THE SWEET SMELL OF ROSES
This tutorial is written by
Denise D. on 5th December, 2013
from my own ideas.
Any resemblance to other tutorials is co-incidental and unintentional.
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THE
SWEET SMELL OF ROSES
http://escapingtopsp2.altervista.org/TheSweetSmellofRoses/TheSweetSmellofRoses2.htm
Thank
you Inge-Lore for this German translation
Thank
you for this Spanish translation
Click on Box to download Supplies
D.D.bow2
Selection:
D.D.The.sweet
.smell
Texture:
133
Pattern:
silverbeads.lt
Signature.psp
Font:
Adorable
MLSSN.TTF
Plugins:
MuRa's Seamless
Graphics Plus
Filters Unlimited 2.0
Found here:
http://www.chezviolette17.com/02filtres/Filtres.htm
Notes:
This Tutorial was originally created in PSP X5 and now updated in
PSP2020..... 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
Place Pattern in PSP Pattern Folder
Place Texture in PSP Texture Folder
Place Selection in PSP Selection Folder
Open graphics in PSP, duplicate (Shift D) and close the original.
View/Rulers (I always have my rulers active)
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
The
settings remain the same throughout this Tutorial unless otherwise
stated.
Set your Foreground colour to #d9ced8
Set
your Background colour to #80577d
Step
One:
File/New/New
Image 800
pixels x 600 pixels as follows:
Change
Foreground Colour to Foreground/Background/Linear Gradient as
follows:
Step Two:
Change
Background Colour to Pattern silverbeads lt.jpg as follows;
Flood fill with Background Pattern
Selections/Select
All
Selections/Modify/Contract 5 pixels
Effects/Plugins/Filters Unlimited 2.0/Graphics Plus/Cut Glass as
follows:
Selections/Modify/Contract 8 pixels
Edit/Clear
Step Three:
Flood fill with Foreground
Gradient
Effects/Texture Effects/Texture/113.psp as follows:
Selections/Modify/Contract 25 pixels
Edit/Clear
Flood fill with Background Pattern
Selections/Modify/Contract 5 pixels
Edit/Clear
Flood fill with Gradient
Effects/Plugins/Filters Unlimited 2.0/Graphics Plus/Cut Glass
Selections/Modify/Contract 8 pixels
Edit/Clear
Selections/Modify/Contract 5 pixels
Edit/Clear
Selections/Select None
Step
Four:
Effects/3D
Effects/Buttonize as follows:
Effects/Geometric
Effects/Spherize as follows:
Layers/New Raster Layer
Flood fill with Gradient
Layers/Arrange/Move Down
Effects/Plugins/Filters Unlimited 2.0/Paper Textures/Canvas, Medium as
follows:
Repeat Filters Unlimited 2.0/Paper Textures/Canvas, Medium
Step
Five:
Selections/Load/Save
Selection/Load Selection D.D.The.sweet .smell from Disk as follows:
Flood fill with Background Pattern
Selections/Modify/Contract 5 pixels
Edit/Clear
Floodfill with Foreground Gradient
Effects/Texture Effects/Texture
Selections/Modify/Contract 8 pixels
Edit/Clear
Flood fill with Background Pattern
Selections/Modify/Contract 5 pixels
Edit/Clear
Selections/Select None
Step
Six:
Maximise
LlizMist~Floral018.psp
Edit/Copy Edit/Paste as a New
Layer
Image/Resize 155% as follows:
Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen
Select the Pick/Deform Tool
Use this tool to move the image up and down to fill in the space in the
centre of the circle.
It's up to you if you need to do this with your image
Effects/Art Media Effects/Brush Strokes as follows:
(this
may take a little time
before it works on the image - be patient)
Edit/Paste as New Layer (image should still be there)
Image/Resize/145%
Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen
Step
Seven:
Maximise
D.D.bow2.png
Edit/Copy Edit/Paste as New Layer
Effects/Image Effects/Offset as follows:
Effects/Plugins/Eye
Candy 4000/Shadowlab as follows:
Step Eight:
Layers/Merge/Merge
All Flatten
Layers/Duplicate
Image/Resize 90%
Adjust/Sharpness/sharpen
Effects/Plugins/MuRa's Seamless/Mirror Diagonal as follows:
Image/Add Borders as follows:
Step Nine:
Magic Wand with the following settings:
Select border with Magic Wand
Effects/Plugins/Filters Unlimited 2.0/Paper Textures/Canvas, Medium
Repeat Canvas, Medium.
Change Background back to Background Colour
Text Tool with the following settings:
 
Settings may vary according to your version of PSP
Write:
It's
time you realised,
dear one,
that life is short and fleet,
so plan today to take the time
to
smell the roses sweet!
Convert to Raster
Objects/Align/Horizontal
Centre
Effects/Plugins/MuRa's
Seamless/Emboss at Alpha
Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow as follows:
Step
Ten:
Image/Add
Borders/5 pixels/Background colour
Maximise Signature.png
Edit/Copy Edit/Paste
as New Layer
Place at bottom of image
Add your Watermark
Layers/Merge All Flatten
Image/Resize/900 pixels wide - height will adjust itself
Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen
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
VERSION
2
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