© by Christa 27.04.2009
This tutorial was written and designed by me
The © copyright belongs to me alone
The © for the translation belongs to Marlene 28.04.2009
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 Coline , JHanna , Nurso53 for the tubes
Maske thank you DeniseWorisch 
This tutorial was written with PSP9
Would you like your picture in the slideshow have, send me.
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Material 
Plugins : HIER
Graphics Plus_Cross Shadow
Xero Improver
Unlimited 2.0 _ Andrew's Filter Collection 56_Blurred Bits Pieces
Unlimited 2.0_Andrew's Filter Collection 61_Shifting Times
optikVerve Labs_Virtual Photographer : HIER
Xero Porcelain XL : HIER
Open all the material – place 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 760 x 570 px transparent
A light FG color - #f4e053
A dark BG color - #a28625
Create the following gradient an fill the canvas with it
Adjust – Blur – Gaussian blur 25
Effects – Plugin – Graphics Plus_Cross Shadow
Layer – duplicate
2.)
New raster layer – select all – Copy “ JHanna133jpg
Paste into selection – select none
Adjust – Hue and Saturation – Colorize with the values of the dark color H : 34 – S : 162
Blend mode – multiply
3.)
Copy “ NS_100_0409 – paste as new layer – move to the top edge
Blend Mode – Hard Light
Effects – Plugin – Xero Improver
Make raster 1 invisible – merge the rest of the layers visible
Layers – load mask from disk
Merge group – make raster one visible and active
Effects - Plugin - Unlimited 2.0 _ Andrew's Filter Collection 56_Blurred Bits Pieces
Merge all layers
4.)
Effects Plugin – Xero Porcelain XL – click on random until you get the desired effect
Mine looks like this
Now change you colors to match the your picture
My FG color - #f9e258
BG color - #ae7102
Create the folowing gradient
5.)
Image add border
2 px FG color
3 px BG color
2 px FG color
Image add border – 20 px in white – select with the magic wand
Fill with the gradient – Gaussian blur 25
Effects – Plugin – Graphics Plus – standard
Selection invert – drop shadow 5 /5 /85 /8 black – repeat with -5 /-5
Select none – repeat the 3 small borders
Image resize – to 85 % - all layers checked – sharpen
6.)
Image – add border – 40 px in white – select with the magic wand
Fill with the gradient, but remove the check mark
Gaussian blur 25
Effects – Plug in – Unlimited 2.0_Andrew’s Filter Collection61_Shifting Times
Selection invert – repeat the shadow from point 5
Select none
Copy “ femme en noir – paste as new layer
Arrange it like I did in my picture
Effects 3D drop shadow – 5 /5 /85 /25 / black
Effects – Plugin – Xero Porcelain XL
Merge all layers visibly – select all – new raster layer
Fill with the light color
Selection – modify – contract by 2 px – fill with the dark color
Selection modify – contract by 3 px – fill with the light color
Selection modify – contract by 2 px – delete
Effects 3D – cutout – 0 /0 /75 /25 black
Select none
Paste your watermark as new layer
Merge all layers
Effects – Plug in optic Verve Labs – Virtual Photographer – apply to your liking
Copy the text from the material – paste as new layer
Do the following if you write your own text
My Font “ Mon Amour Script Pro size 30 “
Use the background gradient with the repeats set at 7 –close the FG
Effects 3D drop shadow 2 /2 /85 /3 /black
Apply Cross Shadow with standard settings,the last two 128/128
Merge all layers and save as jpg
I hope you enjoyed the tutorial
Sincerely Christa
