This tutorial is written by Denise D. on 14th July, 2019

http://escapingtopsp2.altervista.org/PersianCarpet/PersianCarpet.html

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Supplies
  Images:
BraidSquare.png
This image was made from o71913.png by A Jring Designs
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12930422591_divers_nikita.png
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FloralBackground.jpg
BlueBorder.png
CarpetCircle.png
free-abstract-vector.png
FloralBouquet.png
vine.png
Medallion.png
Persian Lady.png

Signature.png

Some of these image were obtained from the Internet
If you are the owner of this image, please contact me
so that credit can be given to you   

Textures:
b3.jpg

Gradient:
Butterfly.jgd

 Mask:
LaceFrame1.jpg

Selections:
D.D.PersianCarpet
D.D.PersianCarpet2
D.D.PersianCarpet3
D.D.PersianCarpet4

Plugins:
Eye Candy 3.0
Or
Eye Candy 4000
Found here:

AND 

Notes:
This Tutorial was created in Corel 2019.... 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.




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 #f7e7a5
Set your Background colour to #a0342a

Step One:
Place Gradient in PSP Gradient Folder
Place Texture in PSP Texture Folder
Place Selections in PSP Selection Folder
Open graphics in PSP, duplicate (Shift D) and close the original.
Open Mask and minimise it

File/New/New Image 900 pixels x 600 pixels as follows:



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



Step Two:
Selections/Select All
Maximise FloralBackground.jpg
Edit/Copy   Edit/Paste into Selection
Selections/Select None
Effects/Image Effects/Seamless Tiling/Default Setting
Adjust/Blur/Gaussian Blur as follows:



Effects/Texture Effects/Texture/b3.jpg as follows:



Step Three:
Maximise BraidSquare.png
Edit/Copy   Edit/Paste as New Layer
Change Blend Mode to Luminance Legacy
Maximise BlueBorder.png
Edit/Copy  Edit/Paste as New Layer
Image/Free Rotate 45 Degrees/Left as follows:



Effects/Image Effects/Offset as follows:



Step Four:
Selections/Load/Save Selection/Load Selection D.D.PersianCarpet from Disk as follows:



Layers/New Raster Layer
Flood fill with Foreground Gradient
Effects/Texture Effects/Mosaic Glass as follows:



Selections/Select None
Layers/Merge/Merge Down
Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow as follows:


  
Step Five:
Maximise BlueBorder.png
Selections/Load/Save Selection/Load Selection D.D.PersianCarpet2 from Disk
Edit/Copy
Selections/Select None
Back to original work
Edit/Paste as New Layer
Image/Free Rotate 45 Degrees/Right
Effects/Image Effects/Offset as follows:



Selections/Load/Save Selection/Load Selection D.D.PersianCarpet3 from Disk
Layers/New Raster Layer
Flood Fill with Foreground Gradient
Effects/Texture Effects/Weave as follows:



Selections/Select None
Layers/Merge/Merge Down
Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow

Step Six:
Select Raster 2
Maximise CarpetCircle.png
Edit/Copy  Edit/Paste as New Layer
Effects/Image Effects/Offset as follows:



Layers/Duplicate
Image/Resize/80% as follows:



Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen
Image/Mirror/Vertical Or Image/Flip
Image/Mirror/Horizontal Or Image/Mirror
Move this image over to the bottom left hand corner
See my image for placement
Layers/Merge/Merge/Down
Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow

Step Seven:
Maximise Medallion.png
Edit/Copy  Edit/Paste as New Layer
Image/Free Rotate 45 Degrees/Left
Effects/Image Effects/Offset as follows:



Layers/Duplicate
Image/Mirror Horizontal OR Image/Mirror
Image/Mirror/Vertical Or Image/Flip
Image/Resize/75%
Move to the top left corner
See my image for placement
Layers/Merge/Merge Down
Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow

Step Eight:
Maximise vine.png
Edit/Copy  Edit/Paste as New Layer
Image/Mirror/Horizontal Or Image/Mirror
Image/Mirror/Vertical Or Image/Flip
Effects/Image Effects/Offset as follows:



Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow
Select Raster 1
Selections/Load/Save Selection/Load Selection D.D.PersianCarpet4 from Disk
Layers/New Raster Layer
Maximise free-abstract-vector.png
Edit/Copy  Edit/Paste into Selection
Selections/Select None
Change Blend Mode to Overlay
Change Opacity to 70%
Maximise FloralBouquet.png
Edit/Copy   Edit/Paste as New Layer
Image/Resize 50%
Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen
Layers/Arrange/Bring to Top
Effects/Image Effects/Offset as follows:



Layers/Duplicate
Image/Resize 50%
Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen
Image/Mirror/Horizontal OR Image/Mirror
See my image for placement
Layers/Merge/Merge Down
Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow

Step Nine:
Maximise 12930422591_divers_nikita.png
Edit/Copy  Edit/Paste as New Layer
Image/Resize/30%
Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen
Carefully remove the tuber's watermark with Eraser Tool
Image/Free Rotate/25 Degrees/Right
Effects/Image Effects/Offset as follows:



Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow
Maximise vine.png
Edit/Copy  Edit/Paste as New Layer
Effects/Image Effects/Offset as follows:



Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow

Step Ten:
Maximise PersianLady.png
Edit/Copy   Edit/Paste as New Layer
Image/Resize/85%
Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen
Move down slightly
Image/Add Borders/5 pixels/Background Colour
Selections/Select All
Image/Add Borders/10 pixels/White
Selections/Invert
Flood fill with Foreground Gradient BUT change Angle to 45 and Repeats to 5
Effects/Texture Effects/Texture
Effects/Edge Effects/Enhance More
Selections/Select All
Image/Add Borders/5 pixels/Background Colour
Selections/Select All
Image/Add Borders/30 pixels/White
Selections/Invert
Flood Fill with Foreground Gradient
Layers/New Raster Layer
Flood Fill with Foreground Colour
Layers/New Mask Layer/From Image/LaceFrame1.jpg as follows:



Layers/Merge/Merge Group
Layers/Merge/Merge Down
Effects/Edge Effects/Enhance
Effects/Plugins/Filters Unlimited 2.0/Convolution Filters/Emboss (strong) as follows:



Effects/Plugins/Filters Unlimited 2.0/Eye Candy 3.0/Drop Shadow as follows:


or
Effects/Plugins/Filters Unlimited 2.0/Eye Candy 4000/Shadowlab as follows:



Selections/Select None

Step Eleven:
Image/Add Borders/5 pixels/Background Colour
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/900 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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