Marja-Gnomes

Gnomes

you wil find the orignal tutorial here

This tutorial is a personal creation.
Marja works with PSP12
I work with PSP20 Ultimate
but you can follow this tutorial with any other version of PSP

Any resemblance with another one would be pure coincidence.
It is stricly forbidden to modify images, to change their name or take off the matermarks,
To present them on your sites or blog,
to make a bank of images, or to use them on lucrative purposes.

Thank you to respect Marja’s work and the tubers work.
Don’t hesitate to warn me if you have any trouble with this translation
And I’ll fix the problem as soon as I can

Supplies
you can download the supplies on Marja’s original tutorial
OR HERE  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1diSBswE8PzrvzXKs1Io-zcZlr7JaE45j/view 

open the masks and minimize to tray
place the 4 selections into the folder « selections » of Corel PSP general folder
save your work often in case of problems with your psp
don’t hesitate to change blend modes and opacities of the layers to match your personal colors and tubes
this tutorials contains 68 steps

Hints and Tips
TIP 1 -> if you don’t want to install a font -->
open it in a software as « Nexus Font » (or other font viewer software of you choice)
as long as both windows are opened (software and font), your font will be available in your PSP
TIP 2 -> from PSPX4, in the later versions of PSP the functions « Mirror » and « Flip » have been replaced by -->
« Mirror »has become  --> image => mirror => mirror horizontal
« Flip » has become  --> image => mirror => mirror vertical

Plugins needed
Mehdi
Carolaine & Sensibility
Italian Editor’s effects
Graphics Plus
Mura’s Meister
Unlimited 2.0
Richard Rosenman

Colors

set FG to color 1 and BG to color 2 in the materials palette

To preserve original files => ALWAYS duplicate the tubes, close the originals and work with the copies

1
Create a Transparent image of 800x500 pixels

2
effects => plugins => Mehdi => Wavy Lab 1.1 => colors 2 / 1 / 3 / 2

3
adjust => blur => radial blur

4
effects => plugins => Carolaine and Sensibility => CS-LDots

5
selections => load-save selection => from disk => selection # 1

6
layers => new raster layer
flood fill selection with color 1
selections => modify => contract => 3 px
hit the DELETE key of your keyboard

7
highlight bottom layer
selections => promote selection to layer
adjust => blur => gaussian blur => 20

8
effects => plugins => Unlimited 2 => Italian Editors Effects / Picture in Picture / Default settings => 186 / 111

9
effects => edge effects => enhance
selections => select none
highlight top layer
effects => plugins => Graphics Plus => Cross Shadow / default settings

10
layers => merge => merge down
effects => plugins => Mura’s Meister => Perspective Tiling

11
blend mode of the layer : Lighten
effects => edge effects => enhance

12
selections => load-save selection => from disk => selection # 2

13
layers => new raster layer
flood fill selection with color 2
selections => modify => contract => 3 px
hit the DELETE key of your keyboard

14
highlight bottom layer
selections => promote selection to layer
layers => arrange => move up

15
adjust => blur => gaussian blur => 20

16
effects => plugins => Carolaine and Sensibility => Ccs-HLines

selections => select none

17
highlight top layer
effects => plugins => Graphics Plus => Cross Shadow / default settings
layers => merge => merge down

18
effects => plugins => Toadies => What Are You ?... / 20 / 20

19
blend mode of the layer : Lighten
effects => edge effects => enhance more

20
selections => load-save selection => from disk => selection # 3

21
set FG to color 3
layers => new raster layer
flood fill selection with FG color

22
selections => modify => contract => 5 px
hit the DELETE key of your keyboard

23
highlight bottom layer
selections => promote selection to layer
layers => arrange => move up TWICE

24
adjust => blur => gaussian blur => 20
selections => select none

25
highlight top layer
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 5 / 5 / 85 / 20 / black

26
layers => merge => merge down
selections => load-save selection => from disk => selection # 4

27
layers => new raster layer
flood fill selection with FG color

28
effects => plugins => Unlimited 2 => Buttons & Frames /3D Glass Frame 1 / default settings / 50 / 128

29
selections => modify => contract => 10 px
effects => plugins => Richard Rosenman => Solid Border / color 1

30
selections => modify => contract => 2 px
hit the DELETE key of your keyboard

31
layers => new raster layer
copy / paste « Xmas Gnome 11 mpd© » into selection

32
layers => arrange => move down
adjust => sharpness => sharpen
selections => select none
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 5 / 5 / 85 / 20 / black

33
highlight top layer
layers => duplicate
highlight ”Raster 2”
layers => merge => merge down
click on the eye of the layer to close it

34
highlight top layer
layers => new raster layer

35
copy / paste « Xmas Gnome 12 mpd© » into selection

36
adjust => sharpness => sharpen
layers => arrange => move down
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 5 / 5 / 85 / 20 / black

37
highlight top layer
layers => duplicate

38
highlight ”copy of Raster 2”
layers => merge => merge down
click on the eye of the layer to close it
highlight top layer

39
layers => new raster layer
copy / paste « Xmas Gnome 13 mpd© » into selection

40
adjust => sharpness => sharpen
layers => arrange => move down
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 5 / 5 / 85 / 20 / black
selections => select none

41
highlight top layer
layers => merge => merge down

42
effects => image effects => offset => H : 550 / V : 0 / tick « custom » and « transparent »

43
highlight layer below (Raster 2)
open the eye of the layer

44
effects => image effects => offset => H : 260 / V : 0 / tick « custom » and « transparent »

45
highlight layer below (Raster 3)
open the eye of the layer

46
highlight top layer
layers => merge => merge down TWICE

47
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 5 / 5 / 85 / 20 / black

48
copy / paste « Xmas Gnomies Deco made by mpd© » as new layer

49
effects => image effects => offset => H : -362 / V : 63 / tick « custom » and « transparent »

50
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 5 / 5 / 85 / 20 / black

51
copy / paste « Xmas Gnomies Deco 1 made by mpd© » as new layer

52
effects => image effects => offset => H : -10 / V : 0 / tick « custom » and « transparent »

53
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 5 / 5 / 85 / 20 / black

54
copy / paste « Xmas CupCake mpd© » as new layer

55
image => resize => untick « resize all layers » => 50%

56
effects => image effects => offset => H : -250 / V : -150 / tick « custom » and « transparent »

57
copy / paste « Xmas Gnomies Deco 2 made by mpd© » as new layer
place properly (see final result)

58
copy / paste the Text tube as new layer
place properly (see final result)

59
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 5 / 5 / 85 / 15 / black

60
layers => merge => merge all (flatten)
set FG color to color 1

61
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => ...
1 px FG color
1 px BG color
5 px white

62
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => ...
2 px FG color
2 px white
2 px BG color

63
selections => select all
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => ...
35 px white
selections => invert

64
effects => 3D effects => cutout => 5 / 5 / 50 / 10 / black

65
layers => new raster layer
effects => 3D effects => cutout => -5 / -5 / 50 / 10 / black

66
selections => select none
layers => merge => merge all (flatten)

67
image => resize => tick « resize all layers »  => 800 px width

68
Add Marja’s Watermark
apply your watermark
write your licence number if you used a licenced tube
layers => merge => merge all (flatten)
Save your work as a jpeg file

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