Daisy Eye Blend

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This tutorial is intended for a beginner to learn about making a blend.  If you have any questions, please feel free to email me.

To do this tutorial you will also need Photoshop CS or CS2.  You may download a free trial at Adobe.

Remember to save as a .psd file often!

Download Supplies  You may use your own skyline picture, if you wish.  All files will be opened in Photoshop.

1.  Open a new, transparent image, size = 400 x 200 pixels

2.  Open the skyline picture of your choice.  There are a few included in the supply folder, but you may use your own.  Image > Resize.  Set the width to about 500 or 600 pixels (The height will automatically adjust, just make sure that it does NOT get smaller than 200 pixels.)

3.  On the skyline picture:  Select > All   Edit > Copy

4.  Click back on the new image.  Edit > Paste  With the mover tool, move the image around to place it the way you want it.

5.  Layer > New > Layer

6.  Choose the paint bucket tool  (You may have to right-click on the gradient tool)

7.  Set the foreground to a color of your choice.  I chose green.  And then left-click with the paint bucket tool on top of your image.  The new layer will turn green.

8.  In the Layer Palette,  set the layer blend mode to COLOR

9.  Right-click on the top layer and choose Merge Visible.

10.  Open up the DaisyHalf image.  Select > All   Edit > Copy.

11.  Click back on your image.  Edit > Paste.  With the mover tool, move the daisy into position along the left side of the image.

12.  In the Layer Palette, change the layer blend mode to Luminosity

13. Slide the opacity to 70%

14.  Open up the MistedDaisyCluster image.  Image > Resize.  Resize so that the width = 250 pixels.  Select > All.   Edit > Copy.

15.  Click back on your image.  Edit > Paste.

16.  Slide the Opacity of the cluster layer to 30%

17.  Choose the Rectangular Marquee Tool

18.  In the top tool bar, set the style = Fixed Size

19.  Set the Width = 75 px and Height = 200 px

20.  Left-click and HOLD the left mouse button down.  You will see a selection box automatically set to the correct size.  Just drag your mouse over to the right so that the selection box moves into position along the right edge.  Release the mouse button.

21.  Layer > New > Layer

22.  Choose the Gradient tool.  Set it to a gradient that you like.  I chose a gold gradient.  But you could just as well use the black-white gradient.  The color does not matter.  You will be adjusting the color.

23.  With the gradient tool Left-click near the top of the selection and drag down to the bottom.  Release, and the selection box should turn into the gradient color.

24.  Image > Adjustment Layer > Hue/Saturation.   Place a CHECK in the Colorize box.  The bottom color bar then becomes a preview of the color as you slide the sliders around.  Slide around the sliders until you get the color you used to shade your skyline.  It doesn't have to be the exact darkness.

25.   Right-click on this layer and choose Blending Options.  Click on the WORDS  Inner Glow.  Apply these settings:  Blend Mode = Normal, Opacity = 23, Noise = 0, color = white, technique = softer, source = center, choke = 0, size = 38

26.  Layer > New > Layer

27.  Choose the rectangular Marquee Tool

28.  Set the style = Fixed Size.  and set the width = 25 px, and height = 200 px

29.  Left-click and drag the selection box into position, just barely overlapping the edge of the other color bar.

30.  Edit > Fill with Foreground Color (same shade as before)

31.  Right-click on the layer and choose Blending Options.  Click on the WORDS  Outer Glow, and apply these settings:  Blend Mode = Normal, Opacity = 50%, noise = 0, color = black, technique = softer, spread = 0, size = 2

32.  Layer > New > Layer.

33.  Open the SkylineTrim image.  Select > All  Edit > Copy.

34.  Click back on your image.  Edit > Paste

35.  In the Layer Palette, set the Layer Blend Mode to Soft Light

36.  Open up the eye image.  In the Layer Palette, click on the eye layer.  Image > Resize and resize to width = 150 pixels.  Select > All   Edit > Copy

37.   Click back on your image.  Edit > Paste.  With the mover tool, move the eye into position on the left side.

38.  In the Layer Palette, set the Layer Blend Mode = Luminosity, and the Opacity = 30%

39.  Right-click on the top layer and choose Flatten Image

40.  Image > Canvas Size.  Add 4 pixels to the width and height and enter these numbers as the new size.  At the bottom set the Canvas extension color = Foreground (same shade as before)

41.  Choose the Horizontal Type tool.  Set the font to font of your choice, color of your choice, and about size = 36 pixels

42.  Type your name.

43.  Edit > Transform > Rotate 90 degrees CCW

44.  With the mover tool, move your text over the side bar.

45.  Now save the graphic as a JPEG.  File > Save As.

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