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Open Country Tree ©2002
Carla Polston canvas
You may want to duplicate
(Shift D) and save the original to create others.
I left a background layer.
You may want to flood fill to help you see better. You can delete
this layer before merging.
TRUNK
Click on trunk layer on
Layer Palette
Selections Load from Alpha
Channel trunk
Flood Fill #816249
Selections Invert
Effects 3D Drop Shadow
Vertical & Horizontal
0
Opacity 100
Blur 30
Color Black
SAVE
POT
Click on pot on Layer Palette
Selections Load from Alpha
Channel pot
Flood Fill #CD9C89
Selections Invert
Effects 3D Drop Shadow
Vertical (-4)
Color #4A2F24
Other settings stay the
same
SAVE
BOTTOM
Click on bottom on Layer
Palette
Selections Load from Alpha
Channel bottom
Flood Fill #98C8A9 (or your
color choice)
Airbrush lightly over
Round
Size 70
Hardness 0
Opacity 25
Step 35
Density 3
Colors #4B6755,
#19211C, then #CDE5D7
Selections Invert
Effects 3D Drop Shadow
Blur 60
Color #19211C
Other settings stay the
same
Optional
Deselect (Ctrl D)
Effects Noise Add
8% Uniform
SAVE
MIDDLE
Click on middle layer on
Layer Palette
Selections Load from Alpha
Channel middle
Flood Fill #98C8A9 (or your
color choice)
Airbrush lightly over
Round
Size 70
Hardness 0
Opacity 25
Step 35
Density 3
Colors #4B6755,
#19211C, then #CDE5D7
Selections Invert
Effects 3D Drop Shadow
Opacity 80
Other settings stay the
same
Optional
Deselect (Ctrl D)
Effects Noise Add
8% Uniform
SAVE
TOP
Click on top on Layer Palette
Selections Load from Alpha
Channel top
Flood Fill #98C8A9 (or your
color choice)
Airbrush lightly over
Round
Size 70
Hardness 0
Opacity 25
Step 35
Density 3
Colors #4B6755,
#19211C, then #CDE5D7
Selections Invert
Effects 3D Drop Shadow
Opacity 70
Blur 45
Other settings stay the
same
Optional
Deselect (Ctrl D)
Effects Noise Add
8% Uniform
SAVE
STAR
Click on star layer on Layer
Palette
Selections Load from Alpha
Channel star
Flood Fill #E3E68C
Airbrush lightly with color
#92754C
Selections Invert
Effects 3D Drop Shadow
Blur 10
Color #E3E68C
Other settings stay the
same
Optional
Deselect (Ctrl D)
Effects Noise Add
8% Uniform
SAVE
DECORATING
In the download, I provided
two buttons and a bow. You may use these or your own decorations.
You can open the images and export as a picture tube. NOTE: Place
each tube on its own layer so you can rotate (Ctrl R) and colorize (Shift
L) individual images. Use the scale bar on the Tools Option window
of tube to resize. After I place images on the tree, I just use the
mover tool to click on each image to colorize and rotate. This will
automatically move you to the layer of the image you want to work with.
To rotate, you can use the Deformation Tool or Image Rotate (Ctrl R).
I prefer using Ctrl R, so I dont have to switch back and forth between
tools.
Hope you have enjoyed this
tutorial. Have fun decorating!
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