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Ellie's
Treasures Paint Shop Pro Translated Tutorials - X-clusive Designz A Touch of Summer Tag http://www.ellies-treasures.com/x-clusive/summer-psp/summer-psp.html |
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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 Bordermania Xero>Porcelain VM Instant Art Transparency>Eliminate Black Supplies in zip file here http://www.ellies-treasures.com/files/tuts/summer-supplies-psp.zip Supplies in zip file here for older versions if the other ones don't work for you. These are in psd format http://www.ellies-treasures.com/files/tuts/summer-supplies-psd.zip *********** Credits: Tubes by Sil Angel *********** My plugin windows may look different from yours as I use Filters Unlimited 2 to manage my plugins - available for purchase here http://www.icnet.de/filters_unlimited/ |
| Preparation Before opening PSP, double click the font to open it and leave them open so it will be available for use in PSP (or install it) Put the plugins into your plugin folder. Put the mask into your mask folder. If you are using an older version of PSP, put the jpg mask in your mask folder or open it into PSP. 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 2 Open a new transparent image 640 x 480 pix. Using your flood fill tool, fill with color #e8f2f6 (very pale blue). |
| Step 3 Layers (or right click in layer palette)>New raster layer Effects>VM Instant Art>Vernissage - default settings Activate your magic wand, tolerance at 0, and select the white part then click on your delete key. Selections>Invert, hit your delete key again. Fill the selection with white. |
| Step 4 Effects>3D Effects>Drop Shadow with the settings: 1, 1, 100, 1, color black repeat with -1, -1. Layer palette - layer opacity to 23. Deselect. |
| Step 5 Layers (or right click in layer palette)>New raster layer Effects>VM instant Art>LightLines at these settings: 212 - 133 - 139. Image>Mirror |
| Step 6 Effects>Transparency>Eliminate Black. Layer palette - layer opacity to 26. Layer palette - put bottom layer on lock (click eye). Layers (or right click in layer palette)>merge visible Unlock the bottom layer. |
| Step 7 Layers (or right click in layer palette)>New raster layer Selections>Select all Activate the tube "Ml-PC-Seashoregarden" Copy (control-C) and Edit>Paste>paste into selection in your working canvas Layer palette - layer opacity to 31. Deselect |
| Step 8 Activate the tube "Sil12" - what a cute little guy! Copy (control-C) and paste as new layer (control-L) in your working canvas Move the tube to the left with the foot exactly at the edge, as shown Adjust>PhotoFix>Digital camera noise removal at these settings: 25-25-25-link detail sizes checked-70-0 |
| Step 9 Effects>Xero>Porcelain - default settings of 50-128-128-0-0-255 Eraser tool - size 50, hardness 10 and opacity 13. Activate your merged layer, the one with the lines in it Carefully remove the lines from the boy tube. Layers (or right click in layer palette)>merge visible Layers (or right click in layer palette)>Duplicate. |
| Step 10 Layers>Load/Save Mask>Load mask from disk. If you are using the opened jpg mask, go to Layers>New Mask Layer>From Image Find mask dmmask101 - source luminance, fit to canvas, invert transparency and hide all mask, all checked - load. You won't see anything yet. Layers>Merge group Effects>3D Effects>Drop Shadow with the settings: -1, -1, 80, 10, color #2121319 (very dark navy). Now you'll see the mask as a ragged outline. Repeat the Drop Shadow, but now with 1. 1. Layer palette - layer opacity to 50. |
| Step 11 Eraser tool, change the size to 20, leave the rest the same as the last time. Staying in the mask layer, carefully remove the mask from the boy's foot. Layers (or right click in layer palette)>merge visible Effects>Bordermania>Frame 2 at these settings: 3-3-110-30, bevel and notch corners not checked |
| Step 12 Layers (or right click in layer palette)>New raster layer Fill the layer with #e8f2f6. Layers>Arrange>send to bottom (or drag the layer down in the layer palette) |
| Step 13 Layer palette - activate your upper layer. Image>Resize>85%. Resize all layers not checked. Adjust>Sharpness>Unsharp Mask with the settings 1 - 64 - 4 Image>Add borders>1 pix black |
| Step 14 Layers (or right click in layer palette)>New raster layer Text tool - font is GabbyGauguinSH. Background color #e8f2f6. Foreground color on lock. I made the first three words (A touch of) smaller (48 pix) and the word Summer larger (65 pix). Make the top line and the bottom word on two separate layers so you can move them around separately. Convert to raster layer after each line. Drop Shadow: 1, 1, 100, 5 - color #2121319 as for mask shadow If the text is too large for you, resize it (Image>Resize) using Smart Size) I reduced my text to 85%. You can use the unsharp mask after reducing but I liked the softer effect on this tag. |
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You're done. If you reduce the size, make sure you use your unsharp mask at 1-64-4. Watermark and Save |
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