This tutorial is written by Denise D. on 14th August, 2021

http://escapingtopsp2.altervista.org/Hummingbird/Hummingbird.htm



Thank you Inge-Lore for this German Translation


Thank you Marion for this French Translation


Thank you Vera Mendes for this Portuguese Translation

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  Images:
LD-Hummingbird.png
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deco rectangle.png
Floral Basket.png

Colour Swatch

Some of these image were obtained from the Internet
If you are the owner of this image, please contact me
so that credit can be given to you   

Textures:
JC-027

 Mask:
m 6.jpg
maskcameron135

Selections:
D.D.Hummingbird
D.D.Hummingbird2
D.D.Hummingbird3

Signature:
DeniseD signature.png

Plugins:
Filter Factory Gallery F
Graphics Plus
Toadies
(Import into Filters Unlimited 2.0)

MuRa's Seamless
Flexify 2
It@lian Editors Effect
AAA Filters

Found here:

AND 


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

Please Note:   Offset settings provided in this tutorial may vary according to size of your image.
Please adjust to suit.

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.



The settings remain the same throughout this Tutorial unless otherwise stated.
Set your Foreground colour to #f3ed87
Set your Background colour to #783383


Step One:
Place Mask in PSP Mask Folder
Place Texture in PSP Texture Folder
Place Selection in PSP Selection Folder
Open graphics in PSP, duplicate (Shift D) and close the original.

File/New/New Image 1000 pixels x 750 pixels as follows:



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



Flood fill with Gradient

Step Two:
Selections/Select All
Layers/New Raster Layer
Maximise LD-Hummingbird.png
Edit/Copy   Edit/Paste into Selection
Selections/Select None
Carefully remove tuber's watermark with Eraser Tool
Layers/Merge/Merge Down
Effects/Image Effects/Seamless tiling/Default Settings
Adjust/Blur/Radial Blur as follows:



Effects/Plugins/Filters Unlimited 2.0/Filter Factory Gallery F/Radial Replicate as follows:



Step Three:
Layers/Duplicate
Image/Resize/90% as follows:



Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen
Selections/Select All
Selections/Float    Selections/Defloat
Layers/New Raster Layer
Flood fill with Foreground Gradient
Effects/Texture/Texture as follows:



Layers/Load/Save Mask/Load Mask m6 from Disk as follows:



Effects/Edge Effects/Enhance More
Layers/Merge/Merge Group
Selections/Select None
Effects/Plugins/MuRa's Seamless/Emboss at Alpha
Layers/Merge/Merge Down
Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 4000/Shadowlab as follows:



Step Four:
Layers/New Raster Layer
Selections/Load/Save Selection/Load Selection D.D.Hummingbird from Disk as follows:



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



Flood fill with Foreground Gradient
Effects/Plugins/Carolaine & Sensibility/CS-HLines as follows;

 

Effects/Edge Effects/Enhance
Selections/Select None
Layers/Duplicate
Effects/Plugins/Filters Unlimited 2.0/Toadies/What Are You?/Default Settings as follows:



Layers/Merge/Merge Down
Layers/Duplicate
Image/Mirror OR Image/Mirror Horizontal
Layers/Merge/Merge Down
Using the Pick/Deform Tool, drag the top right corner to the top of the Layer as shown below:



Using the Pick/Deform Tool, drag the bottom left corner down to bottom of Layer.
This is what you should have now:



Deselect Pick/Deform Tool

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



Effects/Distortion Effects/Polar Co-ordinates as follows:



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

Step Six:
 Maximise LD-hummingbird.png
Edit/Copy   Edit/Paste as New Layer
Leave where it is
Carefully remove the tuber's watermark with Eraser Tool
Layers/Duplicate
Select Raster 3
Adjust/Blur/Gaussian Blur as follows:



Change Blend Mode to Hard Light or blend of your choice
Select Raster 1
Layers/New Raster Layer
Flood fill with Background Colour
Layers/Load/Save Mask/Load Mask maskcameron135 from Disk as follows:



Effects/Edge Effects/Enhance More
Layers/Merge/Merge Group
Effects/Plugins/MuRa's Seamless/Emboss at Alpha
Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 4000/Shadowlab

Step Seven:
Maximise deco rectange.png
Edit/Copy   Edit/Paste as New Layer
Layers/Arrange/Bring to the top
Effects/Image Effects/Offset as follows:



Change Blend Mode to Luminance Legacy or blend of your choice
Layers/New Raster Layer
Layers/Arrange/Move Down
Selections/Load/Save Selection
Load/Selection D.D.Hummingbird2 from Disk
Change Foreground back to the following Gradient:



Flood fill with Foreground Gradient
Effects/Plugins/AAA Frames/Foto Frames as follows:

 

Select Layer on top of stack
Layers/Merge/Merge Down
Selections/Select None

Step Eight:
Maximise deco_elizabeth_creations.png
Edit/Copy   Edit/Paste as New Layer
Image/Resize/50%
Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen
Effects/Image Effects/Offset as follows:

 

Layers/Merge/Merge Down
Layers/Duplicate
Effects/Image Effects/Offset as follows:



Step Nine:
Selections/Select All
Image/Add Borders/60 pixels/White
Selections/Invert
Flood fill with Foreground Gradient
Effects/Plugins/It@lian Editors Effect/Raggi di Luce as follows:



Selections/Select None
Layers/New Raster Layer
Selections/Load/Save Selection D.D.Hummingbird3 from Disk
Flood fill with Background Colour
Effects/Texture Effects/Texture
Layers/Load/Save Mask/Load Mask maskcameron135 from Disk BUT untick Invert Transparency Box
Effects/Edge Effects/Enhance
Layers/Merge/Merge Group
Efffects/Plugins/MuRa's Seamless/Emboss at Alpha/Default Settings
Selections/Select None

Step Ten:
Selections/Select All
Image/Add Borders/5 pixels/White
Selections/Invert
Flood fill with Foreground Gradient
Effects/Plugins/Filters Unlimited 2.0/Graphics Plus/Cross Shadow/Default Settings
Selections/Invert
Effects/3D Effects/Cutout as follows:



Selections/Select All
Image/Add Borders/50 pixels/White
Selections/Invert
Flood fill with Foreground Gradient
Effects/Plugins/AAA Filters/AAA Framer as follows:



Selections/Select None

Step Eleven:
Maximise Floral Basket.png
Edit/Copy     Edit/Paste as New Layer
Effects/Image Effects/Offset as follows:



Step Twelve:
Maximise Text.png
Edit/Copy   Edit/Paste as New layer
Place in top right hand corner
(see my image for placement)
Layers/New Raster Layer
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
A big thank you to the ladies who test my Tutorials
TESTERS' RESULTS


FRAN


LILLIAN


BETTY


MARION


INGE-LORE



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