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Friday, August 16, 2013

PTU - A Family's Thanksgiving

This tutorial was written by me on August 16th, 2013. Please do not claim as your own. Any resemblance to any other tutorial is purely coincidental.
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Mask Of Choice 

Scrap Kit - PTU scrap kit called A Family's Thanksgiving by Jackie's Jewels
You can purchase the kit here


Font Of Choice 

Tube Of Choice - Artwork by Elias Chatzoudis. You must obtain a license to use this tube. 

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

Open Paper 2
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 Frame3
Open Paper11 and use your ractangle tool and make a square on paper11
Copy/Paste
Place in Frame3

Open up your tube and place in front of frame3

Open These Elements and use the same dropshadow as above and resize to your liking!!!

Apple Pie
Corn Stalk
Cornucopia
Cranberry Sauce
Eggs
Firepit
Football
Gravy Bowl
Ladder
Mashed Potatoes
Pillows
Pumpkin Pie
Pumpkins
Scattered Leaves
Thanksgiving Table
Tomatoes
Tree1
Tub

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. 

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