This tutorial is written by Denise D. on 22nd January, 2013

EASTER PARADE

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Thank you Inge-Lore for this German Translation

Click on the Box to download Supplies

Supplies
  Images:
Jen_Goose 590_26_02_2012.pspimage
Tubed by Jen.

ChickPeckingFlwrs.pspimage

D.D.forgetmeknots.pspimage

Spring Bunny-MBastin-KRC2011.pspimage
Tube by KR Creations (Artist Marjolein Bastin)

Font:
Amazone BT

Pattern:
D.D.easterplaid.jpg

Signature

Mask:
nikita-masques 1250181671.jpg
Masks can be found at:
http://www.reveries.fr/accueil.php 

Plugins:
Eye Candy 4000
Filters Unlimited 2.0
MuRa's Seamless

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 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 #ded0a5
Set your Background colour to #d3e3dd

Step One:

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


File/New/New Image 800 pixels x 650 pixels as follows:



Flood fill with Foreground Colour

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



Layers/New Raster Layer
Flood fill with Foreground Gradient
Layers/Load/Save Mask/Load Mask nikita-masques 1250181671.jpg from Disk as follows:



Effects/Edge Effects/Enhance More
Layers/Merge/Merge Group
Effects/Plugins/MuRa's Seamless/Emboss at Alpha/Default Settings
Layers/Merge/Merge Down

Step Three:
Layers/Duplicate
Image/Resize/85% as follows:



Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen
Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 4000/Shadowlab as follows:



Repeat Shadowlab/Direction 135

Step Four:
MaximiseJen_Goose 590_26_02_2012.pspimage
Edit/Copy   Edit/Paste as New Layer
Effects/Image Effects/Offset as follows:



Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 4000/Shadowlab

Step Five:
Change Background Colour to #577970
Swap the Gradient and Background Colour so that the Gradient is now in the Background Colour position
and visa versa
Text Tool with the following settings:





Some versions of PSP my need different settings

Write:

I think of the garden after the rain;
 And hope to my heart comes singing,
At morn the cherry-blooms will be white,
 And the Easter bells be ringing! 

Adjust to fit on the Layer
See my image for placement
Convert to Raster Layer

Next, Write

~Edna Dean Procter

Place text under verse to the right and make it slightly smaller in size
Convert to Raster Layer
Layers/Merge/Merge Down

Step Six:
Effects/Plugins/Filters Unlimited 2.0/Convolution/Emboss (Light Inverse) as follows:



Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 4000/Shadowlab BUT change Opacity to 30
Keep the Foreground and Background settings as they are now

Step Seven:
Selections/Select All
Image/Add Borders/10 pixels/Foreground Colour
Effects/3D Effects/Cutout as follows:



Selections/Select None
Maximise ChickPeckingFlwrs.pspimage
Edit/Copy   Edit/Paste as New Layer
Image/Mirror Horizontal OR Image/Mirror
Effects/Image Effects/Offset as follows:



Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 4000/Shadowlab BUT change Opacity back to 40

Step Eight:
Change Foreground Colour to Pattern D.D.easterplaid.jpg as follows:



Selections/Select All
Image/Add Borders/35 pixels/White
Selections/Invert
Flood fill with Foreground Pattern
Image/Add Borders/10 pixels/Background Colour
Effects/3D Effects/Cutout
Selections/Select None

Step Nine:
Maximise Spring Bunny-MBastin-KRC2011.pspimage
Edit/Copy  Edit/Paste as New Layer
Image/Resize/85%
Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen
Effects/Image Effects/Offset as follows:



Change Opacity to 75%

Step Ten:
Maximise D.D.forgetmeknots.pspimage
Edit/Copy  Edit/Paste as New Layer
Image/Mirror Horizontal OR Image/Mirror
Effects/Image Effects/Offset as follows:



Layers/Duplicate
Image/Mirror Horizontal OR Image/Mirror
Layers/Merge/Merge Down
Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 4000/Shadowlab

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
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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