Top Azul Paradisiaco

This tut was written in PSPX
You can find the original tut  here
 

Material  here
Save the selection in the selectionfolder
Save the mask in a folder your choice

Two tubes your choice
Ik took a tube by Luz Cristina (landscape) and a tube by Thafs (woman)

Plugins
FM Tile Tools  here
Mura's Meister - Copies  here
Flaming Pear - Flood  here
Color Efex Pro  here

Do you join me to visit the paradise?

Neem het vlindertje mee tijdens deze psp vlucht

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Open a new transparent image  1000 x 600
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Pick from your tube a dark color as forgroundcolor and a bright color as backgroundcolor
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Flood fill your image with this gradient

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Effects - gemotric effects - perspective horizontal

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Effects - distertion effects - wave

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Effects - distortion effects - warp ( 3 times!)

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With your magic wand (toleranz at 30) select this part on your image

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Hit the deletebutton
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Selections - modify - expand  2 pixel
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Layers - new raster layer
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Layers - arrange - move down
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Floodfill the selection with this sunburst gradient

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Effects - texture effects - tiles (hexagon)

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Change the blendmode to overlay or your choice
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Layers - new raster layer
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Copy your misted landscape tube and paste into selection
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If your tube is too vage duplicate the layer 1 or 2 times and merge these layers down
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Effects - defined filters- high pass
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Layers - new raster layer
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Floodfill your layer with the sunburst gradient
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Turn back the opacity to 70% and the blendmode to hard light or your choice
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Selections - select none
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Image - canvas size
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Activate the top layer
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Effects - 3D effects - drop shadow

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Repeat with V -10 and H -25
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Effects - plugins - FM Tile Tools - Saturation Emboss - unckeck edge wrap
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Layers - new raster layer
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Layers - arrange - send to bottom
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Floodfill your layer with the sunburst gradient
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Layers - new raster layer
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Selections - select all
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Copy your misted landschape tube and paste into selection
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Selections - select none
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Effects - image effects - seamless tiling

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Turn back the opacity to 85% and the blendmode that fits to your landscape
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Layers - merge - merge down
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Image - canvas size

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Effects - plugins - Flaming Pear - Flood - the setting of the horizon depends on your landscape

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Effects - plugins - Nik Software - Color Efex Pro - settings matching to your landscape

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Layers - new mask layer - from image

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Layers - duplicate
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Layers - merge - merge group
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Image - canvas size

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Layers - new raster layer
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Layers - arrange - send to bottom
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Floodfill the layer with a color matching to your image
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Layers - new raster layer
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Layers - arrange - bring to top
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Selections - load/save selection - load selection from disk "@nn_002_jenny"

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Floodfill the selection with this gradient

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Selections - select none
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Effects - plugins - Mura's Meister - Copies

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Image - mirror
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Effects - image effects - offset

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Layers - duplicate
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Layers - arrange - move down
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Effects - distortion effects - wind

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Change the blendmode to multiply or your choice
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Activate the top layer
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Change the blendmode to soft light or your choice
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Layers - new raster layer
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Floodfill the layer with your gradient
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Deformationtool (D) and push the layer from the top down till  780 pixel

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Effects - 3D effects - drop shadow

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Effects - plugins - FM Tile Tools - Saturation Emboss - unckeck edge wrap
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Copy your main tube and paste as a new layer on your image
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Drop  a soft shadow your choice
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Layers - merge - merge all
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Add your watermark
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Save as jpg