Ellie's Treasures PSP-Tuts PSPIArtes Back Surreal

Translated with permission from the creator, Marynez, at PSPIArtes tutorial site.

See the original tutorial here for PSP in Portuguese
This is not my tutorial, it belongs to Marynez of PSPIArtes.
If you would like to translate into another language, you must ask her permission.
You can contact her here.

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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
Texturizer filter, available free here
1 tube of your choice
20-20 mask - in zip file
Surreal brush tip - in zip file
Supplies in zip file here.
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Credits
Yellow roses tube by Hanne, pink freesia tube by Chili.
I found Chili's group but only members can access the page.
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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.

Preparation
Open your tube, duplicate (Shift-D) and close original.
Choose one color from it.
Put the brush in your brush folder or open the brush psp file in PSP, select all, click on your brush
and in your brush window, click on "Create brush tip from selection" as shown here and follow the instructions.)

Put the 20/20 mask in your mask folder.
Put the filter in your plugins folder.

1. Open a new transparent canvas 300X300.
Fill your canvas with your chosen color.

2. Apply a light texture with:
Effects>Texturizer, settings: Sandstone
Scale=56%/Relief = 1/Bot Right

3. New raster layer
Make your foreground color white or another one of your choice
Pick your Brush tool, find Brush Surreal:
Size = 291
Step = 32
Density = 100
Rotation = 0
Opacity = 100

Stamp once in the middle

4. Add a new raster layer
Apply again the same brush
Image/Rotate/Free Rotate>90 degrees to the left, no boxes checked

Select layer 3.
Merge down
This will merge the top 2 layers only
Lower the opacity of the merged layer to 70% or to your taste

5. Activate your tube
Go to Layers>Load/Save Mask/Load mask from disk, find the mask 2020,
Source luminance, fit to canvas and hide all mask checked, invert transparency not checked.

Load. Delete layer. Allow it to merge with layer below it when it asks.
If you use a misted tube, you can probably skip this step.
Edit/Copy (control-C)
Minimize.

6. Edit/Paste as a new layer (control-L)
Place in the center of the canvas

Lower the opacity to 36% or to your taste
I reduced my yellow rose tube to 40%
Merge All

7. Effects/Image Effects/Seamless Tiling:
default with transition in 100

Pattern is ready. You can use this as a background tile or go on to the next step to make a stationery strip.

. 8. Open new canvas of 1024x300. (I usually make mine 1280 wide). Fill with your pattern
(In your color palette, pick pattern, click on the color window and in the next window, right at the top, you'll see your pattern)

9. Activate your tube again, copy and paste as new layer, place to the left.

10. New raster layer to place watermark. Merge all.

11. Your stationery strip is ready!! File>Export>Jpeg optimizer - compression of 20.

l hope you had fun!
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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 "Back Surreal" tutorial header is Ghandi.
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.