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

http://escapingtopsp2.altervista.org/ChristmasTime2022/ChristmasTime2022.html


Thank you Inge-Lore for this German Translation:

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  Images:
petites maisons rouges-merciMarcelle.png
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occasions_speciales_0007_lisat.png
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red stars.png
Text.png
animation 2.gif
Christmas Swag.png

Christmas Baubles.png
(taken from deco_noel.pspimage also attached)

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   

 Mask:
Wavy_Ribbons.jpg

Pattern:
Gold (2).jpg

Plugins:
Sapphire Filters 01
Sapphire Filters 04
Graphics Plus
&<Sandflower Specials"v">
(Import into Filters Unlimited 2.0)

Eye Candy 4000
MuRa's Meister

Found here:

AND 


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 #122335
Set your Background colour to #890707

Colour Swatch:


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

You will need to provide a main image size approximately: 400 pixels x 600 pixels

If you wish to animate the image you will need Jasc Animation Shop.
You can download it from here:

https://app.box.com/s/55mqg38gxku53xj43fg03mqi7vr6vbvl

File/New/New Image 900 pixels x 650 pixels as follows:



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



Flood fill with Gradient

Step Two:
Effects/Plugins/Filters Unlimited 2.0/Sapphire Filters 01/SapphirePlugin_0026 as follows



Selection Tool/Custom Selection with the following settings:





Effects/Plugins/MuRa's Meister/Cloud as follows:



Selections/Select None

Step Three:
Layers/New Raster Layer
Flood fill with Foreground Gradient BUT change settings to Sunburst Gradient/Repeats 5
Layers/Load/Save Mask/Load Mask Wavy-Ribbons.jpg as follows:



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

Step Four:
Selection Tool/Custom Selection with the following settings:



Layers/New Raster Layer
Maximise redstars.png
Edit/Copy  Edit/Paste as New Layer
Selections/Invert
Edit/Clear
Change Opacity to 70%
Selections/Select None
Maximise petites maisons rouges-merciMarcelle.png
Edit/Copy   Edit/Paste as New Layer
Carefully remove the tuber's watermark with Eraser Tool
Image/Resize/90% as follows:



Effects/Image Effects/Offset as follows:



Change Opacity to 75%

Step Five:
Maximise occasions_speciales_0007_lisat.png
Edit/Copy  Edit/Paste as New Layer
Carefully remove the tuber's watermark with Eraser Tool
Image/Resize/50%
Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen
Effects/Image Effects/Offset as follows:



Layers/Merge/Merge Down
Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 4000/Shadowlab as follows:



Step Six:
Maximise Christmas Swag.png
Edit/Copy    Edit/Paste as New Layer
Effects/Image Effects/Offset as follows:



Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 4000/Shadowlab
 Image/Add Borders/10 pixels/White
Magic Wand with the following settings:



Select Border with Magic Wand
Flood fill with Foreground Gradient
Effects/Plugins/Filters Unlimited 2.0/Graphics Plus/Cross Shadow/Default Settings
Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 4000/Shadowlab
Repeat Shadowlab/Direction 135
Selections/Select All

Step Seven:
Image/Add Borders/5 pixels/White
Selections/Invert
Change Background Colour to Pattern Gold (2).jpg as follows:



Flood fill with Background Pattern
Selections/Select All
Image/Add Borders/10 pixels/White
Selections/Invert
Flood fill with Foreground Gradient
Effects/Plugins/Filters Unlimited 2.0./Graphics Plus/Cross Shadow/Default Settngs
Selections/Select All

Step Eight:
Image/Add Borders 50 pixels/White
Selections/Invert
Flood fill with Foreground Gradient
Effects/Plugins/Filters Unlimited 2.0/Sapphire Filters 04/SapphirePlugin_0317 as follows



Effects/3D Effects/Inner Bevel as follows:



Selections/Select All

Step Nine:
Image/Add Borders/10 pixels/White
Flood fill with Foreground Gradient
Effects/Plugins/Filters Unlimited 2.0/Graphics Plus/Cross Shadow/Default Settings
Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 4.0/Shadowlab
Repeat Shadowlab/Direction 315
Maximise your main image
Edit/Copy    Edit/Paste as New Layer
Place at the bottom right hand corner
(see my image for placement)
Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 4.0/Shadowlab
Maximise Christmas Baubles.png
Edit/Copy   Edit/Paste as New Layer
Effects/Image Effects/Offset as follows:



Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow as follows:



Step Nine:
Image/Add Borders/15 pixels/Foreground Colour
Effects/Plugins/Filters Unlimited 2.0/&<Sandflower Specials"v">/Spectra Flare as follows:



Repeat Spectra Flare with the following settings:



Repeat Spectra Flare with the following settings:



Step Nine:
If you are not going to do the animation,
For Animation instructions, please go to Step 10

Maximise Text.png
Edit/Copy  Edit/Paste as New Layer
Place in to right corner (see my image for placement)
Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow as follows:



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

Step Ten:
For Animation if  you wish to do same:
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

Open Jasc AnimationShop
Open Christmas Time 2020.jpg
Edit/Duplicate
Repeat Once
You now have 3 copies of the image
Open Animation 2.gif
Edit/SelectAll
Propogate/Paste as follows:



Edit/Copy
Go back to Christmas Time 2020
Edit/Select All
Edit/Paste onto Selected Frames
File/Optimization Wizard - let this section run its course
File/Save
Save image to your Tutorial Folder

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
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