Zonnebloem

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Materials download hier

tube, filters:
dsb flux - Linear Transmission, MuRa's Meister - Copies, Simple - Top Left Mirror
Put the filters in the folder plug-ins.

Zonnebloem

1. Open a new image 500x500
2. Flood fill this with the gradient, sunburst, angle 0, repeats 0,foreground #814a82, background #e8a5c5.

3. Go to Effects- dsb flux - Linear Transmission.

4. Go to selection tool - selection - rectangle

5. Change the foreground in the background color.
6. New raster layer.
7. Flood fill this with the foreground color (light)
8. Go to Effects - Texture effects- Weave.

9. Duplicate this 2 times.
10. Place them so.

11. Lock the bottom raster.
12. Stay on 1 of the other layers
13. Go to layers - layers - Merge visible.
14. Place them in the middle of the image.
15. Unlock the bottom layer.
16. Go to Effects - MuRa's Meister - Copies.

17. Adjust - Blur - Radial Blur.

18. Go to selection tool - custom selection.

19. Selections- Invert
20. New raster layer
21. Flood fill both with the light color
22. Effects- Texture effects - Blinds

23. Let selection stay. New raster layer
24. Flood fill both with the dark color.
25. Effects - Texture effects- Blinds

26. Opacity of this layer at 50.
27. Lock the 2 bottom layers.
28. Stay on 1 of the other layers
29. Layers - merge visible.
30. Let selection stay.
31. Effects - 3D effects - drop shadow - horz.3, vert.3, opacity 5, blur 5.00, color black.
32. Repeat the drop shadow, but now horz.-3 and vert.-3. Select none.
33. Unlock the other layers.
34. Go to selection tool - selection - custom selection.

35. Selections - Invert
36. New raster layer.
37. Repeat 21 t/m 26.
38. Lock the 3 bottom layers.
39. Repeat 28 t/m 32.
40. Layers - merge all visible.
41. Image - Canvas Size

42. Duplicate layer
43. Image -Free Rotate -45 links.

44. Copy your tube and paste as a new layer in your image.
45. Effects - 3D effects - drop shadow vert. and horz.3, opacity 5, blur 5.00 color black.
46. Select the little flower from the tube.
47. Go to selection tool - Freehand selection - and select the flower
48. Copy and paste as a new layer.
49. Same drop shadow as in point 43.
50. Effects - Simple - Top Left Mirror.
51. Put your name or watermark in the image.
52. Layers - merge visible.
53. Image - Resize 75%. All layers checked.
54. Save as a gif.

Ready is the tag
I hope that you like this tutorial.
greetings Emmy,