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Ellie's Treasures Translated PSP Tutorials - Violette's Amour Toujours Blend Tag http://www.ellies-treasures.com/violette/amour-toujours/amour-toujours.html |
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For this tutorial you will
need: PSP, either Jasc or Corel versions. I've done this tutorial in PSP 9 and Violette in PSP XII. 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 FM Tile Tools; Pentacom>Jeans; Graphics Plus>Cross Shadow Supplies in zip file here for version 8 and up http://www.ellies-treasures.com/files/tuts/amour-toujours-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. http://www.ellies-treasures.com/files/tuts/amour-tojours-supplies-psd.zip The psd zip file also includes a premade gradient filled canvas to start in case the gradient file doesn't work in your program. Both Zips contains the tubes, the gradient and the font. ************* Credits: Tubes are by Mou, Marcio C, and Christine ************ My plugin windows may look different from yours as I use Filters Unlimited 2 to manage my plugins. |
| Preparation Open your tubes, duplicate them (shift-D) and close the originals. I always open all of my tubes and close as I use them The tube "Chrismist_Valentine+Box" is used twice. None of the rest of the tubes are used more than once. Put the gradient file in your gradient folder. Double click the font to open it and keep it open to make it available in your program. Save the tag I made and keep it open for reference as you go. |
1 - Change foreground color to #cdd6de (Dove grey) and then the gradient vyp_gradient03.jgd and change background color to #7794b1 (medium smoky blue)  Click on foreground color box and configure gradient: style linear, angle 135°, Repeats 5, Invert checked  |
| 2 - Open a transparent canvas 700 X 500 pixels With your bucket tool, fill with gradient Adjust>Blur>Gaussian Blur 15  |
3 - Effects/FM Tile Tools/Collage Circular: -0.375/0.340/0 Effects/Edge Effects/Enhance  |
4 - Effects/Pentacom/Jeans: 31/4   |
| 5 - Activate the tube "Chrismist_Valentine+Box" Edit>Copy (Control-C), Edit>Paste as new layer (control-L) Resize copy to 80%, resize all layers not checked Effects/Image Effects/Offset: -225/73/Custom/Transparent  Blend Mode: Luminance (Legacy)   |
| 6 - Edit/Copy/Edit/Paste as new layer a second time Image/Resize to 80%, resize all layers not checked Effects/Image Effects/Offset: 340/-50/ Custom/Transparent: It will be half off the canvas on the bottom right  Blend Mode: Luminance (Legacy)  |
7 - Effects/Image Effects/Seamless Tile: check Corner, Vertical, 14-50  |
| 8 - Activate the Selection Tool In the toolbar, click on Custom Selection  place these figures : top 50-bottom 450-left 210-right 572   |
| 9 - Layers>New Raster Layer Fill with color #41536c (dark smoky blue) Selections/Modify/Select selection borders:   |
10 - Selection/Invert/hit your delete key.  Deselect |
| 11 - Select the frame with the magic wand Effects/Texture Effects/Blinds: 2-80-Light from left/top checked/color #7794b1 (med smoky blue)  |
12 - Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow: 0/0/50/5/black Deselect |
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13 - Activate the Selection Tool Click on Personalized Selection, it will still have Step 6 settings in it, keep them New raster layer Fill with gradient, Foreground-Background, Style Halo, Repeats 0, 50-50-50-50, Invert not checked  |
14 - Effects/Texture Effects/Weave: 1-10-2-Weave Color #7695B1 (background color) and Gap Color white, fill gaps checked  Deselect |
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15 - Layers/New raster layer Open the tube of the couple "mc238" Edit/Copy/Edit/Paste as new layer |
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16 - Duplicate/turn off the copy layer (click on eye) Highlight the original tube layer (second layer from top) Adjust>Blur>Gaussian Blur 5 Blend Mode: Luminance (Legacy) |
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17 - Highlight the copy layer, turn it on Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow: -5/5/85/5/color #41536c (dark smoky blue)  |
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18 - Layers/Merge down two times, to merge the tubes together, Move the tubes down slightly so the shadow at the top of the hair is not over the top of the frame, then merge down once more to merge them with the dotted background. Layers>Arrange>Move down, this will bring the frame to the top |
| 19 - Highlight the layer your frame is on and Layers>Merge down. |
20 - Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow: 0/0/60/5/color black  |
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21 - Duplicate Image/Resize to 40% Uncheck "all layers" Effects/Image Effects/Offset: -175/-140/Custom/Transparent   Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow: 0/0/60/5/color black |
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22 - Activate the tube "Mou_Necklace" Edit/Copy/Edit/Paste as new layer Resize layer twice at 85%, resize all layers not checked Effects/Image Effects/Offset: -298/-145/Custom/Transparent  Blend Mode: Luminance (Legacy) Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow: 0/0/80/5/color black  Check that all is where you want it. Merge all. |
23 - Image/Add Borders: 2 pixels color #41536c  Edit/Copy |
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24 - Image/Add Borders: 25 pixels contrasting color Select with the magic wand Edit/Paste into selection Adjust>Blur>Gaussian Blur 15 Effects/Graphics Plus>Cross Shadow: 50-50-50-50-50-128-184   Deselect |
| 25 - Image/Add Borders: 2 pixels color #41536c |
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26 - Selections/Select all Selections>modify>Contract 29 pixels Effects/3D Effects/Cutout: 0/0/80/25/black   Deselect |
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27 - Activate the Text tool, font of choice (I used the font 38, supplied, size 36)/ background color #41536c, foreground color turned off   Enter the text of your choice. I typed Love and the dots in one layer, then Always in a second layer to arrange them better. Right click in layer palette and convert to raster |
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28 - Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow: 1/1/60/1/color black I also rotated the words slightly: Image>Rotate>Free Rotate>10° Left  |
29 - type your name on small heart  You're done. Merge all. |
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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. |
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Watermark and Save 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. |
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| Tutorial translated February 23, 2008 * * * 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. ©2003-2008 Ellie's Treasures |