Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Days Gone By
6:06 AM | 
Posted by
GinasGems
This tutorial was written by me on 11 February 2009. Any similarities to other tutorials is purely coincidental.
Supplies Needed:
Tube of choice. I am using the elegant artwork of Olivia. I bought this tube when CILM was still open. You can now find her art at CDO.
Scrapkit. I am using the lovely scrap Days Gone By created by Just a Girl's Designs. If you wish to purchase this scrap, you can here. Thank you, Tamara!!
Template 123 made by me which you can download here.
BflbyFlbyMask21 made by Butterfly Flutterby Creations. You can download this mask, plus many other great ones here.
Font of choice. I used Helinda Rook (pay font)
Plugins:
Xero Filters - Soft Mood and Soft Vignette
Eyecandy 5 Impact - Perspective Shadow
Animation Shop (opt)
No other supplies needed
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Ok! Let's get started! Open up my template. Duplicate by holding down shift + d. Close the original. Delete the credit info layer.
Highlight the bracket layer. Go to selections > select all. Selections > float. Selections > defloat. Open up a paper of choice from the kit. Resize by 90%, smartsize. Copy and paste onto your canvas. Go to selections > invert. Hit delete on your keyboard. Don't deselect yet!
Open up a branch from the kit. Resize by 45%, smartsize. Go to image > free rotate. Rotate left by 45.00, both boxes unchecked. Copy and paste onto your canvas. Position in the right upper corner of the bracket. Hit delete. Deselect. Give the branch a drop shadow of H and V 1, Opcity 75, Blur 1.00. Duplicate the branch. Go to image > mirror. Then, image > flip. Position in the left bottom corner of the bracket.
Highlight the paper bracket. Give it a drop shadow of H and V 0, Opacity 80, Blur 13.00. Delete the gray bracket.
Highlight the petal shape layer. Select, float and defloat. Open up a paper from the kit. Resize by 85%, smartsize. Copy and paste onto your canvas. Selections > invert. Hit delete and deselect. (I colorized my paper but this is not necessary) Give the layer a drop shadow of H and V 0, Opacity 80, Blur 8.00. Delete the gray petal shape layer.
Highlight the frame fill layer. Select, float and defloat. Open up a paper from the kit. Resize by 75%, smartsize. Copy and paste onto your canvas. Selections > invert. Hit delete. Don't deselect!
Open up your tube. Resize as necessary, bicubic. Copy and paste onto your canvas. Position to your liking within the selection. Hit delete. Deselect. Duplicate your tube. On the bottom tube layer, apply Xero Soft Mood with the following settings:
Go to adjust > sharpness > unsharp mask. Apply with the following settings:
Radius - 5
Strength - 35
Clipping - 1
Highlight the top tube layer and change the blend mode to Soft Light. Merge the 2 tube layers together. Apply Perspective Shadow with the following settings:
Delete the gray frame fill layer.
Highlight the frame layer. Select, float and defloat. Open up a paper from the kit. Resize by 75%, smartsize. Copy and paste onto your canvas. Selections > invert. Hit delete and deselect. Give the layer a drop shadow of H and V 0, Opacity 80, Blur 8.00. Delete the black frame layer.
Highlight the doodle accent layer. Select, float and defloat. Add a new raster layer. Floodfill your new layer with a color of choice. Deselect. Apply AAA Textures with the following settings:
Give the layer a drop shadow of H and V 1, Opacity 75, Blur 2.00. Delete the gray doodle accent layer.
Highlight the flower accent layer. Colorize to your liking and apply aaa textures, same settings. Give it a drop shadow of H and V 2, Opacity 75, Blur 3.00. Repeat the coloring and the texture on the other flower accent. Give this layer a drop shadow of H and V -2, Opacity 75, Blur 3.00.
Open up a satin bow from the kit. Resize by 8%, smartsize. Copy and paste onto your canvas. Give it a drop shadow of H and V 0, Opacity 70, Blur 3.00. Position at the top of the frame.
Open up the lace fan from the kit. Resize by 40%, smartsize. Copy and paste onto your canvas. Go to image > free rotate. Rotate left by 45.00, both boxes unchecked. Give the fan a drop shadow of H and V 0, Opacity 45, Blur 3.00. Duplicate the fan. Go to image > mirror. Then, image > flip. Position as in my tag above.
Add any other embellishments of your choosing.
Hide your white background and merge your visible layers. Resize your merged layer by 90%, bicubic.
Highlight your white background. Add a new raster layer. Floodfill your new layer with a color of choice. Apply AAA Textures, same settings as earlier. Apply Bfly Flby Mask21 with the following settings:
Source Luminance
Fit to Canvas
Hide all mask.
Delete the mask from your layer palette. Answer yes and merge the group. Resize the mask by 95%, smartsize. Apply Xero Soft Vignette with the following settings:
Give the mask a drop shadow of H 2, V -2, Opacity 65, Blur 3.00.
Crop and resize to your liking.
Add your copyright info, watermark and your text. If you are not animating, save as JPG or PNG.
If you are animating, copy your tag. Open up Animation Shop. Paste as a new animation. Go to Effects > Insert Image Effect. Apply Scratches with the following settings:
Apply again.
Optimize and save as gif.
I hope you enjoyed this tutorial! If you have any questions, just give me a shout!
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Days Gone By
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