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Ellie's
Treasures Paint Shop Pro Translated Tutorials - X-clusive Designz Country Companions Blend Tag http://www.ellies-treasures.com/x-clusive/country-companions-psp/country-companions-psp.html This tutorial will print out on standard 8½" X 11" paper |
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For this tutorial you
will need: Corel or Jasc Paint Shop Pro. I've done this tutorial in PSP 9 and PSP XI and it was written in PSP 10 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 Filters Unlimited 2, available for trial or purchase here Xero>Porcelain, available free here (it's in set 1) Mura's Meister, available free here FM Tile Tools, available free here Supplies in zip file here. Supplies in zip file here for older versions if the other ones don't work for you. These are in psd format. Credits: Tubes by Lien and Gini |
| Preparation Before opening PSP, double click the font to open it and leave it open so it will be available for use in PSP (or install it). Put the plugins into your plugin folder. Put the brush tip and script into your brush folder. If you are using an older version of PSP, or have trouble with brushes, use the Country Companions text psp file to make a custom brush. Now open PSP. Open your tubes in PSP, duplicate them (shift-D) and close the originals. None of the tubes are used more than once, so each can be closed after use. |
| Step 1 Open a new transparent image 600 x 450 pix. Make your foreground color white and your background color #f3b969 (a golden orange) ( or choose another color which is appropriate to the tubes you're using) |
| Step 2 Effects>Mura's Meister>Cloud with these settings: 100-160-3 then all the rest at 0 |
| Step 3 Activate the tube "MillpondMallards_HerBooth_MistedByGini_04-01-06". Edit>Copy (Control-C), Edit>Paste as new layer (control-L). Move the tube with your move tool to the left-hand side as shown. Change the opacity in your layer palette to 75. |
| Step 4 Activate the tube "Lg-labrador" (large lab head) . Edit>Copy (Control-C), Edit>Paste as new layer (control-L). Move the tube with your move tool to the top right corner. Effects>FM Tile tools>Blend Emboss, default settings. -1, -1, .250, 64, .938, .938, .938, edge wrap checked Change the opacity in your layer palette to 15. |
| Step 5 Activate the tube "LG-labrador-2" (3 dogs on dock). Edit>Copy (Control-C), Edit>Paste as new layer (control-L). Move the tube with your move tool to the bottom left corner Change the opacity in your layer palette to 90. |
| Step 6 Activate the tube "LG-labrador-3" (man and dog). Edit>Copy (Control-C), Edit>Paste as new layer (control-L). Move the tube with your move tool to the bottom right corner Change the opacity in your layer palette to 90. |
| Step 7 Layers (or right click in layer palette)>merge>Merge visible Image>Resize>85%. Effects>Xero>Porcelain with the following settings: 50-128-128-0-0-0 |
| Step 8 Image>Add borders>symmetrically - 1 pix black, 4 pix white, 1 pix black, 13 pix white. Select the last white edge with your magic wand. Settings: add, RGB Value, contiguous, tolerance and feather at 0, anti-alias checked. |
| Step 9 Change your foreground color to gradient. linear, angle 45, repeats 3. Fill your selection with the gradient. |
| Step 10 Effects>Filters Unlimited 2>Paper Textures>Papyrus>default settings of 66-96. Selections - None. |
| Step 11 Image>Add borders>symmetrically - 1 pix black, 4 pix white, 1 pix black Image>Add borders>with these settings: top 10-left 13-bottom-60-right-13 white |
| Step 12 Activate the magic wand, same settings as before (they'll still be in there). Select the last white edge. In your gradient settings, check the box Invert. Fill your selection with the gradient. |
| Step 13 Repeat step 10 (the papyrus filter). Deselect |
| Step 14 Image>Add borders>symmetrically - 1 pix black, 4 pix white, 1 pix black |
| Step 15 Activate the text tool and find the font AL Evening Stroll. Text tool settings: size 48, stroke width 0, vector, background color #362414 (dark brown), foreground color turned off Type the text in the bottom of the frame and move to a place that suits you. Objects>Align>Horz centre in canvas Deselect. |
| Step 16 Layers (or right click in layer palette)>New raster layer Activate the brush tool and find the brush Country Companions. Size 250 - stamp the brush with color #362414 as your foreground color where you choose. (If you have trouble getting brushes to show or can't use the format supplied, use the included Country Companions psp file to create a selection, then click on your brush tool, click on the dropdown arrow to find the brushes, and click on the icon in the bottom right corner, Create Custom Brush from Selection. Give it a name and it will be there for you to use) Effects>3D Effects>Drop Shadow H+V 5, opacity 50, blur 15, color #f3b969 (your burnt orange color). This will put a glow around the words. Layers (or right click in layer palette)>merge all You're done! |
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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 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 |
| 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 |
