"Marlies"

 

 I would like to thank Jo Anne, Leny and Henk, for testing this tutorial.

 

 You will need:

 

      Materials "DOWNLOAD HERE"

 

      The tubes I have used are from Paci,Saphiere en Paulina .

            

n Filter IC net Software Unlimited HIER

n   Filter AAA Foto Frame HIER

n   Filter Penta Com HIER

n   Filter Fantastic Machines PaintEngine HIER

n   Filter Xenofex 1 Shatter HIER

 

n Selections - extract to your Custom selection folder from PSP.

 

n Brushes - extract to the brush map PSP.

n   Open the tubes in PSP and minimize.

     

      Okay let's get started.

      Have fun.

 

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Pijltje.
Take the arrow with you so you will know where you are.

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01. Open a new transparant image 900 Ũ 600.

02. Set you foreground to a dark color #9c6d5d.

03. Set your background to a light color #dbbdb2.

04. Set your foreground to gradient.

      Stijl Lineair.

      With these settings:

 

05. Flood fill Tool - Flood fill your image with gradient.

06. Adjust - Blur - Radial Blur.

       With these settings:

 

07. Layers Duplicate.

      We will continue on this layer.

08. Effects - Plugins - Unlimited - Render - Clouds [fore-/background color].

      With these settings:

 

09. Effects - Plugins - Fantastic Machines - PaintEngine.

      Find brush strokes in the dropdown menu.

      With these settings:

 

10. Effects - Edge Effects - Enhance.

11. Effects - Plugins - Xenofex 1.0 - Shatter.

       With these settings:

 

12. Change the opacity of this layer to 75:

 

13. Adjust - Sharpness - Sharpen.

14. Layers - Merge - Merge Down

15.  On the same layer - Selection - Selection load/save - Selection load from disk...,

      Select Lz_Marlies 01 and click load:

 

16. Selections - Promote Selections to layer.

17. Effects - Texture Effects - Straw Wall.

      Met deze instelling:

 

18. In your layer pallete, change the opacity of this layer to 80:

 

19. Selections - Select None.

      Turn your gradient back to color:

 

20. Layers - New Raster Layer.

21. Selections - Selections - Load/Save Selection - Load Selection From Disk

      Find Lz_Marlies 02 and click Load.

22. Flood Fill tool - Floodfill the selection with your dark foreground color #9c6d5.       

       Keep selected.

23. Effects - Plugins - penta.com - color dot.

      With these settings:

 

24. Effects - 3D effects - Drop Shadow...,

      With these settings:

 

Set your color to #54372e.

25. Layers - New Raster Layer.

26. Selections - Modify - Select Selection Borders

      With these settings:

 

Set your foreground to white.

27. Flood fill tool - Flood fill the selection with your white foreground color.

28. Selections - Select None.

29. Effects - Texture effects - Blinds.

With these settings:

 

     Set your color to your dark color #9c6d5d.

      Activate abstract2_by_paci.

      We are working on this one for now.

30. Selections - Load/Save Selection - Load Selection From Disk

      Find Lz_Marlies 03 and click Load

31. Edit - Copy.

32. Edit - Paste as a New Image.

33. Effects - Image Effects - Seamless Tiling.

With these settings:

 

 Minimize this pattern

34. Set materials to Pattern and find the pattern you just made.

       With these settings:

       Back to your 900 x 600 image.

35. Layers - New raster layer.

36. Selections - Selections - Load/Save Selections - Load Selection from Disk

      Find Lz_Marlies 04 and click Load.

37. Flood Fill tool - Floodfill the selection with your pattern.

      Keep selected.

38. Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow, same settings as step 24.

39. Layers - New Raster Layer.

40. Selections - Modify - Select Selection Borders  Click OK.

41. In Materials - Turn your pattern off and set your foreground back to white.

      Donīt remove your pattern, because later you will need it again.

42. Flood Fill tool - Floodfill the selection with your white foreground color.

43. Selections - Select None.

44. Effects - Texture Effects - Blinds with the same settings as step 29.

45. Layers - New raster layer.

46. Paint Brush tool and look for Lz Marlies 01

       With these settings:

 

Stamp in the upper left of your image:

 

47. Again - Picture Tube Tool and look for Lz Marlies 02 and stamp this to the

     upper right of your image:

      

48. Layers - Duplicate.

49. Effects - 3D effects - Drop Shadow...,

With these settings:

 

Set your color to #54372e.

50. In your Layer Pallete, change the opacity of this layer to 70.

51. Layers - New Raster Layer.

52. Selections - Selections - Load Save Selection -  Load Selection from Disk

      Look for Lz_Marlies 05 and click Load.

53. Flood Fill tool - Floodfill the selection with your white foreground color.

54. Selections - Modify - Contract - 4 pixels.

       Open your tube abstract2_by_paci.

       If itīs still selected, than: Select none.

55. Edit - Copy.

      Back to your 900 x 600 image.

56. Paste as a New Layer.

57. Mover tool - Move as you see below:

 

58. Selections - Invert.

59. Press the delete button of your keyboard.

60. Selections - Select none.  

61. Layers - Merge - Merge down.

62. Effects - 3D effects - Drop shadow...,same setting as step 49.

63. Open the tube PD-Woman22 -2007.

64. Edit - Copy.

      Back to your 900 x 600 image.

65. Edit - Paste - Paste as a New Layer.

66. Effects - Image effects - Offset.

      With these settings:

 

67. Layers - Duplicate.

68. Adjust - Blur - Gaussian blur 10.

69. Layers - Arrange - Move Down.

70. Activate your top layer.

71. Effects - 3D effects - Drop Shadow..., 

       With these settings:

 

       Set your collor to black.

      Open the Saphiere_Flower_80 tube.

72. Edit - Copy.

73. Back to your 900 x 600 image.

74. Paste as a New Layer.

75. Image - Resize by 85% - All Layers unchecked,

       With these settings:

 

76. Mover tool - Move it to the lower right corner.

77. Effects - 3D effects - Drop Shadow with the same settings as step 71.

78. Layers - Merge - Merge All (flatten).

79. Selections - Select All.

80. Image - Add borders - 3 pixels white.

81. Selections - Invert.

82. Effects - Texture effects - Blinds - same settings as point 29.

83. Repeat - Effects - Texture effects - Blinds - only Horizontal checked.

84. Effects - Edge Effects - Enhance.

85. Selections - Select All.

86. Image - Add borders - 25 pixels.

87. Selections - Invert

      Set your foreground to pattern with the same settings as point 34.

88. Flood Fill tool - Floodfill the selection with the pattern.

89. Adjust - Blur - Radial blur, with strength on 35.

90. Effects - Plugins - AAA Frames - Foto Frame.

       With these settings:

 

91. Selections - Invert.

92. Effections - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow

 

93. Repeat - Effects - 3D effects - Drop Shadow, only Vert and Hor on -3.

94. Selections - Select none.

95. Image - Add borders - 1 pixel black.

96. Image - Resize...,

       With these settings:

 

     If you want, set your watermark in your lesson.

      Finished.

Extra example made by my friend Jo Anne, thanks my friend.

I hope you have enjoyed this lesson.

Hugs Leidy.

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