THE TUTORIAL
When working with your own colors, play with the Blend Mode and/or Opacity at your own discretion
From now on I use the terms "MIRROR" and "FLIP" again.
Mirror: Mirror horizontal - Flip: Mirror vertical
Let’s get started.
Remember to save your work often
Some print screens have other colors than the original.
Colors :
Foreground color : Color 1
Background color : Color 2
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Open the alpha channel : 554_KaD_Alfakanaal
Window – Duplicate
Minimize the original – we continue on the copy
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Effecten – Mehdi – Wavy Lab 1.1 – see PS

Adjust – Blur – Gaussian blur : 10
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Layers – New Raster layer
Select all
Activate and copy : KaD_AI-Generated-WomanFace77
Edit – Paste into selection
Select none
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Effects – Image effects – Seamless Tiling – Default but Transition on 100
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Adjust – Blur – Radial blur – see PS

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Layers – Duplicate (Copy of Raster 2)
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Select the layer directly below it (Raster 2)
Layers – Merge – Merge down (Raster 1)
Activate the top layer (Copy of Raster 2)
Adjust – Blur – Gaussian blur : 10
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Layers – New Mask layer – From image “Narah_mask_0808” – see PS

Layers – Merge – Merge group (Group - Copy of Raster 2)
Effects – Edge effects – Enhance more
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Effects – 3D-effects – Drop shadow : V&H 5 – 50 – 5 – Color black
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Effects – Image effects – Seamless Tiling – Same values
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Change foreground to Color 5 and Background to Color 1
Selections – Load/Save Selection – Load Selection From Alpha Channel – Selectie 1 – see PS

Layers – New Raster Layer
Fill selection with background color
Selection – Modify – Contract : 1
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Fill selection with foreground color
Selection – Modify – Contract : 15
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Fill selection with background color
Selection – Modify – Contract : 1
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Fill selection with foreground color
Selection – Modify – Contract : 7
Press Delete op the keyboard
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Activate Raster 1
Selections – Promote selection to layer (Promoted selection)
Layers – Arrange – Bring to top
Plugins – Tramages – Pool shadow – see PS

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Activate and copy : KaD_AI-Generated-WomanFace77
Edit – Paste as a new layer
Image – Resize: 25%, all layers NOT checked
Move into the selection
Selection – Invert
Press Delete on the keyboard
Select none
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Effects – 3D-effects – Drop shadow : V -5 & H 5 – 50 – 5 – Color black
Adjust – Sharpness – Sharpen
Layers – Merge – Merge down (Promoted selection)
Layers – Arrange – Move down
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Activate top layer (Raster 2)
Layers – Merge – Merge down
Layers – Duplicate
Plugins – Toadies – What are you : 20-20
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Effects – Edge effects – Enhance more
Layers – Arrange – Move down
Layers – Duplicate
Layers – Merge – Merge down
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Activate top layer (Promoted selection)
Effects – 3D-effects – Drop shadow : V&H 0 – 60 – 25 – Color black
Layers – Merge – Merge down (Copy of Promoted selection)
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Layers – Duplicate
Image – Resize : 70%, all layers NOT checked
Press K – Pos X : 670 – Pos Y : 302 – Press M UITLEG
Layers – Merge – Merge down (Copy of Promoted Selection
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Layers – New Raster Layer
Fill with foreground Color
Layers – New Mask layer – From image “Narah_Mask_1413” – see PS

Layers – Merge – Merge group (Group - Raster 2)
Layers – Arrange – Move down
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Activate and copy : KaD_AI-Generated-WomanFace77
Edit – Paste as a new layer (Raster 2)
Image – Resize : 60%, all layers NOT checked
Press K – Pos X : 302 – Pos Y : 2 – Press M
Change Blend mode to Soft Light and Layer opacity to 75
Effects – Edge effects –Enhance
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Activate Raster 1
Layers – New Raster Layer
Fill with foreground Color
Layers – New Mask layer – From image “Narah_mask_0715” – see PS
Attention : Invert Mask data !

Layers – Merge – Merge group (Group – Raster 3)
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Plugins – AP 01 [Innovations] – Lines – Silverlinging – Dotty Grid – see PS

Change Blend mode to Overlay
Result


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Activate the top layer (Copy of Promoted selection)
Activate and copy : 554_KaD_Deco1
Edit – Paste as a new layer (Raster 3)
Press K – Pos X : 205 – Pos Y : 27 – Press M
Effects – 3D-effects – Drop shadow : V 5 – H -5 – 50 – 5 – Color zwart
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Activate and copy : 554_KaD_Deco2
Edit – Paste as a new layer (Raster 4)
Press K – Pos X : 585 – Pos Y : 197 – Press M
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Layers – Duplicate
Image – Resize: 65%, all layers NOT checked
Press K – Pos X : 21 – Pos Y : 533 – Press M
Layers – Merge – Merge down
Effects – 3D-effects – Drop shadow : V 5 – H -5 – 50 – 5 – Color zwart
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Activate and copy : 554_KaD_Deco3
Edit – Paste as a new layer (Raster 5)
Press K – Pos X : 22 – Pos Y : 175 – Press M
Effects – 3D-effects – Drop shadow : V -5 – H 5 – 50 – 5 – Color zwart
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Activate and copy : 554_KaD_Deco4
Edit – Paste as a new layer (Raster6)
Press K – Pos X : 9 – Pos Y : 25 – Press M
Effects – 3D-effects – Drop shadow : V 5 – H -5 – 50 – 5 – Color zwart
Result

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Image – Add borders :
1 pix Color 1
3 pix Color 3
1 pix Color 1
Select all
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Image – Add borders : 35 pix Color 4
Effects – Image effects – Seamless Tiling – Default
Selection – Invert
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Adjust – Blur – Radial blur – Same values
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Plugins - °v° kiwi’s Oelfilter – Zig Zag – Default (2-2, 128-128)
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Plugins – AAA Frames – Foto Frame – see PS

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Selection – Invert
Effects – 3D-effects – Drop shadow : V&H 0 – 60 – 25 – Color black
Select none
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Activate and copy : 554_KaD_Deco5
Edit – Paste as a new layer
Don’t move
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Add your name or watermark,
Add my watermark to your creation HERE
If you use my AI-made tubes, please also add this watermark from me: “AIGeneratedAndTubedByKaD”
Thanks !
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Image – Add Borders : 1 pix color 6
Image – Resize – Width 900 Pixels - Resize all Layers checked
Adjust – Sharpness – Unsharp Mask : 2 – 30 – 2 – no check marks
Save as JPG file and you're done!
I hope you enjoyed this tutorial
Karin
30/03/2026
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