HAPPY EASTERTIDE

Tutorial 2017

This tutorial is written by Denise D. on 16th February, 2023

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

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Thank you Inge-Lore for this German Translation

Thank you Michele for this French Translation

Thank you Anja for this Dutch Translation

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Supplies
Supplies included with the Tutorial

Alpha Channel
DeniseD Signature.png
D.D.Fence.png
D.D.Text.png
D.D.Trees.png
Easter Basket.png
deco_fleurs_2.png

a_flower_bed_with_flowers_on_a_transparent_backgro_by_prussiaart-dbck39c.png

Mask:
Narah_mask_0543.jpg
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Pattern:
csgPlaid005.jpg

Thank you Donna and Luzcristina for the use of your images

You will need to provide:

Image of an Easter Rabbit or image of your choice

Image of a cottage

Plugins:
Filters Unlimited 2.0/Convolution Filter
MuRa's Seamless
Eye Candy 4000
DSB Flux
Artistiques

Found here:

AND

Double Click on the ICI

icon in your supplies folder to install this Preset in your Plugin.

Notes:
This Tutorial was created in PSP2019
.... 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 #90b4bc
Set your Background colour to #9294c8

Step One:
Open Mask and minimise for now

Place Pattern in PSP Pattern Folder

Open graphics in PSP, duplicate (Shift D) and close the original.

Open Alpha Channel
Duplicate
We will work on the Duplicate where the Selections are hidden

Change Foreground Colour to Foreground/Background Gradient as follows:

Flood fill with Foreground Gradient

Step Two:
Layers/New Raster Layer
Flood fill with Background Colour
Layers/New Mask Layer/From Image (find Narah_mask_0543.jpg) as follows:

mask

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

emboss

Step Three:
Selections/Load/Save/Load Selection #1 from Alpha Channel
Select Raster 1
Promote Selection to Layer
Layers/Arrange/Bring to Top
Effects/Texture Effects/Soft Plastic as follows:

soft

Effects/Edge Effects/Enhance
Selections/Select None
Layers/Duplicate
Effects/Image Effects/Seamless Tiling/Default Settings

Step Four:
Layers/Merge/Merge Visible
Layers/Duplicate
Effects/Plugins/MuRa's Meister/Perspective Tiling as follows:

perpective tiling

Effects/Reflection Effects/Rotating Mirror as follows:

Step Five:
Selections/Load/Save Selection/Load Selection #3 from Alpha Channel
Promote Selection to Layer
Effects/Texture Effects/Weave as follows:

weave

Selection/Select None

Step Six:
Selections/Load/Save Selection/Load Selection #4 from Alpha Channel
Select Copy of Merged Layer
Promote Selection to Layer
Effects/Plugins/DSB Flux/Tiler as follows:

tiler

Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen
Selections/Select None
Select Promoted Selection Layer
Layers/Merge/Merge Down

Step Seven:
Select Copy of Merged Layer
Selection/Load/Save Selection/Load Selection #2 from Alpha Channel
Hit delete button 3 times
Selections/Select None
Maximise D.D.Fence.png
Edit/Copy Edit/Paste as New Layer
Layers/Arrange/Bring to Top
Effects/Image Effects/Offset as follows:

offset fence

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

Step Eight:
Maximise your image of a Cottage
Edit/Copy Edit/Paste as New Layer
Layers/Arrange/Move Down
Place to the right of the image
(see my image for placement - it should fill about half the area)
Maximise a_flower_bed_with_flowers_on_a_transparent_backgro_by_prussiaart-dbck39c.png
Edit/Copy Edit/Paste as New Layer
Effects/Image Effects/Offset as follows:

offset white flowers

Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 4000/Shadowlab

Step Nine:
Maximise your image of a Rabbit or image of your choice
Edit/Copy Edit/Paste as New Layer
Layers/Arrange/Move Up
Carefully remove the tuber's watermark
Effects/Image Effects/Offset as follows:

offset flowers

Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 4000/Shadowlab

Step Ten:
Layers/Merge/Merge Down
Repeat Twice
Select Merged Layer
Layers/Duplicate
Select Copy of Merged Layer
Effects/Plugins/Artisiques/Pastels as follows:

pastels

In some versions of this plugin this is called Rough Pastels (same result)
Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen (if necesary)

Step Eleven:
Maximise D.D.Trees.png
Edit/Copy Edit/Paste as New Layer
Object/Align/Left
Maximise D.D.Text.png
Edit/Copy Edit/Paste as New Layer
Place in the top left corner
Layers/Merge Visible

Step Twelve:
Effects/3D Effects/Buttonize as follows:

buttonixe

Image/Add Borders/3 pixels/Background Colour
Selections/Select all
Image/Add borders/25 pixels/White
Selections/Invert
Change Background to Pattern as follows:

pattern

Flood Fill with Background Pattern
Effects/3D Effects/Inner Bevel as follows:

bevel

Step Thirteen:
Selections/Select None
Image/Add Borders/3 pixels/Background Colour
Promote Background Layer
Effects/Geometric Effects/Perspective/Horizontal as follows:

perpective

Layers/New Raster Layer
Layers/Arrange/Move Down
Change Foreground Gradient Settings to Angle 45 Repeats 5
Flood Fill with Foreground Gradient
Effects/Plugins/Artistiques/Pastels
Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen

Step Fourteen:
Maximise D.D.LaceCorner.png
Edit/Copy Edit/Paste as New Layer
Effects/Image Effects/Ofset as follows:

offset lace

Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 4000/Shadowlab

Step Fifteen:
Select Raster 1
Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 4000/Shadowlab
Repeat Shadowlab/Direction 135
Selections/Select All
Image/Add Borders/5 pixels/Background Colour
Image/Add Borders/5 pixels/Foreground Colour
Image/Add Borders/5 pixels/Background Colour
Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 4000/Shadowlab
Repeat Shadowlab/Direction 315
Selections/Select All
Image/Add Borders/30 pixels/White
Selections/Invert
Flood fill with Background Pattern
Effects/3D Effects/Inner Bevel
Selections/Select None

Step Fifteen:
Image/Add Borders/5 pixels/Background Colour
Maximise Easter Basket.png
Edit/Copy Edit/Paste as New Layer
Layers/Arrange/Bring to Top
Place in bottom right corner
Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 4000

Step Sixteen:
Maximise deco_fleurs_2.png
Edit/Copy Edit/Paste as New Layer
Effects/Image Effects/Offset as follows:

OFFSET CORNER

Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 4000/Shadowlab

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

OPTIONAL STEP:
Effects/Plugins/AAA Filters/Custom Filter/Landscape

Image/Resize/1000 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

BETTY

BETTY

SJOERTDJE

MARIE

INGE-LORE

MICHELE

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