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Vintage Easter Postcard Eva Hollyer Girl With Picked Flowers by Donna.psp
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bleuesblanches.psp
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Selection:
D.D.Selection4a
D.D.Selection4b

DeniseD Signature.png

Mask:   
c25.masques.2012.inedit122

Texture:
lace1
           
Plugins:
Two Moon
Eye Candy 3.0
MuRa's Seamless
Filters Unlimited 2.0
                   
Found here:
http://www.chezviolette17.com/02filtres/Filtres.htm

Notes:
This Tutorial was originally created in PSP X5 and now redone in PSPX9..... 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.

http://escapingtopsp2.altervista.org/Home/homeb.html



Place Mask in PSP Mask Folder
Place Selections in PSP Selections Folder
Place Texture in PSP Texture Folder
Before opening PSP, download plugins and install
Open graphics in PSP, duplicate (Shift D) and close the original.

The settings remain the same throughout this Tutorial unless otherwise stated.
Set your Foreground colour to #d4d8ca
Set your Background colour to #559aa1

Step One:
File/New/New Image 750 pixels x 550 pixels as follows:



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



Flood Fill with Gradient

Step Two:
Layers/Duplicate
        Image/Mirror/Horizontal  OR Image/Mirror      
Double Click on Copy of Raster 1 and change the Blend Mode to Dissolve
and  Opacity to 50% and as follows:



Layers/Merge/Merge Down
Effects/Distortion Effects/Wave as follows:




Step Three:
Effects/Plugins/Two Moon /Wish It Would Rain as follows:



Step Five:
Selections/Select All
Selections/Modify/Contract 20 pixels
Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 3.0/Drop Shadow as follows:



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



Repeat Drop Shadow/Shadowlab with Direction 135
Keep Selected

Step Six:
Layers/New Raster Layer
Flood Fill with Background Colour
Effects/Plugins/Filters Unlimited/Paper Textures/Fibrous Paper/Coarse as follows:



Effects/Plugins/Two Moon/RotaBlades as follows:



Selections/Modify/Contract 15 pixels
Edit/Clear
Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 3.0/Drop Shadow OR Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 4000/Shadowlab
Repeat Drop Shadow/Shadowlab with Direction 315
Selections/Contract/Modify/25 pixels
Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 3.0/Drop Shadow OR Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 4000/Shadowlab
Repeat Drop Shadow/Shadowlab with Direction 135
Keep Selected

Step Seven:
Select Raster 1
Promote Selection to Layer
Layers/New Raster Layer
Change Foreground back to Foreground Colour
Flood Fill with Foreground Colour
Effects/Texture Effects/Texture/lace1 as follows:



Layers/Load/Save Mask/from Disk/c25.masques.2012.inedit122 as follows:



Layers/Merge/Merge Group
Effects/Edge Effects/Enhance
Effects/Plugins/MuRa's Seamless/Emboss at Alpha/Default Settings
Selections/Select None

Step Eight:
Layers/New Raster Layer
Layers/Arrange/Bring to Top
Selections/Load/Save Selection/Load Selection from Disk/D.D.Selection4a



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



Flood Fill with Gradient
Layers/New Raster Layer
Maximise MKM 2012 AUG MISC SERIES 3_T1.pspimage
Edit/Copy      Edit/Paste into Selection
Selections/Modify/Select Selection Borders as follows:



Layers/New Raster Layer
Flood Fill with Gradient
Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 3.0 Effects/Drop Shadow
Repeat Drop Shadow Direction 315
Selections/Select None

Step Nine:
Layers/New Raster Layer
Selections/Load/Save Selection/Load Selection from Disk/D.D.selection4b
Flood Fill with Gradient
Layers/New Raster Layer
Maximise Sorensen_Designs Mist Feb 130-11.pspimage
Edit/Copy      Edit/Paste into Selection
Selections/Modify/Select Selection Borders
Layers/New Raster Layer
Flood Fill with Gradient
Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 3.0/Drop Shadow
Repeat Drop Shadow Direction 135
Selections/Select None

Step Ten:
Maximise Vintage Easter Postcard Eva Hollyer Girl With Picked Flowers by Donna.psp
Edit/Copy      Edit/Paste as New Layer
Image/Resize/35% as follows:



Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen
Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 3.0/Drop Shadow/Direction 315
Leave the image where it is in the middle of the Layer

Step Eleven:
Maximise bleuesblanches.psp
Edit/Copy      Edit/Paste as New Layer
Image/Resize/50%
Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen
Effects/Image Effects/Offset as follows:



Layers/Duplicate
Image/Mirror/Horizontal
Image/Mirror/Vertical
OR
Image/Mirror       Image/Flip
Layers/Merge/Merge Down
Effects/MuRa's Seamless/Emboss at Alpha/Default Settings
Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow as follows:



Layers/Merge/Merge All Flatten

Step Twelve:
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/Add Borders/10 pixels/Background Colour
Selections/Select All
Selections/Modify/Contract 10 pixels
Selections/Invert
Effects/Plugins/Filters Unlimited 2.0/Fibrous Paper, Coarse
Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen More
Effects/Plugins/Two Moons/RotaBlades
Effects/3D Effects/Inner Bevel as follows:



Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 3.0/Drop Shadow OR Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 4000/Shadowlab
Repeat Drop Shadow/Shadowlab with Direction 135
Selections/Select None
Image/Resize/800 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




SHIRLEY NZ


LOURDES


LILLIAN


SJOERTDJE



INGE-LORE