Ellie's Treasures PSP-Tuts - Jet's translations

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Translated with permission from the creator, Jet at Jetje's PSP Creaties tutorial site.
See the original tutorial here for PSP in Dutch

They will both open in a new window and print out on standard 8½" X 11" paper

For information about which fonts, programs, etc I used to construct my pages and my headers, click here.

For this tutorial you will need:

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, available free here
Graphics Plus>Cross Shadow, available free here
VanderLee>Unplugged-X, free trial available here
FM Tile Tools>Blend Emboss, free trial available here (Blend Emboss is one that keeps working after trial is over)
Simple>4way Average, available free here
Flaming Pear>SolidifyA, available free here
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Supplies in zip file here for version 8 and up
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.
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Credits
Tubes by @nn, Alejandra Rosales, and Jet here and here
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/
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I am assuming you know the basics of Paint Shop Pro and where the tools can be located.

Here are some arrows and bars you can drag and drop where you need to mark or underline where you are. .
Just left click and drag to where you want it then let go.
They will stay where you put them until you close your browser.

Here's a small version of the tag that you can drag with you for reference

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.

l hope you had fun!
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These tutorials are translated with permission from the original writer.
Any resemblance to any other tutorial is purely coincidental and unintentional.
Feel free to share any of my tutorials on this site by a link back to my site,
but do not copy and send the entire tutorial to anyone or any group.
©2003-2007 Ellie's Treasures

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Webpage Design Information
This webpage background was made in PhotoImpact with a tutorial by Deb DeHaven
Sadly, she passed away but her tutorials just came back online, thanks to PIRCNet.
You can find the tutorial here.
The font I used for all of the text on the buttons is BrockScript
The font I used for the "I Don't Care" tutorial header is HoangYenH 1.1.
(Click on the font name to download the font.)
I use PhotoImpact to make all of my headers due to the amazing
3D text it has and the wonderful presets available free online
Most of the presets I use are either the ones that come with PhotoImpact, usually the Gel ones,
or from Deb's PI Tutorials and More (see below) or Carol Oyl's site
This is the address to Deb's old pages
http://www.fortunecity.com/skyscraper/millenit/1716/pitutorials/objects/presets/presets1.html
I can't find any links to her new pages but the presets are still on this page for download.
For more sites to find PI Presets, take a look at my Great Beginnings page.