Shoe Flower

Original can be found here


Franie works with PSP 13, and I use PSP 18
But this tutorial can be realized with another version of PSP

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Filters used
Mehdi / Wavy Lab 1.1
 Mehdi / Sorting Tiles
 Simple / Center Tile
 Unlimited 2 – Bkg Kaleidoscope / Cake Mix
 Tramage / Tow The Line
 Graphics Plus / Cross Shadow


Material
1 Alpha_layer_selections
 2 tubes – « accessoires » (see HERE )
 1 mask
 1 color palette


Tubers’ authorizations 

Franie’s colors
Don’t hesitate to change them and to change the blend modes of the layers
According to your tubes and images
color 1 -> foreground color -> #6c3473
color 2 -> background color -> #d7c6fa
color 3 -> #3a502a
color 4 -> #c7df87


Use the pencil to follow the steps
left click to grab it

Realization
Step 1
open the alpha layer – window > duplicate
close the original and work with the copy

Step 2
in the materials palette, prepare colors 1 and 2 as FG and BG colors

Step 3
effects > plugins > Mehdi > Wavy Lab 1.1

Step 4
effects > plugins > Mehdi > Sorting Tiles

Step 5
layers > duplicate
image > mirror > mirror horizontal – image > mirror > mirror vertical
layers properties : opacity : 50%
layers > merge > merge down

Step 6
layers > duplicate
effects > plugins > Simple > Centre Tile

Step 7
selections > load-save selection > from alpha channel > selection #1
selections > promote selection to layer
selections > select none

Step 8
effects > plugins > Unlimited 2 > Bkg Kaleidoscope > Cake Mix

Step 9
selections > load-save selection > from alpha channel > selection #2
DELETE
selections > select none
activate the Pick tool and set the positions as shown below

disable the tool (hit the M key)
adjust > sharpness > sharpen

Step 10
« Promoted Selection » is the active layer
selections > load-save selection > from alpha channel > selection #3
effects >3D effects > Chisel > color 4

selections > select none
effects > 3D effects > drop shadow

Step 11
activate the middle layer (Copy of Raster 1)
selections > load-save selection > from alpha channel > selection #1
selections > promote selection to layer
effects > plugins > Tramages > Tow The Line

effects > edge effects > enhance
effects > 3D effects > chisel > color 2

selections > select none

Step 12
layers > duplicate – image > mirror > mirror horizontal – image > mirror > mirror vertical
layers > merge > merge down
effects > 3D effects > drop shadow as before (don’t change the settings)

Step 13
activate « Copy of Raster 1 »
effects > image effects > seamless tiling

Step 14
in the materials palette, prepare a linear gradient with color 4 as FG color and color 3 as BG color

Step 15
layers > new raster layer
selections > load-save selection > from alpha channel > selection #4
flood fill the selection with the gradient
adjust > blur > gaussian blur

effects > 3D effects > drop shadow as before
selections > select none

Step 16
layers > duplicate – image > mirror > mirror horizontal – imae > mirror > mirror vertical
layers > merge > merge down

Step 17
layers > new raster layer
selections > load-save selection > from alpha channel > selection #5
effects > artistic effects > balls and bubbles
with the following settings in the 4 windows > color 4


layers > properties > opacity : 70%
selections > select none

Step 18
activate « Copy of Raster 1 »
layers > new raster layer
flood fill with color 3
open the mask and minimize it to tray
layers > new mask layer > from image

layers > merge > merge group

Step 19
effects > image effects > offset

blend mode of the layer : Screen
layers > duplicate – image > mirror > mirror vertical

Step 20
close the visiblity of « Raster 1 » (bottom layer)
activatge the top layer
layers > merge > merge visible

Step 21
image > resize > uncheck « resize all layers » > 90%
selections > select all
selections > float – selections > defloat
layers > new raster layer
flood fill with color
selections > modify > contract > 2 pixels
DELETE
selections > select none

Step 22
open the visibility of « Raster 1 » and keep this layer active
adjust > blur > gaussian blur > 15
effects  >plugins > Graphic Plus > Cross Shadow > default settings
image > add borders > 2 pixels color 3

Step 23
selections > select all
image > add borders > 40 pixels color 4
selections > invert
adjust > add-remove noise > add noise

Step 24
selections > invert
effects > 3D effects > drop shadow > 0 / 0 / 80 / 25 / black
selections > select none

Step 25
copy / paste as new layer the tube « accessoires_22 »
image > mirror > mirror horizontal
image > resize > uncheck « resize all layers » >  70%
move it to the left (see final result)
adjust > sharpness > sharpen more
effects > 3D effects > drop shadox as before

Step 26
apply your watermark
image > add borders > 2 pixels color 1
save as... type jpeg
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