This tutorial was written on 23. January 2011 with PSP X3. It was written for people with working knowledge in PSP.
You’ll need:
1 Tube
My Scrap kit: Cutie
Don´t forget to save your work every now and then.
Ok let’s get started!
First and most important...open PSP... LOL..
1. Open your Tube and duplicate (Shift +D) and then close original to preserve it in its original state.
2. Set your foreground color to: #FCE7EC and background to: ##92346D [or any other color matching your Tube]
3. Open a new image: transparent, 600*600 Pixel, 300 dpi and fill with foreground color.
4. Layer> New Rasta layer: fill with background color.
5. Layer> New Mask Layer> From Image: select the Mask in the dropdown menu │ source luminance │ invert mask data.
6. Merge group.
7. Effect> 3D Effect> Cutout: vertical/ horizontal: -3│ opacity: 70│ blur: 3│background color│ uncheck: fill interior.
8. Merge all.
9. Image> Add Borders: symmetric checked │ Size: 5 │ select the background color.
10. Image>Add Borders: symmetric checked│Size 13│ select the foreground color.
11. Select Magic Wand Tool: Mode: Replace │ Match Mode: RGB Value│ Use All layers Unchecked│ Contiguous Checked│ Feather: 0│ Anti-alias Unchecked.
12. Left click inside the foreground colored border to select it.
13. Select Flood fill Tool (F): Match Mode: RGB Value│Tolerance: 0│Use All layers Unchecked│Blend Mode: Normal│Opacity: 100.
14. Materials Palette> Foreground/Stroke: from dropdown menu arrow select Gradient│left click on gradient thumbnail/color swatch│on gradient dropdown menu select Foreground/Background│Angle: 0│Repeats: 7│Style: Radial│Centre Point – Horizontal: 39│Vertical: 50│Texture Unchecked.
15. Left click inside the selected border to flood fill it with your gradient.
16. Effects> 3dEffects> Inner Bevel: Bevel #5 │Width: 11│Smoothness: 0│Depth: 2│ Ambience: 0│ Shininess: 20│Color: White│Angle: 315│Intensity: 40│Elevation: 40.
17. Selections>Select None (Ctrl + D).
18. Open “JF_Cutie_Frame_01".
19. Image> Resize: With: 500 Pixel4│Resize all layers unchecked.
20. Edit> Copy, you can close the Frame now.
Back to your image:
21. Edit> Paste as new layer.
22. Effects> 3d Effects> Drop Shadow: -1│-1│50│1│black.
23: Repeat Drop Shadow: 1│1│50│1│black.
24. Open your Tube and copy to clipboard [Ctrl+ C], you can close the Tube.
Back at your image:
25. with the magic wand tool click inside left frame window.
26. New Rasta layer.
27. Edit> Paste into selection.
28. Adjust> Hue and Saturation> Colorize (Shift+ L): Hue: 250│Saturation:70.
29. Layer> Duplicate layer.
30. Image> Mirror.
31. Edit> Paste as new layer.
32. Image> Resize: 500 Pixel Height│all layers unchecked.
33. Add Drop Shadow: 1│1│80│1.
34. Open “JF_Cutie_Paper_06 ", resize to 600*600 Pixel and copy into clipboard and close it again.
35. Paste it as a new layer into your image (Strg+ L)
36. Activate “Raster1 “(frame).
37. Use the magic wand tool: Add, to select all three windows of the frame.
38. Activate “Raster5 “(Paper).
38. Selections> Invert.
39. Hit the Delete on your keyboard.
40. In the layer pallets move “Raster5 “under” Raster1 ":
41. Effect> 3d Effect> Outer Bevel: Bevel #7 │Width: 17│Smoothness: 0│Depth: 10│ Ambience: 5│ Shininess: 2│Color: foreground color│Angle: 315│Intensity: 50│Elevation: 40.
41. Selection> None.
42. Open “JF_Cutie_Badge_01 ", resize to 150 Pixel Height, copy and paste as new layer into your image. Close original Badge.
43. Layer> Arrange> Bring to top and place it on the right side of the frame.
44. Add Drop Shadow: 1│1│80│1.
45. Open “Jf_Cutie_Butterfly_02 ", resize to 150 Pixel Height, copy + paste as new layer into you image. Place it as you like. Close the original Butterfly.
46. Open “JF_Cutie_Dragonfly ", resize to 100 Pixel Width, copy + paste as new layer into your image. Place it as you like. Close the original Dragonfly.
47. Copy, paste and resize a few Brads or/ and Flowers and decorate your image as you like.
48. Layer> Merge all.
49. Please, don’t forget the ©Copyright information and your Watermark.
50. Save as .jpg.
That´s it!!! You did it!!! Great job!!!
I hope you enjoyed this lil tutorial.
