Tutorial #2

I promised you a new tutorial, so here it comes! =D This is kinda a long tutorial, but it's not hard to do, and it only takes 10-30 minutes. I had to make some of the pictures smaller so blogspot couldn't freak out, lol...

But when you're done the result looks really beautiful :D

Send me your attempts. I'd love to see them!

How to make this:

1. Click on 'File'>'New' and the size should be 317x332.

2. Open a picture you want above the other picture (that we'll place later). Click on
'File'>'Place' and choose the picture you decided. Make it fit. I choose to do a graphic with Quinn, Brittany and Santana from Glee.

3. Do the same thing with the other picture you've chosen, but place it underneath the first picture

4. Use THIS action. Then, go to 'Layers' and delete all of them, except for the one that's named 'CURVES 1'.

5. Go to Layer>New Adjustments Layer>Brightness/Contrast and put this:
Brightness: -1
Contrast: 32

6. Save the picture as which format you want. Remember you're not done with this yet!

7.Open up the picture you just saved. Go to Layer>New Fill Layer>Solid Color. Put the mode to Exclusion with the opacity 100%. Then when a pop-up comes up when you're gonna choose colors, put this: #071B73.
Copy the background image 'Background' (CTRL+J) and put it above the layer that's called 'COLOR FILL 1'.

8. The layer you just moved are you gonna make black and white (CTRL+SHIFT+U)

and then put the layer to Soft Light

Go then to Layer>New Fill Layer>Solid Color. Put the mode to Multiply with the opacity 29%. Then when a pop-up comes when you're gonna choose colors, put this: #FDE7AB


9. Now you're done with the coloring! Then save the graphic as which format you want. Remember, we're still not done with this yet.

10. Open the image you just saved. Now, we're gonna add a text. You can add the text you want, but I'm gonna write the text 'say a little prayer'. Click on the 'T' and then write what you want. Place the text in the middle of the graphic. Remember write white text if you have pictures that's colorful, black etc. If you have pictures that's white, use black text.
I used the font 'JaneAusten' (it's on dafont.com if you want it) and my picture is colorful, so I'm using white color on the text. You can deside yourself what size you want on the text, I decided to choose the size 36pt. When you're done so far, it should look like this:


11. Now, we're gonna make the text look better. Go to Layers and put the blend mode to 'Overlay'.


12. Now, the text is not easy to read, so we're gonna make it appear more. Go to Layers and then click on 'fx' and then click on 'Blending Options'

13. Check 'Drop Shadow' and 'Inner Glow'. If you want, you can check more and see how it turns out yourself! When you're done, click 'OK'! Now you're gonna save the picture! DONE! =D