Born to be free

Original tutorial can be found HERE

Material
tubes (fox and tiger) by Lisa T
tube Lion by Jacotte
tubes does and landscape (found on the net)


Filters Used
Unlimited2/Paper Texture/Filter Paper
Xero/Clarity
Richeard Rosenman/Solid Border
Graphic Plus/Cross Shadow
L en K’s Zitah
Colors
color 1 -> foreground color -> white
color 2 -> background color -> #a28b2f

translator’s note :I use PSPX7, but this tutorial can be realized with other versions of PSP

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



Realization
Step 1
open a new image, transparent,  900  **  600  pixels
selections/select all

Step 2
activate « fond jacotte »
edit/copy - back to your work - edit/paste into selection
colorize it according to your colors if necessary
selections/select none

Step 3
effects/plugins/Unlimited 2/ Paper Texture/Filter Paper/   128 / 74

Step 4
open the mask  « masque jacotte »
layers/new raster layer/ fill it with color 1
layers/new mask layer/from image/check « invert mask data »

layers/merge/merge group

Step 5
activate « paysage 1 »
edit/copy - back to your work - edit/paste as new layer
move it to the left

blend mode on « hard light » (or other of your choice)

Step 6
layers/duplicate
image/mirror/horizontal mirror
move it to the right

Step 7
activate « paysage 2 »
edit/copy - back to your work - edit/paste as new layer
image/mirror/horizontal mirror
move it to the right
opacity on 80%

Step 8
activate « paysage 3 »
edit/copy - back to your work - edit/paste as new layer
image/resize/uncheck « resize all layers »/75%
move it as shown on the final result
opacity on 85%

Step 9
layers/merge/merge visible
adjust/one step photo fix

Step 10
effects/plugins/Xero/Clarity

Step 11
activate « biches »
edit/copy - back to your work - edit/paste as new layer
image/resize/uncheck « resize all layers »/50%
image/mirror/horizontal mirror
move it to the right
effects/3D effects/drop shadow/   0 / 0 / 25 / 5 / black

Step 12
layers/merge/merge visible

Step 13
effects/photo effects/film and filters

you may change the settings according to your colors

Step 14
effects/plugins/Richard Rosenman/Solid Border/color 1

Step 15
image/add borders/30 pixels/color 2

Step 16
activate the magic wand tool and select this border

Step 17
effects/plugins/Graphic Plus/Cross Shadow

effects/plugins/Richerd Rosenman/Solid Border

Step 18
selections/invert
effects/3D effects/drop shadow/   0 / 0 / 100 / 50 / black
selecitons/select none

Step 19
image/add borders -->
1 pixel color 2
50 pixels white
select the white border
fill the seleciton with a l inear gradient/   ( 45 / 5 / uncheck « invert » )

Step 20
adjust/blur/gaussian blur/10

Step 21
effects/plugins/L en K’s/Zitah

effects/edge effects/enhance

Step 22
selections/invert
effects/3D effects/drop shadow/   0 / 0 / 100 / 10 / black
selections/select none

Step 23
effects/plugins/Richard Rosenman/Solid Border/color 2

Step 24
select the small border (color 2) with the magic wand tool
effects/3D effects/inner bevel

Step 25
selections/invert
layers/new mask layer
effects/3D effects/cutout

layers/merge/merge down
selections/select none

Step 26

activate the tube of the fox
erase the signature
edit/copy - back to your work - edit/paste as new layer
move it to the right (see final result)
image/resize/uncheck « resize all layers »/55%
effects/3D effects/drop shadow/   0 / 0 / 30 / 10 / black

Step 27
activate the tube of the lioness
edit/copy - back to your work - edit/paste as new layer
move it to the left (see example)
effects/3D effects/drop shadow/   0 / 0 / 30 / 10 / black

Step 28
activate the tube of the tiger
erase the signature
edit/copy - back to your work - edit/paste as new layer
image/resize/uncheck « resize all layers »/50%
move it as shown on the example
effects/3D effects/drop shadow/   0 / 0 / 30 / 10 / black

Step 29
copy the text and paste as new layer (of course you can change the text if you like)

Step 30
layers/merge/merge all (flatten)
apply your signature

Step 31
image/resize/width 900 pixels
adjsut/sharpness/unsharp mask

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Thank you to have realized it

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