Tutorial 2017
 

This tutorial is written by Denise D. on 20th October, 2012

 from my own ideas.
Any resemblance to other tutorials is co-incidental and unintentional.
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MY FAVOURITE BOOK


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http://escapingtopsp2.altervista.org/MyFavouriteBook/MyFavouriteBook.htm

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Thank you Inge-Lore for this German Translation

BOX
Click on the Box to download Supplies

  Supplies

Images:

JC Victorian Girl with flowers_2_D.pspimage

D.D.Ribbon and Bow.pspimage

V_FriendshipSpray.TUB image

1 Patries_DR164-3 fairyjoyhappiness.pspimage
Images can be found here:

http://www.sitevanpatries.nl/dieren%204.htm


Corner:
Stait_Floral2 by Mary Brooks

Mask:
12501821100 nikita_masques.jpg
You can obtain these masks here:

htthttp://www.reveries.fr/accueil.php

Font:
Storybook.ttf


Pattern:
D.D.OldFashioned2.jpg

Signature

Plugins:
Bordermania
Medhi
MuRa's Seamless
Eye Candy 4000

Found here:

plugin AND  plugins

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

Notes:
This Tutorial was originally created in PSPX1 and updated in Corel 2020
.... 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.

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

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 #f5edc3

Set your Background colour to #ddc45a

Step One:

Place Texture in PSP Texture Folder
Place Selections in PSP Selection Folder
Open graphics in PSP, duplicate (Shift D) and close the original.


File/New/New Image 750 pixels x 600 pixels as follows:


nl

Effects/Plugins/Medhi/Wavy Lab 1.1/Linear as follows:

m3dhi

Step Two:
Effects/Texture Effects/Fine Leather as follows:

leather

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

gradient

Layers/New Raster Layer
Flood fill with Foreground Gradient
Layers/Load/Save Mask/Load Mask 1250181100_nikita_masques.jpg from Disk as follows:

mask

Effects/Edge Effects/Enhance More
Layers/Merge/Merge Group
Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen More
Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 4000/Shadowlab as follows:

shadowlab


Step Four:

Selections/Select All
Selections/Modify/Contract 20 pixels
Selections/Invert
Effects/Artistic Effects/Enamel as follows:

enamel

Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 4000/Shadowlab
Repeat Shadowlab Direction 135
Selections/Select None

Step Five:
Maximise D.D.ribbon and Bow.pspimage
Leave it where it is
Edit/Copy  Edit/Paste as New Layer
Using the Deform/Pick Tool drag the top and bottom of the ribbon to fit the book as shown below:

drag

Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen
Change Blend Mode to Hard Light or blend of your choice

Step Six:
Swap the Foreground and Background colours
Text Tool with the following settings:

text

text 2

Some versions of PSP may require different settings here

Write:

Mother 

Goose's 

Favourite  

Tales  

More to fit the left hand page
Effects/Plugins/MuRa's Seamless/Emboss at Alpha

Step Seven:
Maximise 1 Patries_DR164-3 fairyjoyhappiness.pspimage
Edit/Copy   Edit/Paste as New Layer
Image/Resize/35%  as follows;

35

Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen
Effects/Image Effects/Offset as follows:

ofset bears

Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 4000/Shadowlab BUT change direction to 315

Step Eight:
Maximise
Stait_Floral2 by Mary Brooks.pspimage
Edit/Copy  Edit/Paste as New Layer
Image/Resize 35%
Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen
Effects/Image Effects/Offset as follows:

offset corner

Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 4000/Shadowlab

Step Nine:
Text Tool with same settings BUT change size of text to 12 pixels
or size to suit your version of PSP

Write:
Once Upon a time
There were
Three Bears....


Place on top of right page and reduce size to fit page
Convert to Raster Layer
Effects/Plugins/MuRa's Seamless/Emboss at Alpha/Default Settings

Step Ten:
Change Foreground Colour to Pattern D.D.YellowRoses.pspiamge as follows:

pattern

Change Background Colour to #000000
Image/Add Borders/3 pixels/#000000
Selections/Select All
Image/Add Borders/30 pixels/White
Selections/Invert
Flood fill with Foreground Pattern
Effects/Art Media Effects/Brush Strokes as follows:

brush

Effects/Plugins/Bordermania/Rings as follows:

bordermania

Effects/3D Effects/Inner Bevel as follows:

bevel

Selections/Select None

Step Eleven:
Image/Add Borders/3 pixels/Background Colour
Selections/Select All
Image/Add Borders/30 pixels/White
Selections/Invert
Flood fill with Foreground Pattern
Effects/3D Effects/Inner Bevel
Selections/Select None
Image/Add Borders/3 pixels/Background Colour
Image/Add Borders/3 pixels/Background Colour
Selections/Select All
Image/Add Borders/30 pixels/White
Selections/Invert
Flood fill with Foreground Pattern
Effects/Plugins/Bordermania/Ellipse as follows:

ellipse

Selections/Select None
Image/Add Borders/3 pixels/Background Colour
Effects/3D Effects/Buttonize as follows:

buttonize

Step Twelve:
Maximise
JC Victorian Girl with flowers_2_D.pspimage
Edit/Copy   Edit/Paste as New Layer
Place at the bottom left hand corner
Maximise
V_FriendshipSpray.TUB image
Edit/Copy   Edit/Paste as New Layer
Image/Resize/40%
Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen
Place at top right hand corner
Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 4000/Shadowlab
Layers/Duplicate
Image/Mirror Horizontal OR Image/Mirror

Step Thirteen:

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

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