Diva

Written by Vilisni on August 30, 2007 using Photoshop CS2 and Image Ready CS2.

It is my own creation - any similarities to another tutorial is purely coincidental.

Some knowledge of Photoshop CS2 and Imageready CS2 is required.

Supplies

Alien Skin Xenofex 2 - Constellation
You can download a demo version at www.alienskin.com

Eye Candy - 4000 - Glass

Mura's Meister - Copies

Tube of Choice
I'm using the lovely artwork of Carolina Seabra. It can be found at http://queen-uriel.deviantart.com.

Font of choice
I used Black Adder II. It can be found at http://simplythebest.com/fonts/fonts/blackadder2.html.

Alright! Let's get started!

Open new canvas - 500 px X 500 px White

Open tube of choice

Create a new layer

Select your elliptical marcee tool and place circle on your new layer about three-forths as big as your canvas (remember to hold you ctrl key after clicking the canvas for a perfect circle)

With your eyedropper tool - pick a complementary color from your tube and flood fill your circle

Duplicate your circle layer 4 times for a total of 5

Starting with copy 1 - resize by 80% using your free trasform tool (Press ctrl + T)

Resize copy 2 by 60%

Resize copy 3 by 40%

Resize copy 4 by 20%

Select layer 1 (your first circle) and apply Eye Candy - Glass filter to it with the following settings



Apply it to the rest of your circle layers

Select your first circle layer again and using your magic wand tool - highlight the middle of the circle - press delete

Repeat with the rest of your circle layers

Should looks something like this


Now copy your tube to your canvas as a new layer - resize as needed (make sure the lock transparency is turned off)

Duplicate your tube - resize by 50%

Make sure you still have the resized copy still selected - Apply Mura's Meister - Copies with the following settings

Select Encircle from the drop down preset menu then apply as followed

Number - 20
Shift X - 50
Shift Y - 50
Rotation - 100
Phase - -22
Cycle - 100
Skale - 100

Move this layer down under your first circle layer

Hide main tube for now

Resize the layer that you just moved so that only the face (or what ever part of the tube you want showing) is peeking through the slit between the first and second circle



Duplicate layer 3 times for a total of 4

Resize copy 1 by 80%

Resize copy 2 by 54.3%

Resize copy 3 by 33%

Combine your circle layers in to one layer by hiding all but those layers and pressing ctrl + shift + E

Do the same with your copies layers

On the copies layer - apply the gaussian blur filter at 0.5

Add a drop shadow to you circle layers
Distant - 3 px
Spread - 0 px
Size - 5 px
Opacity - 75%
Make sure that the box next to anti-alias is checked



Select your circles layer

Using your magic wand tool - select the outside section of your circles

Goto Select/Modify/Contract - 15 px

Press OK

Select inverse

Click on your path's tab and select the "Make work path from selection" button at the bottom


Go back to your layers tab

Select your text tool

Select the path that we created with the text tool

Type your words of choice so that they go all the way around the circle - try to make them as even as possible

Create a new layer

Select your paintbrush tool - brush size - 9 px - hardness - 100%

Place dots between your words or group of words

Duplicate your dots and circle layers 2 times for a total of 3 each



On your circle layers apply Alien Skin Xenofex 2 - Constellation with the following settings (be sure to click the random seed button each time you apply the filter to the other circle layers)


On your dots layers apply noice filter at 60% - make sure to have the box next to monochromatic checked and it's on the gaussian

Unhide your main tube and add a drop shadow of your choice

Add your © information and a tagged by.

Time to Animate!

Transfer everything over to Imageready CS2 by clicking the "Edit in Imageready" button at the bottom of your tool panel or by pressing shift + crtl + M

Make two more frames in the animation window at the bottom of the screen

On the first frame - make sure to have just one dot layer and one circle layer selected

On the second frame - change up the layers that are select

Same for the third frame

Highlight all frames

Right click the 0 sec. and change the speed to 0.1 sec.

Make sure everything is to your liking

Select File/Save optimized as..

Give it a name and location that's easy to find and you're done!

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Copyright Vinishni 2007