The Cat's Meow
Open a 400 x
400 Transparent Image
Tools /
Selection Tool / Rectangle / Add (Shift) / feather 0 / Anti-alias Unchecked
Draw a
Rectangle the Length is longer than the width I used the coloured squares as my
guide which are 9 squares across the top and 13 squares down
Click Pan
Tools /
Flood fill tool
Materials
Palette choose a nice gradient I used Ivy_Gold / Angle 40 / Repeats 2 / Radial
Flood fill
the selected rectangle
Click Pan
Effects / 3d
effects / inner bevel
settings :
bevel 2 / width 15 / smoothness 20 / depth 6
/ ambience 1 / shininess 25 / light color
white / angle 319 / intensity 36 / elevation 45 / ok
Layers
Palette right click and duplicate
Keep the top
layer active
Image /
Mirror
Selections /
select none
Layers palette
/ lower opacity to 50
Layers /
Merge visible
Selections /
select all / float / defloat
Selections /
modify / contract 10 / ok
Layers
palette duplicate until you have 4
Open 4
backgrounds along the same theme minimise 3 of them
Copy and paste one of the backgrounds Into
selection
Layer
Palette activate the next selected layer
Unminimise
another background copy and paste into selection
Carry on
until all the layers have a background in them
Selections /
Select none
Close of the
original backgrounds
Effects / 3d
effects / drop shadow / settings: V1 / H -1 / Op 100 / B 5 / Black / Ok
Repeat Drop
Shadow using V -1 / H 1 / Op 100 / B 5 / Black / Ok
Add this
drop shadow to all the layers
Activate Top
Layer
Image /
Rotate / Free Rotate / Right Checked / Free Checked / 15 / All Layers
and other
box Unchecked / ok
Activate
Layer 2
Image /
Rotate / Free Rotate / Right Checked / Free Checked / 30 / All Layers and other
box
Unchecked /
ok
Activate
Layer 3
Image /
Rotate / Free Rotate / Right Checked / Free Checked /45 / All Layers and other
box
Unchecked /
ok
Activate
Last 4
Image /
Rotate / Free Rotate / Right Checked / Free Checked / 60 / All Layers and other
box
Unchecked /
ok
X out Layers
/ 3 and 4
Tools / Move
tool / move layer 2 until both bottom left corners touch
Do the same
with layers 3 and 4
Layers /
Merge visible
Tools /
Deform Tool / Stretch the image to fill the canvas using just the corner nodes
Click Pan
Adjust /
Sharpness Sharpen
Open a tube
of your choice copy and paste as a new layer
Add your
copyright and watermark the same way
Click pan
Layers /
Merge visible
Add your
text and merge all flatten
This
Tutorial was created by ©Mally on 11 JUNE 2008
Redone
25 march 2012 and Description Changed
and
is the property of
Mally
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