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     swirl&stars 
      coin noel (11)
This image was obtained from the Internet
If you are the owner of this image, please contact me
so that credit can be given to you   

  Patterns:
goldsparklebg

Signature

Font:
blairesque curly JF
  

Plugins:
Alien Skin Eye Candy 3.0
OR
Alien Skin Eye Candy 4000
V.M.Natural (Import into Filters Unlimited 2.0)
MuRa's Seamless
Found here:

 AND  

Notes:
This Tutorial was originally created in PSP 9 and now reworked in Corel Paint Shop Pro 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.

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 #e40500 
Set your Background colour to #770202

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

File/New/New Image 700 pixels x 550 pixels as follows:



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



Step Two:
Flood Fill with Gradient
Adjust/Blur/Gaussian Blur as follows:



Effects/Texture Effects/Mosaic Glass as follows:



Effects/Edge Effects/Enhance

Step Three:
Maximise swirls&stars.pspimage
Edit/Copy  Edit/Paste as New Layer
Image/Resize/75% as follows:



Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen
Effects/Image Effects/Offset as follows:



Step Four:
Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow as follows:




Step Five:
Maximise calguisdecornoel11119.pspimage
Edit/Copy   Edit/Paste as New Layer
Image/Resize/40%
Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen
Adjust/Hue and Saturation/Colorize as follows:



Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 3.0/Drop Shadow as follows:



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



Effects/Image Effects/Offset as follows:



Step Six:
Maximise 12930417453_fleurs_nikita.pspimage
Edit/Copy   Edit/Paste as New Layer
Effects/Image Effects/Offset as follows:



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

Step Seven:
Change Background Colour to Pattern goldsparkle.jpg as follows:



Image/Add Borders/5 pixels/White
Magic Wand with the following settings:



Select with Magic Wand
Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 3.0/Drop Shadow
OR
Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 4000/Shadowlab
Repeat Drop Shadow/Shadowlab/Direction 135
Selections/Select None

Step Eight:
Image/Add Borders/30 pixels/White
Select with Magic Wand
Flood Fill with Gradient BUT change settings to Repeats 11
Effects/Texture Effects/Mosaic Glass
Effects/Plugins/Filters Unlimited 2.0/VM Natural/Lakeside Reflection as follows:



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

Step Nine:
Promote Background Layer
Layers/Duplicate
Image/Resize/90%
Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen
Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 3.0/Drop Shadow
OR
Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 4000/Shadowlab
Repeat Drop Shadow/Shadowlab/Direction 135
Select Raster 1
Effects/Plugins/Filters Unlimited 2.0/VM Natural/Stardust as follows:



Step Ten:
Maximise 13508436258_noel_nikita .pspimage
Edit/Copy   Edit/Paste as New Layer
Layers/Arrange/Bring to Top
Image/Resize/705
Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen
Effects/Image Effects/Offset as follows:



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

Step Eleven:
Maximise coin noel (11).png
Edit/Copy   Edit/Paste as New Layer
Image/Resize/70%
Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen
Image/Mirror/Horizontal OR Image/Mirror
Effects/Image Effects/Offset as follows:



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

Step Twelve:
Text Tool with the following settings:





Your settings may vary according to your version of PSP
Write:
Season's
Greetings

(or words of your choice)
Convert to Raster Layer
See my image for placement
Effects/Plugins/MuRa's Seamless/Emboss at Alpha/Default Settings
Effect/3D Effects/Drop Shadow as follows:



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/850 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