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Open the Layers Gallery again.

Make all but Background bitmap layer invisible and non-editable.

Select the bitmap and copy (Ctrl c)

Create a new layer and name it Refraction.

Paste the bitmap via Ctrl Shift v

Make all but the Complete shape layer invisible and non-editable.

Select the complete glass shape and copy (Ctrl c)

Return to Refraction layer, with no other layers visible or editable, and Ctrl Shift v

Your image should look like this.

Now select both the bitmap and the glass shape and Arrange > Combine Shapes > Intersect Shapes. (Ctrl 3)

You should be left with the shape left.

Now, in the Layers Gallery, drag this layer to just above the Background bitmap and Shadow layers.

Make all layers except Layer 1 and Complete shape visible but non-editable.

Now with the shape within the Refraction layer still selected, select the Fill Tool.

With the centre fill handle selected (highlighted red), move the fill up and left to create an illusion of the refraction.

That's the project almost complete. One final thing remains. Grab that damned empty glass, go to the freezer and add ice cubes, return to the drinks cabinet, grab the Bells Whisky bottle (or your beverage of choice) and pour yourself two fingers (using the index and pinky fingers), sit back, mellow out and appreciate how your image improves in proportion to how the glass empties!

If you've stayed with me all this way, you deserve a drink.

—Egg Bramhill


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