This tutorial is written by Denise D. on 14th June, 2020

http://escapingtopsp2.altervista.org/BeautifulToBehold/BeautifuToBehold.html



Thank you Inge-Lore for this German Translation

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Supplies
  Images:
JC_GardenPleasurs.pspimage
Tubed by Jan

Old World Beauty.png

Signature.png

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

Styled Lines:
Denise's Picot Edge.Corel PSP Styled Lines

Gradient:
_ladyj10.jgd
sg_golden

Textures:
gwyn_texture_fiori02

Brush:
BrushTip_curly6
curly6
Copy of Brush image

Selections:
D.D.Behold
D.D.Behold2

Plugins:
MuRa's Seamless
&<BKg Designer sf1011>
Graphics Plus
&<Bkg  Designer sf10111>
(Import these four filters into Filters Unlimited 2.0)

MuRa's Meister
Carolaine and Sensibility
Simple
Eye Candy 4000

Found here:

AND 


Colour Swatch


Notes:
This Tutorial was created 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.



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 #8c7d20
Set your Background colour to #8f2c2f

Step One:
Place Styled Lines in PSP Styled Lines Folder
Place Gradients in PSP Gradient Folder
Place Texture in PSP Texture Folder
Place Selections in PSP Selection Folder
File/Export/Custom Brush OR place Brushes in PSP Brush Folder
Open graphics in PSP, duplicate (Shift D) and close the original.

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



Flood fill with Background Colour

Step Two:
Change Background Colour to Radial Gradient sg_golden as follows:  



Now go to the Texture gwyn_texture_fiori02 setting and do the following:



To use the Texture setting on earlier versions of PSP you will find something like this:


PSP9

Step Three:
Flood fill with Background Gradient/Texture
Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen More
Pen Tool/Denise's Picot Edge.Styled Lines with the following settings:





Change Foreground Colour to Linear Gradient _ladyj10.jgd as follows:



Create Guide Lines at 100 and 600 pixels
Starting at 100 pixels x 450 pixels, draw a straight line down to 600 pixels as follows:



Convert to Raster Layer
Remove Guide Lines

Step Four:
Effects/Plugins/MuRa's Meister/Copies/Throw as follows:



Effects/Reflection Effects/Rotating Mirror as follows:



Step Five:
Effects/Plugins/Filters Unlimited 2.0/&<BKg Designer sf1011>/Kaleidoscope 8 as follows:



Image/Resize/75% as follows:



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



Effects/Plugins/Simple/Top Left Mirror

Step Six:
Effects/Plugins/MuRa's Seamless/Emboss at Alpha/Default Settings
Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 4000/Shadowlab as follows:



Step Seven:
Selections/Load/Save Selection/Load Selection  D.D.Behold from Disk as follows:



 Layers/New Raster Layer
Maximise JC_GardenPleasurs.pspimage
Edit/Copy   Edit/Paste into Selection
Selections/Select None
Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen
Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow as follows:



Effects/Plugins/Carolaine and Sensibility/CS-Halloween2 as follows:



Effects/Edge Effects/Enhance More

Step Eight:
Image/Add Borders/5 pixels/Foreground Colour
Magic Wand with the following settings



Select Border with Magic Wand
Selections/Invert
Effects/3D Effects/Cutout as follows:



(some versions of PSP may require a new layer for Cutout)
Selections/Select None
Image/Add Borders/10 pixels/Background Colour
Select with Magic Wand
Flood fill with Background Gradient/Texture
Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen More
Effects/3D Effects/Inner Bevel as follows:



Selections/Select None

Step Nine:
Image/Add Borders/5 pixels/Foreground Colour
Image/Add Borders/40 pixels/Background Colour
Select with Magic Wand
Flood fill with Background Gradient/Texture
Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen More
Effects/Plugins/Filters Unlimited 2.0/MuRa's Seamless/Checks as follows:



Adjust/Colour settings to suit your version of this image
Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen
Selections/Select None

Step Ten:
Image/Add Borders/5 pixels/Foreground Colour
Image/Add Borders/12 pixels/Background Colour
Select with Magic Wand
Flood fill with Background/Gradient/Texture
Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen More
Effects/3D Effects/Inner Bevel
Select None
Image/Add Borders/5 pixels/Foreground Colour
Promote Background Layer
Image/Canvas Size as follows:



Swap Foreground and Background Colours as follows:



Selections/Load/Save Selection/Load Selection D.D.Behold2 from Disk
Flood fill with Foreground Colour
Flood fill with Background Gradient/Texture
Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen More
Swap Foreground and Background Colours back to orginal
Layers/New Raster Layer
Flood fill with Foreground Colour
Selections/Modify/Contract by 7 pixels
Edit/Clear

Step Eleven:
Selections/Modify/Contract 8 pixels
Layers/New Raster Layer
Flood fill with Foreground Colour
Selections/Modify/Contract 7 pixels
Edit/Clear
Selections/Select None
Layers/New Raster Layer
Brush Tool/curly6 with the following settings:





Using the Foreground Colour, click once at the bottom left corner,
Change Rotation setting to 225 and click once in top right hand corner.
Change Rotation setting to 90 and click once in bottom right hand corner
See image below:



Deselect Brush Tool
Effects/Plugins/Filters Unlimited 2.0/MuRa's Seamless/Emboss/Default Settings
Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 4000/Shadowlab

Step Twelve:
Maximise Old World Beauty.png
Edit/Copy  Edit/Paste as New Layer
Layers/Duplicate
Layers/Merge/Merge Down
Effects/Image Effects/Offset as follows:



Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 4000/Shadowlab

Step Thirteen:
Image/Add Borders/5 pixels/Foreground Colour
Image/Add Borders/10 pixels/Background Colour
Select Border with Magic Wand
Effects/Plugins/Filters Unlimited 2.0/Graphics Plus/Crosss Shadow/Default Settings
Effects/3D Effects/Inner Bevel
 Selections/Select None
Image/Add Borders/5 pixels/Foreground Colour
Image/Add Borders/40 pixels/Background Colour
Select with Magic Wand
Flood fill with Background Gradient/Texture
Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen More
Effects/Plugins/Filters Unlimited 2.0/&<Bkg  Designer sf10111>/Solid Solar Fabric as follows:



Effects/3D Effects/Inner Bevel as follows:



Image/Add Borders/5 pixels/Foreground Colour
Image/Add Borders/8 pixels/Background Colour
Select with Magic Wand
Effects/Plugins/Filters Unlimited 2.0/Graphics Plus/Cross Shadow

Step Fourteen:
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


FRAN


BETTY

SHIRLEY NZ

LILLIAN


INGE-LORE

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