Dreamcather Net

1. Click file=> new. Open an image that is 20 by 20 pixels 72 transparent

2. Use your magnifying glass to magnify to 600%

3. Select your line tool set to 1 pixel width.

4. Hit your d key. Use your line shape tool to draw a line connecting the upper left to the lower right and another from upper right to lower left. Click Layer=> Merge visible.

5. Click Edit=> Define pattern. Call the pattern "Diamonds 20"

6. Click File=> new. Set the new image to 400 wide by 400 wide, RGB 72, white.

7. Insert a new layer by clicking layer=> new layer. Call the layer net.

8. Click edit=> fill (shift backspace) and set the fill to pattern. Select pattern as Diamonds 20. Set the pattern to 100%, with preserve transparency not checked.

9. Click Filter=> Distort=> Polar coordinates. Set from rectangular to polar.

10. Select your elliptical marquee tool. Start your selection at the upper left corner of the image and drag it down to the lower right corner of your canvas.

11. Hit your add layer mask from select button on the bottom of the layers panel.

12. Insert a new layer called rim. Right click on the mask on the Net layer and set selection to mask

13. Click back on your Rim layer and then click edit=>stroke. Set the stroke to

• 10 pixels
• black
• inside
• normal
• 100%
• preserve transparency unchecked.

14. Enlarge your canvas by clicking image=> canvas size. Set the canvas to 500pixel by 500 pixel. Set the orientation anchor to center.

15. Right click on your rim layer and select blending options. Check the following:

• Drop Shadow
• Bevel and emboss
• Gradient
• Pattern overlay.

16. Click on the gradient option.
     Set the gradient to

• multiply
• opacity 35%

17. Click on the pattern overlay. Set the pattern to wood.

18. Right click on the net layer and select blending options. Click the following:

• Bevel and emboss
• Gradient