BE MY VALENTINE

Tutorial 2017

This tutorial is written by Denise D. on 3rd 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
http://escapingtopsp2.altervista.org/Home/homeb.html

Please do not upload any of my completed Tutorial images onto sites
such as Fotki, Pinterest, Photobucket or similar

BE MY VALENTINE

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

Thank you Inge-Lore for this German Translation

Click on the Box to download Supplies

Supplies
Images:
kk-swirl.2005.png
one-tear-too-many.png
D.D.Valentine Frame.png
lizztish_two-roses-n-heart1.pspimage

Images and terms of use can be found at:
https://groups.google.com/?forumfromgroups#!forum/emotivemists

Denise's Hearts and Roses.pspimage

Brush:
aRavenBrush!poem!forgottenkiss
Image/A Forgotten Kiss
(if you have trouble installing these brushes, I have included
an image which you can copy and past onto the layer)

Pattern:
Angra14

Signature

Plugins:
Filters Unlimited 2.0
FM Tile Tools

Found here:

AND

Double Click on the ICI

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

Notes:
This Tutorial was originally created in PSP X1 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

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 #c01616
Set your Background colour to #820f0f

Step One:

Place Texture in PSP Texture Folder
Place Selections in PSP Selection Folder
Open graphics in PSP, duplicate (Shift D) and close the original.

File/New/New Image 800 pixels x 650 pixels as follows:

Flood fill with Background Colour
Effects/Plugins/Filters Unlimited 2.0/Pattern Generators/Audio Wave as follows:

audie

Step Two:
Maximiselizztish_two-roses-n-heart1.pspimage
Edit/Copy Edit/Paste as New Layer
Image/Resize/85% as follows:

Effects/Image Effects/Offset as follows:

offset roses

Change Opacity to 75%

Step Three:
Maximise one-tear-too-many.png
Edit/Copy Edit/Paste as New Layer
Image/Mirror Horizontal OR Image/Mirror
Image/Resize/110%
Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen
Effects/Image Effects/Offset as follows:

offset lady

Change Opacity to 75%

Step Four:
Change Background Colour to Pattern Angra14.jpg as follows:

pattern

Brush Tool/aRavenBrush!poem!forgottenkiss
with the following settings:

brushj

Layers/New Raster Layer
Using the Background Pattern, click twice in the area shown on the completed image
Adjust/Brightness and Contrast/Fill Light/Clarity as follows:

clarity

Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow as follows:

Step Five:
Maximise kk-swirl.2005.png
Edit/Copy Edit/Paste as New Layer
Effects/Image Effects/Offset as follows:

offet swirl

Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow

Step Six:
Selections/Select All
Image/Add Borders/5 pixels/White
Selections/Invert
Flood fill with Background Pattern
Effects/3D Effects/Inner Bevel as follows:

bevel

Selections/Invert
Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 4000/Shadowlab as follows:

Repeat Shadowlab/Direction 135
Selections/Select None

Step Seven:
Change Foreground colour to Foreground/Background Linear Gradient as follows:

Selections/Select All
Image/Add Borders/30 pixels/White
Selections/Invert
Flood fill with Foreground Gradient
Effects/Plugins/Filters Unlimited 2.0/Paper Textures/Canvas, Medium as follows:

canvas

Step Eight:
Selections/Select All
Image/Add Borders/5 pixels/White
Selections/Invert
Flood fill with Background Pattern
Effects/3D Effects/Inner Bevel
Selections/Select None
Promote Background Layer
Layers/New Raster Layer
Layers/Arrange/Move Down
Image/Canvas Size as follows:

canvas

Flood fill with Foreground Gradient

Step Nine:
Effects/Plugins/Filters Unlimited 2.0/Pattern Generator/Audio Wave
Effects/Plugins/Filters Unlimited 2.0/Paper Textures/Canvas, Medium
Effects/Plugins/FM Tile Tools/Blend Emboss/Default Settings
Selections/Select All
Image/Add Borders/8 pixels/White
Selections/Invert
Flood fill with Background Pattern
Effects/3D Effects/Inner Bevel
Selections/Invert
Effects/3D Effects/Cutout as follows:

cut

Selections/Select None

Step Ten:
Maximise Denise's Hearts and Roses.pspimage
Edit/Copy Edit/Paste as New Layer
Effects/Image Effects/Offset as follows:

offset hearts

Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow
Layers/Merge/Merge Down

Step Eleven:
Promote Background Layer
Image/Canvas Size as follows:

canvas2

Layers/New Raster Layer
Layers/Arrange/Send to Bottom
Selection/Select All
Maximise D.D.Valentine Frame.png
Edit/Copy Edit/Paste into Selection
Selections/Select None

Step Twelve:
Select Raster 1
Using the Pick/Deform Tool, drag the sides out to meet the inside of the frame as follows:

drag

Deselect Pick/Deform Tool
Maximise Signature.png
Edit/Copy Edit/Paste as New Layer
Place at bottom of Layer
Layers/New Raster Layer
Add your Watermark
Layers/Merge VISIBLE
Image/Resize/1000 pixels wide - height will adjust itself
File/Export/PNG Optimiser

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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