CITY LIFE
PSP9 to PSPX6

This tutorial was written by Jemima ~ JANUARY 2014
Copyright © 2014 ~ 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

AE16.pspimage
MOON.pspimage
bluecity_abstract.jpg
JF_ArturoElena12.psp
JF_ArturoElena17.psp
JF_ArturoElena44.psp
JF_ArturoElena51.psp
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.

STEP 1 Open up the bluecity_abstract image in your PSP workspace WINDOW >>> DUPLICATE Close the original Image LAYERS >>> Promote background layer LAYERS >>> NEW RASTER LAYER Flood fill with Light Blue #259ce7 LAYERS >>> ARRANGE >>> MOVE DOWN VIEW >>> RULERS
STEP 2 ACTIVATE Raster 1 Choose your SELECTION TOOL then click on the CUSTOM SELECTION symbol and enter these coordinates.
STEP 3 (PSPX2 and higher versions ... see note below... STEP 3A) Select your BACKGROUND ERASER TOOL and using these settings... PRESET = + Square 50 Erase the selected area
STEP 3A PSPX2 and higher versions ONLY PROMOTE SELECTION TO LAYER Activate Raster 1 EDIT >>> CLEAR Activate Promoted Selection layer DESELECT Select your BACKGROUND ERASER TOOL and using these settings... PRESET = + Square 50 Erase the selected area Activate Raster 1 In your LAYER PALETTE change the BLEND MODE to DIFFERENCE Activate Promoted Selection layer LAYERS >>> MERGE >>> MERGE DOWN EFFECTS >>> EDGE EFFECTS >>> ENHANCE MORE ****** BYPASS STEP 4 AND CONTINUE FROM STEP 5 ******
STEP 4 SELECTIONS >>> INVERT In your LAYER PALETTE change the BLEND MODE to DIFFERENCE EFFECTS >>> EDGE EFFECTS >>> ENHANCE MORE DESELECT
STEP 5 Open up the MOON 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. EFFECTS >>> IMAGE EFFECTS >>> OFFSET
STEP 6 In your LAYER PALETTE change the OPACITY to 50%
STEP 7 ACTIVATE Raster 1 With your MAGIC WAND Mode = Replace Match Mode = RGB Value Tolerance = 21 Feather = 1 Antialias = Checked Sample Merged = UNCHECKED PSP9 - X6: Check CONTIGUOUS PSPX - X6: There is no " Sample Merged" PSPX - X6: Use all layers = UNChecked PSP9 - X6: ANTIALIAS = Outside Place your cursor around the 600 pixels across and 200 pixels down and click to select the top light blue area (It doesn't have to look exactly like the example)
STEP 8 ACTIVATE Raster 2 EFFECTS >>> TEXTURE EFFECTS >>> WEAVE
STEP 9 DESELECT LAYERS >>> DUPLICATE In your LAYER PALETTE change the BLEND MODE to DIFFERENCE change the OPACITY to 60%
STEP 10 EFFECTS >>> EDGE EFFECTS >>> ENHANCE MORE EFFECTS >>> EDGE EFFECTS >>> ENHANCE LAYERS >>> DUPLICATE In your LAYER PALETTE change the BLEND MODE to OVERLAY
STEP 11 ACTIVATE Raster 1 Choose your SELECTION TOOL then click on the CUSTOM SELECTION symbol Same settings EFFECTS >>> TEXTURE EFFECTS >>> MOSAIC ANTIQUE
STEP 12 EFFECTS >>> TEXTURE EFFECTS >>> MOSAIC GLASS
STEP 13 SELECTIONS >>> INVERT ACTIVATE Raster 2 EFFECTS >>> PLUGINS >>> EYE CANDY 3 >>> DROP SHADOW DESELECT
STEP 14 ACTIVATE Raster 3 ADJUST >>> HUE & SATURATION >>> COLORIZE
STEP 15 LAYERS >>> NEW RASTER LAYER Flood fill with Dark Blue #074478 EFFECTS >>> TEXTURE EFFECTS >>> WEAVE
STEP 16 EFFECTS >>> EDGE EFFECTS >>> ENHANCE PSPX6 NOTE: You may have to "Sharpen" instead if the "Enhance" makes it too bright. SELECTIONS >>> SELECT ALL SELECTIONS >>> MODIFY >>> CONTRACT = 10 EDIT >>> CLEAR DESELECT EFFECTS >>> 3D EFFECTS >>> DROP SHADOW Vertical & Horizontal offsets = 1 Colour = Black Opacity = 100 Blur = 0 Repeat Drop Shadow effect changing Vertical & Horizontal Offsets to - ( minus ) 1 Click OK
STEP 17 EFFECTS >>> PLUGINS >>> EYE CANDY 3 >>> DROP SHADOW
STEP 18 EFFECTS >>> PLUGINS >>> EYE CANDY 3 >>> DROP SHADOW
STEP 19 ACTIVATE Raster 3 Open up the JF_ArturoElena12 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 ... doesn't have to be exact.
STEP 20 EFFECTS >>> PLUGINS >>> EYE CANDY 3 >>> PERSPECTIVE SHADOW
STEP 21 ACTIVATE Raster 3 Open up the JF_ArturoElena44 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 EFFECTS >>> PLUGINS >>> EYE CANDY 3 >>> PERSPECTIVE SHADOW Same settings Reposition with your MOVER tool
STEP 22 Open up the JF_ArturoElena51 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 EFFECTS >>> PLUGINS >>> EYE CANDY 3 >>> PERSPECTIVE SHADOW Same settings Reposition with your MOVER tool
STEP 23 Open up the JF_ArturoElena17 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 = 85% Ensure "Resize all layers" is UNCHECKED Resample using WEIGHTED AVERAGE ADJUST >>> SHARPNESS >>> SHARPEN EFFECTS >>> PLUGINS >>> EYE CANDY 3 >>> PERSPECTIVE SHADOW Same settings Reposition with your MOVER tool
STEP 24 Open up the AE16 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. EFFECTS >>> PLUGINS >>> EYE CANDY 3 >>> PERSPECTIVE SHADOW Same settings Reposition with your MOVER tool
STEP 25 LAYERS >>> MERGE >>> MERGE ALL (Flatten) LAYERS >>> NEW RASTER LAYER Add your Name LAYERS >>> MERGE >>> MERGE ALL (Flatten) Save as .jpg image

TESTERS RESULTS

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