This tutorial is written by Denise D. on 25th January, 2023

MOTHERS DAY 2023

     
Thank you Inge-Lore,Michele and Anja for these Translations

Click on the Box to download Supplies
Click on Arrow to follow Tutorial

Supplies included with the Tutorial
 Text.png
DeniseD Signature.png

 Mask:
Narah_mask_0546.jpg

Alpha Channel

Colour Swatch

Preset:
D.D.Mothers Day2023Preset

Supplies you need to provide:

Main image of Mother and Child suitable for Mothers Day
Background scenery
Floral Deco

Thank you Sonjia, Daisy Web and  Tubes and Mists by MTFP for the use of your images

Plugins:
MuRa's Meister
Filters Unlimited 2.0/Filter Factory Gallery A
AAA Filters
AAA Frames
Eye Candy 4000

Found here:

AND 

Double Click on the    icon in your supplies folder to install this Preset in your Plugin.

Notes:
This Tutorial was created in PSP2019
.... 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 #38608d
Set your Background colour to #8eb9e2



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

Open Alpha Channel, Duplicate and close original
This layer contains invisible selections which we will work with later
in the Tutorial

Layers/New Raster Layer
Effects/Plugins/MuRa's Meister/Cloud as follows:



Step Two:
Layers/Duplicate
Effects/Plugins/Filter Unlimited 2.0/Filter Factory Gallery A/Round Button as follows:




Step Three:
Selections/Load/Save Selection/Load Selection #1 from Alpha Channel
Effects/Artistic Effects/Halftone as follows:



Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen
Effects/3D Effects/Inner Bevel as follows:



Selections/Select None

Step Four:
Selection/Load/Save Selection/Load/Selection#2 from Alpha Channel
Edit/Clear
Layers/New Raster Layer
Maximise your Main Image (Mother and Child)
Edit/Copy   Edit/Paste into Selection
Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen
Selections/Select None
Layers/Arrange/Move Down
Effects/Plugins/Alien Skin Eye Candy 5/Impact/Glass Preset D.D.Mothers Day2023Preset OR as follows:

   

Select Copy of Raster 1 Layer
Layers/Arrange/Merge Down
Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 4000/Shadowlab as follows:



Step Five:
Change Foreground Colour to Foreground/Background/Sunburst Gradient as follows:



Select Raster 1
Layers/New Raster Layer
Selections/Load/Save Selection/Load/Selection#3 from Alpha Channel
Flood fill with Foreground Gradient
Layers/New Raster Layer
Maximise your background image
Edit/Copy Edit/Paste into Selection
Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen More
Selections/Select None
Layers/Duplicate

Step Six:
Select Raster 3
Effects/Plugins/Filters Unlimited 2.0/Toadies/What Are You/Default Settings
Effects/Image Effects/Seamless Tiling/Default Settings
Change Blend Mode to Hard Light or blend of your choice
Select Copy of Raster 3
Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow as follows:



Step Seven:
Select Raster 1
Layers/New Raster Layer
Flood fill with Foreground Gradient
Layers/New Mask Layer from Image (find Narah_mask_0546.jpg) as follows:



Layer/Merge/Merge Group
Effects/Edge Effects/Enhance

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




Step Nine:
Selections/Select All
Image/Add Borders/3 pixels/Foreground Colour
Effects/3D Effect/Cutout as follows:



Selections/Select All
Image/Add Borders/30 pixels/White
Selections/Invert
Flood fill with Foreground Gradient
Effects/Art Media Effects/Brush Strokes as follows:




Step Ten:
Image/Add Borders/3 pixels/Foreground Colour
Selections/Select All
Image/Add Borders/50 pixels/White
Selections/Invert
Maximise Background Scenery
Edit/Copy   Edit/Paste into Selection
Image/Mirror/Vertical OR Image/Flip
Selections/Select None
Image/Add Borders/30 pixels/Foreground Colour
Effects/Plugins/AAA Frames/Foto Frame as follows:




Step Eleven:
Maximise your floral deco
Edit/Copy   Edit/Paste as New Layer
Image/Resize/75% (if necessary) as follows:



Place in bottom left corner
Layers/Duplicate
Select Raster 1
Adjust/Blur/Gaussian Blur as follows:



Image/Add Borders/2 pixels/Foreground Colour

Step Twelve:
OPTIONAL STEP:
Effect/Plugins/AAA Filters/Custom Filter/Landscape as follows:



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


BETTY



BETTY 2


MARIE



MICHELE B


INGE-LORE
For other versions of this tutorial, please go to:

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