Ellie's Treasures Paint Shop Pro Jetje's Translated Tutorials - I Don't Care Blend Tag

http://www.ellies-treasures.com/jetjes/i-don't-care-psp/i-don't-care-psp.html
This tutorial will print out on standard 8½" X 11" paper



Translated with permission from the creator, Jet at Jetje's PSP Creaties tutorial site. Her site is now gone.
For this tutorial you will need:
Jasc or Corel Paint Shop Pro. I've done this tutorial in PSP 9 and PSP XI.
I believe it can be done in most versions.
You may have to look around for the commands but it's likely they are there.

Filters and materials needed
Pentacom>VTR2; Graphics Plus>Cross Shadow; VanderLee>Unplugged-X; FM Tile Tools>Blend Emboss; Simple>4way Average; Flaming Pear>SolidifyA
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 Supplies in zip file here for version 8 and up
http://www.ellies-treasures.com/files/tuts/i-don't-care-supplies-psp.zip
Supplies in zip file here for older psp versions has .psd tubes instead of pspimage. these can be opened in any program.
Also in the psd supplies, I changed the brushtips to psd files so they can be used in any version.
http://www.ellies-treasures.com/files/tuts/i-don't-care-supplies-psd.zip
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Credits
Tubes by @nn, Alejandra Rosales, and Jet
Please leave the filenames intact if you want to share them
The creator of the mask is unknown to Jet. If you let her know the name, she can add the credit.
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 My plugin windows may look different from yours as I use Filters Unlimited 2 to manage my plugins.
It's available for purchase here: http://www.icnet.de/filters_unlimited/

Preparation
1. Before opening PSP, put the plugins into your plugin folder.
2. Put the brush tip and script into your brush folder. If you are using an older version of PSP,
or have trouble with brushes, go to File>Import>Brush and import it
or download the psd supplies and use the psd files I made from the brushes.
They'll be hard to see as they're light beige, but they are on raster (or layer) 2.
3. Put the mask "Arfrac3.jpg" in your masks folder.
4. Now open PSP. Open your tubes in PSP, duplicate them (Shift-D) and close the originals.
The tube "jet-woman23-september-2007" is used twice so leave it open.
The rest of the tubes are not used more than once, so each can be closed after use.
1. Activate the tube Jet-woman23-september-2007
Activate the layer the tube is on
Image>Resize>90% bicubic (all layers checked)


Edit>Copy (control-C)
Put it aside, don't close it
2. Create a new canvas 800X700 transparent
Edit>copy as new layer (control-L)
Move the tube in the left corner against the side as shown
3. Effects>Flaming pear>SolidifyA
Adjust>Blur>Gaussian Blur>75
4. Effects>Simple>4way average
5. Image>flip
Effect>Graphicsplus>Crosshadow, settings: top 6 sliders at 50, intensity 100, brightness 128
6. Layers>Duplicate
Effects>VanderLee>Unplugged X>Compose, default settings:
10-10-transparency 0, Normal




Effects>Simple>4way average
7. Image>Resize>90% bicubic (all layers not checked)
Effects>Edge Effects>Enhance
repeat this again


Layer palette>Blend Mode>Screen; layer opacity 28
8. Layer palette, right click, New raster layer
Put foreground color on #EDDAC8 (beige)
Fill layer with this color
9. Layers>Load/Save Mask>Load mask from disk, find Arfrac3, use these settings:
Source luminance, fit to canvas, and hide all mask all checked, invert transparency not checked.




Layers>Merge>Merge group
10. Image>Mirror


Effects>Simple>4way average


Effects>Image Effects>Seamless tiling
Corner, bidirectional, horizontal and vertical at 0, transition at 93, linear




Effects>Edge Effects>Enhance
repeat this again
Layer palette - layer opacity at 30
11. Layers>New raster layer
Brush - find brush 1, settings
size 225, step 32, density 100, rotation 0, opacity 100, blend mode normal, foreground color on the same beige as before


Stamp 1x in the middle
(or using the psd file, copy and paste as new layer)


Edit>Cut
Selections>Select all
Edit>Paste into selection
Layer pallet>Blend mode>Overlay - layer opacity 80
12. Layers>New raster layer
Brush - find @cb-texturizer1
Size 492, rest the same as last time
Stamp top right (as shown)
(or using the psd file, copy and paste as new layer)
13. Layers>Duplicate
Image>Mirror
Layers>Merge>Merge down
Layer pallet>Blend mode>Overlay - layer opacity 50
14. Layers>New raster layer
Selection>Select all
Activate the tube "1794 scenery 153 alejandra rosales"
Edit>Copy (control-C)
To your working canvas
Edit>Paste into selection


Deselect
15. Using your raster deform tool pull it left and right until it touches the sides (as shown)




Layer Palette>Blend Mode>Luminance (Legacy) - layer opacity 15
Effects>FM Tile tools - Blend emboss (default settings) of -1, -1, .250, 64, .938 on bottom 3, edge wrap checked


Effects>Edge Effects>Enhance
16. Activate the tube "@nn _ misted_271105_Samara By blueblack"
Highlight the layer with the tube in it
Image>Mirror
Edit>Copy
Over to your working canvas
Edit>Paste as new layer (control-L)
Move it to the bottom right as shown.


Layer Palette>Blend Mode>Luminance (Legacy) - layer opacity 24
Effects>Edge Effects>Enhance
17. Layers>Merge>Merge visible
Selections>Select all
Selections>Modify>Contract>20 pixels
Selections>Invert
Adjust>Blur>Gausiaan blur>75
Selections>Promote selection to layer
Effects>Pentacom>VTR2 - default settings of 26-0-169-0



Deselect
Effects>Edge Effects>Enhance
Layer Palette>Layer opacity to 20
18. Activate the tube Jet-woman23-september-2007
Edit>Copy, to your working canvas, Edit>Paste as new layer
Move it to the bottom left against the edges.


Effects>3D Effects>Drop Shadow, these settings: 20-10-37-20-black
19. Layers>New raster layer
Brush - find brush "I don't care"
Settings: size 186, step 32, density 100, rotation 0, opacity 100, blend mode normal
Stamp the brush on the moon as shown
(or using the psd file, copy and paste as new layer)


Effects>3D Effects>Drop Shadow, these settings: 1-1-40-3-black


Layer Palette>Blend Mode>Luminance - layer opacity 90


Layers>Merge>Merge all
Effects>Xero>Porcelain, settings: 50-128-128-0-0-0 (all at default except the last slider)
20. Image>Add borders>20 pixels black #000000 (symmetric checked)
Layers>New raster layer
Selections>Select all
Selections>Modify>Contract>8 pixels
Leave it selected
Fill your layer with color #EDDAC8
Selections>Modify>Contract - 3pixels
Press on the Delete key of your keyboard

Deselect
21. Select your magic wand tool, settings:
Add, RGB, Tolerance of 0, Contiguous, Feather 0, Anti-alias checked, Inside


Click on your beige edge
Effects>Texture Effects>Weave, settings:
1-1-100-black-fill gaps not checked


Deselect

Layer palette>Opacity of 80
Layers>Merge all

You're done!
Resizing
To resize, make sure, to retain the texture and the clarity, resize at 90% bicubic and repeat till you get close to the size you want.
At that point you can resize by pixels as usual. You will find this makes a big difference in your final result.
If you resize, use the unsharp mask or Brightness/Contrast to sharpen it a bit.
Adjust>Sharpness>Unsharp mask at Radius 1, strength 60, clipping 4.
or
Adjust>Brightness and Contrast set to Brightness of 5-contrast of 15.
Watermark
Layers>New raster layer. Add your water mark on this new layer
Layers>Merge>Merge all (flatten)
Save
File>Export>Jpeg optimizer - compression of 20.
If you have any questions or suggestions, email me at this page: http://www.ellies-treasures.com/email/email.html 
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