Use the little arrow to mark your line
Click it and drag it wherever you like

01. Choose two colors from your tube and make a gradient: Linear / Angle: 0 / Repeats: 1
(you can also use a gradient you have in your gradients folder)

02. Open a new 1024X550px image and paint it with the gradient

03. Effects / Geometric Effects / Perspective - Horizontal:
50 / Transparent

04. Duplicate
Image Mirror

Blend Mode: Darken

Merge Down

05. Effects / Geometric Effects / Perspective - Vertical:
80 / Wrap

06. Image Flip

07. Selections / Load/Save Selection / Load Selection From Disk:

top_4hands_silterencio

08. Press Delete 2 times
Select None

9. With the Deform Tool raise the figure to the top with height at 200.

10. Effects > Texture Effects > Blinds

11. User Defined Filter > Emboss_3

12. Drop Shadow > 10/10/50/5,00

13. Drop Shadow > -2/-2/50/5,00

14. New Layer > Fill with Linear gradient / Angle: 0 / Repeats: 1 > Invert checked.

15. Effects > Texture Effects > Straw Wall

16. Plugin MuRa's Meister > Perspective Tiling > 67/63/0/15/0/0/100/255

17. User Defined Filter > Emboss_3

18. Effects > Drop Shadow > -2/-2/50/5,00

19. New layer > Arrange > Send to Bottom > fill with a solid color.

20. New Layer > Select All > Paste Into Selection of the chosen Misted,

positioning it to your liking.

21. Adjust > Brightness and Contrast > Brightness/Contrast > -10/0

22. Layers > Merge Down

23. Apply the Main Tube > Drop Shadow to your liking.

24. Layers > Merge > Merge Visible

25. Image > Add Borders > 3 pxs #000000

26. Sign it, save as JPG.

**Tutorial created by Edith Spigai and Silvia Terêncio **

SP/28-02-2012

Re-edited on 19/07/2016

Altering, fully or partially copying, or publishing on Sites or Blogs is prohibited,

except with the prior authorization of the authors.

Credits:

Tube: By Tony Chavarria_TOCHA

Misted: LB Tubes

Tutorial: Silvia Terencio and EdithSpigai

Art and Formatting: EdithSpigai