ST. PAT'S DAY 2013
PSP8 to PSPX3

This tutorial was written by Jemima ~ JANUARY 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

shamrocksignmp.psp
kz_Irish_Wordart.pspimage
karejbmongenainbeer.pspimage
calguismistcolored5910.pspimage
calguismistlandscape10710.pspimage
Alies 546-fantasy-26062011.pspimage
Save to a folder on your computer

g2rbow16.jpg
Save to your PSP Patterns folder
PSP8: C:\Program Files\Jasc Software\Paint Shop Pro 8\Patterns
PSP9: C:\Program Files\Jasc Software\Paint Shop Pro 9\Patterns
PSPX: C:\Program Files\Corel\Corel Paint Shop Pro X\Patterns
PSPXI / X2: C:\Program Files\Corel\Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo X2\Corel_08
PSPX3: C:\Program Files\Corel\X3\PSPClassic\Corel_08

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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.

STEP 1 A VERY EASY TUTORIAL *S* Open a new image 700 x 500 Transparent background PSPX - X2: Colour Depth = 8bits/channel PSPX3: Colour Depth RGB = 8bits/channel Flood fill with #6e7b53
STEP 2 LAYERS >>> NEW RASTER LAYER SELECTIONS >>> SELECT ALL Open up the calguismistcolored5910 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 3 LAYERS >>> DUPLICATE In your LAYER PALETTE change the BLEND MODE to SCREEN EFFECTS>>> GEOMETRIC EFFECTS >>> CIRCLE Edge Mode = Transparent
STEP 4 Open up the shamrocksignmp 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. LAYERS >>> DUPLICATE In your LAYER PALETTE change the BLEND MODE to MULTIPLY
STEP 5 LAYERS >>> NEW RASTER LAYER SELECTIONS >>> SELECT ALL Open up the calguismistlandscape10710 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 Pull down to the bottom left corner with your MOVER TOOL
STEP 6 In your LAYER PALETTE change the BLEND MODE to DIFFERENCE
STEP 7 Open up the karejbmongenainbeer 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 8 Open up the Alies 546-fantasy-26062011 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 9 ACTIVATE Copy of Raster 3 (the sign) LAYERS >>> MERGE >>> MERGE DOWN EFFECTS >>> 3D EFFECTS >>> DROP SHADOW Vertical & Horizontal offsets = - ( minus ) 1 Colour = WHITE Opacity = 100 Blur = 0
STEP 10 ACTIVATE the TOP layer Open up the kz_Irish_Wordart 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 EFFECTS >>> 3D EFFECTS >>> DROP SHADOW Vertical & Horizontal offsets = - ( minus ) 1 Colour = WHITE Opacity = 75 Blur = 0 Reposition with your MOVER tool
STEP 11 In your MATERIALS PALETTE load g2rbow16 pattern in the foreground using these settings
STEP 12 LAYERS >>> NEW RASTER LAYER Flood fill with g2rbow16 pattern SELECTIONS >>> SELECT ALL SELECTIONS >>> MODIFY >>> CONTRACT = 10 EDIT >>> CLEAR SELECTIONS >>> INVERT EFFECTS >>> 3D EFFECTS >>> INNER BEVEL
STEP 13 EFFECTS >>> PLUGINS >>> EYE CANDY 3 >>> DROP SHADOW DESELECT
STEP 14 LAYERS >>> MERGE >>> MERGE ALL (Flatten) Save as .jpg image

TESTERS RESULTS

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