Autumn Leaf


This tutorial was written
by Sarah Fiack on
November 7th, 2013
Any resemblance to another
tutorial is purely coincidental.
I am using a tube by Karen Koski.
This tube is available at
MTA.

I am also using a PTU
photograph by Darin Redding
which is also available at MTA.

FTU Font by Jeri Ingalls Designs
Here
Dingbat Font JL Nature Bats
Mask by Trese
Tresemask0024.
Here

Plugin
Mura's Meister Copies

Open a 700x700 new image

Select your font tool.
On your materials palette,
X out the stroke palette.
Select black for the fill palette.

Now select the dingbat font
and an apporpiate size.
Make sure stroke is set to 0.0.
Type out the letter A on your keyboard
to get the leaf shape.
If needed, drag out to enlarge the shape
to desired size.

Convert the shape to raster.
Click inside the shape with your magic wand
tool. Selections modify -expand by 1.

Paste your photograph of choice
as a new layer. Position as wanted to
appear in the leaf shape.
Selections invert & press delete.
Keep Selected for now.

Now copy & paste your tube as a new layer.
Position above the photograph shape layers
as wanted. Duplicate once.
X out the duplicate for the moment.

Press delete on the original tube layer.
This should leave tube in the shape but remove
all parts of the tube which appeared outside of
the shape.
Select none.

Okay hide the original tube layer, and unhide
the tube copy layer.Lower the opacity on
the copy tube so that you can see the shape
below it some.

You want to select your eraser
tool.Erase the parts of the tube copy
which show past the bottom half shape. Be
sure to leave the parts which you do want
to show. I erased the lower parts and have
my tube to appear to be coming out of
the shape.

Put the opacity back to 100 for the
tube copy layer.
Unhide the original tube layer.
Add a drop shadow to the layer.
2,2,50,5 black.

Duplicate the leaf shape photo
layer once. On the original layer,
Apply the plugin Mura's Meister
Copies - Wallpaper (roate)
default settings.

Apply the mask to the wallpaper layer.
Tresemask0024.
Merge group.
Resize 88%.

Merge layers visible.
Crop to desired size.
Add artist copyright information
& name.
Save as png.
Thanks for trying my tutorial.