Marja-Namira

Namira

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
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 has 50 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 from PSPX4, in the later versions of PSP the functions « Mirror » and « Flip » have been replaced by --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
Graphics Plus
Unlimited 2
Mehdi / Wavy Lab 1.1
L&K
Filter Factory Gallery A => import into Unlimited 2

Colors

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

2
effects => plugins => Mehdi => Wavy Lab 1.1 => colors 2 / 1 / 3 / 4

3
effects => plugins => Mehdi => Sorting Tiles

4
effects => plugins => Unlimited 2 => &<Bkg Designer sf10 III> => Tremors / default settings
effects => edge effects => enhance

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

6
layers => new raster layer
flood fill selection with FG color
selections => select none

7
effects => texture effect => Blinds / BG color

8
effects => distortion effects => Wind / from right / 95
effects => edge effects => enhance

9
layers => duplicate
image => mirror => mirror horizontal
layers => merge => merge down
blend mode of the layer : Hard Light

10
selections => load-save selection => from disk => selection # 2

11
layers => new raster layer
flood fill selection with BG color

12
effects => plugins => L en K’s => Zitah

selections => select none

13
effects => reflection effects => rotating Mirror / 0 / 0 / tick « Reflect»

14
layers => duplicate
image => mirror => mirror vertical
layers => merge => merge down

15
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => -5 / -5 / 80 / 15 / black

16
highglihgt bottom layer
selections => load-save selection => from disk => selection # 3

17
selections => promote selection to layer
layers => arrange => bring to top

18
adjust => blur => gaussian blur => 20
effects => plugins => AAA Frame Works

9
selections => modify => contract => 40 px
selections => promote selection to layer

20
effects => plugins => Unlimited 2 => Filter Factory Gallery A / Marble Madness One

selections => select none

21
layers => merge => merge down
layers => duplicate
image => mirror => mirror horizontal
layers => merge => merge down

22
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => -5 / -5 / 80 / 15 / black

23
set FG to color 3 and BG to color 4 in the materials palette
selections => load-save selection => from disk => selection # 4

24
layers => new raster layer
flood fill selection with FG color
selections => select none

25
effects => texture effect => Blinds / BG color
width : 5 / Cover : 50

26
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => -5 / -5 / 80 / 15 / black

27
selections => load-save selection => from disk => selection # 5

28
layers => new raster layer
flood fill selection with BG color

29
effects => plugins => Unlimited 2 => Filter Factory Gallery A / Marble Madness One / default settings
selections => select none

30
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => -5 / -5 / 80 / 15 / black

31
selections => load-save selection => from disk => selection # 6

32
highglight bottom layer
selections => promote selection to layer
layers => arrange => bring to top

33
effects => edge effects => enhance
selections => modify => contract => 10 px
hit the DELETE key of your keyboard

34
layers => new raster layer
flood fill selection with BG color
effects => plugins => Graphics Plus => Cross Shadow / default settings

35
effects => plugins => AAA Frames => Foto Frame

36
selections => modify => contract => 45 px
effects => plugins => AAA Frames => Foto Frame / don’t change the settings

37
selections => modify => contract => 45 px
layers => new raster layer

38
copy / paste « Femme 57 mpd © » into selection

39
adjust => sharpness => sharpen
selections => select none
layers => merge => merge down

40
highlight layer below
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => -5 / -5 / 100 / 5 / black
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 5 / 5 / 100 / 5 / black

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

42
copy / paste « Namira deco by mpd © » as new layer
don’t move it

43
layers => merge => merge all (flatten)
set FG to color 3 and BG to color 4 in the materials palette

44
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 1 px FG color
selections => select all

45
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 30 px BG color
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 5 / 5 / 100 / 5 / black

46
selections => select all
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 15 px FG color

47
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 5 / 5 / 100 / 5 / black
selections => select none

48
image => resize => tick « resize all layers » => 800 px width

49
choose a font and enable your Text tool
type the text « Namira » and place where you like
drop a shadow of your choice

50
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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