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 3
Background color : Color 2
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Open the alpha channel : 555_KaD_Alfakanaal
Window – Duplicate
Minimize the original – we continue on the copy
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Layers – New Raster layer (Raster 2)
Select all
Activate and copy : KaD__AIGenerated_ArtFace
Edit – Paste into selection
Select none
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Adjust – Blur – Radial blur – see PS
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Adjust – Blur – Gaussian : 25
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Layers – New Mask layer – From image “lbdm-masque-222” – see PS
Layers – Duplicate
Layers – Merge – Merge group (Group - Raster 2)
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Layers – Duplicate (Copy of Group - Raster 2)
Image – Free rotate: Right – 90
Objects – Align – Left
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Selections – Load/Save Selection – Load Selection From Alpha Channel – Selectie 1 – see PS
Press Delete on the keyboard
Select none
Effects – Image effects – Seamless Tiling – see PS
Image – Mirror
Adjust – sharpness – Sharpen more
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Layers – New Raster layer (Raster 2)
Selections – Load/Save Selection – Load Selection From Alpha Channel – Selectie 2 – see PS
Fill with Foreground color
Selections – Modify – Contract : 7
Fill with Background color
Selections – Modify – Contract : 2
Fill with Foreground color
Selections – Modify – Contract : 5
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Layers – New Raster layer (Raster 3)
Activate and copy : KaD__AIGenerated_ArtFace
Edit – Paste into selection
Adjust – sharpness – Sharpen
Plugins – Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 – Impact – Glass :
Chose the preset on the left “555_KaD_Glass” or enter it manually
Select none
Layers – Arrange – Move down
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Activate top layer (Raster2)
Layers – Merge – Merge down (Raster 3)
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Layers – Duplicate
Image – Resize : 80%, All layers not checked
Press K – Pos X : 44 – Pos Y : 395 – Press M UITLEG
Layers – Merge – Merge down
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Layers – Duplicate
Effecten – Toadies – What are You? – 20 – 20
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Effects – Edge effects – Enhance more
Layers – Duplicate (Copy of Raster 3)
Change Blend mode to Screen
Layers – Merge – Merge down
Layers – Arrange – Move Down
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Activate top layer (Raster 3)
Change Foreground color to Color 1
Layers – New Raster layer (Raster 2)
Selections – Load/Save Selection – Load Selection From Alpha Channel – Selectie 3 – see PS
Fill selection with Background color
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Selections – Modify – Contract : 1
Fill selection with Foreground color
Plugins – Tramages – Pool shadow – Default
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Plugins – Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 – Impact – Glass : Clear
Select none
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Effects – 3D-effects – Drop shadow : V&H 0 – 60 – 25 – Color black
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Activate and copy : 555_KaD_ArtFace
Edit – Past as a new layer (Raster 4)
Image – Resize : 55%, All layers not checked
Layers – Load/save Mask – Load Mask from disc– 20-20 – see PS
Layers – Duplicate
Layers – Merge – Merge group (Group - Raster 4)
Change Blend mode to Soft Light
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Activate and copy : 555_KaD_Element1
Edit – Past as a new layer
You can color with “color changer”
Press K – Pos X : 256 – Pos Y : 18 – Press M
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Activate “Group Raster 2” – see PS
Layers – New Raster layer
Fill with Color 5
Layers – New Mask layer – From image “Narah_Mask_0980” – see PS
Image – Mirror
Layers – Duplicate
Layers – Merge – Merge group (Group - Raster 5)
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Foreground color to Color 1 – Background color to Color 6
Change Foreground color to Gradient – see PS
Activate top layer (Raster 4)
Layers – New Raster layer (Raster 5)
Selections – Load/Save Selection – Load Selection From Alpha Channel – Selectie 4 – see PS
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Fill selection with gradient
Selections – Modify – Contract : 3
Press Delete on the keyboard
Selections – Modify – Contract : 10
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Fill selection with gradient
Selections – Modify – Contract : 3
Press Delete on the keyboard
Selections – Modify – Contract : 10
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Fill selection with gradient
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Adjust – Blur – Gaussian blur : 5
Plugins – Tramages – Poolshadow – same values
Select none
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Layers – Duplicate
Press K – Pos X : 482 – Pos Y : 383
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Layers – Duplicate
Press K – Pos X : 705 – Pos Y : 449 – Press M
Layers – Merge – Merge down 2x
Change Blend mode to Screen
Effects – Edge effects – Enhance
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Activate and copy : 555_KaD_Element2
Edit – Past as a new layer
You can color with “color changer”
Press K – Pos X : 512 – Pos Y : 320 – Press M
Layers – Merge – Merge down (Raster 5)
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Activate and copy : 555_KaD_Element3
Edit – Past as a new layer
You can color with “color changer”
Press K – Pos X : 578 – Pos Y : 31 – Press M
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Layers – Duplicate
Image – Free rotate: Right – 90
Image – Resize : 70%, All layers not checked
Press K – Pos X : 89 – Pos Y : 285 – Press M
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Layers – Duplicate
Image – Free rotate: Right – 90
Image – Flip
Press K – Pos X : 631 – Pos Y : 413 – Press M
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Layers – Merge – Merge down 2x
Result
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Image – Add borders : 1 pix color 6
Edit – Copy
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Image – Add borders :
1 pix color 6
1 pix color 3
1 pix color 6
Select all
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Image – Add borders : 35 pix color 5
Selection – Invert
Edit – Paste into selection
Plugins – Graphics Plus – Quick Tile II – Default
Adjust – Blur – Gaussian Blur : 20
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Plugins – AAA Frames – Foto Frame – see PS
Select none
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Change background color to Color 3
Select the white border with the magic wand – see PS
Fill selection with background color
Select none
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Activate and copy : 555_KaD_Element4
Edit – Past as a new layer
You can color with “color changer”
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
05/04/2026
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