ODE TO ENGLAND

"ODE TO ENGLAND"

This tutorial is written by Denise D. on 8th February, 2015

from my own ideas.
Any resemblance to other tutorials is co-incidental and unintentional.
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ODE TO ENGLAND

escapingtopsp2.altervista.org/OdeToEngland/OdeToEngland.html

Click on the Box to download Supplies

To print click on Printer

Supplies
Images:
D.D.England.WaterScene.pspimage

12930417686_fleurs_nikita.pspimage
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http://www.reveries.fr/accueil.php

Fleurs.png
Gold decoration.pspimage
Obtained through Group Shares.
If this image was created by you, please let me know
so that appropriate credit can be given.

Texture:
Textures byCbB 10.jpg

Selections:
D.D.OdeToEngland

Font:
Silkscript.ttf

Plugins:
Mehdi
Alien Skin Xenofex 2.0
MuRa's Seamless
Graphics Plus
Eye Candy 3.0

Found here:

http://janaly.com/Filtres/Filtre.html
http://www.maidiregrafica.eu/paginafiltri/filtri.html

Notes:
This Tutorial was originally created in PSPX7 but reworked 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.
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.

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 #dbd493
Set your Background colour to #919ec1

Step One:
File/New/New Image 700 pixels x 700 pixels as follows:

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

Flood Fill with Gradient

Step Two:
Effects/Plugins/Medhi/Kaleidoscope2.1 as follows:

medhi

Effects/Plugins/Medhi/Melt1.1 as follows:

melt

Step Three:
Selections/Select All
Selections/Modify/Contract 15 pixels
Edit Clear
Selections/Invert
Effects/3D Effects/Inner Bevel as follows:

bevel

Selections/Invert

Step Four:
Layers/New Raster Layer
Flood Fill with Gradient
Effects/Texture Effects/Texture Textures byCbB 10 as follows:

texture

Selections/Modify/Contract 15 pixels
Edit/Clear
Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen

Step Five:
Layers/New Raster Layer
Flood Fill with Gradient
Effects/Texture Effects/Tiles as follows:

tiles

Selections/Modify/Contract 12 pixels
Edit/Clear

Step Six:
Layers/New Raster Layer
Flood Fill with Gradient
Selections/Modify/Contract 10 pixels
Edit/Clear
Selections/Invert
Layers/Merge/Merge Visible
Layers/Duplicate
Edit/Copy Edit/Paste as New Image
Minimise this for the time being. I will refer to this image as Frame 2
Back to original image
Selections/None
Image/Resize 93% as follows:

Effects/Distortion Effects/Wave as follows:

wave

Layers/Duplicate
Image/Mirror
Layers/Merge/Merge Visible

Step Seven:
Layers/New Raster Layer
Layers/Arrange/Send to Bottom
Flood Fill with Gradient
Effects/Plugins/Medhi/Kaleidoscope 2.1
Effects/Plugins/Medhi/Melt 1.1 as follows:

me.t

Layers/New Raster Layer
Selections/Select All
Maximise Fleurs
Edit/Copy Edit/Paste into Selection
Change Blend Mode to Hard Light
Selections/Select None
Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow as follows:

Step Eight:
Layers/New Raster Layer
Selections/Load/Save Selection/Load Selection D.D.OdeToEngland from Disk as follows:

selectoin

Maximise D.D.England.WaterScene
Edit/Copy Edit/Paste into Selection
Selections/Select None
Effects/Plugins/Alien Skin Xenofex 2/Burnt Edges as follows:

xenofex

Step Nine:
Image/Canvas Size as follows:

canvas

Layers/New Raster Layer
Layers/Arrange/Send to Bottom
Flood Fill with Background Colour
Effects/Texture Effects/Texture BUT change size to 50%
Select Top Layer (Mine is Raster 5)
Text /Tool with the following settings:

text

Settings may vary according to your version or PSP
Change Background Colour to Black
Close Off Foreground Gradient

Write:

I wandered lonely
as a cloud
That floats on high
o'er vales and hills,
When all at once
I saw a crowd,
A host,
of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake,
beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing
in the breeze
William Wordsworth

Adjust to fit
Convert to Raster Layer
Effects/Plugins/MuRa's Seamless/Emboss at Alpha/Default settings
Effects/3D Effects/Eye Candy 3.0/Glow as follows:

glow

Step Ten:
Change Background Colour back to #919ec1
Open Foreground Gradient again
Image/Add Borders/3 pixels/White
Magic Wand as follows:

Select Border
Flood Fill with Gradient
Promote Background to Layer
Image/Resize/85%
Maximise Frame 2
Edit/Copy
Back to original image
Edit/Paste into Selection
Selections/Select None
Layers/New Raster Layer
Layers/Arrange/Send to Bottom
Flood Fill with Background Colour

Step Eleven:
Maximise12930417686_fleurs_nikita
Edit/Copy Edit/Paste as New Layer
Layers/Arrange/Bring to Top
Image/Resize/35%
Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen
Image/Mirror
Effects/Image Effects/Offset as follows:

offset fleur

Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow as follows:

Step Twelve:
Maximise Gold decoration
Edit/Copy Edit/Paste as New Layer
Effects/Image Effects/Offset as follows:

offset gold

Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen
Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow as follows:

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/750 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
TESTERS' RESULTS

gisela

GISELA

SHIRLEY

SJOERTDJE

LOURDES