CUP DAY
PSP9 to PSPX3

This tutorial was written by Jemima ~ OCTOBER 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

frame.pspimage
ToteBoard.pspimage
Secretariat.pspimage
CupBanner.pspimage
LF-Mask16-25102013.psp
MelbourneCupTrophy.png
Jockey-On-Scales.pspimage
jockeys-only-thomas-allen-pauly.pspimage
Save to a folder on your computer

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Plugins

** EYE CANDY3 **

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


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You can drag this hand down the page with you to keep your place in the tut.

Melbourne Cup Day, first Tuesday in November, is a big day in Australia *S*
STEP 1 Open a new image 600 x 600 Transparent background RASTER BACKGROUND PSPX - X2: Colour Depth = 8bits/channel PSPX3: Colour Depth RGB = 8bits/channel Flood fill with BLUE #34404d Open up the LF-Mask16-25102013 image in your PSP workspace AND mimimize
STEP 2 LAYERS >>> NEW RASTER LAYER Flood fill with ORANGE #e0894a LAYERS >>> NEW MASK LAYER >>> FROM IMAGE
STEP 3 LAYERS >>> MERGE >>> MERGE GROUP EFFECTS >>> REFLECTION EFFECTS >>> ROTATING MIRROR EFFECTS >>> EDGE EFFECTS >>> ENHANCE
STEP 4 LAYERS >>> NEW RASTER LAYER Flood fill with YELLOW #fbda61 LAYERS >>> NEW MASK LAYER >>> FROM IMAGE
STEP 5 LAYERS >>> MERGE >>> MERGE GROUP EFFECTS >>> REFLECTION EFFECTS >>> ROTATING MIRROR Same settings EFFECTS >>> EDGE EFFECTS >>> ENHANCE IMAGE >>> FLIP LAYERS >>> MERGE >>> MERGE DOWN
STEP 6 Choose your SELECTION TOOL then click on the CUSTOM SELECTION symbol and enter these coordinates.
STEP 7 EDIT >>> CLEAR LAYERS >>> NEW RASTER LAYER Open up the Secretariat 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.
STEP 8 SELECTIONS >>> MODIFY >>> Select Selections Borders
STEP 9 Flood fill with BLUE #34404d EFFECTS >>> TEXTURE EFFECTS >>> BLINDS
STEP 10 EFFECTS >>> TEXTURE EFFECTS >>> BLINDS UNCHECK "Horizontal" EFFECTS >>> 3D EFFECTS >>> INNER BEVEL
STEP 11 EFFECTS >>> PLUGINS >>> EYE CANDY 3 >>> DROP SHADOW
STEP 12 EDIT >>> Repeat Drop Shadow.. change DIRECTION to 135 EFFECTS >>> EDGE EFFECTS >>> ENHANCE DESELECT In your LAYER PALETTE change the OPACITY to 80%
STEP 13 Open up the CupBanner 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 = 80% Ensure "Resize all layers" is UNCHECKED Resample using WEIGHTED AVERAGE Reposition with your MOVER tool
STEP 14 EFFECTS >>> 3D EFFECTS >>> DROP SHADOW Vertical & Horizontal offsets = 2 Colour = Black Opacity = 70 Blur = 2.00 Repeat Drop Shadow effect changing Vertical & Horizontal Offsets to - ( minus ) 2 Click OK In your LAYER PALETTE change the BLEND MODE to DARKEN
STEP 15 Open up the MelbourneCupTrophy 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. Reposition with your MOVER tool
STEP 16 LAYERS >>> ARRANGE >>> MOVE DOWN (Twice) ACTIVATE Raster 3 Open up the ToteBoard 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. MAGE >>> RESIZE = 95% Ensure "Resize all layers" is UNCHECKED Resample using WEIGHTED AVERAGE ADJUST >>> SHARPNESS >>> SHARPEN Reposition with your MOVER tool
STEP 17 Open up the jockeys-only-thomas-allen-pauly 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. MAGE >>> RESIZE = 50% Ensure "Resize all layers" is UNCHECKED Resample using WEIGHTED AVERAGE ADJUST >>> SHARPNESS >>> SHARPEN Reposition with your MOVER tool
STEP 18 EFFECTS >>> PLUGINS >>> EYE CANDY 3 >>> DROP SHADOW Same settings Open up the Jockey-On-Scales 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. MAGE >>> RESIZE = 70% Ensure "Resize all layers" is UNCHECKED Resample using WEIGHTED AVERAGE ADJUST >>> SHARPNESS >>> SHARPEN EFFECTS >>> PLUGINS >>> EYE CANDY 3 >>> DROP SHADOW Same settings Reposition with your MOVER tool
STEP 19 Open up the frame 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. Add your name LAYERS >>> MERGE >>> MERGE ALL (Flatten) Save as .jpg image

TESTERS RESULTS

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