Tutorial 2017
This
tutorial is written by
Denise D. on 4th December, 2022
from
my own ideas.
Any
resemblance to other tutorials is
co-incidental and unintentional.
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ORIENTAL
SPRING

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

Thank you Inge-Lore for this German Translation
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Click on the Box to download Supplies
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:
AND

Double
Click on the
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.
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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:

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:

Adjust Blur/Gaussian Blur as follows:

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

Effects/Edge Effects/Enhance
Layers/Arrange/Move Down
Step Four:
Select Raster 1
Layers/New Mask Layer/From Image(creation.tine_masque078) as follows:

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:

Selections/Select None
Step
Six:
Effects/Plugins/Flaming Pear/Flexify 2/Preset OR as
follows:

Image/Resize/50% as follows:

Effects/Image Effects/Offset as follows:

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

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:

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

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

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:

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:

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:

Effect/Plugin/Alien Skin Eye Candy 5.0/Impact/Perspective Shadow
D.D.OrientalSpring2 Preset OR as follows:
Step Twelve:
Maximise
Love Text.png
Edit/Copy Edit/Paste a New Layer
Effects/Image Effects/Offset as follows:

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:

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

MARIE

BETTY

SJOERDTJE

INGE-LORE
INGE-LORE

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