Moonie's Lesson #6

Thursday, Nov 20th, 2003


To start off, save the girl, the flower and the background below into your system.


1. Increase them both to 16 mil colors.(shift + Ctrl + 0)

2. With your selection tool - settings are; Ellispe and feather - 30, antialias checked. Capture a good portion of the female face. Add to bg. When satisfied merge layers.

3. Using your selection tool again, same settings. Go to the flower av and copy most of it. Paste as new layer on top of your face. Go to image and click on mirror. Lower your layer opacity to 55% and move your flower center Over the girls eye.

4. Now take your eraser tool; setting are; Size 35, hardness 0, opacity 30, step 25, denisty 100. Click across her eye until it shows through the flower. Clean up any other areas until you are satisfied with the results. Bring your layer opacity back up to 75%. Merge layers.

5. Now go to your aetherize. Settings are; Blur 150, hues 77, colorize 122, haze 0, dreaminess 28, glue normal. Click ok.

6. Using your retouch tool - color to target tool. Color r222 g189 b181. Colorize her eyelids and lips.

7. Go into your kpt3 and select your smudge. Settings are; Intensity 50%, opacity 65%, darken only on. And set the direction of your smudge at about 4 o'clock on the dial. Click ok.

8. Add new rastor layer. With color r203 g201 b191 go to your draw tool. Settings are; single line, width 2. Draw a straight line down the right side of your av. Go to your layer pallet, click duplicate. With your mover tool move 2nd line right next to 1st line. Repeat this one more time so you have 3 lines together. Lower each layer opacity to 70%. Click ok. Merge layers.

9. Add new rastor layer. We are going to use a psp tube!! Click on your picture tube tool and select your 3d green. Settings are; scale 20, step 1. Set two or 3 little green balls down on top of your three lines, mostly at the top.

10. Go to color....colorize. Settings are; hue 20, saturation 15. Click ok and then lower your layer opacity to 75%. Merge your layers.

11. Add another rastor layer. And with same color as your lines R203 g201 b191 use font long tall sally. Size 36. Stroke off. Add your name.

12. Go to effects...3d effects...drop shadow. Settings are; vertical 1, horizontal 1, opacity 85, blur 4.9 color black. Click ok. Lower layer opacity to 65%

13. Add new rastor layer. Use your favorite small font - i love my bankgothic! Using the same color as on 1st font. Size 12. Click ok.

14. Add drop shadow to darken around your name. Lower layer opacity to 85%. Merge layers.

15. When satisfied with your results.....add your own bit of magic.... and viola' you are done!!!

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