Out of Africa

This lesson was written in PSPX, Dutch version

Materials: tube, images, maskers, selections and font here

Filters: OptikverveLabs, Xero Set 4 (Tekstya), Cybia (Screenworks)

Procedure

Install your filters, open your image and tube into your program
Extract the mask into your map 'masks', your selections into the map 'selections', minimize font

Open new image 640x480 px transparent

Foreground color = #881100 background color = #ffe75a

Your foreground color to gradient with these settings:

Flood fill your layer with the gradient

Adjust blur Gaussian blur 20

Activate the africa_image00image = right size

Load mask from disk, with these settings:

Layer palette, merge - merge group

Edit copy - edit paste as a new layer on your working area.

Layer palette - blend mode “screen”

Duplicate layer

Layer palette - blend mode “soft light”

Effects- Filter Cybia - Screenworks - Light Gauze standard settings

Layer - new raster layer

Selection – load from disk and choose selection '@nn_sel001_africa'

Flood fill this layer with the lightest color

Deselect

Layer palette - blend mode “hard light”

Layer - new raster layer

Selection – load from disk and choose '@nn_sel002_africa'

Flood fill selection with the dark color

Deselect

Layer palette- blend mode “multiply”

Activate the tube lion king, shift + D, close original

proceed with the copy, delete watermark

Mask - load from disk and choose the mask 2020. Same settings as before.

Layer palette merge – merge group

Edit - copy - edit - paste as a new layer on your working area

Move, see example, pay attention the vertical line on the bottom must be outside the tube

Layer palette- blend mode “screen”

Layer - duplicate

Layer palette- blend mode “Hard light”

Layer - merge – merge visibly

Effects- Filter Xero - Tekstya following settings:

Pay attention to the fore- and background color

Effects- Filter Optikverve Labs - Virtual Photographer following settings

Image add borders 1 px white

Image add borders 2 px = #400000

Layer - new raster layer for the first text

Foreground color locked, background color = #400000

Text tool following settings

Write down your text

Deselect

Effects- 3D effects - drop shadow following settings

Move see example

Layer - new raster layer for the second text

Background color = #ffe75a

Change your text settings:

Deselect

Repeat drop shadow

Move see example

Layers merge – merge visibly

Save as a jpg 

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