Tutorial 2017
 

This tutorial is written by Denise D. on 17th December, 2017

 from my own ideas.
Any resemblance to other tutorials is co-incidental and unintentional.
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and credit for the tutorial is given to me and linked to

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


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MONET'S GARDEN

mnets garden

http://escapingtopsp2.altervista.org/MonetsGarden/MonetsGarden1.html

box
Click on the Box to download Supplies


Supplies
 Images:
August Series Art 1 - 1.pspimage
You can join this Group at:
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/montanakates-mists-only/info

chrismist_Acc_5320.pspimage
 Tubed by Christine
flowertrail.pspimage
This image was obtained from the Internet
If you are the owner of this image, please contact me
so that credit can be given to you

DeniseD Signature.png  


Textures:
jdtexture41
GRID 1

Selection:
D.D.Monet'sGarden

 Mask:
autumnmask

Font:
Flowo.ttf

Plugins:

Sapphire Plugin 09 (Export into Filters Unlimited 2.0) (included in supplies folder)
MuRa's Seamless

Found here:
http://www.saturnelladesign.fr/pages/filtres.htm
http://janaly.com/Filtres/Filtre.html
http://www.maidiregrafica.eu/paginafiltri/filtri.html
Notes:
This Tutorial was created in PSP X9.... 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.

tools

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 #dde2eb
Set your Background colour to #94a1c0

Step One:
Before opening PSP, download plugins and install
Place Mask in PSP Mask Folder
Place Texture in PSP Texture Folder
Place Selection in PSP Selection Folder
Install Font
Open graphics in PSP, duplicate (Shift D) and close the original.

File/New/New Image 900 pixels x 700 pixels as follows:

nl

Step Two:
Flood Fill with Background Colour

Effects/Texture Effects/Texture/jdtexture41 as follows:

texture

Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen

Selections/Select All
Selections/Modify/Contract 8 pixels
Edit/Clear
Layers/New Raster Layer
Change Foreground Colour to Foreground/Background/Radial Gradient as follows:

gradient

Flood Fill with Gradient
Effects/Plugins/Filters Unlimited 2.0/Sapphire Filters 09/SapphirePlugin 0818 as follows:

sapphire

Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen
Selections/Modify/Contract 25 pixels
Edit/Clear

Step Three:
Layers/New Raster Layer
Flood Fill with Background Colour
Effects/Texture Effects/Texture/jdtexture41
Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen
Selections/Modify/Contract 8 pixels
Edit/Clear
Selections/Select None
Layers/Merge/Merge Visible
Layers/Duplicate
Image/Resize/85% as follows:

85

Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen
Image/Mirror/Horizontal  OR  Image/Mirror


Step Four:
Magic Wand with the following settings:

MW

Select the inside of the border as follows:

SELECT

Selections/Invert
Layers/New Raster Layer
Layers/Arrange/Send to Bottom
Flood Fill with Foreground/Background/Linear Gradient as follows:

LINEAR

Effects/Texture Effects/Texture/GRID 1 as follows:

gred

Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen
Selections/Select None

Step Five:

Select Merged Layer
Effects/3D Effects/Inner Bevel as follows;

bevel


Step Six:
Select Raster 1
Select centre of frame with Magic Wand
Selections/Modify/Expand 3 pixels
Layers/ New Raster Layer
Layers/Arrange/Send to Bottom
Flood Fill with Background Colour

Layers/New Raster Layer
Change Foreground Colour to Foreground/Background/Sunburst Gradient as follows:

gradient

Flood Fill with Gradient
Effects/Plugins/Sapphire Filters 09/SapphirePlugin 0818/blue d and blue m 255 as follows:

d blue

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

mask

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

Step Seven:
Maximise August Series Art 1 - 1.pspimage
Edit/Copy        Edit/Paste as New Layer
Image/Resize/85%
Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen
Adjust/Brightness and Contrast/Fill Light/Clarity as follows:

larity


Effects/Image Effects/Offset as follows:

offset garden

Change Opacity to 85%
 

Step Eight:
Maximise chrismist_Acc_5320.pspimage
Edit/Copy        Edit/Paste as New Layer
Layers/Arrange/Bring to Top
Effects/Image Effects/Offset as follows:

offet swans

Maximise flowertrail.pspimage
Edit/Copy        Edit/Paste as New Layer
Image/Resize/110%
Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen
Leave where it is
Layers/Merge/Merge All Flatten

Step Nine:
Effects/Image Effects/Page Curl as follows:

page

Selections/Load/Save Selection/Load Selection D.D.Monet'sGarden from Disk as follows:

selection 2

Effects/Texture Effects/Texture/jdtexture41 as follows:

texture

Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen
Selections/Select None

Step Ten:
Let's make the corner
File/New/New Raster Layer 250 x 250 pixels
Text Tool with the following settings:

text

text2

Size will vary accoring to your version of PSP - please adjust
Close Off Foreground Colour
Write the letter "d"  once (or letter of your choice)
Objects/Align/Horizontal Centre
Convert to Raster Layer
Layers/Duplicate
Image/Free Rotate/90 degrees/Left
Move Tool/move until the corners overlap
Layers/Merge/Merge Down
Effects/Plugins/MuRa's Seamless/Emboss at Alpha/Default Settings
Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow as follows:

ds3

Image/Mirror Horizontal OR Image/Mirror
Save as a Corner for future use if you wish
Edit/Copy
Back to orginal
Edit/Paste as New Layer
Place in the top right hand corner
Layers/Duplicate
Image/Mirror/Horizontal OR  Image/Mirror


Step Eleven:
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/Resize/850 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
FRAN

fran2

FRAN VERSION 2

ALICE
ALICE

LILLIAN
LILLIAN

SHIRLEY
SHIRLEY NZ

BETTY
BETTY

ELIZABETH
ELIZABETH




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