This tutorial is written by Denise D. on 3rd February 2017

THE GOOD LIFE



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

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Supplies
    Images:
lizztish_the-good-life5.pspimage
lizztish_garden-view1.pspimage
lizztish_flower-picking2.pspimage
lizztish_angel7.pspimage
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Flowing Line Brushes by Peiro_10 .pspimage
CornerFloral4 0.psp

DeniseD Signature.png

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   

 Mask:
sax.bretter

Selection:
D.D.TheGoodLife

Plugins:
Eye Candy 3 OR Eye Candy 4000
AP01/(Innovations)
MuRa's Seamless
&<Sandflower Specials"v"> (Import into Filters Unlimited 2.0)
Found here:
http://www.saturnelladesign.fr/pages/filtres.htm
http://janaly.com/Filtres/Filtre.html
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.

Some tools or features have other names in earlier versions of the PSP.



Before opening PSP, download plugins and install
Place Mask in PSP Mask Folder
Place Selection in PSP Selection Folder
Open graphics in PSP, duplicate (Shift D) and close the original.
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 #bccae8
Set your Background colour to #d3c9e0

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



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



Flood Fill with Gradient

Step Two:
Effects/Plugins/AP01/(Innovations)/Lines - Silver Lining as follows:



Effects/Distortion Effects/Twirl as follows:



Layers/New Raster Layer
Flood Fill with Background Colour
Change Opacity to 50%
Layers/Merge/Merge Down

Step Three:
Layers/New Raster Layer
Flood Fill with Gradient
Layers/Load/Save Mask/Load Mask sax.bretter from Disk as follows:



Effects/Edge Effects/Enhance More
Layers/Merge/Merge Group
Effects/Plugins/MuRa's Seamless/Emboss at Alpha/Default Settings
Layers/Duplicate
Image/Resize/75% as follows:



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



Layers/Duplicate
Image/Resize/75%
Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen More
Image/Free Rotate 90 degrees/Left
Effects/Image Effects/Offset as follows:



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


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



Select Copy of Raster 2
Repeat Drop Shadow/Shadowlab
Select Raster 2
Repeat Drop Shadow/Shadowlab

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



Maximise lizztish_garden-view1.pspimage
Edit/Copy        Edit/Paste into Selection
Change Blend Mode to Overlay
Selections/Select None

Step Six:
Layers/New Raster Layer
Maximise lizztish_the-good-life5.pspimage
Edit/Copy        Edit/Paste as New Layer
Layers/Arrange/Bring to Top
Change Opacity to 35%
Image/Mirror/Horizontal     OR     Image/Mirror
Effects/Image Effects/Offset as follows:



Layers/New Raster Layer
Maximise lizztish_flower-picking2.pspimage
Edit/Copy        Edit/Paste as a New Layer
Layers/Arrange/Bring to Top
Change Opacity to 55%

Step Seven:
Select Top Layer
Maximise Flowing Line Brushes by Peiro_10 .pspimage
Edit/Copy        Edit/Paste as New Layer
Effects/Image Effects/Offset as follows:



Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen More
Layers/Duplicate
Image/Mirror/Horizontal    Image/Mirror/Vertical
OR
Image/Mirror        Image/Flip

Step Eight:
Image/Add Borders/3 pixels/Foreground Colour
Image/Add Borders/5 pixels/Whte
Magic Wand with the following settings:



Select with Magic Wand
Effects/Plugins/&<Sandflower Specials"v">/Pool Shadow/Default Settings as follows:



Selections/Select None
Image/Add Borders/3 pixels/Foreground Colour
Selections/Select All
Selections/Modify/Contract 11 pixels
Effects/3D Effects/Cut Out as follows;



Selections/Select All

Step Nine:
Image/Add Borders/40 pixels/Background Colour
Selections/Invert
Effects/Reflection Effects/Kaleidoscope as follows:



Effects/Art Media Effects/ Effects/Brush Strokes as follows:



Effects/3D Effects/Inner Bevel as follows:



Selections/Select None
 Image/Add Borders/5 pixels/Foreground Colour


Step Ten:
Maximise lizztish_angel7.pspimage
Edit/Copy        Edit/Paste as New Layer
Effects/Image Effects/Offset as follows:



Effects/Edge Effects/Enhance
Maximise CornerFloral4 0.psp
Edit/Copy        Edit/Paste as New Layer
Effects/Image Effects/Offset as follows:



Change Blend Mode to Luminance Legacy (or blend of your choice)
Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow as follows:



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/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
TESTERS' RESULTS


ALICE T.


BETTY


LILLIAN


SHIRLEY


ELIZABETH