This tutorial is written by Denise D. on 16th January, 2025

EASTER 2025

     

Thank you Inge-Lore,MicheleB, Vera Mendes and Sylviane  for these Translations

Click on the Box to download Supplies

You will need:
A Main Image
Easter Deco
A Corner of your choice
Text of  your choice

Thank you LMS-AI for the use of your image
Thank you Leeloo for the use of your image

Supplies included in this Tutorial are:

Folder with various Happy Easter Text.png
Signature.png

Instructions for making floral text

 Mask:
sg_ribbon-weave-preview.jpg
You can obtain these masks at:

http://www.essexgirl.uk.com/sg_masks_index.htm

Selections:
D.D.Easter2025
D.D.Easter2025.2
D.D.Easter2025.3

Preset:
D.D.Easter2025

Plugins:
Medhi
Simple
AP 01 (Innovations)Silverling
&<Bkg Designer sf10111
MuRa's Meister
MuRa's Seamless
&<Bkg Designer sf10111
Carolaine & Sensibility
Filters Unlimited 2/&<Bkg Designer sf10111

 AND 

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

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.

http://escapingtopsp2.altervista.org/Home/homeb.html



   
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 #8cb6c2
Set your Background colour to #faedba

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

If using the Alpha Channel provided, please duplicate.
Rename the Layer - Raster 1, close the original and then go to Step 2.

If you are using the Selections please proceed with Step One

File/New/New Image 1000 pixels x 700 pixels as follows:



Step Two:
Change Foreground Colour to Foreground/Background/Sunburst Gradient as follows:



Layers/New Raster Layer
Flood fill with Foreground Gradient
Effects/Plugins/Medhi/Sorting Tiles as follows:



Effects/Plugins/Simple/Blintz
Effects/Reflection Effects/Rotating Mirror as follows:



Step Three:
Selections/Load/Save Selection/Load Selection #1 from Alpha Channel
(Or Selection Load/Save Selection/D.D.Easter2025 from Disk)
Promote Selection to Layer
Effects/Texture Effects/Weave as follows:



Selections/Select None
Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 4000/Shadowlab as follows:



Repeat Shadowlab/Direction 135
Image/Resize/50% as follows:



Edit/Cut
Edit/Paste as New Image
Minimise for later

Step Four:
Select Raster 1
Selections/Load/Save Selection/Load Selection #2 from Alpha Channel
(OR Selection/Load Save Selection/Load Selection D.D.Easter2025.2 from Disk)
Promote Selection to Layer
Effects/Plugins/AP 01(Innovations)/Silverlining as follows:



Selections/Select None
Effects/Reflection Effects/Rotating Mirror
Effects/Plugins/Filters Unlimited 2.0/Graphics Plus/Emboss/Default Settings

Step Five:
Layers/Duplicate
Image/Mirror/Mirror Vertical
Effects/Distortion Effects/Polar Co-Ordinates as follows:



Objects/Align/Vertical Centre
Effects/3D Effects/Inner Bevel as follows:



Step Six:
Layers/New Raster Layer
Layers/Arrange/Move Down
Selections/Load/Save Selection/Load Selection #3 from Alpha Channel
(OR Selection/Load/Save Selection/Load Selection D.D.Easter2025.3 from Disk)
Flood fill with Background Colour
Layers/New Raster Layer
Flood Fill with Foreground Gradient
Effects/Plugins/Filters Unlimited 2.0/Noise Filters/Monochromatic as follows:



Step Seven:
Layers/New Mask Layer/From Image (find sg_ribbon-weave-preview.jpg) as follows:



Effects/Edge Effects/Enhance
Layers/Merge/Merge Group
Effects/Plugins/MuRa's Seamless/Emboss At Alpha
Selections/Select None

Step Eight:
Layers/Merge/Merge Down
Select Copy of Promoted Layer
Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow as follows:



Close Raster 1 and Alpha Channel Layer
Layers/Merge/Merge Visible
Open Raster 1 and Duplicate
Open Alpha Channel Layer
Staying on Raster 1 Layer

Step Eight:
Effects/Plugins/&<Bkg Designer sf10111/SpyroZag as follows:



Effects/Plugins/MuRa's Meister/Perspective Tiling as follows:



Effects/Edge Effects/Enhance

Step Ten:
Select Raster 1
Effects/Plugins/Carolaine & Sensibility/CS_Halloween2 as follows:



Select Layer at top of Pile
Maximise the image made in Step 3
Edit/Copy   Edit/Paste as New Layer
Selections/Select All
Selections/Float
Selections/Defloat
Layers/New Raster Layer
Flood fill with Background Colour
Selections/Modify/Contract 10 pixels
Edit/Clear
Layers/New Raster Layer
Maximise a spray of flowers (I selected some from my main image)
Edit/Copy   Edit/Paste into Selection
Select None
Layers/Merge/Merge Down
Repeat Once
Effects/Plugins/Alien Skin Eye Candy 5/Impact/Glass Preset D.D.Easter2025 OR as follows:

     

Effects/Plugins/FM Tile Tools/Saturation Emboss

Step Eleven:
Object/Align/Top
Object/Align/Left
Layers/Duplicate
Image/Resize/75%
Effects/Image Effects/Offset as follows:



Layers/Duplicate
Image/Resize/75%
Repeat previous offset settings
Layers/Merge/Merge Down
Repeat Once
Layers/Duplicate
Effects/Reflection Effects/Rotating Mirror

Step Twelve:
Maximise Happy Easter Text.png or text of your choice
(If you wish to make text out of a floral image as I did, see my instructions in the Supplies Folder)
Edit/Copy   Edit/Paste as New Layer
Effects/Image Effects/Offset as follows:



Layers/Duplicate
Effects/Distortion Effects/Wind as follows:



Layers/Move/Move Down
Effects/Edge Effects/Enhance

Step Thirteen:
Maximise your main image
Edit/Copy   Edit/Paste as New Layer
Resize to suit
Place to the right of the Layer
Add a Drop Shadow
Add any other Easter images you wish
Selections/Select All
Image/Add Borders/5 pixels/Foreground Colour
Effects/3D Effects/Cutout as follows:



Selections/Select None
Image/Add Borders/5 pixels/Background Colour
Image/Add Borders/5 pixels/Foreground Colour

Step Fourteen:
Selections/Select All
Edit/Copy
Image/Add Borders/50 pixels/White
Selections/Invert
Edit/Paste into Selection
Adjust/Blur/Gaussian Blur/Radius 10
Effects/Plugins/Filters Unlimited 2/&<Bkg Designer sf10111/Splash as follows:



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



Selections/Select None
Image/Add Borders/2 pixels/Foreground Colour

Step Fifteen:
Maximise a Corner Image of your choice
Edit/Copy   Edit/Paste as New Layer
Place in the top left corner of the Layer
Effects/Plugins/Simple/Top Left Mirror
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/1000 pixels wide - height will adjust itself

OPTIONAL STEP
Effect/Plugins/AAA Filters/Custom/Landscape

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

SJOERTDJE

MARIE

BETTY

INGE-LORE

MICHELE B

MICHELE B

VERA MENDES

For other versions please go to:

http://escapingtopsp2.altervista.org/Easter2025Versions/Easter2025Versions.html





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