This tutorial is written by Denise D. on 5th March, 2023

Peace 2023

 

Thank you Inge-Lore and MicheleB for these Translations

Click on the Box to download Supplies

Supplies
Supplies included with the Tutorial
LD-misted birds-002.png
You can join this Group at:
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Safe-Haven-Graphics/

D.D.Text.png
lace corner.png

DeniseD Signature.png

 Mask:
creation.tine_masque173.jpg
You can join this Group at:
http://espace.tine.free.fr/masques/masques.htm

Selections:
D.D.Peace1
D.D.Peace2

Preset:
Flexify 2 settings.q2q

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


Plugins:
Flaming Pear
MuRa's Meister
Eye Candy 4000
Italian Editors Effect
My version is here:
https://app.box.com/s/ih5sfkru9f39jnee75gl0dwqxp7gmgx6

L & K'sLandKsiteofwonders
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.

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



   
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 #c0c5e5
Set your Background colour to #5f8fcd



Step One:

Place Selections in PSP Selection Folder
Place Preset where you can find it
(I usually leave Flaming Pear Presets in the Supplies Folder)

Open Mask and minimise

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


File/New/New Image 1000 pixels x 650 pixels as follows:




Step Two:
Flood Fill Layer with Background Colour
Selections/Select All
Maximise LD-misted birds-002.png
Edit/Copy   Edit/Paste into Selection
Effects/Image Effects/Seamless Tiling/Default Settings
Select None
Adjust/Blur/Radial Blur as follows:



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



Layers/New Raster Layer
Flood fill with Foreground Gradient

Step Four:
Layers/New Mask Layer/From Image (find creation.tine_masque173.jpg ) as follows:



Effects/Edge Effects/Enhance
Layers/Merge/Merge Group

Step Five:
Layers/New Raster Layer
Flood fill with Foreground Gradient
Effects/Geometric Effects/Perspective Horizontal as follows:



Repeat Perspective Horizontal Distortion Setting -95
Effects/Plugins/Flaming Pear/Flexify 2/Preset  Flexify 2 settings.q2q OR with the following settings:




Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen

Step Six:
   Objects/Align/Bottom
Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow as follows:



Effects/Plugins/MuRa's Meister/Copies/ as follows:



Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen

Step Seven:
Layers/New Raster Layer
Selections/Load/Save Selection/Load Selection D.D.Peace1 from Disk as follows:



Maximise LD-misted birds-002.png
Carefully remove tuber's watermark
Edit/Copy  Edit/Paste into Selection
Selection/Select None
Change Opacity to 85%
Layers/Duplicate
Effects/Image Effects/Seamless Tiling as follows:



Change Blend Mode to Soft Light
Layers/Arrange/Move Down to under Copy of Group - Raster 2 Layer


Step Eight:
Select Layer at top of pile
Edit/Copy Special - Edit/Copy Merged
Edit/Paste as New Layer
Effects/Plugin/MuRa's Meister/Perspective Tiling as follows:



Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow as follows:



Step Nine:
Maximise D.D.Text.png
Edit/Copy   Edit/Paste as New Layer
Effects/Image Effects/Offset as follows:



Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 4000/Shadowlab/Direction 315:



Step Ten:
Change Background Colour to #9f539b
Selections/Select All
Image/Add Borders/5 pixels/Background Colour
Effects/3D Effects/Cutout a follows:




Step Eleven:
Selections/Select All
Image/Add Borders/50 pixels/White
Selections/Invert
Flood fill with Foreground Gradient
Effects/Plugins/L en K landskiteofwonders/Palmyre  as follows:



Selections/Select All

Step Twelve:
Image/Add Borders/40 pixels/White
Selections/Invert
Flood fill with Foreground Gradient
Effects/Plugins/Italian Editors Effect/Raggi de Luce as follows:



Selections/Select None
Selections/Load/Save Selection/Load/Selection D.D.Peace 2 from Disk
Layers/New Raster Layer
Flood fill with Foreground Gradient
Effects/Plugins/L en K landskiteofwonders/Palmyre
Selection/Invert
Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 4000/Shadowlab
Repeat Shadowlab/Direction 135
Selections/Select None

Step Thirteen:
Maximise lace_corner.png
Edit/Copy  Edit/Paste as New Layer
Place in the top left corner
Effects/Plugins/Simple/Top Left Corner
Change Blend Mode to Luminance or Blend of your choice
Selections/Select All
Image/Add Borders/7 pixels/Background Colour
Effects/3D Effects/Cutout
Selections/Select None

Step Fourteen:
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

Step Fifteen:
Image/Resize/1000 pixels wide - height will adjust itself

OPTIONAL STEP:
Effects/Plugins/AAA Filters/Custom 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


BETTY


 
MARIE




INGE-LORE


INGE-LORE 2


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