This tutorial is written by Denise D. on 18th January, 2019

STRAWBERRIES AND CREAM

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Supplies
  Images:
lizztish_some-strawberries-in-a-basket.pspimage
with-some-geese1_lizztish.pspimage
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Texture:
JC_022

Preset Shapes
Preset Shapes (144).jsl

  Patterns:
ABgold5
Strawberries&CreamPattern.jpg

Mask:
1250181204_masques4

Plugins:
Alien Skin Eye Candy 3.0
OR
Alien Skin Eye Candy 4000
&<Sandflower Specials"v"> (Import into Filters Unlimited 2.0)
Texture
Alf's Border FX
Simple
MuRa's Seamless

Found here:
AND


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.
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 #f4f0d0
Set your Background colour to #deacac

Step One:
Place Preset Shape in PSP Preset Shapes Folder
Place Pattern in PSP Pattern Folder
Place Texture in PSP Texture Folder
Place Mask in PSP Mask Folder
Open graphics in PSP, duplicate (Shift D) and close the original.

File/New/New Image 800 pixels x 800 pixels as follows:



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



Flood Fill with Gradient
Effects/Plugins/Texture/Texturizer/Canvas as follows:



Step Two:
Preset Shape Tool/Preset Shapes (144).jsl/ (shows up as M in my drop down menu) with the following settings:



Starting in the top left hand corner, draw out the shape to cover the whole Layer
Result:



Convert to Raster Layer

Step Three:
Magic Wand with the following settings:



Select the following areas:



Layers/New Raster Layer
Flood Fill with Background Colour
Effects/Texture Effects/Soft Plastic as follows:



Effects/Edge Effects/Enhance More
Effects/3D Effects/Inner Bevel as follows:



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


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



Repeat Drop Shadow/Shadowlab/Direction 135
Selections/Select None

Step Four:
Select Raster2
Select the following area with the Magic Wand:



Layers/New Raster Layer
Change Background Colour to Pattern ABgold5 as follows:



Flood Fill with Background Pattern
Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen More
Selections/Modify/Contract 10 pixels

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



Layers/New Raster Layer
Flood Fill with Gradient
Effects/Plugins/Filters Unlimited 2.0/&<Sandflower Specials"v">/Poolshadow as follows:



Step Six:
Selections/Modify/Contract 8 pixels
Layers/New Raster Layer
Change Background Colour to Pattern Strawberries&CreamPattern.jpg as follows:



Flood fill with Pattern
Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen
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

Step Seven:
Select Raster 2
Select centre of Image with Magic Wand
Selections/Modify/Expand 40 pixels
Layers/New Raster Layer
Flood Fill with Foreground Gradient
Adjust/Blur/Radial Blur as follows:



Layers/New Raster Layer
Flood Fill with Background Pattern
Layers/Load/Save Mask/Load Mask 1250181204_masques4 from Disk as follows:



Effects/Edge Effects/Enhance
Layers/Merge/Merge Group
Effects/Plugins/MuRa's Seamless/Emboss at Alpha/Default Settings
Keep Selected

Step Eight:
Layers/New Raster Layer
Flood Fill with Gradient
Effects/Plugins/Filters Unlimited 2.0/&<Sandflower Specials"v">/Poolshadow
Selections/Modify/Contract 8 pixels
Edit/Clear
Selections/Select None
Layers/Merge/Merge Down
Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 3.0/Drop Shadow
OR
Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 4000/Shadowlab
Maximise corner_gold13.pspimage
Edit/Copy   Edit/Paste as New Layer
Layers/Arrange/Bring to Top
Image/Resize/90% as follows:



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



Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 3.0/Drop Shadow
Or
Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 4000/Shadowlab
Effects/Plugins/Simple/Top Left Mirror

Step Nine:
Maximise lizztish_some-strawberries-in-a-basket.pspimage
Edit/Copy  Edit/Paste as New Layer
Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen
Effects/Image Effects/Offset as follows:



Select Raster 4 Layer
Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 3.0/Drop Shadow
OR
Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 4000/Shadowlab
Repeat Drop Shadow/Shadowlab/Direction 135

Step Ten:
Image/Add Borders/15 pixels/White
Select with Magic Wand
Change Background Pattern back to ABgold5
Flood Fill with Background Pattern
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
Image/Add Borders/25 pixels/Background Colour
Select with Magic Wand
Effects/Texture Effects/Texture as follows:



Selections/Select None

Step Eleven:
Image/Add Borders/40 pixels/White
Select with Magic Wand
Change Background Colour back to Pattern StrawberriesAndCreamPattern
Flood Fill with Pattern
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 135
Selections/Select None
Layers/Duplicate
Image/Resize/90%
Select Background Layer
Effects/Plugins/Alf's Border FX/Mirror Bevel as follows:



Step Twelve:
Maximise with-some-geese1_lizztish.pspimage
Edit/Copy  Edit/Paste as New Layer
Layers/Arrange/Bring to Top
Image/Resize/150%
Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen
Layers/Duplicate
Repeat Duplicate once
Layers/Merge/Merge Down
Repeat Merge Down once
Effects/Image Effects/Offset as follows:



Image/Add Borders/5 pixels/Background Colour
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


SHIRLEY NZ


BETTY


LILLIAN


FRAN


FRANIE MARGOT


INGE-LORE

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