| mcstupid with a side of idiot ( @ 2006-02-17 20:51:00 |
| Entry tags: | graphic tutorials |
mary-Kate and ashley banner tutorial psp8

Mary-Kate and Ashley Friends only Banner Tutorial
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Main Image:
- I sharpened twice, then softened the skin using the soften tool.
- I duplicated the base, desaturated it and set to soft light at 100 opacity
- I duplicated that and set it to multiply at 66 opacity
- Duplicate base, set to top, desaturate. Go to adjust >>> brightness and contrast >>> curves. On RGB, input: 18 output: 20 Desaturate again Go to adjust >>> brightness and contrast >>> automatic contrast enhancement. Set the settings to darker, normal, bold. Desaturate again.
- Set this black and white layer at luminance at 56 opacity
- Duplicate the base and put it on top. Set it to hue at 100 opacity.
- Duplicate base, set on top and set it on multiply at 46 opacity
- Duplicate the base again and set it to softlight at 100 opacity
- Then create a new layer, set it to darken and fill it with the color #BB9F88 at 40 opacity
- Merge all layers
- Go to adjust >>> brightness and contrast >>> automatic contrast enhancement. Set the settings to darker, normal, bold.
- Go to adjust >>> brightness and contrast >>> brightness/contrast. Set the brightness to -23 and the contrast to 17
- Duplicate your image, desaturate it and set it to multiply at 34 opacity.
- Duplicate that and set it to softlight at 24 opacity.
Texture:
- Multiply, opacity 56, fill with #D0BAA2
- Multiply, opacity 100, fill with #D0BAA2
- Desaturate, set to softlight at 100
- Merge
- Go to adjust >>> brightness and contrast >>> automatic contrast enhancement. Set the settings to darker, normal, bold.
- I then flipped the image and I pasted the image of Mary-Kate and Ashley there and cut little pieces of the texture and rearranged it to look like it is sorta framing the pic. I then cropped the rest of it out.

texture from tre-xture
Brushes:
- I added a text brush by
- I added a butterfly brush by
- I then made a new layer and filled it with #D0BAA2 and set it to saturation

Text:
- I added the text friends only in the font Eight Fifteen in white. I dropped a shadow from it by going to effects >>> 3d effects >>> drop shadows.
- I set my settings like so:
