*~* Xmas Tutorial 5 *~*



Jeanette's original Dutch tutorial can be viewed here.
Click on the image to view the working script


MATERIALS NEEDED:
 Supplies here,.
The candle tube was made by SDH.

FILTERS:
Tramage: here.

Save the fonts in your fonts folder.

Change the foreground color to #740606,
background color to a goldpattern.



1. Open the cnadle tube.
Add a new layer.
Fill with the foreground color.
Effects --> Filter Effects --> Tramage --> Zero Tolerance.
Apply with these settings below:



2. Drag the tube layer to the top in the Layers
palette so that it becomes visible again.

3. Effects --> 3D Effects -->
Drop Shadow: 3 3 70 15,00.
Repeat with : -3 -3 70 15,00.

4. Merge all layers.

5. Add a 2 pixel yellow border.
Select and fill with the gold pattern.

6. Add borders: 'Symmetric'- UNCHECKED:
Left and top = 20;
Right and bottom = 80.
color = foreground color.

7. Select with the Magic Wand.
Effects --> Filter Effects -->Tramage: Tow the line.
Apply with these settings below:



8. Selections --> Invert.
Repeat step 3.


9. Add a 2 pixel white border.
Select and fill with the gold pattern.
Deselect.


10. Open a new transparent canvas, size 586 x 77 pixels.
Fill with the foreground color.
Activate the Text tool.
Lick the foreground color.
Type your text in the Christmas font, size 36.



11. Repeat the same dorp shadow as in step 3.


12. Add a 2 pixel white border.
Fill with the gold pattern.

13. Copy this image and paste it onto the previous canvas.
Position it nicely between the borders.

14. Open the Xmasball tube.
Copy and paste onto the canvas.

Save it as a GIF image.
You will need it in the script.
If you want to save it without a white border around it,
click here.

You need an additional gold pattern as well as the a Xmasball image.
The Xmasball has to be filled in properly in the bottom of the script.


Download the empty script here.






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Translated on 12 December 2006



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