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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MONET'S
GARDEN
http://escapingtopsp2.altervista.org/MonetsGarden/MonetsGarden1.html
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.
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:
Step Two:
Flood Fill with Background Colour
Effects/Texture
Effects/Texture/jdtexture41 as follows:
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:
Flood Fill with Gradient
Effects/Plugins/Filters Unlimited 2.0/Sapphire Filters
09/SapphirePlugin 0818 as follows:
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:
Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen
Image/Mirror/Horizontal OR Image/Mirror
Step Four:
Magic
Wand with the following settings:
Select
the inside of the border as follows:
Selections/Invert
Layers/New Raster Layer
Layers/Arrange/Send to Bottom
Flood Fill with Foreground/Background/Linear Gradient as follows:
Effects/Texture
Effects/Texture/GRID 1 as follows:
Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen
Selections/Select None
Step Five:
Select Merged Layer
Effects/3D
Effects/Inner Bevel as follows;
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:
Flood
Fill with Gradient
Effects/Plugins/Sapphire
Filters 09/SapphirePlugin 0818/blue d and blue m 255 as follows:
Layers/Load/Save Mask/Load Mask from Disk as follows:
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:
Effects/Image
Effects/Offset as follows:
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:
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:
Selections/Load/Save Selection/Load Selection D.D.Monet'sGarden from
Disk as follows:
Effects/Texture
Effects/Texture/jdtexture41 as follows:
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:
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:
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
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