This tutorial is written by Denise D. on 15th February, 2024

MOTHERS DAY 2024

 


      

Thank you Inge-Lore, Michele B., Sylviane and Vera Mendes for these Translations

Click on the Box to download Supplies

Supplies
You will need to supply:

an image of a mother and child approximately

Thank you Calligraphy for the use of your image in this tutorial

Supplies included with the Tutorial

MKM October Series Digital Art TmkmOSDA 1.pspimage
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Mother WordArt2by justjeanne.png
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If you are the creator, please contact me so I can give you credit

D.D.Deco1.png

Signature.png

Selections:
D.D.MothersDay2024
D.D.MothersDay2024.2
D.D.MothersDay2024.3
D.D.MothersDay2024.4
D.D.MothersDay2024.5

Plugins:
Carolaine & Sensibility
MuRa's Seamless
Eye Candy 4000
Filters Unlimited 2.0/Tramages

Found here:

AND 

Double Click on the    icon in your supplies folder to install this Preset in your Plugin.

Notes:
This Tutorial was created in PSP2019
.... 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.

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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 #8aacb0
Set your Background colour to #bad2cb

Step One:

Place Texture in PSP Texture Folder
Place Selections in PSP Selection Folder
Open graphics in PSP, duplicate (Shift D) and close the original.

File/New/New Raster Layer 1000 pixels x 700 pixels as follows:



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



Flood fill with Foreground Gradient

Step Two:
Effects/Distortion Effects/Pixilate/Preset Tall Blocks OR as follows:



Effects/Edge Effects/Enhance
Layers/Duplicate
Effects/Distortion Effects/Polar Co-Ordinates as follows:



Step Three:
Selections/Load/Save Selections/Load Selection D.D.MothersDay2024 from Disk as follows:



Edit/Clear
Selections/Invert
Effects/Edge Effects/Enhance
Effects/Plugins/Carolaine & Sensibility/CS-Texture as follows:



Selections/Select None

Step Three
Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 4000/Shadowlab as follows:



Select Raster 1
Effects/Plugins/Carolaine & Sensibility/CS-LDots as follows:



Step Five:
Layers/New Raster Layer
Layers/Arrange/Bring to Top
Selection/Load/Save Selection/Load Selection D.D.MothersDay 2024.2 from Disk
Change Foreground Gradient to Foreground/Background/Sunburst Gradient as follows:



Flood fill with Gradient
Selections/Select None
Layers/Duplicate
Image/Mirror/Horizontal
Layers/Merge/Merge Down
Effects/Geometric Effects/Spherize as follows:



Change Blend Mode to Overlay or blend of your choice
Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 4000/Shadowlab

Step Six:
Select Copy of Raster 1 Layer
Layers/New Raster Layer
Selections/Load/Save Selection/Load Selection D.D.MothersDay2024.3 from Disk
Flood fill with Foreground Gradient
Effects/Art Media Effects/Brush Strokes as follows:



Selections/Select None

Step Seven:
Maximise MKM October Series Digital Art TmkmOSDA 1.pspimage OR image of your  choice
Edit/Copy   Edit/Paste as New Layer
Leave where it is
Change Blend Mode to Overlay
(see my image for placement)
Maximise Mother WordArt2 by justjeanne.png
Edit/Copy   Edit/Paste as New Layer
Objects/Align/Bottom
Tools/Change to Target Brush with the following settings:



Wipe over the text with the Foreground Gradient
Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen
Layers/Duplicate
Layers/Merge/Merge Down

Step Eight:
Select the Layer at the top of the pile
Layers/New Raster Layer
Selections/Load/Save Selection/Load Selection D.D.MothersDay2024.4 from Disk
Flood fill Selection with Foreground Gradient
Selections/Select None
Layers/Duplicate
Image/Mirror/Horizontal OR Image/Mirror
Layers/Merge/Merge Down
Effects/Plugins/MuRa's Seamless/Emboss at Alpha/Default Settings
Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 4000/Shadowlab

Step Nine:
Maximise D.D.Deco1.png
Edit/Copy   Edit/Paste as New layer
Objects/Align/Top
Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 4000/Shadowlab
Edit/Copy Special     Copy Merged
Image/Canvas Size as follows:



Edit/Paste as New Layer
Effects/Plugins/MuRa's Meister/Perspective Tiling as follows:



Selections/Load/Save Selection/Load Selection D.D.MothersDay2024.5 from Disk
Hit delete once
Selections/Select None

Step Ten:
Selections/Select All
Image/Add Borders/5 pixels/Foreground Colour
Effects/3D Effects/Cutout as follows:



Selections/Select All
Image/Add Borders/10 pixels/White
Selections/Invert
Flood fill with Foreground Gradient
Effects/Plugins/Filters Unlimited 2.0/Tramages/Pool Shadow/Default Settings
Selections/Select All
Edit/Copy

Step Eleven:
Image/Add Borders/50 pixels/White
Selections/Invert
Edit/Paste into Selection
Adjust/Blur/Gaussian Blur as follows:



Effects/Plugins/Filters Unlimited 2.0/Tramages/Wire Mesh as follows:



Effects/Reflection Effects/Rotating Mirror as follows:



Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen

Step Twelve:
Maximise main image
Edit/Copy  Edit/Paste as New Layer
Place to the left of the Layer
Add a drop shadow if applicable
Image/Add Borders/5 pixels/Foreground Colour

Step Thirteen:
Maximise Signature.png
Edit/Copy   Edit/Paste as New Layer
Place at bottom of Layer
Add your own watermark if you wish
Layers/Merge/Merge Visible

OPTIONAL STEP:
Effects/Plugins/AAA Filters/Custom Filter/Sharpen

Image/Resize/1000 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


MARIE


SJOERTDJE


BETTY

INGE-LORE


MICHELE B

MICHELE B

VERA

For other Versions of this Tutorial, please go to:

http://escapingtopsp2.altervista.org/MothersDay2024Versions/MothersDay2024Versions.html







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