Reaching for Freedom
 
     

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Version: PI 10 but can be done in other Versions

Level: All

Materials Needed:

2 Tubes of your Choice

FMTile Tools Blend Emboss (FMTile Tools is a Demo but Blend Emboss will keep working.

BorderMania

Filter Factory Gallery B

My Tubes Here

   
     

My Abbreviations of PhotoImpact commands are thus: R/c = Right click (or other click whichever you use)

Commands separated with a forward slash (/) = the order of the commands or the options within a command

 

1. Open New File 478 x 498

2. Edit/Fill/ Texture/ Magic Texture/ MT90

3. Effect/ Distort/ Ripple/ Options/ Edge/ High/ 570

4. Photo/ Blur/ Gaussian Blur/ 1st Blur

5. Effects/ FU/ Filter Factory/ Gallery B/ Seismic Twirl/ 40/ 94/ 255

 

6. Save as .jpg as we will need this later.

7. Effects/ BorderMania/ Frame#2/ Settings/ 7/ 28/ 110/ 149

8. Selection/ All

9. Selection/ Expand Shrink/ Shrink/ 33

10. R/C Convert to Object

11. R/C Shadow/ Default Icon/ Settings/ 1/ 2/ 20/ 101/ 4

 

12. Effects/ BorderMania/ Frame #2/ 0/ 0/ 3/ 149

13. R/C Merge

14. Effects/ FMTile Tools/ Blend Emboss

15. Open Tube / Copy and Paste it onto the BG you just made

16. R/C Properties/ Blend Mode/ Luminosity Only

17. Using the Transform Tool set to Resize drag the tube to make it larger so that it fits into the inner BG

( See Image above)

18. Using Pick Tool move it to just above the lower edge of the inner Object

19. R/C Align/ Center horizontally

20. Effects/ FMTile Tools/ Blend Emboss

21. R/C Merge

22. Adjust/ Expand Canvas/ 4/ white/ Expand sides Equally

23. Magic wand/ Select White border

24. Edit Fill/ Color/ choose color from your image

25. Effects/ BorderMania/ frame #2/ settings/ 4/ 4/ 110/130

 

26. Adjust/ Expand Canvas/ 25 White / Expand sides Equally

27. Magic Wand /Select White Border

28. Edit/Fill/ Color/ Same color as Step 20

29. R/C Convert to Object and drag to off the canvas to its own White Canvas

30. R/C Merge All

 

31. Effects/Distort/ Whirlpool/ Options/ Direction Clockwise/ Twist Degrees 720

32. Edit/Repeat Whirlpool/ same settings as above. Repeat this step about 5 times

33. Magic wand tool / Select by Line/ Similarity 0/ Search Connected Pixels. Select the middle of the canvas (white)

34. R/C Invert

35. Edit/ Trace Edges/ Selection Marquee/ Accept defaults

36. Change the Mode to 3D round.

TIP!!!! You can change the Bevel settings to suit yourself by opening the Material Box from the attribute Bar

37. Edit/Fill/ Image/ File/ Browse to the BG you saved at the beginning/ Fit the Image

 

 

38. R/C Copy

39. Back to your Image and R/C Paste

40. R/C Shadow / 1st Icon/ 5/ 5/ 30/ 100/ 5

41. Merge All

42. Open Horse.Ufo. R/C Copy

43. R/C Paste into your working canvas

44. Adjust/ Resize/ 30%

45. Position Horse in road where you want him

TIP!!!! If you set him at the back of the road don't forget to resize him even smaller. You need Perspective.

46. At this stage I also used my colorize pen and recolored the horse using a dark color from my BG

47. R/C Shadow/6th Icon/ Default Settings

48. R/C Split Shadow

49. Click on the shadow to activate it

50. Transform Tool/ Flip Vertically

51. Adjust Resize/ 75%

52. Transform Tool /Rotate by Degree/ 10 left

53. Line up the hind hooves of the shadow with the horses hind hooves

54. While the Shadow is still active …

55. Edit/ Fade out/ White 100%/ Black 50%

56. Direction Horizontal ( 2nd Icon)

57. R/C merge All

58. Add your watermark.

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial and that you have learned some more of the tools available in PI. Any questions please don't hesitate to contact me through email at the bottom of this page. Also please sign my guestbook. It would be nice to know where you are from and what you think of this tutorial and my other tuts as well. Check out my PI Hints and Tips too. Some of them are real handy.
paho 2009

 

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