Supplies
  Images:
Victorian Life Misted.pspimage by Lamanouche

Mask:
1250181206 Nikita Masques.jpg

You can obtain these masks at:
https://www.reveries.fr/accueil.php

Pattern:
Antique_gold.jpg

Signature



Font:
Baroque Script.ttf

Plugins:
Alien Skin Eye Candy 4000
Filters Unlimited 2.0
Gradient Plus

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 PSPX1 and updated 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 #e5d495
Set your Background colour to #b0231c

Step One:

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


File/New/New Image 700 pixels x 800 pixels as follows:



Flood fill with Background Colour

Step Two:
Layers/New Raster Layer
Change Foreground Colour to Foreground/Background Linear Gradient as follows:



Flood fill with Foreground Gradient
Layers/Load/Save Mask/Load Mask 1250181206 Nikita Masques.jpg from disk as follows:



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



Step Three:
Minimise Image for now
Maximise Victorian Life Misted.pspimage
Edit/Copy
We will work on this image for now
File/New/New Image 600 pixels x 700 pixels as follows:



Selections/Select All
Edit/Paste into Selection
Selections/Select None
Change Foreground Gradient to the following settings:



Select Raster 1
Flood fill with Foreground Gradient
Layers/Merge/Merge All Flatten

Step Four:
Selections/Select All
Image/Add Borders/10 pixels/White
Selections/Invert
Change Background Colour to Pattern antique_gold.jpg as follows:



Flood fill with Background Pattern
Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow as follows:



Selections/Select None

Step Five:
Edit/Copy
 back to original work
Edit/Paste as New Layer
Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 4000/Shadowlab as follows:



Repeat Shadowlab/Direction 135
Layers/Merge/Merge Visible

Step Six:
Selections/Select All
Image/Add Borders/8 pixels/White
Selections/Invert
Flood fill with Background Pattern
Selections/Select All
Image/Add Borders/10 pixels/White
Selections/Invert
Flood fill with Foreground Gradient
Effects/Plugins/Filters Unlimited 2.0/Graphics Plus/Cross Shadow/Default Settings
Selections/Select All
Image/Add Borders/8 pixels/White
Selections/Invert
Flood fill with Background Pattern
Selections/Select None

Step Seven:
Selections/Select All
Selections/Modify/Contract 26 pixels
Selections/Invert
Effects/3D Effects/Inner Bevel as follows:



Selections/Select All
Image/Add Borders/35 pixels/White
Selections/Invert
Flood fill with Foreground Gradient
Effects/Plugins/Filters Unlimited 2.0/Graphics Plus/Default Settings
Effects/Texture Effects/Blinds as follows:



Selections/Select None

Step Eight:
Selections/Select All
Image/Add Borders/8 pixels/White
Selections/Invert
Flood fill with Background Pattern
Effects/3D Effects/Inner Bevel
Selections/Select All
Image/Add Borders/10 pixels/White
Selections/Invert
Flood fill with Foreground Gradient
Effects/Plugins/Filters Unlimited 2.0/Graphics Plus/Cross Shadow/Default Settings
Selections/Select All
Image/Add Borders/8 pixels/White
Selections/Invert
Flood fill with Background Pattern
Selections/Select All
Selections/Modify/Contract 26 pixels
Selections/Invert
Effects/3D Effects/Inner Bevel
Selections/Select All

Step Nine:
Selections/Modify/Contract 85 pixels
Selections/Invert
Edit/Copy   Edit/Paste as New Image
Effects/Distortion Effects/Curliques as follows:



Back to original image
Selections/Select None
Edit/Paste as New Layer
Image/Resize/90% as follows:



Effects/Geometric Effects/Spherize as follows:



Effects/Edge Effects/Erode
Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 4000/Shadowlab
Repeat Shadowlab/Direction 315

Step Ten:
Text Tool with the following settings:





Some versions may require other settings here
Write:

There may be many flowers in a man's life,

 but there is only one rose.

                    Unknown

Convert to Raster Layer
Objects/Align/Horizontal Centre
See my image for placement
Effects/Plugins/MuRa's Seamless/Emboss at Alpha/Default Settings
Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow

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/1000 pixels wide - height will adjust itself
File/Export/JPEG Optimiser/Compression Value 20

I hope you have enjoyed this tutorial
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