JUST A POT OF COLOUR

Tutorial 2017

This tutorial is written by Denise D. on 30th March, 2014

from my own ideas.
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JUST A POT OF COLOUR

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

Click on the Box to download Supplies

To print click on Printer

Supplies
Images:
pots fleuris.png
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Butterfly
jf-single-pearls.pspimage
Obtained through Group Shares.
If this image was created by you, please let me know
so that appropriate credit can be given.

Presets:
Just a Pot of Colour
Left click on this icon ICON

and it will be installed into your Plugin automatically

Mask:
branches_msk_gam
Narah_mask_0546

Colour Swatch

Plugins:
Simple
Eye Candy 3.0
Xero
Alien Skin Eye Candy 5/Impact

Found here:
PLUGINS

AND

Notes:
This Tutorial was originally created in PSP 5 but reworked 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 #fae4e5
Set your Background colour to #bea496

Step One:

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

Step One:
File/New/New Image 800 pixels x 550 pixels as follows:

Step Two:
Change Foreground Colour to Foreground/Background Rectangular Gradient as follows:

Flood Fill with Gradient
Layers/Duplicate
Image/Mirror Horizontal OR Image/Mirror
Double click on this layer in the Layers Box and change the Opacity to 50% as follows:

LAYERS

Layers/Merge/Merge Down

Step Three:
Effects/Plugins/Simple/Blintz
Effects/Plugins/Simple/Centre Tile
Effects/Image Effects/Seamless Tiling/Default Settings
Effects/Edge Effects/Enhance More
Layers/Duplicate
Image/Resize/90% as follows:

Step Four:
Effects/Plugins/Xero/Clarity as follows:

CLARITY

Repeat Xero/Clarity once
Effects/Geometric/Spherize as follows:

Image/Resize/95%
Image/Duplicate
Image/Resize/95%
Select Copy of Raster 1
Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 3.0/Drop Shadow as follows:

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

Select Copy (2) of Raster 1
Repeat Drop Shadow/Shadowlab

Step Five:
Maximise pots fleuris.png
Edit/Copy Edit/Paste as New Layer
Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 5/Impact/Perspective Shadow/Just a Pot of Colour 2 OR as follows:

SETTINGS

Maximise Butterfly.png
Edit/Copy Edit/Paste as New Layer
Effects/Image Effects/Free Rotate 25 degrees right as follows:

free

Effects/Image Effects/Offset as follows:

OFFSET BUTTERFLY

Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow as follows:

ds2

Change Blend Mode to Hard Light
Select Raster 3
Layers/Merge/Merge Down
Repeat Twice
Effects/Plugins/Xero/Artworx/Fine Lines as follows:

Step Six:
Select Copy of Raster 1
Effects/Texture Effects/Blinds a follows:

BLINDS

Effects/Edge Effects/Enhance
Select Copy (2) of Raster 1
Maximise jf-single-pearls.pspimage
I used Raster 3
Edit/Copy Edit/Paste as New Layer
Effects/Image Effects/Offset as follows:

OFFSET PEARLS

Adjust/Hue and Saturation/Colorize as follows:

Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow BUT untick Shadow on New Layer Box
Effects/Plugins/Simple/Top Left Mirror

Step Seven:
Select Raster 1
Change Background Colour to #9c4254
Change Gradient to the following settings:

Layers/New Raster Layer
Flood Fill with Gradient
Layers/Load/Save Mask/Load Mask branches.msk.gam from Disk as follows:

MASK

Layers/Merge/Merge Group
Effects/Edge Effects/Enhance

Step Eight:
Select Group Raster 3
Layers/Merge/Merge Down
Layers Duplicate
Select Copy of Raster 1
Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 3.0/Drop Shadow
Or
Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 4000/Shadowlab
Repeat Drop Shadow/Shadowlab/Direction 135
Select Raster 1
Effects/Plugins/Xero/Artworx/Wedges as follows:

artworks

I just clicked on Random and got what image I liked to use for this one
Layers/Merge/Merge All Flatten

Step Nine:
Image/Add Borders/5 pixels/Foreground Colour
Image/Add Borders/30 pixels/White
Magic Wand with the following settings:

Select with Magic Wand
Edit/Paste Into Selection
Effects/Plugins/Xero/Artifax as follows:

ARTIFAX

Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen
Selections/Select None
Image/Add Borders/5 pixels/Foreground Colour

Step Ten:
Layers/New Raster Layer
Flood fill with Foreground Gradient
Layers/Load/Save/Mask/Load Mask Narah_mask_0546 from Disk
Layers/Merge/Merge Group
Effects/Edge Effects/Enhance
Change Blend Mode to Overlay
Maximise pots fleuris.png
Edit/Copy Edit/Paste as New Layer
Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 5/Impact/Perspective Shadow/Just a Pot of Colour 2

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/850 pixels wide - height will adjust itself
Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen
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

INGE-LORE