This tutorial is written by Denise D. on 9th September, 2022

DANCING POPPIES

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



Thank you Inge-Lore for this German Translation

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Supplies
  Images:
574-vmtubes
You can obtain these images at:

https://groups.io/g/vmtubes

calguismistcoquelicot20109.pspimage
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Signature.png

rectangle.png

Text.png

 Mask:
dots.jpg

Gradient:
sg_red lipstick.pspgradient

Texture:
Paper coarse.png

Presets:
D.D.SeeingRed

Alpha Channel


Plugins:
MuRa's Seamless
MuRa's Meister
Filters Unlimited 2.0/Tranparency
AP 01 Innovations
Simple
&<Background Designers IV>
Alien Skin Eye Candy 5

Found here:

   AND 

Double Click on the    icon in your supplies folder to install this Preset in your Plugin.

Notes:
This Tutorial was created in PSP19
.... 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 Background colour to #8b1122

Step One:

Place Texture in PSP Texture Folder
Place Preset in PSP Preset Folder
Place Gradient in PSP Gradient Folder
Open graphics in PSP, duplicate (Shift D) and close the original.

Please feel free to choose your own images and colours


Open Alpha Channel
Duplicate and close original
We will work on this copy where selections are hidden

Change Foreground Colour to Gradient sg_red lipstick.pspgradient as follows:



Layers/New Raster Layer
Flood fill with Gradient

Step Two:
Effects/Plugins/MuRa's Seamless/Checks with Graduation as follows:



Effects/Plugins/Filters Unlimited 2.0/Transparency/Eliminate Black as follows:



Effects/3D Effects/Texture/Paper Coarse.png as follow:



Effects/Edge Effects/Enhance

Step Three:
Maximise your background image calguismistcoquelicot20109.pspimage
Image/Duplicate (Shift D)
Layers/New Raster Layer
Layers/Arrange/Move Down
Flood fill with Foreground Gradient
Layers/Merge/Merge Visible

Step Four:
Back to original work
Layers/New Raster Layer
Layers/Arrange/Move Down
Selections/Select All
Maximise revised calguismistcoquelicot20109.pspimage
Edit/Copy   Edit/Paste into Selection
Selection/Select None
Select Raster 1
Effects/Reflection Effects/Rotating Mirror/Default Settings
Selections/Load/Save Selection/Load Selection #1 from Alpha Channel
Promote Selection to Layer
Selections/Select None
Effects/Plugins/A P Innovations/Lines-Silverlining/Mesh as follows:



Effects/Edge Effect/Enhance
Effects/Plugins/Simple/Top Left Mirror

Step Five:
Select Raster 1
Selections/Load/Save Selection/Load Selection #2 from Alpha Channel
Promote Selection to Layer
Effects/Plugins/Filters Unlimited 2.0/&<Background Designers IV>/Splish as follows:



Effects/Edge Effects/Enhance
Selections/Select None
Layers/Duplicate
Image/Mirror/Vertical OR Flip
Layers/Merge/Merge Down
Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow as follows:



Select Promoted Selection
Repeat Drop Shadow

Step Six:
Select Raster 1
Selections/Load/Save Selection/Load Selection #3 from Alpha Channel
Edit/Clear
Selections/Select None
Select Promoted Selection 1 Layer
Layers/Duplicate
Effects/Image Effects/Seamless Tiling as follows:



Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen More

Step Seven:
Select Layer at top of pile
Layers/New Raster Layer
Flood fill with Foreground Gradient
Layers/New Mask Layer/From Image (find dots.jpg) as follows:



Layers/Merge/Merge Group
Effects/Edge Effects/Enhance More
Change Blend Mode to Dodge or blend of your choice
Change Opacity to 80%
Close off the Alpha Channel Layer
Layers/Merge/Merge Visible
Layers/Duplicate
Effects/Plugins/MuRa's Meister/Perspective Tiling as follows:



Effects/Reflection Effects/Rotating Mirror as follows:



Step Eight:
Open Alpha Channel
Selections/Load/Save Selection/Load Selection #4 from Alpha Channel
Hit the Delete button twice
Selections/Select None
Maximise rectangle.png
Edit/Copy   Edit/Paste as a New Layer
Effects/Image Effects/Offset as follows:



Change Blend Mode to Luminance Legacy

Step Nine:
Layers/New Raster Layer
Selections/Load/Save Selection/Load Selection#5 from disk
Maximise your background image
I reverted mine back to a mist image
Edit/Copy  Edit/Paste into Selection
Effects/Plugins/Alien Skin Eye Candy 5/Impact/Glass Preset D.D.SeeingRed OR as follows:

 

Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow
Selections/Select None

Step Ten:
Maximise 574-vmtubes.psp image
Edit/Copy   Edit/Paste as New Layer
Effects/Image/Resize 80% as follows:



Effects/Image Effects/Offset as follows:



Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow or one of your own choice

Step Eleven:
Image/Add Borders/3 pixels/Black
Edit/Copy
Selections/Select All
Image/Add Borders/50 pixels/White
Selections/Invert
Promote Selection to Layer
Edit/Paste into Selection
Adjust Blur/Gaussian Blur as follows:



Effects/Plugins/Filters Unlimited 2.0/&<Background Designers IV>/sf10Square Bumps as follows:



Effects/Edge Effect/Enhance More
Selection/Invert
Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow
Selections/Select None

Step Twelve:
Effects/Plugins/AAA Frames/Foto Frame as follows:



Maximise Text.png
Edit/Copy  Edit/Paste as New Layer
Effects/Image Effects/Offset as follows:





Maximise ignature.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/1000 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


BETTY



MARIE



INGE-LORE

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