Merry
Christmas
Original from
Nocturnes PSP World

Click
HERE
for the original
Nocturnes tutorial.
Materials:
Tube winterscenery3
van ©Farouche. They
are from
TDA Tubes
Tube pascale_151108_woman_snow
van ©Pascale They
are from
Top design
Tube
bells03 msr
Mask135_by_nb2007
Font Pirouette
LTStd-Regular
Download
HERE
Filters
Filter FM Tile tools
> Blend emboss
Filter Xero >
Porcelain en
Fritillary
Filter VDL ( Van der
lee)
Adrenaline >
Snowflakes
Filter Unlimited 2.0
Filter Xenofex2 >
Constellation
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01. Foregroundcolor
#FFFFFF
Backgroundcolor
#264B6D
02. Open an new
white image of 650 x
450 pixels.
03. Layers - New
Raster layer - Fill
with backgroundcolor
04. Open mask
mask135_by_nb2007 -
Layers - new Mask
Layer - From
Image - mask135_by_nb2007

05. Layers -merge -Merge
group.
06. Layers - New
Raster layer -
Selection tool -
select the white
square.
07. Tube
winterscenery3 .
Edit - Copy.
Edit - paste
into selection.
Deselect.
08. Layers - Arrange
- Move down.
09. Layers - merge -
merge all (flatten)
10. Effects -
plugins - FM
Tile Tools Blend
Emboss - default
settings.
11. Effects -
plugins - Xero -
porcelain with these
settings:

12. Image - add
borders - Symmetric
- 1 - white. Save
the image and set
it aside, we will
get back to it
later.
13. Open a new image
of 800 x 600 pixels.
Set your foreground
to gradient - Linear
- angle 130 -
Repeats 3 - Invert
checked. Fill the
image with the
gradient.
14. Effects -
Plugins - Filter Unlimited
2.0 - special
effects1 - shiver
-default settings.
15. Effects - Edge
effects - Enhance
16. Layers - New
Raster layer - Fill
with backgroundcolor.
Set the layer
opacity to 40.
17. Layers - merge -
merge all (flatten).
Effects - Edge
effects - Enhance
18. Plugins - Filter
Xenofex2 -
Constellation

19. Go back to the
first image you made
- Edit Copy.
Edit - Paste as new
layer on your second
image.
20. Move to the
right top corner (
see example)
21. Effects - 3d
effects - Drop
shadow - 0 - 0
- 65 - 40 - color
white.
22. Tube pascale_151108_woman_snow.
Image - Mirror. Edit
- Copy. Edit -paste
as new layer.
23. Image - Resize -
65 % - Resize all
layers NOT checked.
Move to the left
bottom corner ( see
example)
24. Image - add
borders - Symmetric
- 1 - white
25. Image - add
borders - Symmetric
- 2 -
backgroundcolor
26. Image - add
borders - Symmetric
- 1 - white
27. Image - add
borders - Symmetric
- 50 -
backgroundcolor.
Select the last
border with the
magic wand tool and
fill with gradient -
linear - Corner 45 -
repeats 3 - Invert
checked.
28. Effects - Blur -
Gaussian Blur - 30
29. Pluginns - xero -
fritillary - with
these settings:

30. Effects - Edge
effects - Enhance
31. Effects -
plugins - Xero -
porcelain with these
settings:

Deselect.
32.
Tube bells03 msr.
Edit - Copy. Edit
-paste as new layer.
33. Adjust - Hue and
Saturation -
Colorize - 147 - 73.
34. Adjust -
Sharpness -sharpen.
Move on top of the right border (
see example)
35. Effects - 3d
effects - Drop
shadow - 1 - 1
- 65 - 40 - color
white.
36. Pluginns - FM Tile
tools - blend emboss
- default settings.
37. Image - add
borders - Symmetric
- 1 - white
38.
Image - add
borders - Symmetric
- 5 -
backgroundcolor.
Select with the
magic wand tool -
Effects - 3d effects
- inner bevels with
these settings:

Deselect.
39. Text tool - Font
Pirouette LTStd
Regular - Size 72 -
backgroundcolor
white -
foregroundcolor
locked. Type your
text and set it to
the right corner.
40. Effects - 3d
effects - Drop
shadow - 1- 1
- 65 - 1 - color
black.
41. Add your name or
watermark.
42. Layers - Merge -
merge all ( flatten
)
43. Selection tool -
make a selection
around the scenery,
stay a little away
from the blue
border.
44. Effects -
Plugins - VDL
Adrenaline -
snowflakes - with
these settings:

45. Deselect. Edit -
Copy. Open animation
shop - Edit - Paste
as new animation.
46. Back to PSP. Hit
the undo button
twice
47. Effects -
Plugins - VDL
Adrenaline -
snowflakes - same
settings but change
random seed to 545
48. Deselect. Edit -
Copy. Back to
animation shop -
Edit - Paste after
current frame.
49. Back to PSP. Hit
the undo button
twice
50. Effects -
Plugins - VDL
Adrenaline -
snowflakes - same
settings but change
random seed to 1364
51. Deselect. Edit -
Copy. Back to
animation shop -
Edit - Paste after
current frame.
52. Click in the
first frame - Edit -
select all.
53. Animation -
frame properties -
20.
54. View animation
and save as gif
file.
Your done!
