© by Christa 25.04.2009

This tutorial was written and designed by me

The © copyright belongs to me alone

The © for the translation belongs to Marlene 25.04.2009

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

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

The © copyright for the material belongs to the individual designer

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

Thank you for all the material, for without it, these pictures would not be possible

1 Exclusive tube from Christine – many thanks

1 tube from Devilsinside Gini, thank you for the marvelous tube

This tutorial was written with PSP9

 

 

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Material

Plugins : HIER

Graphics Plus _ Cross Shadow

Unlimited 2.0_Tools_Copy Star : HIER

Xero Improver

Open all the  material – place the mask into the mask folder

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You may take this little figure    along for your orientation

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1.)

Open a new canvas 800 x 600 px transparent

Fill with a dark color – mine #390a00

Effects – Plugin – Graphics Plus_Cross Shadow – standard 128 /128

Effects – Plugin – Unlimited 2.0_Tools_Copy Star

Duplicate the picture with – Shift+D – minimize – we need it later

2.)

Copy “ Grand – escalier – paste as new layer

Effects – Xero Improver – 10 /10 /10

Copy “ Christin_Chr.038239 – paste as new layer

Image – mirror

Move to the top left

Opacity 82 – activate the eraser – make the layer with the background active

Erase everything that bothers you on the tube, like on the face and arm

3.)

Now chose a light color – mine #b66518

Create the following gradient

New raster layer – fill with the gradient

Layers – load mask from disk

Merge group – merge layers visible

Image – resize to 90 % - all layers not checked

Xero Improver – 10 /10 /10

4.)

New raster layer – move to last place – select all – copy the minimized picture

Paste into selection – select none

Activate the middle layer now

Effects 3D drop shadow – 3 /3 /85 /10 using the light color – repeat with -3 /-3

Open the tube “ Devilsinside_14:2009 – Image resize to 50 % - copy

Paste as new layer – move to the right side

Effects – Plugin  Xero Porcelain XL – ( click on random to get the desired effect)

Adjust – sharpen – drop shadow as above
 

5.)

Make the bottom layer active – select all – modify – contract by 5 px

Selection invert – new raster layer – move into first place

Fill with the gradient – Effects – Edge effects – enhance more

Select none

Open the key (included in the material) –resize to 60 % - copy

Paste as new layer – place bottom left at the foot of the  stairs

Colorize with the values of the light color

Apply Xero Porcelain as above – drop shadow – 3 /3 /85 /10 the light color

Copy the text from the material, or write your own – repeat the shadow from above

If you write your own text

6.)

Animation

Activate the merged layer ( the small picture)

Effects – Graphics Plus_Cross Shadow

Edit – copy all layers

Open the animation shop – paste as new animation

Back to PSP – undo Cross Shadow – redo Cross shadow as follows

Edit - copy all layers

Back to the animation shop – paste after current frame

Back to PSP – undo Cross Shadow – redo Cross Shadow as follows

Edit – copy all layers

Back to the animation shop – paste after current frame

Edit select all – and save as gif

 

I hope you enjoyed the tutorial

Sincerely Christa