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Vintage Valentine Heart and Flowers by Donna.psp
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Francisco_I_Madero.pspimage
10299160_620245638050784_4798813831940601421_n.jpg

Obtained through Group Shares or from the Internet
If this image was created by you, please let me know
so that appropriate credit can be given.

Presets:
D.D.when.gran.met.pa

Texture:
lace1
linenPOP

  Masks:   
18_k35.jpg
1250181186_nikita_masques
SophisticatSimone-Mask17.jpg 

Brush:
goldtonenotes.psp.brush
(copy to copy/paste if required)

Font:
SplendidOrnamenty.TTF

Colour Swatch  
     
Plugins:
MuRa's Seamless 
Alien Skin Eye Candy 5.0/Textures
Eye Candy 3.0
Eye Candy 4000
   AAA Frames  

      Found here:      

AND

Notes:
This Tutorial was originally created in PSP X5 and reworked in Corel 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 #dec5ae
Set your Background colour to #b59479

Step One:
Place Mask in PSP Mask Folder
Place Texture in PSP Texture Folder
Export Brush
Install Font
Install Preset
Open graphics in PSP, duplicate (Shift D) and close the original.

Step One:
File/New/New Image 800 pixels x 450 pixels as follows:



Step Two:
Change Foreground Colour to Gradient/Texture with the following settings:

PSP 2019 VERSION

   


PSP 9 VERSION



Flood Fill with Foreground Gradient/Texture
Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen More

Step Three:
Layers/New Raster Layer
Change Background Colour to Background/Texture as follows:



Flood Fill with Background Texture
Effects/Edge Effects/Enhance
Layers/Load/Save Mask/Load Mask 18_k35.jpg from Disk as follows:



Effects/Edge Effects/Enhance
Layers/Merge/Merge Group
Effects/Plugins/MuRa's Seamless/Emboss at Alpha/Default Settings
Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow as follows:



Layers/Merge/Merge Down
Effects/Reflection Effects/Rotating Mirror as follows:



Step Four:
Change Foreground back to Foreground Colour
Change Background/Texture back to Background Colour
Layers/Load/Save Mask/Load 1250181186_nikita_masques from Disk
Layers/Merge/Merge Group
Layers/New Raster Layer
Layers/Arrange/Send to Bottom
Flood Fill with Foreground Colour
Effects/Texture Effects/Blinds as follows:



Effects/Edge Effects/Enhance
Minimise this image for now

Step Five:
Maximise 10299160_620245638050784_4798813831940601421_n.jpg
Promote Background to Layer
Layers/Load/Save Mask/Load Mask from Disk SophisticatSimone-Mask17.jpg
Layers/Merge/Merge Group
Edit/Copy
Maximise the original Layer
Edit/Paste as New Layer
Layers/Arrange/Bring to Top
Image/Resize/75% as follows:



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



Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow BUT change colour to Black
 Minimise for now

Step Six:
Maximise Francisco_I_Madero.pspimage
Promote Background to Layer
Layers/Load/Save Mask/Load Mask SophisticatSimone-Mask17.jpg from Disk
Layers/Merge/Merge Group
Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen
Edit/Copy
Maximise original Layer
Edit/Paste as New Layer
Image/Resize/120%
Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen
Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow
Effects/Image Effects/Offset as follows:



Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow
Layers/Merge/Merge All Flatten

Step Seven:
Image/Add Borders/5 pixels/Background Colour
Image/Add Borders/15 pixels/Foreground Colour
Image/Add Borders/15 pixels/Background Colour
Selections/Select All
Selections/Modify/Contract 35 pixels
Selections/Invert
Adjust/Add/Remove Noise/Add Noise as follows:



Selections/Invert
Layers/New Raster Layer
Effects/3D Effects/Cut Out as follows:



Effects/3D Effects/Inner Bevel as follows:



Selections/Select None

Step Eight:
Promote Background to Layer
Layers/Load/Save Mask/Load1250181186_nikita_masques from Disk
Layers/Merge/Merge Group
Image/Resize/90%
Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen
Change Foreground to Foreground/Background/Linear Gradient as follows:



Layers/New Raster Layer
Layers/Arrange/Move Down
Flood Fill with Gradient
Effects/Plugins/Alien Skin Eye Candy 5/Textures/Marble Preset OR as follows:



Step Nine:
Select Group Raster 1
Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 3.0/Drop Shadow as follows:


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




Repeat Drop Shadow with Direction 135
Layers/Merge/Merge Down
Select Raster 1
Layers/Load/Save Mask/Load1250181186_nikita_masques from Disk
Layers/Merge/Merge Group

Step Ten:
Layers/New Raster Layer
Layers/Arrange/Move Down
Image/Canvas Size as follows:



Flood Fill with Foreground Gradient
Effects/Texture Effects/Texture as follows:



Effects/Edge Effects/Enhance
Select Group - Raster 1
Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 3.0/Drop Shadow
Repeat Drop Shadow Direction 315
Layers/Merge/Merge Down

Step Eleven:
Image/Add Borders/1 pixels/Foreground Colour
Image/Add Borders/50 pixels/Background Colour
Select with Magic Wand with the following settings:



Adjust/Add/Remove Noise/Add Noise
Effects/Plugins/AAA Frames/ Frame Works as follows:



Effects/3D Effects/Cut Out (you may need to add a new layer here)
Selections/Select None

Step  Twelve:
Change Background colour to #99ab9d
Layers/New Raster Layer
Select Brush Tool GOLDTONENOTES with the following settings:



If you can't install  the Brush I have included a copy for you in the supplies
Using the Background Colour,I hit it 3 times to get my result
Deselect Brush Tool
Effects/Edge Effects/Enhance
Effects/Plugins/MuRa's Seamless/Emboss at Alpha
Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow

Step Thirteen:
Text Tool with the following settings:





Settings may vary according to your version of PSP

Write:
      Love's Old Sweet Song...

Convert to Raster
See my image for placement
Effects/Plugins/MuRa's Seamless/Emboss at Alpha
Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow as follows:



Step Fourteen:
Maximise Vintage Valentine Heart and Flowers by Donna.psp
Image/Resize/20%
Edit/Copy      Edit/Paste as New Layer
Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen
Effects/Image Effects/Offset as follows:



Change Blend Mode to Luminance Legacy
Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow BUT change colour to Black
Layers/Duplicate
Image/Mirror Horizontal OR Image/Mirror

Step Fifteen:
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/800 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


INGE-LORE