Smell the Flowers

 

Material HERE

Outside Plugins Used
VP Painter

The background was made from an idea by
Lin Youngblood's Tutorial
If you like her full tut with more great effects,
you can download it HERE as a PDF File
Thanks Lin for sharing it!

Open your material

1. New Image 1024x750
Select All

2. Open the Background Image-Copy
Back to Image-Paste into Selection
Select None

3. Duplicate
Image-Mirror-Mirror Vertical
Set this layer to Hard Light-Opacity 50
Merge Down

4. Effects-Virtual Painter

5. I didn't like that blob on the top
So with the Clone Brush
Left Click next to it, then Right Click over the blob

6. Open the Flower Lady-Copy
Back to Image-Paste as New Layer
Resize 130%
Move her to the right

7. Adjust-Brightess/Contrast-Fill Light/Clarity

8. I did a Drop Shadow first, but found I liked it better without

9. Open the White Birds-Copy
Back to Image-Paste as New Layer
Resize 75%
Move them to the left
Duplicate
Set this layer to 'Multiply'-Opacity 40
Merge Down

10. Open the Callitubes Flowers-Copy
Back to Image-Paste as New Layer
Resize 45%

11. Move it to the Top Left
Press the K on the keyboard
Turn it a bit up
Press M on the keyboard

12. Set your Foreground to #313629
Background to #faf1e8
Image-Add Borders 5-Foreground
Image-Add Borders 50-Background

Add your Watermark and Save as JPG








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