Marja-Lavon

Lavon

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 selection into the folder « selections » of Corel PSP general folder
open the mask and minimize to tray
mask was created by Narah https://narahsdesigns.blogspot.com/p/mascaras.html
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 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 from PSPX4, in the later versions of PSP the functions « Mirror » and « Flip » have been replaced by --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
Filters Unlimited 2
Xero
Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 – Impact

Colors

set FG to color 1 and BG to color 3 in the materials palette
prepare a Radial gradient into the BG box of 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 new transparent image of 800 x 500 pixels
flood fill white

2
layers => new raster layer
selections => select all

3
copy / paste Lavon Picture into selection
selections => select none

4
effects => image effects => seamless tiling => default settings
layers => merge => merge down

5
adjust => blur => gaussian blur => 25
effects => plugins => Xero => Fritillary => 10 / 30 / 10 / 0

6
effects => plugins => Xero => Porcelain => default settings
selections => load-save selection => from disk => selection # 1

7
selections => promote selection to layer
effects => plugins => Unlimited 2 => &<Bkg Designer sf10 III> => Texture Raw Canvas => default settings => 43 / 26

8
effects => plugins => Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Impact / Perspective Shadow
settings tab => Drop Shadow Blurry
selections => select none

9
layers => duplicate
image => mirror => mirror horizontal
layers => merge => merge down

10
set FG to color 3 and BG to color 1
in the materials palette
selections => load-save selection => from disk => selection # 2

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

12
selections => modify => contract => 25 px
layers => new raster layer
flood fill selection with BG color

13
selections => modify => contract => 5 px
hit the DELETE key of your keyboard
layers => new raster layer

14
copy / paste Lavon Picture into selection
keep selection active

15
adjust => sharpness => sharpen
effects => plugins => Xero => Porcelain => default settings
selections => select none

16
layers => arrange => move down
highlight top layer

17
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 5 / 5 / 80 / 15 / black

18
layers => merge => merge down TWICE
layers => duplicate
image => mirror => mirror horizontal
layers => merge => merge down

19
set FG to color 2
selections => load-save selection => from disk => selection # 3

20
layers => new raster layer
flood fill selection with FG color

21
effects => plugins => AAA Frames => Foto Frame => top slider : 15
don’t change other settings

22
selections => select none
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => -5 / -5 / 80 / 15 / black

23
layers => duplicate
image => mirror => mirror horizontal
layers => merge => merge down

24
selections => load-save selection => from disk => selection # 4

25
layers => new raster layer
flood fill selection with BG color

26
effects => plugins => Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Impact / Glass
settings tab => Clear
Basic tab => Bevel Width : 15
don’t change other settings

27
selections => select none
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 5 / 5 / 80 / 15 / black

28
layers => duplicate
effects => image effects => offset => H : 0 / V : -250 / tick « custom » and « transparent »

29
layers => merge => merge down
layers => duplicate
image => mirror => mirror horizontal
layers => merge => merge down TWICE

30
highlight bottom layer
set FG to color 4
layers => new raster layer
flood fill layer with FG color

31
layers => new mask layer => from image

32
layers => merge => merge group
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 1 / 1 / 80 / 1 / black
blend mode of the layer : Hard Light

33
copy / paste « Lavon Floor by mpd© » as new layer

34
effects => image effects => offset => H : 0 / V : -188 / tick « custom » and « transparent »

34
set FG to color 3
BG color is color 1
selections => load-save selection => from disk => selection # 5

35
layers => new raster layer
flood fill selection with FG color

36
selections => modify => contract => 25 px
layers => new raster layer
flood fill selection with BG color

37
selections => modify => contract => 5 px
hit the DELETE key of your keyboard

38
layers => new raster layer
copy / paste Lavon Picture into selection

39
adjust => sharpness => sharpen
effects => plugins => Xero => Porcelain => default settings
selections => select none

40
layers => arrange => move down
highlight layer above (Raster 6)

41
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 5 / 5 / 80 / 15 / black

42
layers => merge => merge down TWICE

43
layers => duplicate
effects => plugins => Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Impact / Perspective Shadow
settings tab => Reflect in front, Sharp
don’t change other settings

44
opacity of the layer : 65%
layers => arrange => move down
highlight top layer

45
copy / paste « Lavon Text by mpd© » as new layer
place where you like

46
layers => merge => merge all (flatten)
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => ...
2 px black
10 px white
2 px black
30 px white
2 px black

47
image => resize => tick « resize all layers » => 800 px width

48
Add Marja’s Watermark
apply your watermark
write your licence number if you used a licenced tube
Save your work as a jpeg file

My tag with atube created by Nadège
nadège's tubes ► HERE

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and wish it to be shown, send it to me !
It will be a real pleasure for me to add it to the gallery at the bottom of this translation

coming ▼ soon