©Carla Polston
Feathered Friends
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This tutorial uses a different technique.  You will only see the canvas in the downloaded file.  Everything you need is on the canvas.  Make sure you have your Layer Palette visible.  You will Load from the Alpha Channel (not Selections).

Open Feathered Friends ©Carla Polston canvas.
You can get HERE
You may want to duplicate and save the original (Ctrl D).
Layer Palette showing.
Outside Filters:  Fantastic Machines ~ Paint Engine *FREE  FILTER*
You can get HERE

You can fill background layer color of your choice.
Use your color preference for the bird.  I put the color I used.
You can colorize the feathered parts to make other colors.
I made another one using blue and colorized the yellow.

Branch
Click on Branch-cp Layer on Layer Palette
Selections – Load From Alpha Channel Branch-cp
Flood fill with #C0AE8C.
Effects- Filters – Paint Engine 

SAVE

FEET
Click on Feet-cp Layer on Layer Palette
Selections – Load From Alpha Channel Feet-cp
Flood fill #DCBA70
Deselect (Ctrl D)
Effects – Plug-in Filters – Paint Engine

   Select faded mosaic
Retouch Tool – Darken to go around edge and add detail
   Darken RGB
   Round 
   Size 3 to 5
   Hardness 35
   Opacity 46
   Step 15
   Density 84
Effects – 3D – Drop Shadow
   Vertical 2
   Horizontal 1
   Opacity 100
   Blur 3.5
   Color #180000
SAVE

RIGHT WING
Click on Right wing-cp on Layer Palette
Selections – Load From Alpha Channel Right wing-cp
Flood fill #C00000
Effects – Plug-in Filters – Paint Engine 
SAVE

BODY
Click on Body-cp on Layer Palette
Selections – Load From Alpha Channel Body-cp
Flood fill #C00000
Apply Paint Engine again using feathers-cp
Deselect (Ctrl D)
Effects – 3D – Drop Shadow

   Vertical (-2)
   Horizontal 0
   Opacity 100
   Blur 11.8
   Color #180000
Apply Drop Shadow again changing Vertical to 1 – other settings to same.
SAVE

HEAD
Click on Head-cp on Layer Palette
Selections – Load From Alpha Channel Head-cp
Flood fill #C00000
Apply Paint Engine again using feathers-cp
Deselect (Ctrl D)
Effects – Geometric – Wave

Effects – 3D – Drop Shadow

   Vertical 2
   Horizontal 0
   Opacity 60
   Blur 11.8
   Color #180000
SAVE

LEFT WING
Click on Left bottom wing-cp on Layer Palette
Selections – Load From Alpha Channel Left bottom wing-cp
Flood fill #C00000
Apply Paint Engine again using feathers-cp
Deselect (Ctrl D)
Effects – 3D – Drop Shadow

   Vertical 0
   Horizontal 3
   Opacity 100
   Blur 11.8
   Color #180000
Click on Left top wing-cp on Layer Palette
Selections – Load From Alpha Channel Left top wing-cp
Flood fill #C00000
Apply Paint Engine again using feathers-cp
Deselect (Ctrl D)
Effects – 3D – Drop Shadow
 Vertical 1
 Horizontal 2
 Other settings the same
Retouch Tool – DarkenRGB (2nd tab)
Round
Size 5
Hardness 45
Opacity 20
Step 15
Density 50
Darken for feather tips

SAVE

EYES
Click on Right eyewhite-cp on Layer Palette
Selections – Load From Alpha Channel Right eyewhite-cp
Flood fill White
Keep Selected
Effects – 3D – Drop Shadow

 Vertical & Horizontal 1
 Opacity 100 
 Blur 3.5
 Black
Selections – Invert – Apply same Drop Shadow
Click on Right eyeblack-cp on Layer Palette
Selections – Load From Alpha Channel Right eyeblack-cp
Flood fill Black
Keep Selected
Retouch Tool – Lighten RGB (2nd tab) – For eye highlight
 Round 
 Size 6 
 Hardness 45
 Opacity 57
 Step 15
 Density 53
Deselect (Ctrl D)
Effects – Blur – Soften
SAVE
Now we’ll repeat the same step for the Left Eye.
Click on Left eyewhite-cpon Layer Palette
Selections – Load From Alpha Channel Left eyewhite-cp
Flood fill White
Keep Selected
Effects – 3D – Drop Shadow – Same settings
Selections – Invert – Apply same Drop Shadow
Click on Left eyeblack-cp on Layer Palette
Selections – Load From Alpha Channel Left eyeblack-cp
Flood fill Black
Keep Selected
Retouch Tool – Lighten RGB (2nd tab) – For eye highlight – Same settings
Deselect (Ctrl D)
Effects – Blur – Soften
SAVE

BEAK
Click on Bottom beak-cp on Layer Palette
Selections – Load From Alpha Channel Bottom beak-cp
Flood fill #DEC090
Deselect (Ctrl D)
Effects – 3D – Drop Shadow – Same settings
Click on Top beak-cp on Layer Palette
Selections – Load From Alpha Channel Top beak-cp
Flood fill #DEC090
Deselect (Ctrl D)
Effects – 3D – Drop Shadow

 Horizontal 0 – Other settings stay the same
Retouch Tool – DarkenRGB (2nd tab)
 Round
 Size 6
 Hardness 45
 Opacity 20
 Step 15
 Density 50
 Other settings the same
Darken around edge of beak. 
Then from front center toward eye on each side.
Retouch Tool – LightenRGB
 Same settings
Lighten top center.
Paint Brush
 Color #400000
 Right Slash / Left Slash
 Size 3
 Hardness 90
 Opacity 90 
 Step 18 
 Density 100
Click once for right and left nostril.
SAVE

HEAD DETAIL
Click on Head-cp on Layer Palette
Retouch Tool – DarkenRGB (2nd tab)

Size 13-15
 Other settings the same
Darken around eyes, cheeks, in beak, and chin.
SAVE

That's it!  You are finished.  Now try experimenting with colorizing and adjusting
the color to suit you.  Merge all but background and tube if you would like to.

Hope you had fun!

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