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Franie works with PSP 13, and I use PSP 12
But this tutorial can be realized with another version of PSP

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And Franie has their permission to use them
Some of them have been found on the WEB,
If you see a tube that belongs to you, contact Franie or myself
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Filters used
Mura’s Meister/Cloud
Unlimited2-VM Distortion/Timolat 2000
AAA Frames/Foto Frame
Flaming Pear/Flexify 2
AP 01 (Innovations)/Lines-SilverLining
Unlimited2-Mura’s Seamless/Emboss at Alpha
Alien Skin-Eye Candy 5 Impact/Perspective Shadow
The fairy will help you to find them

Materials
1 tube by Chaosbaby
1 tube by Claudia Viza
1 mask
1 font
4 selections-place them in the file “selections” of “My PSP files”
1 preset_perspective Shadow
(double click on it and it goes directly in the plugin)
1 color palette

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Franie’s colors
Don’t hesitate to change them and to change the blend modes of the layers
According to your tubes and images

Realization
Open a new transparent raster layer : 900 X 500 pixels
Prepare the colors in the materials palette, with color 1 and 3

Paint your layer with color n°1
Effects/plugins/Mura’s Meister/Cloud

Layers/duplicate
Effects/plugins/Unlimited 2-VM Distortion/Timolat 2000

Layers/duplicate – image/free rotate

Effects/edge effects/enhance
Effects/3D effects/drop shadow
3 / 3 / 30 / 3 – black
And again with -3 / -3 / 30 / 3 – black
In the layers palette, activate “copy of raster 1”
Selections/load-save selection/load selection from disk (tuto45_1)

Selections/promote selection to layer
effects/edge effets/enhance
selections/select none
effects/plugins/AAA Frames/Foto Frame

in the layers palette, activate the upper layer
layers/duplicate
effects/distortion effects/wave

layers/duplicate – image/mirror – image/flip
set the opacity to 50%
layers/merge/merge down
adjust/sharpness/sharpen
prepare the colors in the materials palette, colors  1 and 4

preapre a sunburst gradient

selections/load-save selection/load selection from disk (selection tuto45_2)
layers/new raster layer
fill the selection with the gradient
adjust/blur/gaussian blur

selections/select none
effects/texture effects/blinds

effects/3D effects/drop shadow
5 / 0 / 30 / 10 – black
Effects/plugins/Flaming Pear/Flexify 2

Adjust/sharpness/sharpen
Effects/image effects/offset

Layers/duplicate – image/mirror
Your layers palette should look like this

Activate the copy (3) of raster 1
Selections/load-save selection/load selection from disk (tuto45_2)
Selections/promote selection to layer
Selections/select none
Effects/plugins/AP 01 (innovations)/Lines-SilverLining

Layers/duplicate
Effects/distortion/wave (as before)
Layers/merge/merge down
Effects/3D effects/drop shadow : 5 / 10 / 30 / 10 – black
Adjust/sharpness/sharpen
Activate the upper layer in the layers palette
Layers/new raster layer, and paint with color 1
Layers/new mask/from image, and choose (masque 1)

Layers/merge/merge group
With the pick tool

Drag the sides like this

Layers/arrange/move down (twice)
Your layers palette should look like this

Set the opacity to 75%
Effects/plugins/Unlimited2/Mura’s Seamless-Emboss at Alpha

Activate the upper layer
Layers/new raster layer
Selections/load-save selection/load selection from disk (tuto45_3)
Paint the selection with color 4
Selections/select none
Effects/reflection effects/feedback

Effects/edge effects/enhance more
Effects/3D effects/drop shadow
3 / -3 / 50 / 5 – black
Layers/new raster layer
Selections/load-save selection/load selection from disk (tuto45_4)
Fill with color 2
Selections/select none
Effects/geometric effects/spherize

Effects/3D effects/drop shadow : 0 / 5 / 50 / 10 – black
Layers/duplicate – image/mirror
Open the tube of ChaosBaby
Copy/paste as a new layer, and place it as shown on the final result
Image/add borders -> 1 pixels, color 1

COPY
Image/add bordersn-> 30 pixels, white, enable symmetric
Select the white border with the magic wand
Layers/paste into selection (the image you copied just before is in the clipboard)
Adjust/blur/gaussian blur -> radius 20
Selections/invert
Layers/new raster layer
Effects/3D effects/cutout

Activate the background layer
Effects/3D effects/drop shadow : 10 / 10 / 50 / 25 – black
And again with : -10 / -10 / 50 / 25 – black
Selections/select none
Layers/merge/merge visible
Image/add borders – 1 pixel color 1
Image/add borders/40 pixels, white, enable symmetric
Select the white border with the magic wand
Prepare the colors in the materials palette

effects/plugins/Mura’s Meister/Cloud

selections/invert
effects/3D effects/drop shadow : 10 / 10 / 50 / 20 – black
and again with : -10 / -10 / 50 / 20 – black
selections/select none
open the tube of Claudia Viza
copy/paste as a new layer
image/resize to 60% (disable : resize all layers)
adjust/sharpness/sharpen more
palce it as shown on the final result
effects/plugins/Alien Skin-Eye Candy 5 Impact/Perspective Shadow

open the tube (boussole(/copy/paste as a new layer
effects/plugins/Unlimited 2/Mura’s Seamless/Emboss at Alpha (default presets)
image/resize to 50%,(disable : resize all layers)
effects/image effects/offset

effects/3D effects/drop shadow : 1 / -1 / 100 / 0 – color 1
adjuste/sharpness/sharpnen more
write the text with the DavyRibbons font (provided)

close foregroun – background color 1
write the 3 little points with Arial font (same size)
layers/convert to raster layer
effects/3D effects/drop shadow as before
image/add borders/2 pixels, color 1, enable symmetric
image/resize to 950 pixels (width)
Sign and save as ….. type jpeg

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Written on 2013/02/022

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