Tutorial 2017
This Tutorial was written by Denise D on 22nd January, 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.google.com/forum/#!forum/escaping-to-psp2

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

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Images:   
cercle fleuri.pspimage
You can join her group at:

GGBug_007.psp
You  can  get some of Gran Gran's images from this link:
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/TubingWithGranGran/info

bugsnhearts-tya.psp
bugs and flowers.psp
aed_inchworm_2003.psp  
DC-CuteBee2.pspimage
wilma star edge.png
Obtained through Internet
If this image was created by you, please let me know
so that appropriate credit can be given.

Texture:
Cobblestone

Plugins:
MuRa's Meister
MuRa's Seamless
Texture
Flaming Pear
Simple
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
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 #fbfac9
Set your Background colour to #b1e0d6

It is helpful to create a Swatch in the Materials Box of the Colours/Patterns/Gradients etc. you will be using
as they change regularly in this Tutorial.

Step One:
File/New/New Image 900 pixels x 700 pixels as follows:


nl

Step Two:
Maximise cercle fleuri.pspimage
Edit/Copy        Edit/Paste as New Layer
Image/Resize/70% as follows:

70

Effects/Plugins/MuRa's Seamless/Emboss at Alpha/Default Settings
Effects/Image Effects/Offset as follows:


offsetrings

Effects/Plugins/MuRa's Meister/Copies/Tiling Angle/Default Settings as follows:

copies2


Step Three:
Magic Wand with the following settings:

mw

Select inside all the circles as follows:

copies

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

gradient

Layers/New Raster Layer
Layers/Arrange/Move Down
Selections/Modify/Expand 15 pixels
Flood Fill with Gradient
Effects/Texture Effects/Texture/Cobblestone as follows:

texture

Selections/Select None
Layers/Merge/Merge Visible

Step Five:
Layers/New Raster Layer
Layers/Arrange/Send to Bottom
Flood Fill with Gradient
Effects/Plugins/Simple/4 Way Average
Effects/Plugins/Filters Unlimited 2.0/Distortion Filters/Smelter2 as follows:

smelter

Effects/Edge Effects/Enhance More

Step Six:
Select Merged Layer
Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 3.0/Drop Shadow as follows:

ds

OR Eye Candy 4000/Shadowlab as follows:

shadowlab  

Layers/Merge/Merge All Flatten

Step Seven:
Promote Background Layer
Image/Resize/85% 
Layers/New Raster Layer
Layers/Arrange/Move Down
Flood Fill with Gradient
Effects/Plugins/Simple/4 Way Average
Effects/Plugins/Filters Unlimited 2.0/Distortion Filters/Smelter2/Intensity 100
Effect/Edge Effects/Enhance More
Selections/Select All
Selections/Modify/Contract 20 pixels
Selections/Invert
Layers/New Raster Layer
Flood Fill with Background Colour

Step Eight:
The next few steps will need to be followed exactly.
Effects/Plugins/Flaming Pear/Glitterato as follows:

glittrato

Click on the RED ARROW to open up the Presets
Go to the file where you have saved your Plugin Flaming Pear and find the file for Glitterato as follows:

preset

Open this file
There will be another file called Glitterato Presets
Open this file and scroll down till you find a setting that you like.
I choose disco glitter preset with these star  
settings:

glitterato2

Adjust/Brightness and Contract/Fill Light/Clarity as follows:

clarity
OR FOR OLDER VERSIONS:
Adjust/Brightness and Contrast/Clarify (you may have to play with the settings to get to your liking)


clarify

Step Nine:
Effects/3D Effects/Inner Bevel as follows:

inner bevel

Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 3.0/Drop Shadow OR Eye Candy 4000/Shadowlab
Repeat Drop Shadow Direction 135
Selections/Select None

Step Ten:
Selection Tool/Custom Select as follows:

cs

custom

Selections/Modify/Select Selection Borders/15 pixels/Inside
Layers/New Raster Layer
Layers/Arrange/Bring to Top
Flood Fill with Background Colour
Effects/Plugins/Flaming Pear/Glitterato/disco glitter (or preset of your choice)
Effects/3D Effects/Inner Bevel
Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 3.0/Drop Shadow OR Eye Candy 4000/Shadowlab
Repeat Drop Shadow Direction 315
Selections/Select None

Step Eleven:
Layers/New Raster Layer
Selection Tool/Custom Selection as follows:

custom2

Maximise wilma star edge.png
Edit/Copy        Edit/Paste into Selection
Selections/Float        Selections/Defloat
Effects/Plugins/Flaming Pear/Glitterato/disco glitter (or preset of your choice)
Adjust/Brightness and Contract/Fill Light/Clarity
Selections/Select None

Step Twelve:
I have included several bug images for you to choose from.
You may need to enlarge or reduce the size of some of them
Don't forget to add a drop shadow as used in this Tutorial
Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 3.0/Drop Shadow/Direction 135 OR Eye Candy 4000/Shadowlab/Direction 135
Maximise aed_inchworm_2003.psp
Edit/Copy        Edit/Paste as New Layer
Image/Resize/75%
Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen
Effects/Image Effects/Offset as follows:

offsetworm

Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 3.0/Drop Shadow/Direction 135 OR Eye Candy 4000/Shadowlab/Direction 135

Step Thirteen:
Maximise DC-CuteBee2.pspimage
Edit/Copy        Edit/Paste as New Layer
Effects/Image Effects/Offset as follows:

offsettopleft

Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 3.0/Drop Shadow/Direction 135 OR Eye Candy 4000/Shadowlab/Direction 135

Step Fourteen:
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 Annie, Lillian, Betty, Elizabeth, the ladies who test my Tutorials

TESTERS' RESULTS

ALICE
ALICE T.

BETTY
BETTY

ELIZABETH
ELIZABETH

LILLIAN
LILLIAN

SHIRLEY
SHIRLEY

FRANIE MARGOT
FRANIE MARGOT

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PLEASE GO TO:
https://goo.gl/photos/a9p3jq4ybym4GV91A

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