A BOUQUET FOR YOU

Tutorial 2017

This tutorial is written by Denise D. on 18th December, 2013

from my own ideas.
Any resemblance to other tutorials is co-incidental and unintentional.
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a bOUQUET FOR YOU

escapingtopsp2.altervista.org/ABouquetforYou/ABouquetforYou.htm

Thank you Mina for your Translation:

Thank you Inge-Lore for this German translation

Thank you Franie Margot for this French translation

Use this pencil to follow the steps
hold down left click to grab and move it

CRAYON

Click on the Box to download Supplies

Supplies
  Images:

Radyga-tubes-0209-1710-2013.psp
You can join this group at: http://radygatatiana.blogspot.gr/

designer+accents+shimmers+55+Image21.psp
butterfly21.tub
Obtained through Group Shares.
If this image was created by you, please let me know
so that appropriate credit can be given.

Patterns:
lacystripedsatinlavender recoloured.jpg
D.D.bouquet.pattern.png

Preset:
D.D.BouquetForYou

Double Click on the   icon

icon in your supplies folder to install this Preset in your Plugin.

Plugins:
Alien Skin Eye Candy 3.0
OR
Alien Skin Eye Candy 4000
Alien Skin Eye Candy 5/Impact
Simple

Found here:

AND

Notes:
This Tutorial was originally created in PSPX5 and
rewritten in Corel Paint Shop Pro 2019.... other versions may need adjustment
Some of the graphics may be from Free to Use sites or Share Groups.
If you are the creator of one of these please let me know so that appropriate credit can be given.
No infringement of copyright is intended or intentional.
Before opening PSP, download plugins and install

Some helpful information:

You can change the blend mode, opacity and drop shadow, as well as colourise the materials,
according to the tubes/colours you are using.

When applying the Resize with the All Layers option checked, this will be informed in the tutorial,
otherwise, apply the resize with this option unchecked.

Remember always to save your work.

Whenever you reduce an image, apply Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen, to maintain the sharpness of the image.

Some tools or features have other names in earlier versions of the PSP.

TOOLS

Please Note: Offset settings provided in this tutorial may vary according to size of your image.
Please adjust to suit.

The settings remain the same throughout this Tutorial unless otherwise stated.
Set your Foreground colour to #d0daf0
Set your Background colour to #7988c2

Step One:
Place Pattern in PSP Pattern Folder
Install Preset
Open graphics in PSP, duplicate (Shift D) and close the original.

File/New/New Image 700 pixels x 600 pixels as follows:

Change Foreground Colour to Pattern, lacystripedsatinlavender recoloured.jpg
as follows:

PATTERN

Flood fill with Foreground Pattern
Selections/Select All
Selections/Modify/Contract 10 pixels
Edit/Clear

Step Two:
Change Background Colour to Pattern D.D.bouquet.pattern.png as follows:

PATTERN2

Layers/New Raster Layer
Flood fill with Background Pattern
Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen More
Selections/Modify/Contract 15 pixels
Edit/Clear
Layers/New Raster Layer
Flood fill with Foreground Pattern
Selections/Modify/Contract 10 pixels
Edit/Clear
Selections/Invert

Step Three:
Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 5/Impact/Preset D.D.D.D.BouquetForYou OR as follows;

SETTINGS

Effects/Edge Effects/Enhance
Selections/Select None

Step Four:
Layers/Merge/Merge VISIBLE
Layers/Duplicate
Image/Resize/92% as follows:

Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen

Step Five:
Layers/Duplicate
Effects/Distortion Effects/Wave as follows:

wave

Layers/Duplicate
Image/Mirror Horizontal OR Image/Mirror
Layers/Merge/Merge Down
Layers/New Raster Layer
Layers/Arrange/Send to Bottom
Change Background Pattern to Angle 0/Scale 100
Flood fill with Pattern
Adjust/Blur/Radial Blur as follows:

TWIRL

Step Six:
Maximise Radyga-tubes-0209-1710-2013.psp
Edit/Copy Edit/Paste as New Layer
Image/Resize/90%
Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen
Select Copy 2 of Merged Layer
Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 3.0/Drop Shadow as follows:

OR
Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 4000/Shadowlab as follows:

Step Seven:
Image/Add Borders/3 pixels/Foreground Colour
Image/Add Borders/5 pixels/Background Colour
Image/Add Borders/3 pixels/Foreground Colour
Selections/Select All
Selections/Modify/Contract 11 pixels
Effects/3D Effects/Cutout as follows:

CUTOUT

(some versions may require a New Layer here before using the cutout)
Repeat Cutout using - 2 V and H settings
Selections/Select None

Step Eight:
Maximise designer+accents+shimmers+55+Image21.psp
I chose Layer 17
Edit/Copy Edit/Paste as New Layer
Image/Resize/90%
Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen
Effects/Image Effects/Offset as follows:

OFFSET CORNER

Using the Change to Target Tool, wipe over the corner image with foreground pattern
Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow as follows:

DS3

Effects/Plugins/Simple/Top Left Mirror

Step Nine:
Maximise butterfly21.tub
Edit/Copy Edit/Paste as New Layer
Using the Change to Target Tool, wipe over the image with the
Background Pattern
Image/Resize/40%
Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen
Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 3.0/Drop Shadow BUT change colour to Black
OR
Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 4000/Shadowlab BUT change colour to Black
Image/Free Rotate/25 degrees/Right as follows:

Effects/Image Effects/Offset as follows:

OFFSET BUTTERFLY

Step Ten:
Layers/New Raster Layer
Add your Watermark
Layers/Merge All Flatten
Image/Resize/850 pixels wide - height will adjust itself
File/Export/JPEG Optimiser/Compression Value 20

I hope you have enjoyed this tutorial
A big thank you to the ladies who test my Tutorials
TESTERS' RESULTS

LILLIAN

LILLIAN

LOURDES

INGE-LORE