Tutorial 2017
 

This tutorial is written by Denise D. on 31st January, 2013

 from my own ideas.
Any resemblance to other tutorials is co-incidental and unintentional.
If you wish to share my Tutorials, you MUST obtain my permission first.
 All I ask is that you advise me and credit for the tutorial is given to me and linked to

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Please do not upload any of my completed Tutorial images onto sites
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BASKET OF PETALS

image

http://escapingtopsp2.altervista.org/BasketofPetals/BasketofPetals.htm

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Thank you Inge-Lore for this German Translation

BOX
Click on the Box to download Supplies


Supplies
  Images:
Basket of Petals by Mark Keathley.jpg
Used with permission.
His images can be found at:
http://www.markkeathley.com/

July_15_Series_Flowers_T700_Montana_Kate_Mists.pspimage
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Selections
D.D.Basket of petals1
D.D.Basket of petals2
D.D.Basket of petals3


Font:
Old English Five.ttf

                      Texture:                        
winni.texture.132

   
                 
                         Plugin:                          
Eye Candy 4000
 
MuRa's Seamless


Found here:


plugins  AND 
pluhoms


Notes:
This Tutorial was originally created in PSPX1 and updated in Corel 2020.... 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.

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

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 #c2ce90
Set your Background colour to #999639
Text colour #e7837b

Step One:

Place Texture in PSP Texture Folder
Place Selections in PSP Selection Folder

Install Font

Open graphics in PSP, duplicate (Shift D) and close the original.


File/New/New Image 800 pixels x 700 pixels as follows:


nl

Selections/Select All
Maximise Basket of Petals.jpg
Edit/Copy    Edit/Paste into Selection
Selections/Select None
Effects/Art Media Effects/Brush Strokes as follows:

brush

Step Two:
Effects/Distortion Effects/Wave as follows:

wave

Change Opacity to 60%
Change Foreground Colour to Foreground/Background Linear Gradient as follows:

gradioent

Step Three:
Layers/New Raster Layer
Flood fill with Foreground Gradient
Layers/Arrange/Move Down
Effects/Texture Effects/Texture Winni_Texture132 as follows:

texture


Step Four:

Layers/New Raster Layer
Layers/Arrange/Bring to Top
Selections/Load/Save Selection/Load Selection D.D.basket of petals1 as follows:

selection

Maximise Basket of Petals.jpg
Edit/Copy   Edit/Paste into Selection
Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen
Selections/Modify/Select Selection Borders as follows:

select borders

Layers/New Raster Layer
Flood fill with Foreground Gradient
Selections/Modify/Contract 5 pixels
Effects/3D Effects/Inner Bevel as follows:

bevel

Selections/Select None

Step Five:

Layers/Merge/Merge Down
Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow as follows:

ds


Step Six:
Layers/New Raster Layer
Selections/Load/Save Selection/Load Selection D.D.basket of petals2 from Disk
Flood fill with Foreground Gradient
Selections/Select None
Effects/Distortion Effects/Twirl as follows:

twirl

Layers/New Raster Layer
Selections/Load/Save Selection/Load Selection D.D.basket of petals3 from Disk
Flood fill with Foreground Gradient
Selections/Select None
Effects/Distortion/Twirl
Image/Mirror/Horizontal OR  Image/Mirror

Step Seven:
Layers/Merge/Merge Down
Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 4000/Shadowlab as follows:

shadowlab

Image/Add Borders/10 pixels/Background Colour
Select border with Magic Wand
Effects/Texture Effects/Weave as follows:

weave

Effects/Reflection Effects/Rotating Mirror as follows:

reeflection

Selections/Select None


Step Eight:
Layers/Duplicate
Image/Resize/90% as follows:

90

Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen
Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 4000/Shadowlab
Repeat Shadowlab/Direction 135


Step Nine:
Select Background Layer
Adjust/Blur/Gaussian Blur as follows:

blur


Effects/Art Media Effects/Brushstrokes
Image/Add Borders10 pixels/Background Colour
Select with Magic Wand
Effects/Texture Effects/Weave
Effects/Reflection Effects/Rotating Mirror
Effects/3D Effects/Inner Bevel
Selections/Invert
Effects/3D Effects/Cut out as follows:

cut

Selections/Select None


Step Ten:
Change Background Colour to
#e7837b
Text Tool with the following settings:

text

text2

Some versions of PSP will require other settings

Write:
Fresh flowers in a basket 
An offering to you!


Convert to Raster Layer
Place at top of Layer
Effects/Plugins/MuRa's Seamless/Emboss at Alpha/Default Settings

Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow


Step Eleven:
Maximise
July_15_Series_Flowers_T700_Montana_Kate_Mists.pspimage
Edit/Copy  Edit/Paste as New Layer
Image/Resize/75%
Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen
Effects/Image Effects/Offset as follows:


offset flowers

Step Twelve:

Maximise Signature.png
Edit/Copy   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

Inge


INGE-LORE


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