Tutorial 2017
 

This tutorial is written by Denise D. on 14th May, 2018

 from my own ideas.
Any resemblance to other tutorials is co-incidental and unintentional.
You may share my tutorials with other groups.
 All I ask is that you advise me
and credit for the tutorial is given to me and linked to

http://escapingtopsp2.altervista.org/Home/homeb.html


Please do not upload any of my completed Tutorial images onto sites
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BAA BAA BLACK SHEEP

image

http://escapingtopsp2.altervista.org/BaaBaaBlackSheep/BaaBaaBlackSheep.html

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

crayon

box
Click on the Box to download Supplies



To print click on Printer


Supplies
  Images:
moutons fantaisie.png
couple oiseaux-by.Carolyn+Shores.png
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AllInARow.pspimage

DenieD Signature.png


This image was obtained from the Internet
If you are the owner of this image, please contact me
so that credit can be given to you   

Textures:
02small_Mesh

Font:
RAAVI

 Mask:
@cathy2o18it4yl


Colour Swatch

Plugins:

Alien Skin Eye Candy 3.0
OR
Alien Skin Eye Candy 4000
Texture
&<Bkg Designer sf10111>
Filters Unlimited 2.0
MuRa'S Seamless
Found here:
http://www.saturnelladesign.fr/pages/filtres.htm
http://www.maidiregrafica.eu/paginafiltri/filtri.html
Notes:
This Tutorial was created in PSP X9.... 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.

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.

tools

Before opening PSP, download plugins and install

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 #e0eecd
Set your Background colour to #ac5c5e

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


File/New/New Image 900 pixels x 600 pixels as follows:

nl

Change Foreground Colour to Foreground/Background/Linear Gradient as follows:

gradient


Step Two:
Selection Tool/Custom Selection as follows:

CUSTOM

Maximise AllInARow.pspimage
Edit/Copy  Edit/Paste into Selection
Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen
Selections/Select None
Layers/New Raster Layer
Layers/Arrange/Move Down
Flood Fill with Gradient
Effects/Texture Effects/Texture 02small_Mesh as follows:

texture

Step Three:
Select Raster 1
Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 3.0/Drop Shadow as follows:

ds

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

shadowlab

 Repeat Drop Shadow/Shadowlab/Direction 135


Step Four:
Layers/New Raster Layer
Flood Fill with Gradient
Effects/Plugins/Texture/Texturizer/Sandstone as follows:

sandstone

Layers/Load/Save Mask/Load Mask @cathy2o18it4yl from Disk as follows:

mask

Layers/Merge/Merge Group
Effects/Edge Effects/Enhance More

Step Five:
Magic Wand with the following settings:

mw

Select the following Frame:

select

Layers/New Raster Layer
Layers/Arrange/Move Down
Selections/Modify/Expand 2 pixels
Flood Fill with Gradient
Effects/Texture Effects/Texture
02small_Mesh BUT change settings as follows:

texture 2

Effects/3D Effects/Buttonize as follows:

buttonize

Selections/Select None

Step Six:
Maximise moutons fantaisie.png
Image/Resize 65% as follows:

65

Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen
Edit/Copy    Edit/Paste as New Layer
Move image over to the centre left square
Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow as follows:

ds

Layers/Merge/Merge Down

Step Seven:

Select Group-Raster 3 
Choose another Square and select inside the frame with Magic Wand
Layers/New Raster Layer
Layers/Arrange/Move Down
Selections/Modify/Expand 2 pixels
Flood Fill with Gradient
Effects/Texture Effects/Texture 02small_Mesh
Effects/3D Effects/Buttonize
Selections/Select None

Maximise moutons fantaisie.png
Using the Move Tool and the right side of the mouse move the selection to another image of your choice.
Edit/Paste as New Layer
Move into the square you are working on
Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow
Layers/Merge/Merge Down

Follow this step until all the squares have a sheep in them
DON'T FORGET to go back to Group-Raster 3 each time
Close off Raster 1 and 2
Layers/Merge/Merge Visible
Open Raster 1 and 2
When closing image moutons fantaisie.png don't save the changes

Step Eight:
Select Merged Layer
Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 3.0/Drop Shadow
Or
Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 4000/Shadowlab

Image/Add Borders/3 pixels #35e362
Image/Add Borders/50 pixels/Foreground Colour
Select with Magic Wand
Flood fill with Gradient
Effects/Plugins/&<Bkg Designer sf10111>/SE Shiver as follows:

shiver

Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 3.0/Drop Shadow
OR
Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 4000/Shadowlab
 Repeat Drop Shadow/Shadowlab/Direction 315
Selections/Select None

Step Nine:
Image/Add Borders/40 pixels/
Foreground Colour
Select with Magic Wand
Effects/Plugins/Filters Unlimited 2.0/Frames, Wood/Wood Patchwork 05 as follows:

frame

Image/Add Borders/4 pixels/#3b4465

Step Ten:
Maximise couple oiseaux-by.Carolyn+Shores.png
Edit/Copy Edit/Paste as New Layer
Using the Eraser Tool, erase the tuber's name
Image/Resize/50% as follows:

50

Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen More
Effects/Image Effects/Offset as follows:

offsetbirds

Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 3.0/Drop Shadow
Or
Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 4000/Shadowlab

Step Eleven:
Change Background Colour to
#353e62
Swap Foreground and Background Colour
This is what you should have now:

swap

Text Tool with the following settings:

text

text2

Write:

Baa Baa Black Sheep

Convert to Raster Layer
Place at the top of the Layer
See my image for placement

Step Twelve:
With the same Text settings, Write

Have you any Wool?

Convert to Raster
Image/Free Rotate 90 Degrees/Left
Place on the Left side Border
See my image for placement
Same Text Settings, Write:

Yes Sir, Yes Sir,

Convert to Raster Layer
Image/Free Rotate 90 Degrees/Right
Place on the Right Side Border.
See my image for placement

Same Text Settings, Write:

Three Bags Full!

Convert to Raster Layer
Place at the bottom of the Layer
See my Image for placement

Step Thirteen:
Close off Rasters 1 and  4
Layers/Merge/Visible
Effects/Plugins/MuRa's Seamless/Emboss At Alpha/Default Settings
Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 3.0/Drop Shadow
Or
Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 4000/Shadowlab
Open Rasters 1 and 3


Step Fourteen:
Maximise DeniseD Signature.png
Edit/Copyt  Edit/Paste as New Layer
Place at bottom of Layer
Layers/New Raster Layer

Add your Watermark
Layers/Merge All Flatten
Image/Resize/900 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

Fran
FRAN

alice
ALICE T.

LILLIAN
LILLIAN

shirley
SHIRLEY NZ

JOYCE
JOYCE

Betty
BETTY

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