watermark from the tubes provided

    respect the work of the tubers, thank you.

     

     

    Translated by  Dennis

    Thank you my friend

     

     

     

    EQUIPMENT

    Tube of Luz Cristina (not supplied)

    Cicka misted tube

    Decor tube

    Flake tube

    Tube ribbons

    Tube pendant balls

    golden texture



    FILTERS

    Andromeda

    Mura's Seamless

    Texture

    Transparency

     

     

    I used the following Colors

    Blue #8983a1

    Cream #f9e6c3

     


    1.

     Open a New Transparent Image 900 x 600 pixels

    Flood Fill the Layer with 8983a1 the blue color 

    Selections / Select All

     

    Edit / Copy 

    Edit / Paste the misted tube (25t.png) into the Selection

    Selections / Select None

     

    Effects / Image Effects / Seamless Tiling

     

    Adjust / Blur / Gaussian Blur 20

     

    2.

    Effects / Plugins / Texture / Texturizer

     

    Open the Misted Tube (t25.png) 

    Edit / Copy 

    Edit / Paste as a New Layer

    Resize if needed

    I Resized 85%

     

    5

    Image / Mirror / Mirror Horizontal 

    Place on the Left (see Example)

     

    3.

    Layers / New Raster Layer

    Flood Fill with Foreground Color

    Andromeda Designs Filter

    choose in Category “Scales”

    then in Pattern #1

    (to choose, activate the small + and -)

    set the values ​​as follows

    (if you have any problem with this filter, there is a Layer

    in the Materials, which you can colorize afterwards)

     

     

    Effects / Plugins / Transparency / Eliminate Black

    Adjust / Sharpness / Sharpen

     

    Effects / Plugins / Mura's Seamless / Emboss at Alpha (default)

     

    Layers / Properties / Blend Mode / Luminance  (or other according to your colors)

    (You can lower the opacity of this Layer if you want

    so the Misted Tube is Visible)

     

    4.

    Edit / Copy the Tube decor

    Edit / Paste 

    Image / / Mirror / Mirror Horizontal

    Place in the Top Left Corner

    View / Rulers

     

    Activate the Pick Tool / Drag Down 

    Then with the Left Node Drag from right to left to about 550-pixels

     

     

    Blend Mode of your choice / Normal /Luminance or other

    Adjust / Sharpness / Sharpen

     

    Effects / Plugins / Mura's Seamless / Emboss at Alpha (default)

     

    5.

    Edit / Copy the tube flocons/png (snowflakes)

    Edit / Paste as a New Layer

     

    place a little to the left (not too close to the edge / allow for the frame)

    Adjust / Sharpness / Sharpen

     

    Effects / 3d Effects / Drop Shadow / 0 / 0 / 60 / 40 Black

     Edit / Copy the Tube decoboules.png (hanging ornaments)

    Edit / Paste 

    Place as on the Example

    Adjust / Sharpness / Sharpen

    Effects / 3d Effects / Drop Shadow / 0 / 0 / 60 / 40 Black

     

    6.

    Image / Add Borders of 2 px cream color

    Image / Add Borders of 3 px color blue

    Image / Add Borders of 3 px neutral color

    Select this last border with the Magic Wand

     

    Open the texture.or.jpg

    Edit / Copy 

    Edit / Paste into Selection

    Selections / Select All

     Edit / Copy

    Image / Add Borders of 45 px neutral color

    Selections / Invert

    Edit / Paste into Selection

    Adjust / Blur / Gaussian Blur 20

     

    7.

    Effects / Plugins / Texture / Texturizer (Sandstone / 100 / 3 / Top)

    Effects / Edge Effects / Enhance

    Adjust / Sharpness / Sharpen

    Selections / Invert

     

    Effects / 3d Effects / Drop Shadow / 0 / 0 / 60 / 40 Black

    Selection / Invert

     

    Selections / Modify / Select  Selection Borders


     

    Effects / 3d Effects / Drop Shadow / 0 / 0 / 60 / 40 Black

    Edit / Repeat Drop Shadow

    Selections / Select None

     

    8.

    Edit / Copy Edit / Paste your character tube

    resize as needed

    place to the right

    Drop Shadow of choice

    Layers / Merge / Merge Visible

     

    Image / Add Borders of 2 px Background Color

    Image / Add Borders of 3 px Foreground Color

    Image / Add Borders of 3 px Neutral Color

     

    Activate the Magic Wand Tool / Select the Neutral Border

    Edit / Copy the gold texture

    Edit / Paste into Selection

    Selections / Select None

     

    9.

    Edit / Copy decorative tube ribbon

    Edit / Paste

     Image / Resize to 50%, (all layers not checked)

    Place in the Top Left Corner

    Adjust / Sharpness / Sharpen

    Effects / 3d Effects / Drop Shadow / 0 / 0 / 60 / 40 Black

     

    10.

    Layers / New Vector Layer

    Activate the Text Tool

    Choose a font you like, and write

    With the Golden Texture in the Materials Palette

    Write

    “A Porcelain Christmas”

    In the Layers Palette convert the Layer to a Raster Layer

    Effects / 3d Effects / Drop Shadow of choice

    Place where you like it

    Sign / Merge / Save

    Thank you for doing this tutorial

    It will be a real pleasure for me to add

    it to the gallery at the end of the tutorial

    please send me your creation, as address on blog

     

    Thank you Dennis for this translation

    an beautiful creation