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Tuesday, October 23, 2012

FTU - Superstar


This tutorial was written by me on October 23rd, 2012. Please do not claim as your own.  Any resemblance to any other tutorial is purely coincidental.

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Mask Of Choice- I used a mask by StacieRosa
You can download this mask at Creative Misfits 

Scrap Kit - FTU "Rockstar" By Alikas Scraps. You can download this scrap kit here

Font Of Choice 

Tube Of Choice - I Used the artwork of VeryMany. You may purchase his work at PFD with proper license. 

Program - Gimp 2.6..but any program will do.

Template - Template 100 By Millie
You can download the template at her blog here
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Open New Canvas

Open Mask
Right click on your layers 
Go down to alpha by selection
Edit > fill w/ BG color - Make sure color is #FFFFFF

Open Paper 09
Right click on your layers
Click add layer mask
Then a window will pop up 
then click black (full transparency)
Then click add
Edit > Copy 
Edit > Paste
On Layers > click on floating selection
Then right click on layers
scroll down to anchor layer
Delete first layer!!!

You should have a mask..then a black square next to it on your layers.
Image > Merge Visible Layers 
Box should pop up..click clipped to image > Merge

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Time to do your template

Open Your Template
Delete The Credits

Right click on paper3
Extract it and put it in your patterns folder in gimp 2.6 folder

Use your select by color tool
with the select by color..click on raster 5
Edit > Fill With Pattern 

Right click on paper6
Extract it and put it in your patterns folder in gimp 2.6 folder

Use your select by color tool
with the select by color..click on raster 4

Do the same on dk grey square top

Right click on paper1
Extract it and put it in your patterns folder in gimp 2.6 folder

Use your select by color tool
with the select by color..click on raster 7
Edit > Fill With Pattern 

Do the same for copy of raster 7

Delete Raster 8 

Right click on paper8
Extract it and put it in your patterns folder in gimp 2.6 folder

Use your select by color tool
with the select by color..click on raster 2
Edit > Fill With Pattern 

Do the same for copy of raster 2

Right click on paper5
Extract it and put it in your patterns folder in gimp 2.6 folder

Use your select by color tool
with the select by color..click on raster3
Edit > Fill With Pattern 

I like to add border to each part of the template..to me it looks better. 
Only thing you have to do is right click on each layer in your layer box
Alpha To Selection > New Layer 
Select > Grow > By 5 > Apply
Edit > Fill In BG Color > #000000
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Now that the hard part is over..you are ready to add elements and your tube

Open Fairy Dust1 
No dropshadow

Add Tube
Drop Shadow - Filters, Light And Shadows...DropShadow
Offset X - 9
Offset Y - 9
Blur Radius - 15
Opacity - 82
Color - #000000
Allow Resizing

Use your ellipse tool and make a circle around your tubes head
Copy
Paste in raster 4
Change mode to overlay

Duplicate
Use your flip tool and flip your tube
Change Mode To overlay

Open as58
Drop Shadow - Filters, Light And Shadows...DropShadow
Offset X - 9
Offset Y - 9
Blur Radius - 15
Opacity - 82
Color - #000000
Allow Resizing

Duplicate as35
No dropshadow

Duplicate as35
No dropshadow

Open as57
Drop Shadow - Filters, Light And Shadows...DropShadow
Offset X - 9
Offset Y - 9
Blur Radius - 15
Opacity - 82
Color - #000000
Allow Resizing

Open as11
Drop Shadow - Filters, Light And Shadows...DropShadow
Offset X - 9
Offset Y - 9
Blur Radius - 15
Opacity - 82
Color - #000000
Allow Resizing

Duplicate as11
Drop Shadow - Filters, Light And Shadows...DropShadow
Offset X - 9
Offset Y - 9
Blur Radius - 15
Opacity - 82
Color - #000000
Allow Resizing

Open as41
Drop Shadow - Filters, Light And Shadows...DropShadow
Offset X - 9
Offset Y - 9
Blur Radius - 15
Opacity - 82
Color - #000000
Allow Resizing

Duplicate as41
Drop Shadow - Filters, Light And Shadows...DropShadow
Offset X - 9
Offset Y - 9
Blur Radius - 15
Opacity - 82
Color - #000000
Allow Resizing

Open as44
Drop Shadow - Filters, Light And Shadows...DropShadow
Offset X - 9
Offset Y - 9
Blur Radius - 15
Opacity - 82
Color - #000000
Allow Resizing

Open as45
Drop Shadow - Filters, Light And Shadows...DropShadow
Offset X - 9
Offset Y - 9
Blur Radius - 15
Opacity - 82
Color - #000000
Allow Resizing

Open as34
Drop Shadow - Filters, Light And Shadows...DropShadow
Offset X - 9
Offset Y - 9
Blur Radius - 15
Opacity - 82
Color - #000000
Allow Resizing

For the wordart 
Go to Filters > Noise > Slur
Keep settings as is.

Merge All Layers!

Duplicate Tag
Change Mode To hard light
Merge Down

Resize tag to 600x600

Add Copyright!!

Add Name!!

Merge All Layers!

Save!

Enjoy!!
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