Charm and Elegance

Original tutorial can be found HERE

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Filters used
Toadies/What are You?
AP Innovations/Lines SilverLining/Dotty Grid

Material
copy the textures in the special folder of “my PSP files”
(texte grille  and  texture)

Colors

foreground color : color 1 :whtie
background color/#579f25 (green)/color 2
#c7002e (pink)

Realization

Step 1
activate the layer « alpha-charme »
window/duplicate
close the original and work on the copy

Step 2
selections/select all
activate the layer “fond jacotte”
if necessary colorize it according to your tubes
edit/copy  -  back on your work  -  edit/paste into selection
selections/select none

Step 3
selections/load-save selection/from alpha channel/selections #1
layers/new raster layer
paint with a linear gradient  45/5 (uncheck “invert”) (use colors 1 and 2)

Step 4
effects/texture effects/texture
choose the texture “texte grille”

selections/select none

Step 4
effects/plugins/Toadies/What are You?

effects/edge effects/enhance
layers/merge/merge visible

Step 5
layers/new raster layer
selection tool/rectangle/custom selection

paint with white
selections/modify/contract/10
press the delete key of your keyboard
selections/select none

Step 6
select the white border with the magic wand
effects/texture effects/blinds/color 2

selections/select none

Step 7
activate the magic wand tool and select the inside of the frame
layers/new raster layer
paint with a sunbrurst gradient

selections/select none
layers/arrange/move down
effects/plugins/AP Innovations/Lines Silverlining/Dotty Grid

adjust/sharpness/sharpen more

Step 8
activate the upper layer (raster 1)(the white frame)
effects/3D effects/drop shadow  :  0 / 0 / 40 / 25 / black
layers/merge/merge down

Step 9
open the tube of the woman, copy
and paste on your work as a new layer
effects/image effects/offset

Step 10
open the tube “deco 1”
colorize if necessary
edit/copy
back on you work
edit/paste as new layer
effects/image effects/offset

layers/duplicate
effects/image effects/offset

layers/merge/merge down
effects/3D effects/drop shadow (dark color)

and again drop shadow, changing 5 / 5  ->  (-5) / (-5)

Step 11
open the tube “deco 2”, edit/copy
back on your work - edit/paste as a new layer
effects/iamge effects/offset

effects/3D effects/drop shadow  :  1 / 1 / 100 / 1 / black
layers/duplicate
effects/image effects/offset

layers/merge/merge down

Step 12
open the tube of the button (bouton), copy
and paste on your work as a new layer
effects/image effects/offset

layers/duplicate
effects/image effects/offset

layers/merge/merge down
layers/duplicate  -  image/flip
laeyrs/merge/merge down

Step 13
open the tube “deco 3”, copy
and paste on your work as a new layer
effects/image effects/offset

layers/duplicate
image/free rotate/right/90°
effects/image effects/offset

layers/duplicate
effects/image effects/offset

layers/merge/merge down

Step 14
activate the custom brush (image 2)
file/export/custom brush

give a name to your brush
back on your work
layers/new raster layer
apply the brush using color 1 (or a light color) to the right of the frame
effects/3D effects/drop shadow/  1 / 1 / 100 / 1 / black

Step 15
layers/merge/merge all

Step 16
image/add borders/check symmetric/5 pixels/color 3
select this border with the magic wand
effects/3D effects/inner bevel

selections/invert
effects/3D effects/cutout

selections/select none

Step 17
image/add borders/3 pixels color 1

Step 18
image/add borders/5 pixels color 3 (pink in the example)
select this border with the magic wand
efects/3D effects/inner bevel/same as in step 16
selections/select none

Step 19
place the texture in the special texture file of “My PSP Files”
add borders/70 pixels/color 2
select this border with the magic wand
apply the texture with the left click of your mouse

effects/edge effects/enhance more
selections/invert
effects/3D effects/drop shadow/  0 / 0 / 60 / 60 / black
selections/select none

Step 20
image/add borders/5 pixels color 3
select this border
effects/3D effects/inner bevel (same as before)
selections/invert
effects/3D effects/cutout (as in step 16)
selections/select none

Step 21
image/add borders/3 pixels color 1

Step 22
image/add borders/5 ixels color 3
select this border
effects/3D effects/inner bevel (as before)
selections/select none

Step 23
imaage/resize to 900 pixels width
adjust/sharpness/sharpen

Step 24
sign and save as... type jpeg

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