Supplies
  Images:
leeloo_TK08_AlwaysThere009_JANET.pspimage
Images and Terms of Use can be found at:
http://fr.groups.yahoo.com/group/Leelooandco/

D.D.Signature.png

Texture:
dreamtexture_gh.jpg

Font:
Blairesque Curly JF.ttf

Mask:
1217491187_masques.jpg

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Plugins

Eye Candy 4000
MuRa's Seamless
Filters Unlimited/Graphics Plus

Found here:

AND  


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.

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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 #f6f3e8
Set your Background colour to #798d89

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 700 pixels as follows:



Flood fill with Foreground Colour
Selections/Select All
Maximise leeloo_TK08_AlwaysThere009_JANET.pspimage
Edit/Copy   Edit/Paste into Selection
Adjust/Blur/Gaussian Blur as follows:



Selections/Select None

Step Two:
Adjust/Add/Remove Noise/Add Noise as follows:



Effects/Distortion Effects/Pixilate as follows:




Step Three:
Layers/New Raster Layer
Flood fill with Background Colour
Effects/Texture Effects/Texture/dreamtexture_gh as follows:



Layers/Load/Save Mask/Load Mask 1217491187_masques.jpg from Disk as follows:



Effects/Edge Effects/Enhance
Layers/Merge/Merge Group
Effects/Plugins/MuRa's Seamless/Emboss at Alpha/Default Settings


Step Four:
Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 4000/Shadowlab as follows:



Maximise leeloo_TK08_AlwaysThere009_JANET.pspimage
Edit/Copy  Edit/Paste as New Layer
Image/Resize/90% as follows:



Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen
Objects/Align/Top
Layers/Arrange/Move Down
Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 4000/Shadowlab

Step Five:
Image/Add Borders/3 pixels/Foreground Colour
Selections/Select All
Image/Add Borders/10 pixels/Background Colour
Selections/Invert
Change Foreground Colour to Foreground/Background Linear Gradient as follows:



Flood fill with Gradient
Effects/Plugins/Filters Unlimited 2.0/Graphics Plus/Cross Shadow as follows:



Selections/Select None

Step Six:
Image/Add Borders/10 pixels/Background Colour
Selections/Select All
Selections/Modify/Contract 23 pixels
Effects/3D Effects/Cutout as follows:



Some versions of PSP may require a New Layer for this action


Step Seven:
Selections/Select All
Image/Add Borders/50 pixels/Foreground Colour
Selections/Invert
Promote Selection to Layer
Effects/Texture Effects/Texture
Layers/New Raster Layer
Flood fill with Background Layer
Layers/Load/Save Mask/Load Mask from Disk
Effects/Edge Effects/Enhance
Layers/Merge/Merge Group
Effects/Plugins/MuRa's Seamless/Emboss at Alpha/Default Settings
Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 4000/Shadowlab
Selections/Select All
Image/Add Borders/10 pixels/Foreground Colour
Selections/Invert
Flood fill with Foreground Gradient
Effects/3D Effects/Inner Bevel as follows:



Selections/Invert
Effects/3D Effects/Cutout
Selections/Select None

Step Eight:
Text Tool with the following settings:





Some versions of PSP may require other settings here
Change Background Colour to #c85f52
Write:

Bear Hugs are the best Hugs....

Place at the bottom of the Layer
Convert to Raster layer
Effects/Plugins/MuRa's Seamless/Emboss at Alpha/Default Settings
Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow as follows:




Step Nine:
Maximise leeloo_TK08_AlwaysThere009_JANET.pspimage
Selection Tool/Freehand Selection Tool with the following settings:



Select the area shown below:



Edit/Copy
Back to your orginal work
Edit/Paste as New Layer
Effects/Image Effects/Offset as follows:



Step Ten:
Take the Freehand Selection Tool again and select the following:



Edit/Copy  
Back to original work
Edit/Paste as New Layer
Image/Mirror/Horizontal
Effects/Image Effects/Offset as follows:



Layers/Merge/Merge Down
Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 4000/Shadowlab

Step Twelve:
Image/Add Borders 3 pixels #c85f52
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/1000 pixels wide - height will adjust itself
File/Export/JPEG Optimiser/Compression Value 20

I hope you have enjoyed this tutorial
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