PIRATE FANTASY
PSP9 to PSPX6

This tutorial was written by Jemima ~ NOVEMBER 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

FJ.png
chest.png
pirate-ship-art.jpg
piratezombie5.png
piratepots_jug.png
made-by-atlassigns.png
pirate_captain_by_sicilianvalkyrie.png
Save to a folder on your computer

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Plugins

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


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STEP 1 Open a new image 650 x 480 Transparent background PSP9: Colour Depth = 16 Million Colors (24bit) PSPX-X6: Colour Depth RGB = 8bits/channel Flood fill with GREEN #2c403a SELECTIONS >>> SELECT ALL
STEP 2 LAYERS >>> NEW RASTER LAYER Open up the pirate-ship-art 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 >>> DUPLICATE CLOSE Copy of Raster 2 ACTIVATE Raster 2 ADJUST >>> BLUR >>> RADIAL BLUR
STEP 3 PSP9 - PSPX2:ADJUST >>> BRIGHTNESS and CONTRAST >>> CLARIFY Strength of effect = 5 PSPX3-PSPX6: ADJUST >>> BRIGHTNESS and CONTRAST >>> LOCAL TONE Mapping strength = 5 PSP X4 - X6: Block size 8 PSP9 - PSPX2: EDIT >>> Repeat CLARIFY (TWICE) PSPX3-PSPX6: EDIT >>> Repeat LOCAL TONE (TWICE) PSP X4 - X6: Block size 8
STEP 4 EFFECTS >>> EDGE EFFECTS >>> ENHANCE MORE IMAGE >>> RESIZE = 95% Ensure "Resize all layers" is UNCHECKED Resample using WEIGHTED AVERAGE In your LAYER PALETTE change the BLEND MODE to EXCLUSION
STEP 5 ACTIVATE Raster 1 EFFECTS >>> TEXTURE EFFECTS >>> TILES COLOUR = #808080
STEP 6 OPEN & ACTIVATE Copy of Raster 2 IMAGE >>> RESIZE = 85% Ensure "Resize all layers" is UNCHECKED Resample using WEIGHTED AVERAGE In your LAYER PALETTE change the OPACITY to 75% EFFECTS >>> PLUGINS >>> EYE CANDY 3 >>> DROP SHADOW
STEP 7 ACTIVATE Raster 2 SELECTIONS >>> SELECT ALL SELECTIONS >>> FLOAT SELECTIONS >>> DEFLOAT LAYERS >>> NEW RASTER LAYER EFFECTS >>> PLUGINS >>> EYE CANDY 3 >>> DROP SHADOW Same settings EDIT >>> Repeat Drop Shadow.. change DIRECTION to 135 CHANGE Distance to 5 CHANGE Blur to 5 DESELECT
STEP 8 ACTIVATE Copy of Raster 2 EFFECTS >>> PLUGINS >>> EYE CANDY 3 >>> DROP SHADOW Same settings
STEP 9 Open up the piratezombie5.png 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 Reposition with your MOVER tool
STEP 10 LAYERS >>> ARRANGE >>> MOVE DOWN In your LAYER PALETTE change the BLEND MODE to LUMINANCE (L) ADJUST >>> SHARPNESS >>> SHARPEN
STEP 11 ACTIVATE Copy of Raster 2 Open up the made-by-atlassigns 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 chest.png 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 = 42% Ensure "Resize all layers" is UNCHECKED Resample using WEIGHTED AVERAGE ADJUST >>> SHARPNESS >>> SHARPEN Reposition with your MOVER tool
STEP 13 Open up the pirate_captain_by_sicilianvalkyrie.png 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 = 60% Ensure "Resize all layers" is UNCHECKED Resample using WEIGHTED AVERAGE ADJUST >>> SHARPNESS >>> SHARPEN Reposition with your MOVER tool
STEP 14 EFFECTS >>> PLUGINS >>> EYE CANDY 3 >>> PERSPECTIVE SHADOW
STEP 15 ACTIVATE Raster 5 EDIT >>> Repeat Perspective Shadow.
STEP 16 ACTIVATE Raster 7 Open up the piratepots_jug.png 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 = 15% Ensure "Resize all layers" is UNCHECKED Resample using WEIGHTED AVERAGE ADJUST >>> SHARPNESS >>> SHARPEN Reposition onto the bench with your MOVER tool Repeat Perspective Shadow.
STEP 17 Open up the FJ.png 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 Repeat Perspective Shadow.
STEP 18 LAYERS >>> NEW RASTER LAYER ADD YOUR NAME
STEP 19 LAYERS >>> MERGE >>> MERGE ALL (Flatten) Save as .jpg image

TESTERS RESULTS

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