FTU - Precious Friends

This tutorial was written by me on May 30th, 2013. Please do not claim as your own. Any resemblance to any other tutorial is purely coincidental.

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Mask Of Choice 

Cluster Frame - Precious Friends Cluster Frame By Sweet Temptations 

You can download it here

Font Of Choice 

Tube Of Choice - Artwork By Zndy Nielson. This is a FTU tube by Nielson.

You can find this tube here

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

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Open New Canvas

I did 650x650.you can resize it at the end if you would like.

Open Mask

Right click on your layers 

Go down to alpha by selection

Edit > fill w/ BG color - Make sure color is #FFFFFF

Click On Your Color Picker Tool

Pick A Color From The Cluster

Now go to file

Creat A New Layer

Adanced Options 

Fill With - Forground Color

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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Ready...

Set...

Go...

Open Cluster Frame

Open #60bfe5. Use your ellipse tool and make a circle on #60bfe5

Copy/Paste as new layer in Cluster Frame

Erase any unneccessary spots

Open your tube and place inside cluster frame

Now dropshadow your elements with these settings.

Filters, Light And Shadows...DropShadow

Offset X - 9

Offset Y - 9

Blur Radius - 15

Opacity - 74

Color - #000000

Allow Resizing

Now resize your tag to 600x600 if you would like. 

When you are happy with your tag..

Add Copyright!!

Add Name!!

Merge All Layers!

Save!

Enjoy!!

Hope you enjoyed my tutorial.