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With your merged image highlighted
in the layer palette, click on Adjust> Hue and
Saturation> Colorize. Hue 25,
Saturation 35.
Duplicate your
Merged Layer by right-clicking in the layer palette
and clicking on Duplicate in the popup menu..
Highlight your new Copy layer in the layer palette.
Adjust>Blur> Gaussian Blur. Radius
3.
Change the Blend Mode
of the blurred copy layer in the layer palette to
Overlay.
Lower the Opacity of the
original Merged Layer to 56%.
Your banner should now have a
smoother softer look.
This next step is optional:
Add a new Raster layer. Change your
foreground color to #D2BBA0. Using your favorite
custom brushes, add just a few clicks around the edge
of your banner. Lower the opacity of this layer a
little to blend it. I lowered mine to 74%.
We are almost done. We need an
edge of some kind. You could add a picture frame or a
mask, but I chose to add a border. So click on Image>
Add Borders. Check Symmetric and
type a 5 in one of the boxes. Right Click on the
Color Box and change the color to #452323. Click OK.
Using your Magic Wand
tool, with the Tolerance set to 0, click on
your border to select it. Effects> EyeCandy 3.1>
Jiggle Use these settings.
Deselect. Your
edge will look like this.
Click on your text tool, select a
font (I used Chase Callas, 36 pt.). Change the
background color to White if you want a light look or
#452323 if you want a darker look. Foreground color
is Null. Type your text and click
OK. Change the Blend Mode on the text layer to
Soft Light.
Merge> Merge All
(Flatten)
Save as a jpg. or
copy and paste in Animation Shop and save as a gif.
Hope you enjoyed this tutorial! If
you have any questions, feel free to ask in the
Classroom Thread.
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