BOTANICAL

Tutorial 2017

This Tutorial was written by Denise D on 14th December, 2017
from my own ideas.
Any resemblance to any other tutorial is purely co-incidental and unintentional.
You may share my Tutorial with others.
All I ask that permission is asked and credit given to the links below.
http://escapingtopsp2.altervista.org/Home/homeb.html
and
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/EscapingtoPSP/info

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

BOTANICAL

BOTANIAL

To follow Tutorial, hold down pencil - left click to move it

To print click on Printer

Double Click on the Box to download

Supplies
Images:
Vintage Charms_TS Element_Scrap and Tubes (4).pspimage
You can join this Group at:
ZaZa/Scrap and Tube
http://scrapandtubes.blogspot.com

1Patries_BL109-giantmagnolia-blue velvet-lisascan-29-1-11.psp
You can join this Group at:
http://www.sitevanpatries.nl/dieren%204.htm

D.D.BotanicalWords
MaryAlice_GoldCorner06.psp
e 060511.pspimage
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

D.D.BotanicalDaisy.pspimage
D.D.BotanicalGeranium.pspimage
D.D.BotanicalBlue.pspimage
Tubed by Lana
You can obtain her images from:
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Safe-Haven-Graphics

Selections
D.D.Botanical
D.D.Botanical2
D.D.Botanical3
D.D.Botanical4

Plugins:
Eye Candy 3 OR Eye Candy 4000
VM Toolbox (Import into Filters Unlimited 2.0)
VM Extravaganza(Import into Filters Unlimited 2.0)
&<Sandflower Specials"v"> (Import into Filters Unlimited 2.0)

Found here:
http://www.saturnelladesign.fr/pages/filtres.htm
http://janaly.com/Filtres/Filtre.html
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.
Before opening PSP, download plugins and install
Place Selections in PSP Selection Folder
Open graphics in PSP, duplicate (Shift D) and close the original.
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 #d5dcb8
Set your Background colour to #7b8121

Step One:
File/New/New Image 850 pixels x 550 pixels as follows:

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

Flood Fill with Gradient
Effects/Plugins/VM Extravaganza/Stay in Line as follows:

Step Two:
Selections/Load/Save Selection/Load Selection D.D.Botanical from Disk as follows:

Layers/New Raster Layer
Flood Fill with Gradient
Effects/Plugins/Filters Unlimited 2.0/VM Toolbox/Dynamic Diffusion as follows:

Change the Blend Mode to Luminance
Selections/Select None
Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 3.0/Drop Shadow as follows:

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

Step Three:
Maximise D.D.BotanicalWords.png
Edit/Copy Edit/Paste as New Layer
Effects/Image Effects/Offset as follows:

offset words

Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow as follows:

dstext

Layers/Merge/Merge Down

Step Four:
Maximise Vintage Charms_TS Element_Scrap and Tubes (4).pspimage
Edit/Copy Edit/Paste as New Layer
Image/Resize/40% as follows:

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

offset element

Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow as follows:

ds element

Layers/Duplicate
Image/Mirror/Vertical OR Image/Flip
Using the Move Tool move the image up slightly (see my image for placement)
Layers/Merge/Merge Down

Step Five:
Layers/New Raster Layer
Selections/Load/Save Selection/Load Selection D.D.Botanical2 from Disk
Flood Fill with Gradient
Effects/Plugins/VM Extravaganza/Hallucination as follows:

Effects/Edge Effects/Enhance More
Selections/Select None
Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 3.0/Drop Shadow
OR
Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 4000/Shadowlab
Maximise 1Patries_BL109-giantmagnolia-blue velvet-lisascan-29-1-11.psp
Edit/Copy Edit/Paste as New Layer
Image/Resize/60%
Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen
Effects/Image Effects/Offset as follows:

offset magnolia

Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 3.0/Drop Shadow
OR
Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 4000/Shadowlab
Layers/Merge/Merge Down

Step Six:
Layers/New Raster Layer
Selections/Load/Save Selection/Load Selection D.D.Botanical3 from Disk
Flood fill with Gradient
Effects/Plugins/Filters Unlimited 2.0/VM Toolbox/Dynamic Diffusion
Effects/Edge Effects/Enhance
Selections/Select None
Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 3.0/Drop Shadow
OR
Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 4000/Shadowlab
Maximise D.D.BotanicalDaisy
Edit/Copy Edit/Paste as New Layer
Image/Resize/55%
Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen
Effects/Image Effects/Offset as follows:

offset daisy

Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 3.0/Drop Shadow
OR
Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 4000/Shadowlab
Layers/Merge/Merge Down

Step Seven:
Layers/New Raster Layer
Selections/Load/Save Selection/Load Selection D.D.Botanical4 from Disk
Flood Fill with Gradient
Effects/Plugins/Filters Unlimited 2.0/VM Toolbox/Grid as follows:

grid

Selections/Select None
Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 3.0/Drop Shadow
OR
Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 4000/Shadowlab
Maximise D.D.BotanicalBlue.pspimage
Edit/Copy Edit/Paste as New Layer
Image/Resize 40%
Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen
Effects/Image Effects/Offset as follows:

offsetblue

Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 3.0/Drop Shadow
OR
Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 4000/Shadowlab
Layers/Merge/Merge Down

Step Eight:
Maximise D.D.Geranium.pspimage
Edit/Copy Edit/Paste as New Layer
Image/Resize/40%
Effects/Image Effects/Offset as follows:

offset geranium

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

Step Nine:
Image/Add Borders/3 pixels/Background Colour
Image/ Add Borders/5 pixels/White
Magic Wand with the following settings:

Select Border
Flood Fill with Gradient BUT change Angle to 45 and Repeats 5
Effects/Plugins/&<Sandflower Specials"v">/Pool Shadow as follows:

poolshadow

Selections/Select None

Step Ten:
Image/Add Borders/3 pixels/Background Colour
Selections/Select All
Selections/Modify/Contract 11 pixels
Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 3.0/Drop Shadow
OR
Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 4000/Shadowlab
Repeat Drop Shadow/Shadowlab/Direction 135
Selections/Select None
Image/Add Borders/5 pixels/Foreground Colour
Image/Add Borders/5 pixels/Background Colour
Image/Add Borders/30 pixels/White
Select with Magic Wand
Effects/Plugins/Filters Unlimited 2.0/VM Toolbox/Tiler as follows:

slipthrough

Effects/3D Effects/Inner Bevel as follows:

beval

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 Eleven:
Image/Add Borders/3 pixels/Foreground Colour
Image/Add Borders/3 pixels/Background Colour
Image/Add Borders/3 pixels/Foreground Colour
Maximise MaryAlice_GoldCorner06.psp
Edit/Copy Edit/Paste as New Layer
Image/Resize 55%
Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen
Effects/Image Effects/Offset as follows:

offset corner

Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow
Layers/Duplicate
Image/Mirror/Horizontal Image/Mirror/Vertical
OR
Image/Mirror Image/Flip

Step Twelve:
Maximise e 060511.pspimage
Edit/Copy Edit/Paste as New Layer
Image/Resize 30%
Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen
Effects/Image Effects/Offset as follows:

offsert vine

Change Blend Mode to Soft Light
Layers/New Raster Layer
Add your Watermark
Layers/Merge All Flatten
Image/Resize/850 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

LILLIAN

LILLIAN

ELIZABETH

FRAN

SHIRLEY

FOR OTHER VERSIONS OF THE TUTORIAL
PLEASE GO TO:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/daIQyj356eBugu2D2