Mary Anne,
Intaglio’s not easy. It’s like going into a workshop and seeing a big box of strange tools, but like everything else, with practice, it becomes easier (I’m constantly learning).
The procedure in the new attachment will be easier to follow if you have the Color, Gradient and Solid Color palettes open on the desktop.
http://postimg.org/image/bqycs84dp/
Blends
It can be difficult to remember which blend does what. The best way is to experiment, for example:
Draw a box over an image, give it a mid grey Fill (e.g. Nickel) and choose a blend mode.
In the Color palette, drag the slider up and down (to access the slider, click the Color Wheel icon in the top, left-hand corner). Some amazing effects can be created by changing the blend and/or the colour.
Steps 8 and 9 in the attachment are an example of this trial and error approach.
Layers
In projects such as this with multiple badge images, layers will be invaluable.
Also, if you want to see the effect of the combination of several different blend modes, it’s a good idea to assign each blend its own layer. The same goes for filters.
By all means come back if you get stuck.
Ian
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