© by Christa 13.03.2009

This tutorial was written and designed by me

The © copyright for this tutorial belongs to me alone

The © for the translation belongs to Marlene 14.03.2009

This tutorial may neither be copied nor offered for download at any other site

The material offered here comes from tube exchange groups or tube sites from the web

The copyright for the material belongs to the individual designer

1 Exclusive tube from Margit

1 exclusive tube from Christine

Thank you both for letting me use your lovely material

Should I have, unknowingly, violated any copyright, I ask that you notify me via Email

2 Tuben– thank you for the tubes Colombe

1 tube designer unknown

This tutorial was written with PSP9

 

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Material

Plugins : HIER

Alien Skin_Xenofex 2.0_Constellation

Graphics Plus _ Cross Shadow

Open all material in PSP – minimize the masks –

open the font and minimize

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You may take this little figure    along for your orientation

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1.)

FG color - a light color – mine - #eddc26

BG color – a dark color – mine - #924e02

New canvas – 700x580 px transparent

Fill with the following gradient

Adjust – blur – Gaussian blur – 25

Effects – Graphics Plus_Cross Sahadow ( intensity at 51 ) leave the rest as is

2.)

New raster layer – fill with the dark color – use Cross Shadow like above

Layers – new mask layer from image

Merge group

Selection – select all – selection modify – contract by 28 px – new raster layer

Copy “ Christine_Chr002219 – paste into selection

Blend mode – soft light

Effects 3D drop shadow – 3 /3 /65 /1 -  color #924e02 – repeat with -3 /-3

Selection – select none

3.)

Open MMDesignz_Cr013128 – Image – resize 85 % - Copy

Paste as new layer 0 move to the left edge

Now I will tell you how I did it – could turn out different with your own tubes

You just have to give it a try

Layer – blend mode – lighten – opacity 50 % - duplicate layer

Opacity on this layer 100 % - blend mode – hard light
Drop shadow 1 /1 /65 /15 the dark color

4.)

New raster layer – fill with the gradient
Layers new mask layer from image

Merge group
Effects 3D drop shadow – 1 /1 /65 /1 same color as above
Layer move down
Take the eraser brush and erase parts of the mask that is visible on the bride
Activate the top layer again

5.)
Copy “ Elegant_men01_tube_Colombe – paste as new layer
Move it to the right (see my picture )
Blend mode – lighten – opacity 90 %
Layer duplicate – blend mode hard light – opacity 100%
Effects 3d – drop shadow 1 /1 /65 /15 – the dark color – repeat with - -1 /-1
Again erase the traces of the mask

6.)
Copy “ lamp” pspimage – paste as new layer
Image resize 65 % - move it to the right of the bride and to the top
Adjust – sharpen – blend mode Luminance legacy
Open the tube “ love_mm66_Colombe – resize to 65 % - copy
Paste as new layer – adjust – sharpen – move next to the bride (see my example )
Move the tube to just above the last mask
Blend mode – luminance legacy

7.)
Open the tube “ DovesNcolors_V – copy the selected tube
Paste as new layer – image mirror – place on the shoulder of the man tube
Blend mode – hard light – or your preference
Layer – duplicate – mirror – move it to the left of the bride
Blend mode – luminance legacy
Merge all layers
Image add border – 1px the dark color
Image add border

Activate the border with the magic wand – fill with the following gradient

Adjust – blur – Gaussian blur – 25
Graphics Plus_Cross Shadow – same as above
Selection – invert – drop shadow
3 /3 /65/10 the dark color – repeat with -3 /-3 – selection – select none

8.)
Copy  “schnoerkel_psp image – paste as new layer – move to the upper left hand corner
Layer – duplicate – Image mirror – merge down
Drop shadow – 3 /3 /65 /3 – the dark color
Merge all layers
Image – border 1 px – the dark color
Now write your text – my font  “BrochScript”
FG color – the gradient – BG color – the dark color
The first letter size 48 – the following letter size 36
Drop shadow – 1 /1 /65 /0
Add your watermark – merge all layers
If you do not want an animation you are now done, and you can save your picture
Otherwise – continue

9.)
Animation
Take the lasso and select the lampas shown in the screen

Effects – Alien Skin_Xenofex 2.0_Constellation

Selection – select none – copy – open the animation shop – paste as new animation
Back to PSP – undo the last 2 steps – redo Constellation – click on random see once
Selection – select none – copy – in the animation shop – paste after current layer
Repeat this procedure one or two times more
In the animation shop – edit select all – frame properties 15

Save gif

Now you may save your picture as gif

 

I hope you enjoyed the tutorial

Sincerely Christa