COOLIBAH TREE
PSP9 to PSPX3

This tutorial was written by Jemima ~ AUGUST 2013
Copyright © 2013 ~ Jemima ~ All rights reserved

This was created using PSP9 but can be adapted for other versions of PSP.

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No artists or copyright infringement is intended on any of the tubes used in this tutorial.
The tubes were acquired in good faith as to their legality.
If there is a problem, please contact the author and the image/s will be removed.

You will need the following to complete this tutorial

Materials

JFAbor.psp
darksky6.tub
bushbaby1.pspimage
bushbaby2.pspimage
bushbaby3.pspimage
BLUEGUMS.pspimage
Coolibah_WA.pspimage
manzara tubes 5-HaZaL.pspimage
lonely-swagmen-ludmila-clark.pspimage
Save to a folder on your computer

JF_SkyBlue.PspGradient
Save to your PSP Gradients folder
PSP9: C:\Program Files\Jasc Software\Paint Shop Pro 9\Gradients
PSPX: C:\Program Files\Corel\Corel Paint Shop Pro X\Gradients
PSPXI / X2: C:\Program Files\Corel\Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo X2\Corel_06
PSPX3: C:\Program Files\Corel\X3\PSPClassic\Corel_06

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Plugins

** EYE CANDY3 **
http://www.pircnet.com/downloads.html


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THIS TUT IS DEAD EASY FOR A CHANGE *S*
Once a jolly swagman camped by a billabong, Under the shade of a Coolibah tree, And he sang as he watched and waited till his billy boil, You'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me.
STEP 1 In your MATERIALS PALETTE Load the ' JF_SkyBlue ' gradient in your foreground using these settings
STEP 2 Open a new image 650 x 500 Transparent background RASTER BACKGROUND PSPX - X2: Colour Depth = 8bits/channel PSPX3: Colour Depth RGB = 8bits/channel Flood fill with the gradient
STEP 3 LAYERS >>> NEW RASTER LAYER Choose your SELECTION TOOL then click on the CUSTOM SELECTION symbol and enter these coordinates.
STEP 4 Open up the darksky6 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 tag image and select PASTE INTO SELECTION from the options. DESELECT In your LAYER PALETTE Change the BLEND MODE to LUMINANCE (L)
STEP 5 ACTIVATE RASTER 1 LAYERS >>> DUPLICATE LAYERS >>> ARRANGE >>> BRING TO TOP EFFECTS >>> DISTORTION EFFECTS >>> TWIRL DEGREES = - (minus) 720 EFFECTS>>> GEOMETRIC EFFECTS >>> CIRCLE EDGE MODE = Transparent IMAGE >>> RESIZE = 50% Ensure "Resize all layers" is UNCHECKED Resample using WEIGHTED AVERAGE In your LAYER PALETTE Change the BLEND MODE to MULTIPLY Reposition with your MOVER tool
STEP 6 Choose your SELECTION TOOL then click on the CUSTOM SELECTION symbol and enter the same coordinates. LAYERS >>> NEW RASTER LAYER Open up the manzara tubes 5-HaZaL 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 tag image and select PASTE INTO SELECTION from the options. DESELECT LAYERS >>> ARRANGE >>> MOVE DOWN
STEP 7 ACTIVATE Copy of Raster 1 LAYERS >>> NEW RASTER LAYER SELECTIONS >>> SELECT ALL Open up the BLUEGUMS 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 tag image and select PASTE INTO SELECTION from the options. DESELECT
STEP 8 Open up the bushbaby2 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 tag image and select PASTE AS NEW LAYER from the options. IMAGE >>> MIRROR IMAGE >>> RESIZE = 20% Ensure "Resize all layers" is UNCHECKED Resample using WEIGHTED AVERAGE ADJUST >>> SHARPNESS >>> SHARPEN Reposition with your MOVER tool
STEP 9 Open up the bushbaby3 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 tag image and select PASTE AS NEW LAYER from the options. IMAGE >>> MIRROR IMAGE >>> RESIZE = 20% Ensure "Resize all layers" is UNCHECKED Resample using WEIGHTED AVERAGE ADJUST >>> SHARPNESS >>> SHARPEN Reposition with your MOVER tool
STEP 10 Open up the JFAbor 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 tag image and select PASTE AS NEW LAYER from the options. IMAGE >>> RESIZE = 45% Ensure "Resize all layers" is UNCHECKED Resample using WEIGHTED AVERAGE ADJUST >>> SHARPNESS >>> SHARPEN Reposition with your MOVER tool
STEP 11 Open up the lonely-swagmen-ludmila-clark 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 tag image and select PASTE AS NEW LAYER from the options. IMAGE >>> RESIZE = 40% Ensure "Resize all layers" is UNCHECKED Resample using WEIGHTED AVERAGE ADJUST >>> SHARPNESS >>> SHARPEN Reposition with your MOVER tool
STEP 12 Open up the bushbaby1 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 tag image and select PASTE AS NEW LAYER from the options. IMAGE >>> MIRROR IMAGE >>> RESIZE = 25% Ensure "Resize all layers" is UNCHECKED Resample using WEIGHTED AVERAGE ADJUST >>> SHARPNESS >>> SHARPEN Reposition with your MOVER tool
STEP 13 EFFECTS >>> PLUGINS >>> EYE CANDY 3 >>> PERSPECTIVE SHADOW
STEP 14 ACTIVATE RASTER 6 EDIT >>> Repeat Perspective Shadow. ACTIVATE RASTER 5 EFFECTS >>> PLUGINS >>> EYE CANDY 3 >>> DROP SHADOW
STEP 15 ACTIVATE RASTER 8 EFFECTS >>> PLUGINS >>> EYE CANDY 3 >>> DROP SHADOW Same settings BUT change OPACITY to 80% ACTIVATE RASTER 7 EFFECTS >>> PLUGINS >>> EYE CANDY 3 >>> DROP SHADOW Same settings BUT change DIRECTION to 270
STEP 16 ACTIVATE the TOP layer Open up the Coolibah_WA 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 tag image and select PASTE AS NEW LAYER from the options. IMAGE >>> RESIZE = 50% Ensure "Resize all layers" is UNCHECKED Resample using WEIGHTED AVERAGE ADJUST >>> SHARPNESS >>> SHARPEN Reposition with your MOVER tool
STEP 17 LAYERS >>> MERGE >>> MERGE VISIBLE LAYERS >>> NEW RASTER LAYER SELECTIONS >>> SELECT ALL SELECTIONS >>> MODIFY >>> CONTRACT = 6 SELECTIONS >>> INVERT Flood fill with #a85428 EFFECTS >>> 3D EFFECTS >>> INNER BEVEL DESELECT
STEP 18 LAYERS >>> DUPLICATE IMAGE >>> RESIZE = 97% Ensure "Resize all layers" is UNCHECKED Resample using WEIGHTED AVERAGE EFFECTS >>> PLUGINS >>> EYE CANDY 3 >>> DROP SHADOW
STEP 19 EDIT >>> Repeat Drop Shadow.. change DIRECTION to 135 ACTIVATE RASTER 1 EDIT >>> Repeat Drop Shadow.. EDIT >>> Repeat Drop Shadow.. change DIRECTION to 315
STEP 20 Add you name LAYERS >>> MERGE >>> MERGE ALL (Flatten) Save as .jpg image

TESTERS RESULTS

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