Marja-Mystical art

Mystical art

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
however, the results might be different using another 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 

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 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 from PSPX4, in the later versions of PSP the functions « Mirror » and « Flip » have been replaced by --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
Unlimited 2
Harry’s Button Tools
Harry’s Rave Grads
Xero
Mura’s Meister

To preserve original files => ALWAYS duplicate the tubes and decorations provided
close the original files and work with the copies
save your work often in case of problems with your PSP

1
Create a BLACK image of 800 x 500 pixels

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

3
copy / paste « Bg L720 » into selection
selections => select none

4
layers => new mask layer => from image

5
layers => merge => merge group
layers => merge => merge visible
enable the Selection tool / custom selection

6
selections => promote selection to layer
keep selection active
effects => plugins => Unlimited 2 => Harry’s Button Tools / Color Bevel 1.1

7
selections => select none
layers => duplicate
image => mirror => mirror horizontal
layers => merge => merge down

8
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 80 / 30 / black

9
highlight bottom layer
enable the Selection tool / custom selection

10
selections => promote selection to layer
effects => plugins => Unlimited 2 => Harry’s Rave Grads / Mystic Mountain 1.1

11
effects => plugins => Xero => Cubism / 35
effects => edge effects => enhance

12
effects => 3D effects => Inner Bevel

selections => select none

13
layers => duplicate
image => mirror => mirror horizontal
layers => merge => merge down

14
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 80 / 30 / black

15
highlight bottom layer
enable the Selection tool / custom selection

16
layers => new raster layer
copy / paste « Bg L720 » into selection

17
effects => texture effect => Blinds

18
selections => select none
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 80 / 30 / black

19
highlight bottom layer
enable the Selection tool / custom selection

20
layers => new raster layer
copy / paste « Bg L720 » into selection

21
effects => plugins => Unlimited 2 => Harry’s Button Tools / Flat Button 1 / default settings
selections => modify = > select selection borders / inside / Anti Alias / 12

22
effects => texture effect => Blinds

23
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 80 / 30 / black
selections => select none

24
layers => duplicate
effects => image effects => seamless tiling

25
blend mode of the layer : Overlay

26
enable the Selection tool / custom selection

hit the DELETE key of your keyboard
selections => select none
layers => merge => merge down

27
highlight top layer
copy / paste « Mystic Art Face » as new layer
don’t move it

28
highlight bottom layer
copy / paste « Bg L720 » as new layer

29
effects => Artistic Effects => Colored Foil

30
opacity of the layer : 25%
adjust => sharpness => sharpen more

31
highlight top layer
close the eye of the layer

32
highlight layer below
layers => merge => merge visible
layers => duplicate

33
effects => image effects => seamless tiling => default settings
effects => plugins => Mura’s Meister => Perspective Tiling

34
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 80 / 30 / black

35
highlight top layer
open the eye of the layer

36
copy / paste « MA deco mpd© » as new layer

37
effects => image effects => offset => H : 135 / V : -185 / tick « custom » and « transparent »

38
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 80 / 30 / black

39
copy / paste « MA deco 1 mpd© » as new layer
don’t move it

40
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 80 / 30 / black

41
copy / paste « MA deco 2 mpd© » as new layer
don’t move it

42
copy / paste « MA text mpd© » as new layer

43
effects => image effects => offset => H : 0 / V : 100 / tick « custom » and « transparent »

44
layers => merge => merge all (flatten)
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => ...
1 px white
50 px black

45
image => resize => tick « resize all layers » => 800 px width

46
copy / paste « L720 tube by mpd© » as new layer

47
effects => image effects => offset => H : -105 / V : -152 / tick « custom » and « transparent »

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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