AUSTRALIA DAY


This tutorial was created by Jemima using PSP9 ~ December 2008
BUT should be creatable using all versions of PSP

Copyright © 2008/9 ~ Jemima ~ All rights reserved

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Excerpt from ...

My Country by Dorothea Mackellar

I love a sunburnt country,
A land of sweeping plains,
Of ragged mountain ranges,
Of droughts and flooding rains.
I love her far horizons,
I love her jewel-sea,
Her beauty and her terror -
The wide brown land for me!

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You will need the following to complete this tutorial

Materials

RIGHT CLICK >>> SAVE TARGET AS

summerheat.jpg

JF_ADay.pspimage

Chucking_A_Spaz_LCT_01_08.pspimage
("Chucking a spaz" means having a "hissy fit" *S*)

eric_shepherd_galah_small_mskitty.pspimage

Save to a folder on your computer

linenPOP
Save to your PSP Textures folder


Plugins

** EYE CANDY3 **
Download and extract to your PSP Plugins Folder

http://www.pircnet.com/downloads.html



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Open up the
summerheat image in your PSP workspace
WINDOW >>> DUPLICATE
LAYERS >>> Promote background layer


SELECTIONS >>> SELECT ALL
SELECTIONS >>> MODIFY >>> CONTRACT = 15
EDIT >>> CLEAR
DESELECT

EFFECTS >>> 3D EFFECTS >>> INNER BEVEL




Right click on the Title Bar of your
summerheat image
and select COPY from the options

Right click on the Title Bar of your frame image
and select PASTE AS NEW LAYER from the options.

LAYERS >>> ARRANGE >>> MOVE DOWN

SELECTIONS >>> SELECT ALL
SELECTIONS >>> MODIFY >>> CONTRACT = 30
EDIT >>> CLEAR
DESELECT


Right click on the Title Bar of your
summerheat image
and select COPY from the options

Right click on the Title Bar of your frame image
and select PASTE AS NEW LAYER from the options.

LAYERS >>> ARRANGE >>> MOVE DOWN

SELECTIONS >>> SELECT ALL
SELECTIONS >>> MODIFY >>> CONTRACT = 55
EDIT >>> CLEAR
DESELECT

ACTIVATE RASTER 1

EFFECTS >>> PLUGINS >>> EYE CANDY 3 >>> DROP SHADOW



ACTIVATE RASTER 2

EFFECTS >>> PLUGINS >>> EYE CANDY 3 >>> DROP SHADOW
Same settings




EFFECTS >>> PLUGINS >>> EYE CANDY 3 >>> DROP SHADOW
Change DIRECTION to 180

ACTIVATE RASTER 1
EFFECTS >>> PLUGINS >>> EYE CANDY 3 >>> DROP SHADOW
Same settings


EFFECTS >>> PLUGINS >>> EYE CANDY 3 >>> DROP SHADOW
Change DIRECTION to 90

ACTIVATE RASTER 2
EFFECTS >>> PLUGINS >>> EYE CANDY 3 >>> DROP SHADOW
Same settings




ACTIVATE RASTER 3

With your MAGIC WAND
Mode = Replace
Match Mode = RGB Value
Tolerance = 0
Feather = 0
Antialias = UNchecked
Sample Merged = UNCHECKED
PSP9/X: Check CONTIGUOUS
PSPX: There is no " Sample Merged"

PSPX: Use all layers = UNChecked


Select the transparent centre of your frame image


SELECTIONS >>> MODIFY >>> EXPAND = 3

LAYERS >>> NEW RASTER LAYER

LAYERS >>> ARRANGE >>> MOVE DOWN

Right click on the Title Bar of your
summerheat image
and select COPY from the options

Right click on the Title Bar of your frame image
and select PASTE INTO SELECTION from the options.

EFFECTS >>> TEXTURE EFFECTS >>> TEXTURE



ADJUST >>> SHARPNESS >>> SHARPEN MORE

DESELECT

ACTIVATE RASTER 3

With your MAGIC WAND
Same settings..

Select the centre of your frame image



SELECTIONS >>> INVERT

LAYERS >>> NEW RASTER LAYER

LAYERS >>> ARRANGE >>> MOVE DOWN

EFFECTS >>> PLUGINS >>> EYE CANDY 3 >>> DROP SHADOW



EFFECTS >>> PLUGINS >>> EYE CANDY 3 >>> DROP SHADOW
Change DIRECTION to 225

DESELECT

ACTIVATE RASTER 4

Open up the
Chucking_A_Spaz_LCT_01_08.pspimage
image in your PSP workspace

Right click on the Title Bar and select COPY from the options

Right click on the Title Bar of your frame image
and select PASTE AS NEW LAYER from the options.

IMAGE >>> RESIZE = 50%
Ensure "Resize all layers" is UNCHECKED
Resample using WEIGHTED AVERAGE

IMAGE >>> MIRROR

Reposition with your MOVER tool



EFFECTS >>> PLUGINS >>> EYE CANDY 3 >>> DROP SHADOW
Change DIRECTION to 225

ACTIVATE RASTER 3

Open up the
eric_shepherd_galah_small_mskitty.pspimage
image in your PSP workspace

Right click on the Title Bar and select COPY from the options

Right click on the Title Bar of your frame image
and select PASTE AS NEW LAYER from the options.

IMAGE >>> RESIZE = 30%
Ensure "Resize all layers" is UNCHECKED
Resample using WEIGHTED AVERAGE

ADJUST >>> SHARPNESS >>> SHARPEN

Reposition with your MOVER tool to bottom left corner.



EFFECTS >>> PLUGINS >>> EYE CANDY 3 >>> DROP SHADOW
Same settings

Save as .psp image

You may want to change the images I used
so saving it as a
.psp image gives you that option.

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This last part is optional... adding the 'quote'.


ACTIVATE THE TOP LAYER

Open up the JF_ADay.pspimage
image in your PSP workspace

Right click on the Title Bar and select COPY from the options

Right click on the Title Bar of your frame image
and select PASTE AS NEW LAYER from the options.

Reposition with your MOVER tool

LAYERS >>> MERGE >>> MERGE ALL (Flatten)

Save as .jpg image

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You can do this with any painting you have on your computer,
it's all up to YOUR imagination.


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