PLAYING AROUND

This tutorial is written by Denise D. on 9th March, 2018

from my own ideas.
Any resemblance to other tutorials is co-incidental and unintentional.
You may share my tutorials with other groups.
All I ask is that you advise me and credit for the tutorial is given to me and linked to

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

Please do not upload any of my completed Tutorial images onto sites
such as Fotki, Pinterest, Photobucket or similar

all in a row

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

Use this pencil to follow the steps
hold down left click to grab and move it

crayon

Click on the Box to download Supplies

To print click on Printer

Supplies
Images:
Still_Life_0078.pspimage
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DeniseD Signature.png

Mask:
Mask_4_Sao
20-20

Selections:
D.D.AllInARow

Plugins:
Alien Skin Eye Candy 3.0
OR
Alien Skin Eye Candy 4000
Texture
VM Toolbox
(Import into Filters Unlimited 2.0)
DSB Flux

Found here:
http://www.saturnelladesign.fr/pages/filtres.htm

http://www.maidiregrafica.eu/paginafiltri/filtri.html
Notes:
This Tutorial was created 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.

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.

Before opening PSP, download plugins and install

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 #17a37c
Set your Background colour to #b595ed

Step One:
Place Pattern in PSP Pattern Folder
Place Selection in PSP Selection Folder
Install Preset
Install Plugins
Open graphics in PSP, duplicate (Shift D) and close the original.

File/New/New Image 850 pixels x 850 pixels as follows:

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

Flood fill with Gradient

Step Two:
Effects/Texture Effects/Mosaic Glass as follows:

glass

Selections/Select All
Selections/Modify/Contract 40 pixels
Effects/Edge Effects/Enhance
Effects/Artistic Effects/Enamel/Custom 6 OR as follows:

enamel

You could save this as a Preset if you don't already have it.
Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen More
Selections/Select None

Step Three:
Maximise 3436-luzcristina.pspimage
Edit/Copy Edit/Paste as New Layer
Image/Resize/125% as follows:

125

Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen
Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 3.0/Drop Shadow as follows:

OR
Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 4000/Shadowlab as follows:

Step Four:
Effects/Plugins/MuRa's Seamless/Tiling with Shrink as follows:

shrink

Effects/Plugins/MuRa's Seamless/Tile Frame as follows:

tile

Step Five:
Magic Wand with the following settings:

Select frame as shown below:

select

Layers/New Raster Layer
Flood Fill with Gradient BUT change settings to Angle 45 Repeats 5
Effects/Texture Effects/Sculpture gl2 as follows:

Effects/3D Effects/Inner Bevel as follows:

bevel

Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 3.0/Drop Shadow
OR
Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 4000/Shadowlab
Selections/Select None

Step Six:
Effects/Plugins/Alien Skin Eye Candy 5/Impact/Super Star Preset
OR as follows:

settings

Step Seven:
Selections/Load/Save Selection/Load Selection D.D.PlayingAround1 from Disk as follows:

Edit/Copy
Selections/Select None
Edit/Paste as New Layer
Image/Resize/85%
Effects/Image Effects/Offset as follows:

offset small flower

Effects/Plugins/Simple/Top Left Mirror
Layers/Merge/Merge Down

Step Eight:
Image/Add Borders/5 pixels White
Select with Magic Wand
Change Background Colour to Pattern 005_verloop6-ca as follows:

pattern

Flood Fill with Pattern
Selections/Select None

Step Nine:
Image/Add Borders/15 pixels/White
Select with Magic Wand
Flood Fill with Gradient
Effects/Texture Effects/Sculpture BUT change colour to Background Colour
Effects/3D Effects/Inner Bevel
Selections/Invert
Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 3.0/Drop Shadow
OR
Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 4000/Shadowlab
Repeat Drop Shadow/Shadowlab/Direction 135
Selections/Select None
Image/Add Borders/5 Pixels/White
Select with Magic Wand
Flood fill with Background Pattern
Selections/Select None

Step Ten:
Image/Add Borders/50 pixels/White
Select with Magic Wand
Flood Fill with Gradient
Effects/Plugins/Filters Unlimited 2.0./&<Bkg Kaleidoscope>/Kaleidoscope1 as follows:

kaleido

Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen
Effects/3D Effects/Inner Bevel as follows:

bevel2

Selections/Invert
Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 3.0/Drop Shadow
OR
Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 4000/Shadowlab
Repeat Drop Shadow/Shardowlab/Direction 315
Selections/Select None

Step Eleven:
Image/Add Borders/5 pixels/White
Select with Magic Wand
Flood Fill with Background Pattern
Selections/Select None
Image/Add Borders/15 pixels/White
Select with Magic Wand
Flood Fill with Gradient
Effects/Texture Effects/Sculpture
Effects/3D Effects/Inner Bevel as follows:

bevel

Selections/Invert
Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 3.0/Drop Shadow
OR
Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 4000/Shadowlab
Repeat Drop Shadow/Shardowlab/Direction 135
Selections/Select None

Step Twelve:
Image/Add Borders/5 Pixels/White
Select with Magic Wand
Flood Fill with Background Pattern
Selections/Select None
Maximise Mina@.4709 vaso.05.17.pspimage
Edit/Copy Edit/Paste as New Layer
Selections/Load/Save Selection/Load Selection D.D.PlayingAround from Disk
Manual Color Correction Tool with the following settings:

manual

Selections/Select None
Image/Resize/85%
Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen
Effects/Image Effects/Offset as follows

offset vase

Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 3.0/Drop Shadow
OR
Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 4000/Shadowlab

Step Thirteen:
Maximise lizztish_promise-of-christmas4.pspimage
Edit/Copy Edit/Paste as New Layer
Image/Free Rotate/25 degrees/Right
Effects/Image Effects/Offset as follows;

offset flowers

Effects/Plugins/Adjust/More Magenta/Lighter as follows;

adjust

Step Fourteen:
Maximise Zona-Feather21-11-17.pspimage
Edit/Copy Edit/Paste as New Layer
Image/Free Rotate/25 degrees/Right
Effects/Image Effects/Offset as follows

offset feathers

Layers/Arrange/Move Down
Effects/Plugins/Adjust/More Magenta/Darker
Select Top Layer
Layers/Merge/Merge Down
Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 3.0/Drop Shadow
OR
Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 4000/Shadowlab

Step Fifteen:
Image/Add Borders as follows:

borders

Select with Magic Wand
Flood Fill with Gradient
Effects/Reflection Effects/Kaleidoscope as follows:

kaleido2

Effects/Edge Effects/Enhance
Selections/Select None
Image/Add Borders/5 pixels/White (Symmetric Box Ticked)
Select with Magic Wand
Flood Fill with Background Pattern
Image/Add Borders/10 Foreground Colour
Select with Magic Wand
Effects/Texture Effects/Sculpture BUT change colour to Foreground Colour
Effects/3D Effects/Inner Bevel
Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 3.0/Drop Shadow
OR
Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 4000/Shadowlab
Repeat Drop Shadow/Shadowlab/Direction 315
Selections/Select None
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/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

ALICE T.

FRAN

SHIRLEY NZ

ELIZABETH