Friday, August 30, 2013




 TONED TRANSMISSION TUT


Supplies:-
Tube of Choice. I am using a Misticheskaya tube which can be purchased at SATC

Filters:-
VM Extravaganza - Transmission
Mura Meisters Tone

Animation Shop if you wish to animate.

New image 600 x 250
Choose 2 contrasting colours from your tube (preferably not black). I used foreground #c45053 background #59424f
Make a foreground /background gradient. Angle 0 Repeats 3.
Flood fill your canvas.
Edge effects enhance more.
Duplicate this layer and hide the original layer.
Working on the duplicate... image rotate 90 left (all layers unchecked)
Apply VM Extravaganza Transmission with these settings - Line width 10, Offset 30, Contrast 10.
Image free rotate 90 right.
Effects, edge effects, enhance or Apply drop shadow H1, V1, O50, B4, repeat changing H & V to -1.It depends on the colours your working with.
Open your original layer and duplicate twice, so there are 3.
Apply Mura Meisters tone at default settings to the first layer, except change the FG Colour to one of choice.
Next layer up apply again but change the angle to 55.
The top one (of the duplicates) apply again but this time change the angle to 65.
Paste your tube as the top layer and position/resize as you like.
Return to Raster 1 (the bottom layer) and select all, Image, crop to selection.
Back to our tube and add drop shadow of choice.
I used H2, V2, O50, B20, colour black.
Time to add our border.
New Layer, Select All and flood fill with one of your original colours.
Selections, modify, contract by 4 and press delete on your keyboard.
Deselect.
Effects, edge effects, enhance.
Add a drop shadow to your border. I used V2, H2, O50, B4, Colour black, Shadow on new layer ticked.
Duplicate the shadow layer and mirror then flip.
Add your name and the copyright.
Animate in the normal way.
On to the avatar.
Duplicate your banner and save the original.
Delete the border and the drop shadows. Delete the tube and your name and copyright.
Crop to 150 x 150. Top left corner.
Select All, new raster layer and flood fill with the same colour you used on your banner for the border.
Selections modify, contract by 4 and press delete.
Deselect.
Effects, edge effects, enhance.
Drop shadow same as banner.
Add your initial in the same font you used on your banner.
Animate as you did your banner.
You don't need to add copyright to the avatar as no image is visible.

Here is another example using lighter colours.




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