Hawaiin Mermaid

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This tutorial was written by Sharon A on Apr 30, 2012 & is copyright protected
For more info read my TOU

Supplies Needed
A photo of your choice
You'll need it to be wide with a lower height

The one I used is # 4-8 by Hawaiin Cowgirl
You can purchase her photos at CDO here

Flower I made for this tut here

Plugins
DSB Flux Bright Noise

The tube I used Fishy Femme (66-1) is by Ed Mironiuk, you can purchase this tube from CDO here

The name of the font I used is A Yummy Apology
I used size 60



Open new transparent canvas 930x375, we will resize later
Select all
Paste your photo into selection
Deselect
Adjust>gaussian blur>radius 6

Paste your photo as a new layer
Resize if needed, I resized the height to 75% and repositioned back into place
Add an inner bevel & drop shadow

Paste your tube as a new layer
Resize as needed and add drop shadow
Position at the bottom of your photo
Zoom in on the tail (or whatever its called lol)

Using your freehand selection tool select around the tail
Copy, cut & deselect
Paste as a new layer & postion back into place
Rename this layer to tail

Duplicate & rotate left 25
Position back into place
Use your clone tool to cover the gap
Rename to left tail

Back on your original tail
Duplicate & rotate right 25
Position back into place
Use your clone tool to cover the gap
Rename to right tail

I moved my tube to above the tail layers & nudged her to the right to help cover my imperfect cloning

Paste your flower as a new layer
Resize to 50%
Add drop shadow
Duplicate & hide the original

Position on the lower left corner of your photo
Duplicate, mirror & merge down
Duplicate, move to top of your photo & merge down

Unhide your flower
Resize to 75%
Position on one side
Duplicate, mirror & merge down

Duplicate your bg layer
Move to the top
Select all
Contract 12
Delete & deselect
Add an inner bevel & drop shadow
Apply dsb flux bright noise intensity 75, mix checked

Resize all layers to 70%

Add your text, name & © info



Animation:

Hide left & right tails
Merge visible
Copy & paste into animation shop

Undo your merge
Hide tail & uhide left tail
Merge & paste after current in animation shop

Copy frame 1 & paste after frame 2

Undo your merge
Hide left tail & unhide right tail
Merge visible & paste after current in animation shop

I set my frame properties at 45

View your animation

Save as gif & 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

I would love to post your © compliant result, just email it to me with ATT Sharon & the tut name in the subject line

You'll find my email blinkie on your left

:)



Result by Kaye W

Never Too Green

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This tutorial was written by Sharon on Sept 24, 2011

For more info read my TOU

Supplies Needed

Scrapkit Never Too Green here

The tube I used Fishy Femme is by Ed Mironiuk, you can purchase this tube from CDO here

Open new transparent canvas 700x700, we will resize later

Paste frame 4 as a new layer

Resize to 85%

Click inside the frame with your magic wand

Expand 5

Paste paper 8 into selection

Deselect

Add a drop shadow 

Paste your tube as a new layer

Resize as needed and position into place

Add drop shadow

Paste leaves as a new layer

Resize to 60%

Position as shown on my tag

Add inner bevel using bevel # 6, width 20

Add drop shadow

Paste tree as a new layer

Resize to 75%

Position lower right of inner frame

Add drop shadow

Move to below your tube layer

Paste daisies as a new layer

Resize to 40%

Position in front of tree

Add drop shadow

Paste butterfly 1 as a new layer

Resize to 20%

Position in front of daisies

Add drop shadow

Paste flower 2 as a new layer

Resize to 15%

Position lower left of inner frame area

Add drop shadow

Do the same with flower 1

Position a little down & to the right of flower 2

Add drop shadow

Paste dragonfly 2 as a new layer

Resize to 15%

Position near the right side of your tube

Add drop shadow

Paste bow 4 as a new layer

Resize to 15%

Position as shown on my tag

Add drop shadow

Paste butterfly 4 as a new layer

Resize to 10% and again to 75%

Position on the tree

Add drop shadow

Duplicate

Resize to 75%

Position somewhere on the tree

Resize all layers to 70%

Add your text

Add your name & your © info

Merge visible

Save as png & you're all done!

I hope you enjoyed my tutorial

I would love to post your © compliant result, just email it to me with the tut name in the subject line

:)

Pssssst!

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This tutorial was written by Sharon on August 18, 2011

For more info read my TOU

Supplies Needed

Scrapkit Gossamar Green here

Plugins

Eyecandy 5 Impact Glass

The tube I used is by Ed Mironiuk, you will need a license to use which you can purchase from CDO here

Photo by Dan Richards, his artwork is also available at the CDO Store

(For more info on using a CDO tube with a CDO photographer read item 23 on the CDO TOU page)

Open your photo

Shift D to duplicat & close original

Paste your tube as a new layer

Resize as needed

Position in the lower left corner

Add drop shadow

Paste laced butterfly as a new layer

Resize to 15%

Place into position & add a drop shadow

Paste tri colored flower no leaves as a new layer

Resize to 15%

Place into position and add drop shadow

Duplicate a few times and place around various areas

Merge these layers

Paste rose as a new layer

Resize to 15%

Place into position

Duplicate & mirror

Position together and lower one of them a bit

Add a new raster layer

Floodfill with black

Select all

Contract 5

Delete

Deselect

Add inner bevel using bevel 3, width 5

Add your name

Resize all layers to 80%

Add your © info

Apply eyecandy glass using default settings, changing the bevel width to 10

Save as jpg & you're all done!

I hope you enjoyed my tutorial

I would love to post your © compliant result, just email it to me with the tut name in the subject line

:)

Heaven

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This tutorial was written by Sharon on August 7, 2011

For more info read my TOU

Supplies Needed

Scrapkit called Heaven here

Plugins

Eyecandy Impact Glass

The tube I used is by Ed Mironiuk, you will need a license to use which you can purchase from CDO here

Open a new transparent canvas 700x700, we will resize later

Select all

Paste paper 1 into selection

Deselect

Paste your tube as a new layer

Resize as needed

Add drop shadow

Paste bridge as a new layer

Resize to 60%

Position near lower right

Apply drop shadow

Paste pillar as a new layer

Resize to 50%

Place under the high end of the bridge

Add drop shadow

Paste water fountain as a new layer

Resize to 45%

Position lower center

Add drop shadow

Apply eyecandy glass, default settings

Paste just glitter as a new layer

Resize to 35%

Position at the top

Add drop shadow

Move to below your tube layer

Paste curtain as a new layer

Resize to 85%

Position on the right side

Add drop shadow

Duplicate & mirror

Merge down

Paste love doves as a new layer

Resize to 30%

Position over water fountain

Add drop shadow

Paste dust as a new layer

Resize to 35%

Move up a bit

Duplicate

Mirror & flip

Merge down

Paste light as a new layer

Duplicate & mirror

Merge down

Duplicate again

Merge down

Paste butterfly 1 as a new layer

Resize to 35%

Add drop shadow

Position at the top of the pillar

Duplicate

Mirror

Position near the lower end of the bridge

Paste bow 2 as a new layer

Resize to 35%

Position on the middle part of the bridge

Add your name and text

Resize all layers to 75%

Add your © info

Merge all layers

Apply glass effect using default settings

Save as jpg & you're all done!

I hope you enjoyed my tutorial

I would love to post your © compliant result, just email it to me with the tut name in the subject line

:)