Hawaiin Sunset

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This tutorial was written by Sharon A on Apr 16, 2012 & is copyright protected

For more info read my TOU

Supplies Needed

A photo

The photo I used is # 4-4 is by Hawaiin Cowgirl

You can purchase her photos at CDO here

Plugins

Mura Meister Cloud

Eyecandy Texture Swirl

Xenofex Constellation

DSB Flux Bright Noise

The tube I used Sunset (14-3) is by Rachel Anderson, you can purchase this tube from CDO here

The name of my font is Aquarelle

I used size 60

Open new transparent canvas 850x725, we will resize later

Floodfill with a color from your tube

Apply mura meister cloud

Uncheck the light & bg boxes

Change preset to thin clouds

Apply xenofex constellation

Click on settings then on a few small stars

Make sure the keep original image box is checked

Select all

Add a new raster layer

Floodfill with a darker shade of your color

Contract 12

Delete & deselect

Add an inner bevel & drop shadow

Apply dsb flux bright noise intensity 50, mix checked

Paste your photo as a new layer

Duplicate & hide the duplicated layer for now

Apply eyecandy texture swirl

Settings>random, large no twirl, long streaks

Add an inner bevel & drop shadow

Activate your hidden photo layer

Resize to 90%

Select all>float>defloat

Add a new raster layer

Floodfill with a darker shade of your color

Contract 8

Delete & deselect

Add an inner bevel & drop shadow

Apply dsb flux bright noise intensity 50, mix checked

Paste your tube as a new layer

Resize as needed

Position in a lower corner of your photo

Add drop shadow

Resize all layers to 65%

Add your text, name & © info

Merge all

Save as jpg & you're all done!

I hope you enjoyed my tutorial

Your comments are very much appreciated either here on this post or on the chat box.  I've made it easy for you to post on this tut by turning off the requirement of having to type in a confirmation code

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Result by Kaye W