This tutorial is written by Denise D. on 25th August, 2022

 from my own ideas.
Any resemblance to other tutorials is co-incidental and unintentional.
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FANTASY



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Thank you Inge-Lore for this German Translation

Click on the Box to download Supplies

Supplies
  Images:
Fantasy Background.png

LD-fantasy-069.png

Pattern:
SILVER BEADS.png

 Mask:
077.jpg

Signature.png

Text.png

Flexify 2 Settings.q2q

D.D.Fantasy Preset

Alpha channel

Plugins:
Filters Unlimited 2.0/Toadies
Carolaine & Sensibility
Flaming Pear
Alien Skin Eye Candy 5
AAA Frames
MuRa's Seamles

Found here:

AND  

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

Notes:
This Tutorial was originally 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 #3b4c82
Set your Background colour to #8b93d1

Step One:

Place Pattern in PSP Pattern Folder
Place Preset in PSP Preset Folder
Save Flexify 2 setting to a place you can find it
Open graphics in PSP, duplicate (Shift D) and close the original.


Open Alpha Channel
Duplicate and close original
Name this Layer - Raster 1
We will work on this Alpha Channel where the selections are all hidden

Set Foreground Colour to Radial Gradient as follows:



Flood fill Layer with Foreground Gradient
Effects/Reflection Effects/Rotating Mirror as follows:



Effects/Image Effects/Seamless Tiling/Default Settings

Step Two:
Effects/Plugins/Carolaine & Sensibility/CS_Halloween2 as follows;



Effects/Image Effects/Seamless Tiling/Stutter a follows:



Effects/Edge Effects/Enhance 

Step Three:
Layer/New Raster Layer
Flood fill with Background Colour
Layers/New Mask Layer/From Image (find 077.jpg)as follow:



Layer/Merge/Merge Group
Effect/Edge Effects/Enhance More

Step Four:
Stay on Group Raster 1 Layer
Selections/Load/Save Selection/Load Selection #1 from Alpha Channel
Promote Selection to Layer
Selections/Select None
Effects/Plugins/Carolaine & Sensibility/CS_LDots as follows:



Effects/Plugins/Filters Unlimited 2.0/Toadies/What Are You? as follows:



Step Five:
Layers/Duplicate
Effects/Plugins/Flaming Pear/Flexify 2/Preset OR as follows:



Image/Resize/65% as follows:




Effects/Edge Effects/Enhance
Effects/Plugins/MurA's Meister/Copies as follows:



Step Six:
Image/Resize/75%
Effects/Image Effects/Offset as follows:



Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen
Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow as follows:



Effects/Plugin/MuRa's Seamless/Emboss at Alpha/Default Settings

Step Seven:
Selections/Load/Save Selection/Load Selection #2 from Alpha Channel
Edit/Clear
Selections/Modify/Select Selection Borders



Change Background Colour to Pattern SILVER BEADS.png as follows:



Layers/New Raster Layer
Flood fill with Background Pattern
Effects/3D Effects/Inner Bevel as follows:



Selections/Select None
Layers/Merge/Merge Down

Step Eight:
Selections/Load/Save Selection/Load Selection #3 from Alpha Channel
Select Raster 1
Promote Selection to Layer
Layers/Arrange/Bring to Top
Adjust/Blur/Gaussian Blur as follows:



Layers/Arrange/Move Down
Layers/New Raster Layer
Maximise Fantasy Background.png
Edit/Copy   Edit/Paste into Selection
Selection/Select None
Change Opacity to 90%
Select Promoted Selection Layer
Effects/Image Effects/Seamless Tiling/Default Settings
Effects/Edge Effects/Enhance

Step Nine:
Layers/New Raster Layer
Layers/Arrange/Bring to Top
Selections/Load/Save Selection/Load Selection #4 from Disk
Flood Tool with the following settings:



Change Foreground Gradient to the Linear setting same numbers as before
Flood fill with Foreground Gradient
Effects/Plugins/MuRa's Seamless/Emboss at Alpha
Effect/3D Effects/Drop Shadow as follows:



Select Raster 1
Selection/Load/Save Selection/Load Selection #5 from Alpha Channel
Promote Selection to Layer
Layers/Arrange/Bring to Top
Effects/Plugins/Carolaine & Sensibility/LDots as follows:



Effects/Edge Effects/Enhance
Effects/Plugins/Alien Skin Eye Candy 5/Impact/Glass/Clear /Default Settings
Selections/Select None

Step Ten:
Layers/Duplicate
Effects/Texture Effects/Mosaic Antique as follows:



Repeat once
Layers/Arrange/Move Down
Image/Add Borders/2 pixels/Foreground Colour
Selections/Select All
Image/Add Borders/5 pixels/White
Selections/Invert
Flood fill with Background Pattern
Effects/3D Effects/Inner Bevel
Selections/Select All
Selections/Modify/Contract 7 pixels
Selections/Invert
Effects/3D Effects/Cutout as follows:



Selections/Select None

Step Eleven:
Edit/Copy
Selections/Select All
Image/Add Borders 50 pixel/White
Selection/Invert
Edit/Paste into Selection
Adjust/Blur/Gaussian Blur as follows:




Effect/Plugin/Filters Unlimited 2.0/Toadies/Weaver as follows:



Effects/Reflection Effects/Rotating Mirror/Default Settings
Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen
Select None

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



Selections/Select All
Selections/Modify/Contract 20 pixels
Effects/Plugins/AAA Frames/Foto Frame
Selections/Select None

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



Maximise LD-fantasy-069.png
Edit/Copy   Edit/Paste as New Layer
Image/Mirror/Horizontal OR Image/Mirror
Place where suitable with your image
Effect/Plugins/Eye Candy 5.0/Perspective Shadow/Preset D.D.Fantasy or as follows:

 


Step Fourteen:
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:
Effects/Plugins/AAA Filters/Custom/Landscape as follows:



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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INGE-LORE



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