© by Christa 07.04.2009

This tutorial was written and designed by me

The © copyright belongs to me alone

The © for the translation belongs to Marlene 17.04.2009

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

thank you k@rine and Nightangel for the wonderful tubes..

Sharlimar for the super masks

©ausangeldesigns for the wordart

This tutorial was written with PSP9

 

 

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Material

Plugins : HIER

optikVerve Labs_virtualPhotographer : HIER

Graphics Plus_Cross Shadow

Xero _Improver

Unlimited 2.0_ DCspecial_PaternEdit Do

the mask into the mask folder

All other material open in PSP

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You may take this little figure    along for your orientation

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1.)

Open a new canvas 700 x 580 px transparent

FG color – a light color - #d1a415

BG color – dark color - #611b1b

Fill the layer with the following gradient

Duplicate – image mirror – opacity 50

Layer merge down – duplicate – image flip – set the opacity at 50

You canvas should look like this

Merge visible

2.)

Effects Plugin Unlimited 2.0_DCspecial_PatternEdit Do

Select the four corners with the magic wand – effects texture effects blinds

Select none

3.)

Open the tube “ k@rine-dreams-misted319_avril_09 “

Image resize – 85 % - copy – paste as new layer

Move to the right (see my picture ) blend mode – Hard Light

Activate the eraser with the following settings

Erase every thing around the jewelry at the bottom

Your picture should look like this

If you like what you see, move the tube a little bit more to the bottom

See my picture above

4.)

Copy “ FantasyFac_misted_na – paste as new layer

Move to the left edge

Effects Plugin – Xero_Improver_Landscape 10 /10 /10/

Adjust – Digital – Camera – Noise – Removal

Adjust – sharpen

5.)

New raster layer – fill with the following gradient

Select all – modify – contract by 5 px – delete – selection invert

Effects – Graphics Plus_cross Shadow – standard

Effects 3D – inner bevel

Selection invert

Effects 3D cutout 0 /0 /100 /35 use your light color for the shadow color

Select none

6.)

Activate the bottom layer – select all – Image – crop to selection

Image – canvas size

New raster layer – move into last place in the palette – fill with the same gradient as point5

Adjust – Blur – Gaussian blur 25

Effects Plugin – Graphics Plus_Cross Shadow – set the intensity to 53

Activate the merged layer – drop shadow 5 /5 /75 /17 black – repeat with -5 /-5

7.)

Activate the last layer again

Image – canvas size

New raster layer – move to last place – fill with the light color

Apply Cross Shadow as in point 6

Effects Texture Effects – Mosaic Antique

Activate the before layer with the canvas – repeat the drop shadow from point 6

New raster layer – move into first place

Reverse your colors (FG dark – BG light)

Fill with the gradient

Layers – load mask from disk

Merge group – drop shadow – 2 /2 /75 /1 the dark color

Effects – Edge effects – enhance

Image – resize – to 105 % - all layers not checked

Merge all layers – select all – modify contract by 5 px

Selection invert – fill with the gradient – apply Cross Shadow

Effects 3D inner bevel – apply like above – select none

8.)

Now add your text to your Picture

I used the Word Art that is marked – copy – paste as new layer

Image resize to 60 % - all layers not checked

Select all – selection float – defloat - selection modify – expand by 1 px

Fill with the  dark color or black – selection contract by 1 px – fill with the gradient

Select none – apply cross Shadow as above – sharpen

Drop Shadow – 2 /2 /75 /1 black

Merge all layers

Effects Plugin – optic Verve Labs_Virtual Photographer

Now save your creation as jpg

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial

 

Sincerely Christa