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

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


Thank you Inge-Lore for this German Translation


Thank you Mina for this Italian Translation

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Supplies
  Images:
MR_Easter Lamb.png
MR_Gorgeous Yellow Narcissus.png
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1293040444_paysages_nikita.png
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Mina@.4650 mist pasquale.04.png
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AH_67_2301_10.png
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bfly flower.png
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Signature.png

Text.png
Big-Deco-Ad-147a.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   

Textures:
cmv-paper-05.bmp

 Mask:
mask8.Emeralde-design.jpg
Misae_Mask_10.jpg

Selections:
D.D.EasterFun
D.D.EasterFun2

Colour Swatch

Plugins:
Mehdi
Filters Unlimited 2.0
&<Bkd Designer sf10111> (Import into Filters Unlimited 2.0)
MuRa's Meister
Eye Candy 4000
Graphics Plus
VM Natural (Import into Filters Unlimited 2.0)


Found here:

AND 


Notes:
This Tutorial was created in Corel 2019.... 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 #ede389
Set your Background colour to #bbad48



Step One:
Open Masks and minimise in your program
Place Texture in PSP Texture Folder
Place Selection in PSP Selection Folder
Open graphics in PSP, duplicate (Shift D) and close the original.

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



File/New/New Image 850 pixels x 375 pixels as follows:



Step Two:
Effects/Texture Effects/Texture as follows:



Effects/Plugins/Mehdi/Weaver as follows:



Effects/Edge Effects/Enhance

Step Three:
Layers/New Raster Layer
Flood fill with Background Colour 
Layers/New Mask Layer/From Image (find mask8.jpg) as follows:



Effects/Edge Effects/Enhance More
Layers/Merge/Merge Group
Effects/Plugins/Filters Unlimited 2.0/Convolution  Filters/Emboss (strong) as follows:



Step Four:
Selections/Load/Save Selection/Load/Selection D.D.EasterFun from Disk as follows:



Edit/Clear
Select Raster 1
Edit/Clear
Selections/Modify/Expand 3 pixels
Layers/New Raster Layer
Layers/Arrange/Move Down
Swap Foreground and Background Colours as follows:



Flood fill with Background Colour
Swap Foreground and Background Colours back to original positions
Change Foreground Gradient to Foreground/Background/Sunburst Gradient as follows:



Layers/New Raster Layer
Flood Fill with Gradient
Layers/New Mask Layer/From Image (find Misae_Mask_10.jpg) as follows:



Effects/Edge Effects/Enhance More
Layers/Merge/Merge Group
Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen More
Effects/User Defined Filter/Emboss 3 Preset OR as follows:



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



Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 4000/Shadowlab as follows:



Repeat Shadowlab/Direction 135
Selections/Select None

Step Six:
Select Raster 2
Selections/Load/Save Selection/Load Selection D.D.EasterFun2 FromDisk
Effects/Plugins/MuRa's Meister/Cloud (don't forget to Reset Colors if needed) as follows:



Selections/Select None
Maximise 1293040444_paysages_nikita.png
Edit/Copy   Edit/Paste as New Layer
Image/Resize/65% as follows:



Change Blend Mode to Soft Light or Blend of your choice.

Step Seven:
MaximiseAH_67_2301_10.pspimage
Edit/Copy  Edit/Paste as New Layer
Layers/Arrange/Bring to Top
Image/Resize/75%
Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen
Effects/Image Effects/Offset as follows:


 
Background Eraser Tool found here:

 

Using the Background Eraser Tool, wipe the following area off the image:



Deselect the Background Eraser Tool

Step Eight:
Image/Add Borders 5 pixels/White
Magic Wand with the following settings:



Select Border with Magic Wand
Flood fill with Foreground Gradient
Effects/Plugins/Graphics Plus/Cross Shadow/Default Setting
Selections/Invert
Effects/3D Effects/Cutout as follows:


(some versions may require a New Layer here)
Selections/Select All

Step Nine:
Image/Add Borders as follows:



Selections/Invert
Flood fill with Foreground Gradient
Effects/Texture Effects/Texture
Effects/Plugins/Filters Unlimited 2.0/VM Natural/Lakeside Reflection as follows:



Effects/3D Effects/Inner Bevel
Selections/Select None

Step Ten:
Maximise bfly flower.png
Edit/Copy  Edit/Paste as New Layer
Image/Resize/45%
Carefully remove tuber's watermark with Eraser Tool
Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen
Effects/Image Effects/Offset as follows:

 

Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 4000/Shadowlab BUT change Direction to 315

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



Maximise Big-Deco-Ad-147a.png
Edit/Copy  Edit/Paste as New Layer
Image/Resize 50%
Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen
Effects/Image Effects/Offset as follows:



Change Blend Mode to Luminance Legacy
Layers/Duplicate
Image/Mirror/Horizontal OR Image/Mirror
Layers/Merge/Merge Down
Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 4000/Shadowlab

Step Twelve:
Maximise MR_Easter Lamb.png
Edit/Copy  Edit/Paste as a New Layer
Image/Resize/50%
Carefully remove the tuber's watermark with Eraser Tool
Effects/Image Effects/Offset as follows:



Maximise MR_Gorgeous Yellow Narcissus.png
Edit/Copy Edit/Paste as New Layer
Carefully remove the tuber's watermark with Eraser Tool
Image/Resize/30%
Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen
Effects/Image Effects/Offset as follows:



Layers/Merge/Merge Down
Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 4000/Shadowlab

Step Thirteen:
Maximise AH_67_2301_10.png
Edit/Copy  Edit/Paste as New Layer
Image/Rezize/50%
Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen
Image/Mirror/Horizontal OR Image/Mirror
Effects/Image Effects/Offset as follows:



Layers/Arrange/Move Down
Repeat Move Down once

Step Fourteen:
Maximise Mina@.4650 mist pasquale.04.png
Edit/Copy    Edit/Paste as New Layer
Image/Resize/30%
Carefully remove the tuber's watermark with Eraser Tool
Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen
Effects/Image Effects/Offset as follows:



Image/Add Borders/5 pixels/White (symmetric box ticked)
Select with Magic Wand
Flood fill with Foreground Gradient
Effects/Plugins/Graphics Plus/Cross Shadow
Selections/Invert
Effects/3D Effects/Cutout
Selections/Select None
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/950 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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