Marja-Blessings

Blessings

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

place the selections into the folder « selections » of Corel PSP general folder
open the mask and minimize to tray
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 48 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 from PSPX4, in the later versions of PSP the functions « Mirror » and « Flip » have been replaced by --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
Toadies
Graphics PlusIt@lian Editors Effect
Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Impact
AAA Frames
AAA Filters -AAA Options => translator’s note => I couldn't get this filter to work the way Marja showed. Instead, I followed Colybrix's example (the French translator) and used Carolaine and Sensibility CS_Dots. The result is practically identical to the one obtained with AAA OptionsSimple

Colors

set FG to color 1 and BG to color 2 in the materials palette
prepare a linear gradient in the BG color of materials palette

To preserve original files => ALWAYS duplicate the tubes and decorations provided
close the original files and work with the copies

1
Create a transparent image of 800 x 500 pixels
flood fill with the gradient

2
effects = > plugins => Simple / Blintz
effects => image effects => seamless tiling => default settings except => Transition : 100

3
effects => plugins => Carolaine and Sensibility CS_Dots / default settings

4
adjust => sharpness => sharpen
layers => duplicate

5
effects => texture effect => Blinds

6
effects => plugins => AAA Frames => Foto Frame

7
image => resize => untick « resize all layers » => 90%

8
image => free rotate / tick « Right » / 90 / nothing else ticked

9
effects = > plugins => Simple => Pizza Slice Mirror
effects => image effects => offset => H : 255 / V : 0 / tick « custom » and « transparent »

10
blend mode of the layer : Hard Light
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => -2 / -2 / 35 / 15 / black

11
highlight bottom layer
set color3 as FG color in the materials palette
layers => new raster layer
flood fill with FG color

12
layers => new mask layer => from image

13
layers => merge => merge group
effects => image effects => seamless tiling => default settings except => Transition : 100
blend mode of the layer : Overlay

14
highlight top layer
selections => load-save selection => from disk => selection # 1

15
copy / paste « Twister BG mpd© » as new layer
move it into selection

16
selections => invert
hit the DELETE key of your keyboard
selections => select none

17
copy / paste « Blessings deco by mpd© » as new layer

18
effects => image effects => offset => H : 215 / V : 0 / tick « custom » and « transparent »

19
duplicate your work (Shift + D)
work with the copy
copy / paste « Blessings deco 1 by mpd© » as new layer

20
effects => image effects => offset => H : -200 / V : 0 / tick « custom » and « transparent »

21
copy / paste « flower white » as new layer

22
effects => image effects => offset => H : 220 / V : 30 / tick « custom » and « transparent »

23
copy / paste « L687 text by mpd© » as new layer
place it as shown on final result
blend mode => Darker

24
layers => merge all (flatten)
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => ...
1 px BG color
4 px white
2 px BG color

25
selections => select all
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 25 px white
selections => invert

26
effects => plugins => Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Impact / Perspective Shadow
settings tab => drop shadow blurry

27
selections => select none
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 25 px white
image => resize => tick « resize all layers » => 200 px width

28
edit => copy
back to your main work => edit => paste as new layer

29
effects => image effects => offset => H : 270 / V : 100 / tick « custom » and « transparent »

30
adjust => sharpness => sharpen
layers => duplicate
effects => plugins => Unlimited 2 => Toadies => What Are You ?... / 20 / 20 /

31
effects => edge effects => enhance more
layers => arrange => move down
highlight top layer

32
layers => duplicate
image => resize => untick « resize all layers » => 70%

33
effects => image effects => offset => H : -35 / V : -150 / tick « custom » and « transparent »

34
layers => duplicate
effects => image effects => offset => H : 80 / V : -50 / tick « custom » and « transparent »

35
set BG to color 2 again in the materials palette
selections => load-save selection => from disk => selection # 2

36
layers => new raster layer
flood fill with BG color
effects => plugins => Graphics Plus => Cross Shadow / default settings

37
selections => select none
effects = > plugins => It@lian Editors Effects / Effeto Fantasma / 20 / 20 /

38
effects => edge effects => enhance
copy / paste « Blessings deco 2 by mpd© » as new layer

39
effects => image effects => offset => H : -220 / V : 0 / tick « custom » and « transparent »

40
copy / paste « Blessings deco 3 by mpd© » as new layer

41
effects => image effects => offset => H : -220 / V : 0 / tick « custom » and « transparent »

42
copy / paste « Ross Branch » as new layer

43
effects => image effects => offset => H : -170 / V : 0 / tick « custom » and « transparent »

44
copy / paste « L687 text 1 by mpd© » as new layer
place properly

45
layers => merge => merge all (flatten)
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => ...
5 px BG color
40 px white
2 px BG

46
image => resize => tick « resize all layers » => 800 px width

47
copy / paste « Blessings deco 4 by mpd© » as new layer
place properly

48
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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