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Save this file as ufo and minimize it. Open the wd-musicmask.gif. Open a new white image, click the Active image radio button on the box that opens.


PI will create a new image with the same dimensions as the mask. Minimize the mask. Rc.: Import Selection. Rc.: Invert. Rc.: Convert to object and fill it with the goldfill image from the download. Keep selected. Rc.: Shadow with these settings:


Rc.: Duplicate. Rc.: Select All Objects. Rc.: Merge as a Single Object. Rc.: Copy. Close this file and the mask and maximize your image with the background and painting. Rc.: Paste. Rc.: Align - Center Horizontally. Rename this layer: music and deselect.Your image should look similar to this:




Minimize this image. Open a new white canvas of 450 x 100 pixels. Change to the Path Drawing Tool. Shape - Custom Shape - S23 (the piano keyboard). Color: Black. Mode: 2D. With your Shift Key pressed, draw a shape of about 100 x 76 pixels. Rename this layer keyboard 1.(Note: If you can't draw to a specific size, use the Rc.: Properties - Position & Size tab to create the shape with the above size). Rc.: Align - Center Vertically. Rc.: Align: Left. Deselect. Change to your Magic Wand Tool:


Click inside each of the 7 white areas like so, don't select outside the keys:


Keep selected. Rc.: Expand/Shrink - Expand the selection with 2 pixels. Convert to Object. Menu bar: Web - Button Designer - Any Shape. Set the Bevel Size to 2. Deselect. In your Layer Manager select your top layer. Repeat the Button Designer. This time set the Bevel Size to 3.


Rc.: Select All Objects. Rc.: Merge as a Single Object. Duplicate this shape 2 times for a total of 3. Rc.: Select All Objects. Rc.: Align - Space Evenly. Please use these settings:


Keep selected. Rc.: Group. Rc.: Copy. Minimize this file and maximize your main image again. Rc.: Paste. Position it below the rose and Rc.: Align - Center Horizontally. Rename this layer: keyboard and deselect. My Layer Manager looks like this at this point:


Select the keyboard layer: Increase the Transparency of this layer to 12. Deselect.
Select the music layer: Increase the Transparency of this layer to 6. Keep selected. Select All Objects. Merge as a Single Object. Align: Center Vertically and Deselect.

Change to your Text tool. With a fancy font of your choice, (I am using JuliusCondensed , size: 32 color: white Aligned to the Center and the Outline Style) and hitting a Return after every letter


type a text of your choice and with a smaller font size add your name or watermark. Fill all your text objects with gold. I resized my text object so it would reflect the height of my main image and aligned Vertically. Shadow: Color: Black. First icon. 1-1 50-100-0. Deselect.


I finished my image with a simple frame. Rc.: All. Rc.: Border - Inwards 6 pixels. Convert to Object. Arrange: Bring to Front. Menu bar: Web - Button Designer - Any Shape - Bevel size: 2. Merge All. Menu bar: Photo - Focus - Options - Auto-adjust.
Optimize and save your work as a jpg.


That is all, I hope you have enjoyed this tutorial as much as I liked writing it for you.

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