Tutorial 2017
 

This tutorial is written by Denise D. on 4th December, 2022

 from my own ideas.
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ORIENTAL SPRING

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BOX
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Supplies
  Images:
Mina@.mist.paesaggio2.9.6.png
(I don't have a current address for this tuber)

geisha-2.png

Love Text.png

Signature.png

Alpha Channel

Plugin:
Filters Unlimited 2.0/&<bKG dESIGNER SF10111/SW GraphPaper
Import into Filters Unlimited 2.0

 Mask:
creation.tine_masque078.jpg
You can download these masks here:

http://espace.tine.free.fr/masques/masques.htm

Preset:
D.D.OrientalSpring
D.D.OrientalSpring2

User Defined Filter Emboss 3 Preset

Flexify 2 Preset

Plugins:
Alien Skin Eye Candy 5
Flaming Pear
Tramages
AAA Filters

Found here:

plugin  AND  plugin

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

Notes:
This Tutorial was created in PSP19
.... 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 #ba364b
Set your Background colour to #e3c481

Step One:

Place Preset in PSP Preset Folder
Keep Flexify 2 Preset where you can find it

Open graphics in PSP, duplicate (Shift D) and close the original.

Open Alpha Channel
Duplicate and close original
We will work on the copy which had hidden Selections

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

gradient

Layer/New Raster Layer
Flood fill Layer with Gradient

Step Two:
Selections/Select All
Maximise Mina@.mist.paesaggio2.9.6.png
Edit/Copy  Edit/Paste into Selection
Selections/Select None
Effects/Image Effects/Seamless Tiling as follows:

seamless

Adjust Blur/Gaussian Blur as follows:

blur

Step Three:
Layer/Duplicate
Effects/Plugins/Filters Unlimited 2.0/&<Bkg Deignersf10111>/Radial Split 05 a follows:

radial

Effects/Edge Effects/Enhance
Layers/Arrange/Move Down

Step Four:
Select Raster 1
Layers/New Mask Layer/From Image(creation.tine_masque078) as follows:

Mask

Layers/Merge/Merge Group
Effects/Edge Effects/Enhance more
Selections/Load/Save Selection/Load Selection #1 from Alpha Channel
Layers/New Raster Layer
Layers/Arrange/Move Down
Flood fill with Foreground Gradient
Layers/New Raster Layer
Maximise Mina@.mist.paesaggio2.9.6.png
Edit/Copy   Edit/Paste into Selection
Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen
Selections/Select None

Step Five:
Select Copy of Raster 1
Selections/Load/Save Selection/Load Selection #2 from Alpha Channel
Promote Selection to Layer
Effects/Plugins/Alien Skin Eye Candy 5/Impact/Brushed Metal D.D.OrientalSpring Preset OR as follows:

basic    bawic2

Selections/Select None

Step Six:
Effects/Plugins/Flaming Pear/Flexify 2/Preset OR as follows:

flexify

Image/Resize/50% as follows:

50

Effects/Image Effects/Offset as follows:

offset circle

Effects/User Defined Filter/Emboss 3 Preset OR as follows:

Embos

Layers/Arrange/Bring to Top

Step Seven:
Layers/New Raster Layer
Selections/Load/Save Selection/Load Selection #3 from Alpha Channel
Flood fill with Foreground Gradient
Effects/Texture Effect/Blinds as follows:

blinds

Selections/Select None
Layer/Duplicate
Image/Mirror/Vertical OR Image/Flip
Layers/Merge/Merge Down
Effects/3D Effect/Drop Shadow as follows:

ds

Step Eight:
Select Layer - Group - Raster 1
Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow as follows:

ds2

Select Promoted Selection Layer
Repeat Drop Shadow
Edit/Copy Special Edit/Copy Merged
Edit/Paste as New Image(for safety)
Minimise for now
Selections/Select All
Image/Add Borders/3 pixels/Foreground Colour
Effects/3D Effects/Cutout as follows:

cutouyt

Step Nine:
Selections/Select All
Image/Add Borders/7 pixels/White
Selections/Invert
Flood fill with Foreground Gradient
Effects/Plugins/Filters Unlimited 2.0/Tramages/Pool Shadow/Default Settings
Selections/Select None
Image/Add Borders/3 pixels/Foreground Colour

Step Ten:
Selections/Select All
Image/Add Borders/50 pixels/White
Selections/Invert
Edit/Paste into Selection (Image should still be there)
Adjust/Blur/Gaussian Blur Radius 15
Promote Selection to Layer
Effects/Plugins/Filters Unlimited 2.0/&<bKG dESIGNER SF10111/SW GraphPaper as follows:

SW

Selection/Modify/Contract 20 pixels
Layers/New Raster Layer
Flood fill with Foreground Gradient
Effects/Plugins/Filters Unlimited 2.0/Tramage/Pool Shadow
Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow
Repeat Drop Shadow -2 V and H settings
Selections/Select None

Step Eleven:
Maximise geisha-2.png
Edit/Copy   Edit/Paste as New Layer
Image/Mirror/Horizontal OR Image/Mirror
Image/Resize 80%
Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen
Effects/Image Effects/Offset as follows:

offset lady

Effect/Plugin/Alien Skin Eye Candy 5.0/Impact/Perspective Shadow D.D.OrientalSpring2 Preset OR as follows:

settings2    baic 2


Step Twelve:
Maximise  Love Text.png
Edit/Copy   Edit/Paste a New Layer
Effects/Image Effects/Offset as follows:

offset text

Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow
Image/Add Borders/2 pixels/Foreground Colour

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
OPTIONAL STEP:
Effects/Plugins/AAA Filters/Custom/Laplace as follows:

laplace

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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