BUTTERCUPS AND LACE

Tutorial 2017

This tutorial is written by Denise D. on 20th August, 2012

from my own ideas.
Any resemblance to other tutorials is co-incidental and unintentional.
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All I ask is that you advise me and credit for the tutorial is given to me and linked to

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BUTTERCUPS AND LACE

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escapingtopsp2.altervista.org/ButtercupsandLace/ButtercupsandLace.htm

Thank you Inge-Lore for this German Translation

Click on the Box to download Supplies

Supplies
Images:
lizztish_sea-view3.pspimage
used with permission. Images and Terms of Use can be found at:
https://groups.google.com/g/emotivemists

Mask:
1240181101 nikkita_masques.jpg
You can obtain these masks at:

Pattern:
lace 1.jpg

Colour Swatch

Signature

Plugins:
Eye Candy 3.1
Simple
MuRa's Seamless

Found here:

AND

Notes:
This Tutorial was originally created in PSPX1 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 #e8de97
Set your Background colour to #92a1d5

Step One:

Place Mask in PSP Mask Folder
Place Pattern in PSP Pattern Folder
Open graphics in PSP, duplicate (Shift D) and close the original.

File/New/New Image 700 pixels x 700 pixels as follows:

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

Step Two:
Flood fill Layer with Background Colour
Layers/New Raster Layer
Flood fill with Foreground Gradient
Layers/Load/Save Mask/Load Mask 1240181101 nikkita_masques.jpg as follows:

mask

Effects/Edge Effects/Enhance
Layers/Merge/Merge Group
Effects/Edge Effects/Enhance

Step Three:
Layers/Merge/Merge Visible
Effects/Reflection Effects/Kaleidoscope as follows:

kaleid

Effects/User Defined Filter/Emboss 3 Preset as follows:

emboss3

Step Four:
Layers/Duplicate
Image/Resize 80% as follows:

Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen
Effects/3D Effects/Inner Bevel as follows:

bwevel

Step Five:
Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 3.1/Drop Shadow as follows:

Repeat Drop Shadow/Direction 135
Maximise lizztish_sea-view3.pspimage
Edit/Copy Edit/Paste as New Layer
Leave where it is

Step Six:
Selections/Select all
Image/Add Borders/5 pixels/Foreground Colour
Selections/Invert
Effects/3D Effects/Inner Bevel as follows:

bevel

Selections/Select All
Image/Add Borders/50 pixels/White
Selections/Invert

Step Seven:
Change Background Colour to Pattern lace 1.jpg as follows:

lace

Flood fill with Pattern
Change of Target Tool with the following settings:

change

Wipe over the lace with the Tool with Foreground Gradient
Selections/Select None

Step Nine:
Image/Add Borders/5 pixels/Foreground Colour
Selections/Select All
Image/Add Borders/10 pixels/Background Colour
Selections/Invert
Effects/3D Effects/Inner Bevel
Selections/Select None
Image/Add Borders/5 pixels/Foreground Colour
Selections/Select All
Selections/Modify/Contract 20 pixels
Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 3.1/Drop Shadow
Repeat Drop Shadow/Direction 315
Selections/Invert
Edit/Copy Edit/Paste as New Layer
Selections/Select None
Effects/Geometric Effects/Circle
Layers/Duplicate
Effects/Geometric/Pentagon as follows:

Layers/Merge/Merge Down
Effects/Plugins/MuRa's Seamless/Emboss at Alpha/Default Settings
Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 3.1/Drop Shadow

Step Ten:
Maximise lizztish_sea-view3.pspimage
Edit/Copy Edit/Paste as New Layer
Image/Resize/50%
Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen
Image/Free Rotate/50 Degrees/Left as follows:

rotate

Effects/Image Effects/Offset as follows:

offset corner

Effects/Plugins/Simple/Top Left Mirror

Step Eleven:
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
Effects/Plugins/AAA Filters/Custom as follows:

custom

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

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