~*~ Back To School ~*~
(Version française ici)
 

 



 



 

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Martine









Tube(s) of your choice, free or not but the credit for all the tubes must be added to your tag. I used a tube ©Michi Art - www.deviantart.com/michiarts.

Plugins: Mehdi > Sorting Tiles
Simple > Center Tile
It@lian Editors Effect > Effetto Fantasma
AP Lines > SilverLining
MuRas's Meister > Copies

Material: Narah's Mask_1450 here.

Fonts: Eraser and Stick Figures for the board & Pixelette for the text and credits.

Depending on the colors & tube you are going to use, feel free to change the mode and opacity of the layers.



STEP 1 - Le fond

Open an image 600x250. Fill with white.

Make a gradient Sunburst with 2 colours of your tube = dark blue #38689C and light blue #A1B6D2. Sunburst H&V =50 and Repeat on 4.


Adjust > Blur > Radial Blur


Mehdi > Sorting Tiles


Effects > Texture Effects > Weave


Effects > Simple > Center Tile.

 Edge Effects > Enhance.

Duplicate > Image > Flip > Flip Vertical.

On copy, properties --> Opacity on 50 and Blend mode on Screen.

Italian Editors > Fantasma


Layers - Add a layer > Fill with #FFFFFF (blanc).

Open NarahsMasks_1450.

Mask Layer > From an image and choose NarahsMasks_1450.

Click on OK.

Layers > Merge Group.

Layers > Merge visible.

Selection tool > Custom Selection


Selections > Promote Selection to Layer.

Selections > Select None.

Apply a Drop Shadow 3, 3, 75, 5 color #38689C and repeat but change H and V: -3, -3, 75, 5.

Back to the original layer, apply AP Lines - SilverLining > Mixing.

I used the RGB for the darker blue "#38689C" with Red on 56, Green on 104 and Blue on 156.


On the layer above - the promoted selection. Selection Tool > Custom Selection


Selections > Promote Selection to Layer.

 Fill with #93624D.

Selections > Modify > Contract 6 pixels. Delete.

Fill with #3C3C3C.

Selections > Select None.



STEP 2 - Text, Tubes and Credits

Text: Add a layer and write  your text.

I wrote Back to School with the Eraser font in white. I used the font Stick Figures to draw a few figures.

Credits: with the font Pixelette or any other small  pixel font.

Tube: on the left à gauche a close up of the tube. And a smaller version of the whole tube on the right.

Add a Drop Shadow: 2, 2, 75, 5.



STEP 3 -  Corner and Border


Corner: Edition > Copy special > Copy merged.

Edition > Paste As New Image.

Duplicate.

On the copy: apply  Effects > Image Effects > Page Curl


On the original layer: set the opacity around 30.

Text: With the font Pixelette, in black, create as vector, write Back To School or the text of your choice.

Objects > Align > Center in Canvas.

Promote selection to layer.

Apply MuRa's Meister > Copies


Copy paste this text as a new layer on your work.

Lower the opacity. Set it around 35.

Border: Add a layer

Selections > Modify and contract by 2 pixels. Fill with blue (#38689C).

Selections > Delete.

Selections > Select None.

Credits: with a small font like Pixelette or any other small font.
Merge visible and save.



Martine

5 September 2022

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to contact me