© by Christa 27.03.2009

This tutorial was written and designed by me

The © copyright for this tutorial belongs to me alone

The © for the translation belongs to Marlene 27.03.2009

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

The material used 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

My special thanks to her for allowing me to use her lovely material

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

My thanks to Sharlimar and Jutta , or the wonderful masks

thank you for the Wordart.

This tutorial was written with PSP9

 

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Material

Plugins : HIER

Alien Skin_Xenofex 2.0_Constellation

Xero _ Porcelain XL : HIER

Graphics Plus _ Cross Shadow

Unlimited 2.0_Filter Factory Gallery D_Confetti Mirror

Photo Effex_Scanlines : HIER

Open all the material in PSP

Place the three masks into the mask folder

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You may take this little figure    along for your orientation

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1. )

Open the the picture “ bild_chpspimage from the material folder

If you use different colors, now is the time to colorize it

Effects – Plugin – Unlimited 2.0 Filter Factory Gallery D_Confetti Mirror

Effects – edge effects – enhance

Selection – select all – selection modify

Copy, either your own, or my picture_Dubai jpg – paste as new layer

Selection – invert – hit the delete button – select none

Blend mode – Luminance Legacy

2.)

New raster layer – fill it with a light matching color – mine #a2cedb

Layers – load mask from disk

Merge group – Adjust – sharpen

New raster layer – fill with the light color #a2cedb

Effects - Plugins Graphics Plus_Cross Shadow

Load mask from disk

Merge group – Plugin – Photo Effex_Scanlines

Effects - 3D drop shadow 2 /2 /65 /3  a dark color #213b41 – repeat with -2 /-2

Image – resize – 110 % - all layers not checked

3.)

Open the tube MMDesignz_Cr165149 – Image – resize 80 %

Copy – paste as new layer – move down to the middle edge

New raster layer – select all

Fill with the dark color – selection  - modify – contract by 2 – fill with the light color

Selection – modify – contract by 2 – fill with the dark color

Selection  - modify – contract by 2 – hit delete – select none

Merge all layers visible

Image – resize 90 % - all layers not checked

4.)

New raster layer – move to last place – fill with the following gradient

Adjust – blur – Gaussian blur 25

Effects – Texture effects – fine leather

New raster layer – fill with the light color – move into first place

Effects – Plugins – Graphics Plus_Cross Shadow

Layers – load mask from disk

Merge group

Drop Shadow 2 /2 /65 /3 the dark color – repeat with -2 /-2

Effects – Texture Effects – Fine leather

Merge all layers

5.)

Image – add border 7 px, using your dark color – select with the magic wand

Tolerance + Feather 0

Effects – Texture Effects – Fine leather

Effects 3D – inner bevel

Selection – invert – 3D cutout

Selection – select none

6.)

Now you may add your text or a text brush to your picture

Or take the one included in the material

Effects 3d – drop shadow 2 /2 /65 /3 use the light color

Add your watermark – merge all layers

Effects – Plugins – Xero Porcelain XL

Selection Tool – Lasso – point to point – select the inside of the mask

Selection – invert – Effects – Plugins - Alien Xenofex 2.0_Constellation

Select none

Edit copy all layers

Open the Animation shop – paste as new animation

Go back to PSP – undo select none – undo Constellation

Redo Constellation – click on random seed once

Select none

Back to the animation shop – paste after current frame

Back to PSP – undo select none – undo Constellation

Redo Constellation – click on random seed once

Back to the animation shop – paste after current frame

Edit select all – frame properties 15-20

Now you can save your picture as gif

 

I hope you enjoyed the tutorial

Sincerely Christa