Southern Beauty

Original tutorial can be found HERE

Material
tubes - mask - alpha layer

copy/paste the texture « épinette bleue » into the folder « Textures » of « My PSP Files »

Filters Used
Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Texture/Marble
Layout Tools/Contrast Checkers
Mura’s Meister/Perspective Tiling
Unlimited 2/&<BKG Designers sf 10 1>/Crosstich
Transparency/Eliminate White
Toadies/What Are You ?...

Colors

color 1 -> foreground color -> #fcf9f0
color 2 -> background color -> #ebdfcf
color 3 -> #8da557


translator’s note : I work with PSPX7,
but you can realize this tag with another version of course

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
selections/select all
copy/paste the mask into selection

Step 3
selections/float
selections/defloat

Step 4
copy/paste the image of the landscape into selection
selections/select none
effects/3D effects/drop shadow/   0 / 0 / 80 / 40 / black

Step 5
layers/new raster layer
effects/plugins/Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Texture/Marble (colors 1 and 2)

Step 6
layers/arrange/move down

Step 7
activate the layer above (alpha layer)
effects/image effects/offset

Step 8
in the layers palette, close the padlock to lock transparency

effects/3D effects/cutout

open the padlock

Step 9
layers/new raster layer
fill with color 2
effects/plugins/Layout Tools/Contrast Checkers

Step 10
effects/plugins/Mura’s Meister/Perspective Tiling

Step 11
view/rulers and activate the Pick tool (K)
bring down the layer to 400

disable the rulers and the tool

Step 12
layers/new raster layer
fill with color 2
effects/geometric effects/Perspective-horizontal

Step 13
image/mirror/horizontal mirror
effects/geometric effects/perspective-horizontal

Step 14
layers/duplicate
effects/image effects/offset

the copy comes at the bottom of the tag (don’t worry if you don’t see it well)
layers/merge/merge down

Step 15
with the magic wand tool, select the transparent part between the 2 bars (the middle one and the bottom one)
layers/new raster layer
paint white

Step 16
effects/Unlimited 2/&<BKG Designers sf10 1>/Crosstich

Step 17
effects/plugins/Transparency/Eliminate White
effects/edge effects/enhance
selections/select none
layers/arrange/move down

Step 18
activate the layer above and merge down
layers/arrange/move down (under the floor)

Step 19
activate the top layer
selections/load selection/from alpha layer/selection 1
layers/new raster layer
fill with a linear gradient   180 / 1 / check « invert »  (colors 1 and 2) (light color in the middle)

Step 20
close the padlock of the layer
effects/3D effects/cutout

selections/select none
open the padlock
effects/3D effects/drop shadow   0 / 0 / 100 / 50 / black

Step 21
effects/distortion effects/pinch/50

Step 22
copy/paste as new layer the tube of the column

Step 23
effects/image effects/offset

Step 24
layers/duplicate
image/mirror/horizontal mirror
layers/merge/merge down

Step 25
copy/paste as new layer the tube of the woman (erase the watermark)
image/resize/uncheck « resize all layers »/75%
move it to the right
effects/3D effects/drops shadow/   0 / 0 / 80 / 40 / black

Step 26
copy/paste as new layer the tube of the piano
move it to the left

Step 27
effects/plugins/Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Impact/Perspective Shadow
settings -> drop shadow lowest

(translator’s note : I used other settings. I chose « reflect behind »
and the tab basic with the following settings)

Step 28
copy/paste the plant and move it where you want
(of course, you can decorate with other tubes of your choice)

Step 29
image/add borders/check symmetric » ->
2 pixels color 1
2 pixels color 3
2 pixels color 2
2 pixels color 3

Step 30
image/add borders/check symmetric » ->
50 pixels / contrasting color
select this border with the magic wand
fill with a linear gradient   45 / 3 / uncheck « invert / colors -> foreground : #1 and background : #3

Step 31
effects/texture effects/texture
choose the texture « epinette bleue »

Step 32
selections/invert
effects/3D effects/   0 / 0 / 100 / 50 / black
selections/select none

Step 33
image/add borders/check symmetric » ->
2 pixels color 1
2 pixels color 3
2 pixels color 2
2 pixels color 3

Step 34
selections/select all
selections/modify/contract/8 pixels
selections/invert
selections/promote selection to layer
selections/select none

Step 35
effects/Toadies/What Are You ?...

Step 36
effects/edge effects/enhance more

Step 37
effects/3D effects/drop shadow/   0 / 0 / 80 / 40 / color 1

Step 38
selections/select all
selections/modify/contract/58 pixels
effects/3D effects/drop shadow/   0 / 0 / 100 / 50 / black
selections/select none

Step 39
image/add borders/check symmetric » ->
2 pixels color 1
2 pixels color 3
1 pixels black

Step 40
image/resize/width 900 pixels (or other of you choice)
adjust/sharpness/unsharp mask

Step 41
apply your signature
and save as... type jpeg

Your tag is finished
Thank you to have realized it

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