GARDENERS DELIGHT

Tutorial 2017

This tutorial is written by Denise D. on 20th March 2017

from my own ideas.
Any resemblance to other tutorials is co-incidental and unintentional.
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GARDENER'S DELIGHT

gardenrs delight

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

Thank you Franie Margot for this French Translation

Click on the Box to download Supplies

Supplies
Images:
tFloralCrate(h).tub
bluefay_butterflies.pspimage
Strass-Rose-2-TCH.pspimage
am-corner55.psp
DeniseD Signature.png
These images were obtained from the Internet
If you are the owner of this image, please contact me
so that credit can be given to you

Selection:
D.D.GardenersDelight
D.D.GardenersDelight2
D.D.GardenersDelight3
D.D.GardenersDelight4

Texture:
hatch fine lump.bmp

Patterns:
D.D.GardenersDelight

Plugins:
Eye Candy 3 OR Eye Candy 4000
Simple
Found here:
http://www.saturnelladesign.fr/pages/filtres.htm
http://janaly.com/Filtres/Filtre.html
http://www.maidiregrafica.eu/paginafiltri/filtri.html
Notes:
This Tutorial was created in PSP X9.... 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.

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.

Before opening PSP, download plugins and install
Place Pattern in PSP Pattern Folder
Place Texture in PSP Texture Folder
Place Selections in PSP Selections Folder
Open graphics in PSP, duplicate (Shift D) and close the original.
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 #ba6a79
Set your Background colour to #9da9c5

Step One:
File/New/New Image 800 pixels x 800 pixels as follows:

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

Flood Fill with Gradient

Step Two:
Selections/Select All
Maximise tFloralCrate(h).tub
Edit/Copy Edit/Paste into Selection
Adjust/Blur/Radial Blur as follows:

blur

Selections/Select None
Layers/New Raster Layer
Change Background Colour to Pattern D.D.GardenersDelight as follows:

pattern

Flood Fill with Pattern
Effects/Edge Effects/Enhance

Step Three:
Selection/Select All
Selections/Modify/Contract 15 pixels
Layers/New Raster Layer
Flood Fill with Gradient
Effects/Texture Effects/Texture/hatch fine lump as follows:

TEXTURE

Effects/Edge Effects/Enhance
Selections/Modify/Contract 15 pixels
Edit/Clear
Select Raster 2
Selections/Modify/Contract 15 pixels
Edit/Clear
Selection/None
Select Raster 3
Layers/Merge/Merge Down

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

selection 2

Hit the Delete Button
Selections/Select None
Brush Tool/Warp Brush with the following settings:

warp2

Starting at the point shown below, (see edge of circle) hold down the Warp Brush with the left hand side of
the Mouse till the desired effect is achieved.

selection

Click on the tick to complete the process
Change the Warp Brush to this setting and repeat process at the bottom of the border

warp 2

Deselect Warp Brush

Step Five:
Layers/Duplicate
Image/Mirror/Horizontal OR Image/Mirror
Layers/Merge/Merge Down
Effects/3D Effects/Inner Bevel as follows:

INNERBEVEL

Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen More
Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 3/Drop Shadow as follows:

dsfra,e

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

DSframe

Step Six:
Select Raster 1
Layer/New Raster Layer
Selections/Load/Save Selection/Load Selection D.D.GardenersDelight2 from Disk
Flood Fill with Pattern
Effects/Edge Effects/Enhance
Selections/Modify/Contract 8 pixels
Edit/Clear
Layers/New Raster Layer
Flood Fill with Gradient
Effects/Texture Effects/Texture/hatch fine lump
Effects/Edge Effects/Enhance
Selections Modify/Contract 8 pixels
Edit/Clear
Layers/New Raster Layer
Flood Fill with Pattern
Effects/Edge Effects/Enhance
Selections/Modify/Contract 8 pixels
Edit/Clear
Layers/Merge/Merge Down
Selections/Select None
Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 3/Drop Shadow OR Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy4000/Shadowlab

Step Seven:
Select Raster 1
Selections/Load/Save Selection D.D.GardenersDelight3 from Disk
Effect/Texture Effects/Soft Plastic as follows:

Selections/Select None

Step Seven:
Layers/New Raster Layer
Selections/Load/Save Selection D.D.GardenersDelight4
Flood Fill with Gradient
Effects/Texture Effects/Soft Plastic
Effects/Edge Effects/Enhance
Selections/Modify/Select Selection Borders/8 pixels/Outside
Layers/New Raster Layer
Flood Fill with Gradient
Effects/3D Effects/Inner Bevel
Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 3/Drop Shadow OR Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy4000/Shadowlab
Selections/Select None
Maximise tFloralCrate(h).tub
Edit/Copy Edit/Paste as New Layer
Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 3/Drop Shadow OR Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy4000/Shadowlab

Step Eight:
Maximise bluefay_butterflies.pspimage
Edit/Copy Edit/Paste as New Layer
Layers/Arrange/Bring to Top
Effects/Image Effects/Offset as follows:

OFFSETBUTTERFLIES

Change Blend Mode to Luminance
Effects/Plugins/Simple/Top Left Mirror

Step Nine:
Maximise Strass-Rose-2-TCH.pspimage
Edit/Copy Edit/Paste as New Layer
Effects/Edge Effects/Enhance More
Effects/Image Effects/Offset as follows:

OFFSETELEMENT

Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 3/Drop Shadow OR Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy4000/Shadowlab
Layers/Duplicate
Image/Mirror/Horizontal OR Image/Mirror
Layers/Duplicate
Image/Free Rotate/90 degrees/Right
see my placement at the top of the frame
Eraser Tool
rub out the dots as shown below:

ERASE

Layers/Duplicate
Image/Mirror/Vertical OR Image/Flip

Step Ten:
Image/Add Borders/15 pixels/White
Select with Magic Wand with the following settings:

Flood Fill with Gradient
Effects/Texture Effects/Texture/hatch fine lump
Effects/Edge Effects/Enhance
Selections/Select None
Image/Add Borders/25 pixels/White
Select with Magic Wand
Flood Fill with Pattern
Effects/Edge Effects/Enhance
Effects/3D Effects/Inner Bevel
Selections/Invert
Effects/3D Effects/Cut Out as follows:

cutout

Selections/Select None

Step Eleven:
Maximise am-corner55.psp
Edit/Copy Edit/Paste as New Layer
Effects/Image Effects/Offset as follows:

OFFSET CORNER

Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 3/Drop Shadow OR Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy4000/Shadowlab
Effects/Plugins/Simple/Top Left Mirror
Maximise DeniseD 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/850 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

alice t

ALICE T.

BETTY

ELIZABETH

SHIRLEY NZ

franie

FRANIE MARGOT