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FTU Bringing In The New Year

This tutorial was written by me on December 18, 2012

It was made out of my own creation and any similarity is purely coincidental.

I used pspx2 but any version should work without problems.

Let's get started!

Artist: Ismael Rac

This tube is called Party Attitude Girl and she'll be coming to the Xeracx store soon!

Scrapkit: FTU Happy Holiday by Disturbed by Gaby

Template: 155 by me HERE

Mask: Melissa'z Creationz mask 6 HERE

Plugins: xero - radiance, eyecandy gradient glow

Font: I used Inspiration

Open template 155, duplicate, close original

Canvas size 800x800, delete cr layer, make background visible, flood fill bkgd white

Go to layer 1, selections all, float, defloat

Open paper010, c/p as new layer, invert, delete, deselect

Go to layer 3, open tube, c/p as new layer

Click inside layer3 with magic wand, on tube - invert - delete

Xero - radiance, change blend to screen, merge down to layer 3

Duplicate - mirror

Open element 050, c/p as new layer, place to left, duplicate, mirror

Open element 037, c/p as new layer, place to the top left, duplicate, mirror

Go to layer4, selections all, float, defloat

Open paper01, c/p as new layer, invert, delete, deselect

Open element 014, c/p as new layer

Merge layer 6 down to 5, add noise, eyecandy gradient glow, medium, black

Delete layer 7

Go to layer 9, open element 065, c/p as new layer

Go to layer 8, click inside of circle w magic wand

open paper012, c/p as new layer, invert, delete, deselect

Go to frame layer, open ele 020, c/p as new layer, move to left some

Open your tube, resize to fit tag, c/p as new layer, xero - radiance

Open element 045, resize by 50%, sharpen, c/p as new layer, place to the right

Open element 046, resize by 50%, sharpen, c/p as new layer, place to the right

On layer 10 apply eyecandy, gradient glow, fat, move to the right and up

Use your deform tool to rotate it some

Delete background layer, merge visible, open paper03, c/p as new layer, place under merged

Apply your mask, merge group

Crop your tag to your liking, merge visible, resize to 700 on longest side, sharpen

Add your credits and your name

Thanks for trying my tutorial :)