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Thank
you
Bylinna
for translating my tutorials into
Italian!
Materials download
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Plugins:
Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 -
Impact - Perspective Shadow
Filters Unlimited / Tile & Mirror
Nik Software - Color Efex pro 3.0 / Bi Color User Defined
Tip: If you do not have Nik's software you can make a
gradient for step, 8,9 10 with the colors in those staps. Angle
0, repeats 0. In step 9 and 10 you have to check invert instead of changing
the colors. If you do them on a separate layer you could also play with the
layer opacity
Preparations:
Copy the selection files to the selection folder of PSP
Double Click on the Eye Candy Presets, it will be imported automatically
Open the Brush in PSP and export as custom brush ( File -
Export - Custom Brush)
Used Colors
Foregroundcolor: #797d7e
Backgroundcolor: #bec1c1
Other: #ffffff, #000000, #3e78b3, #863d0e, #f9d8c8,
#f0af96

Note: If you are using colors of your own start with the grey
ones, you will change the colors later with the Nik's filter
This tutorial is
written with PSP13
but can also be made
with earlier PSP
versions.
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01.
Open a
new transparent image of 800 x 500 px
Set your foregroundcolor to Foreground/Background
Gradient (Corel_06_029)
- Style:Linear - Angle 45- - Repeats
2- - Invert not
checked

Fill your image with the Gradient
Adjust - Blur - Radial Blur

02
Layers - Duplicate
Effects - Texture Effects - Weave -
Colors #000000

Image - Free Rotate

Effects - Plugins -
Filters Unlimited
2.0 - Tile & Mirror
- Mirrored & Scaled - default
03
Magic Wand Tool -
Mode: Shift/Add - Tolerance
0 - Click white rectangle
Selections - Modify - Contract - 1px
Layers
- New Raster Layer
Go to
your gradient, same settings but
check invert and Fill the
selection with the gradient.
Keep
selected
Layers - New Raster Layer
Set
your foregroundcolor to #000000
Paint Brush Tool -
"Brush_034"
- Size: 350 -
Step: 32 - Density: 100 -
Rotation: 0 -
Opacity: 100 - Blend
Mode: Normal -
Continuous checked -
Wet paint Unchecked
Stamp
like this:

Next
stamp once under the text:

Selections - Select None
Effects 3D Effects -
Dropshadow - 2 - 2 - 50 - 5 - #000000
Layers - Merge - Merge Down
Effects - Plugins -
Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 -
Impact - Perspective Shadow
-
Settings Tab:
Preset
ASDwebs_Shadow_#02.
Effects - Plugins -
Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 -
Impact - Perspective Shadow
-
Settings Tab:
Preset
ASDwebs_Shadow_#03.
Effects 3D Effects -
Dropshadow - 50 - 50 - 25 - 3 - #ffffff
Effects 3D Effects -
Dropshadow - Minus 50 - Minus 50 -
25 - 3 - #ffffff
Layers - Merge - Merge Down
04
Layers - New Raster Layer
Selections - Load/Save Selection -
Load selection from disc -
ASDwebs_Sel_#041

Open Image "ASDwebs_Stripes1" - Copy and paste
into the selection
Effects - Edge Effects - Enhance
Layer Palette - Set the Blend Mode
of this layer to "Soft Light"
Selections - Select None
Selections - Load/Save Selection -
Load selection from disc -
ASDwebs_Sel_#042 - same
settings as before
Hit the delete key of your keyboard
Selections - Select None
05
Open Tube "ASDwebs_Element_#41" - Copy and paste as new layer on your
image.
06
Layers - New Raster Layer
Selections - Load/Save Selection -
Load selection from disc -
ASDwebs_Sel_#043 - same
settings as before
Open Tube "aclis_face_03_12_08_2008" - Copy and paste
as new layer on your image.
Move
into the selection like this:

Selections - Invert
Hit the delete key of your keyboard
Selections - Select None
Adjust - Sharpness - Sharpen
Layer Palette - Set the Blend Mode
of this layer to "Luminance (Legacy)" and the Layer
Opacity to - 50
07
Open Tube "kTs~08_049 copie" - Copy and paste as new layer on your
image.
Image - Resize - 65% - Resize all
layers not checked
Adjust - Sharpness - Sharpen
Move
to the left corner like this:

08
Layers - Merge - Merge all
Selections - Load/Save Selection -
Load selection from disc -
ASDwebs_Sel_#043 - same
settings as before
Effects - Plugins -
Nik Software - Color Efex
pro 3.0
- Bi Color User
Defined -
Upper color #3e78b3
- Lower color #863d0e

Selections - Select None
09
Selections - Load/Save Selection -
Load selection from disc -
ASDwebs_Sel_#044 - same
settings as before
Effects - Plugins -
Nik Software - Color Efex
pro 3.0
- Bi Color User
Defined -
Upper color #863d0e
- Lower color #3e78b3 - change
the opacity to 30

Selections - Select None
10
Selections - Load/Save Selection -
Load selection from disc -
ASDwebs_Sel_#045 - same
settings as before
Effects - Plugins -
Nik Software - Color Efex
pro 3.0
- Bi Color User
Defined -
Upper color #f9d8c8
- Lower color #f0af96- change
the opacity to 25, the blend to 58
and the Vertical Shift to 64

Selections - Select None
11
Layers - New Raster Layer
Foregroundcolor to #863d0e
Backgroundcolor to #3e78b3
Selections - Load/Save Selection -
Load selection from disc -
ASDwebs_Sel_#046 - same
settings as before
Set your foregroundcolor to Foreground/Background
Gradient (Corel_06_029)
- Style:Linear - Angle 0- - Repeats
2- - Invert not
checked

Fill
the selection with the gradient
Selections - Select None
Effects - Distortion Effects - Wind

Effects - Edge Effects - Enhance
Layer Palette - Set the Layer
Opacity of this layer to 60
12
Open Tube "Alies
519-vrouw-03062011" - Copy and paste as new layer on your
image.
Image - Resize - 85% - Resize all
layers not checked
Effects - Image Effects - Offset

Effects - Plugins - Adjust -
Variations - Click once on
"Original"- Click once on
"Lighter"
Effects - Plugins -
Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 -
Impact - Perspective Shadow
-
Settings Tab:
Preset
ASDwebs_Shadow_#03.
13
Image - Add Borders - Symmetric -
1 px - #000000
Image - Add Borders - Symmetric -
25 px - #ffffff
Magic Wand Tool -
Mode: Shift/Add - Tolerance
0 - Click
in the last border
Layers - New Raster Layer
Fill
the selection with the same gradient
Keep
selected
Layer Palette - Set the Layer
Opacity of this layer to 73
Effects - Texture Effects - Weave -
Colors #000000

Selections - Invert
Layer Palette - Click on the Bottom layer
Effects - Plugins -
Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 -
Impact - Perspective Shadow
-
Settings Tab:
Click on Default and
next on Dropshadow Blurry.
Selections - Select
None
Image - Add Borders - Symmetric -
1 px - #000000
14
Add your name or watermark, save as
JPG file and you're done!

Thanks
to my testers again! I love their
results!!:
Keitha:

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Martalip:

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