Recent Days of Summer

© by Christa 24.08.2010
This tutorial was written and designed by me
The © copyright for this tutorial belongs to me alone
The © for the translation belongs to me and Petra
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My thanks for the lovely material, for without it these pictures would not be possible
thank Chaosgaby , WisdomDesigner ,for the Tubes
Scrapmaterial from Sabre
Download : Spring Portal Scrap Collection ( Freebies )
© All copyrights belongs to the original artists
This tutorial was written with PSP 9

My thanks to all the tutorial testers that test my creations
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Material 
Plugins :
thank you Sissy
Mehdi Kaleidoscope 2.1
Flaming Pear Flood
Xero Improver
Nik Color Efex Pro 3.1 : Hier
AAA Frames Foto Frame + Texture Frame
+ Scrapmaterial Sabre
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You may take this little figure
along for your orientation
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Step: 1
Please download the Scrapkit from Sabre
We nee a few parts for this Tutorial
New Canvas 800 x 600 px transparent
Light FG Color #9cc486
BG Color Black
Fill Canvas with Gradient

Effects- Texure Effects- (your choise)

Step: 2
Copy your Facetube - mine chg.11.11082010.pspimage
paste as new Layer - Image Resize to 80 %
all Layers not chequed - arrange to the right
My Tube is not very good for this Tut - if I use it
like it is - so we have a little work to do
erase with the Erasertool the left Side
See Screen - I do a Selection for you -

It has to look like this

You also can use the Freehandselection and erase the Edges
with the Smother - its up to you
Step :3
Tube - Blend Mode - Hard Light - Plugin Xero Improver 10/10/10
Drop Shadow 9/9/55/10,00 black
Layer duplicate - Blend Mode - Soft Light
copy " waterside_wisdom_design.pspimage
paste as new Layer - Arrange the Tube ocer the left borber
Send Layer down -
Erasertool - erase what is visible at the Face of the Tube
Your Image has to look like this

Repeat Xero Improver to the Wisdom Tub
Layer duplicate - Send to the top -
Layer 1 is activ
Selection - all - Image - Crop to Selection -
Activ the Tube with the Landscape at the top
Plugin Mehdi Kaleidoscope 2.1

Maybe is it different its up to your Tubes
Step :4
Open the Scrapmaterial Copy
SL - PortalSabretree.png - paste as new Layer
arrange to the left and to the bottom
Repeat Drop Shadow -
Plugin Flaming Pear Flood

Copy "SL-PortalFaeSabrebutter2.- paste as new Layer
arrange to the left - we arrange it later ...
For me Plugin Nik Color Efex Pro 3.1 -Bi-Color Filters- Colorset Brown1

Repeat Drop Shadow + Xero Improver
Step :5
Copy from the material " SLFaeportalbutter3.png
paste as new Layer- arrange to the right
repeat Nik Filter, Drop Shadow
Copy from my material "blatt.pspimage
paste as new Layer- arrange to the left and to the bottom
Plugin Mehdi Kaleidoscope

Blend Mode - Hard Light - send Layer below the Layer with the
big Butterly
Drop Shadow 0/0/25/10,00 black
Arrange Butterfly now to the left on top of the leave
see my Image at the top here the Ebenen

Step :6
Merge all
Image - Add Borders 3 px Black - copy
Image - Add Borders - 35 px light FG Color
Magic Wand - select the border
Paste into a Selection
Plugin AAA Frames Foto Frame

Selection - All - Selection - Modify - contract to 10 px
Plugin AAA Frames Texture Frame

Selection - Invert
Drop Shadow 1/1/55/2,00 black + negativ values
Selection - None
Plugin Nik Color Efex Pro - bei mir Bi-Color User Defined
Its up to you


Paste your Text and Watermark as new Layer
Merge all
Resize if you like
Save as JPG

I hope you enjoyed the tutorial

Sincerely Christa
