Tutorial Challenge: Transmission by Angie (Forum Style, Animated) - Treehouse Treasures

Transmission

I loved the simplicity of this forum-style tutorial; I found it fairly quick and easy to do. The tutorial uses MuRa's Meister Copies and Visman Extravaganza Transmission.

For my duplicate Copies layer I lowered the Opacity to 50 (instead of 60).

Instead of using Sharpen More I used Effects/Edge Effects/Enhance. I liked the sharper edge that I get with Enhance.

I added a slight drop shadow (2,2,25,2,black) to my tube before merging the three layers together. The drop shadow that I added to my merged diamond layer is 3,3,50,15,black.

To create my frame I made the background layer active, selected all, promoted the selection to a layer, sent the layer to the top of the palette, contracted the selection by 4, deleted the selection, selected none, and then flipped the image.

For my text I used Dev Gothic, color #6A6C6C, blend mode set to Multiply. To create the text highlight I selected the text, made the background layer active; promoted the selection to layer, moved the layer above the text layer, offset the layer (horizontal:-2, vertical: 2) using my Move Tool, deleted the selection, selected none, then changed the blend mode to Screen. I did the same for the text lowlight but I changed the offset to H:2/V:-2, changed the blend mode to Exclusion, and then lowered the Opacity to 20. I moved this layer below the text in the layer palette.

I used Pixelette for the image credit, color #404040, blend mode set to Burn.

I set the timing of the frames to 25 rather than 20.

I had fun with this tut. It was easy to do. The hardest part for me was finding an image and deciding on a font!

The fonts I used are Peake-Squat for my name and Victors Pixel Font for the credits.
I used the same drop shadow throughout: H. and V. 2, 40 opacity, and 3 for the blur. All drop shadows were black except I used white for the drop shadow on my name.

For the border I highlighted the background layer and selected all, select, modify and contract by 4. Then I inverted the selection and pasted as a new layer and moved to the top, then flipped the frame. Then changed the blend mode of the frame to screen.

I can't wait to see more results.

I know what you mean, Judy. I looked for a long time

before deciding on the image of my first tag.

I love

the tube you chose and I really wanted to go monochrome for my tag too but I had already done a monochrome tag recently, so I opted for something with more color. It's only one color

, but it makes a punch. Thanks for giving this tutorial a play; I enjoyed seeing your results and reading the notes about your tag!

I made this tag for a challenge that required five items and one of the items was a heart, so I chose to make this tag using a heart shape.

My frame is 5 pixels of the background layer set to Hard Light atop another frame layer with a pink color (pink was also one of the items from the challenge).

For my text I used Alex Brush. For the image credit I used the same font and color as the text with the blend mode set to Screen.

The rest of the steps were the same as my first tag.

Wow timber I love your tag! I never thought to use a different shape for the frame. I might have to try this one again.

I like the font you chose also.

Here is another one I played with. The frame on this one is just plain.

It does have more color though! The font for my name is Tempus Sans ITC.

Ohhh, I love

the colors of that tag, Judy. The tag is so rich and warm.
And I'm a big fan of Sandra Charlet! The eyes are beautiful.

I don't recognize that tube. Would you mind uploading it to the group's Files and Documents? You can upload a file in .png or .pspimage.

Also... I added a Sandra Charlet Tag Gallery, and it would be awesome if you added this tag and any other Sandra Charlet tags to the gallery.

Thanks for playing again!

I always enjoy

seeing your results.