Instructions to complete the Snow Bell

(If you're coming from finishing the Clear Glass Bell Skip #1)

1. Go to Windows / Duplicate and Save this new image as SnowBell and minimize or close your other Bell image until later to make a Clear Glass Bell with.

2. Hide your drop shadow bell layer, all handle layers and your black bottom layer, and merge all visible, rename this merged layer Bell, go to Selections / select all / float / defloat, we're going to clean up the jaggies a bit. Selections / Modify / Contract by 1 / Selections / Modify / Feather 2. Selection / Invert and hit your delete key 3 or 4 times, then deselect and Zoom in close to check on the jaggies especially along the bottom edge. Unhide the bottom black layer and zoom in.

You maybe find they need a bit of softening to blend them away and make a smooth edge..Use your Retouch Tool for this.

 

 

Work lightly or your area will become over worked and look bad.

 

 

3. Now let's do the same thing to the handle............ hide all layers except the handle layers and merge them all visible. Selections / select all / float / defloat same as above.You shouldn't need much if any retouch on the handle layer. At this point you can add a new layer for a hanger if you'd like to make a hanging bell, I used the Rope tube supplied by Jasc to make one on some of my bells.

	The rope colorizes well too!

 

Apply these after you have merged all visible, with your black layer hidden. Use the layers to your advantage! I duplicated my Bell layer and then hid one, merged a bell with a long handle, then hid it, unhid the other bell and merged it to a rope hanger and Viola! 2 bells, one palette, copy paste either one as a new image and tube or save.

4. That's it, your finished all except for some perspective shadow! To show you another way of adding a perspective shadow without using Eye Candy all you have to do is duplicate your merged visible layer, on the bottom duplicate click it active and go to Colors / Adjust/ Brightness-Contrast and apply this setting:

This turns your image solid black to use as a shadow, click on your Deformation tool and while holding down shift, move your corners to move the shadow askew something like this:

Neat huh?! Then just lower your Opacity on the shadow layer to the desired shade for your shadow!

 

 

Click here to make a Clear Glass Bell

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