CAGED
PSP9 to PSPX6

This tutorial was written by Jemima ~ JANUARY 2014
Copyright © 2013/14 ~ 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

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Materials

Wizmus1.psp
caged-frame.pspimage
1228506071_feerie.pspimage
WS1-Fairy_NewBorn191108.psp
13186825882_feerique_nikita.pspimage
Save to a folder on your computer

Plugins

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


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STEP 1 In your MATERIALS PALETTE Load CREAM" #e5c7ba " in your foreground Load BROWN " #7d412a " in your background Then click on the GRADIENT option in your foreground palette and select the "Foreground_background" gradient with these settings	..
STEP 2 Open a new image 500 x 500 Transparent background PSPX - X2: Colour Depth = 8bits/channel PSPX3-6: Colour Depth RGB = 8bits/channel Flood fill with the gradient EFFECTS >>> TEXTURE EFFECTS >>> WEAVE
STEP 3 EFFECTS>>> GEOMETRIC EFFECTS >>> CIRCLE Edge Mode = Transparent IMAGE >>> RESIZE = 90% Ensure "Resize all layers" is UNCHECKED Resample using WEIGHTED AVERAGE SELECTIONS >>> SELECT ALL SELECTIONS >>> FLOAT SELECTIONS >>> DEFLOAT EFFECTS >>> PLUGINS >>> Transparency >>> Eliminate Black DO NOT DESELECT
STEP 4 SELECTIONS >>> MODIFY >>> CONTRACT = 10 SELECTIONS >>> INVERT EDIT >>> CLEAR SELECTIONS >>> INVERT LAYERS >>> NEW RASTER LAYER Flood fill with the gradient SELECTIONS >>> MODIFY >>> CONTRACT = 4 EDIT >>> CLEAR DESELECT Rename this layer "outer circle"
STEP 5 ACTIVATE Raster 1 LAYERS >>> DUPLICATE LAYERS >>> MERGE >>> MERGE DOWN LAYERS >>> DUPLICATE IMAGE >>> FLIP EFFECTS >>> 3D EFFECTS >>> INNER BEVEL Rename this layer "cage back "
STEP 6 ACTIVATE Raster 1 EFFECTS >>> 3D EFFECTS >>> INNER BEVEL Same settings BUT Change "Shininess" to 80 Rename this layer "cage front "
STEP 7 ACTIVATE outer circle layer EFFECTS >>> 3D EFFECTS >>> INNER BEVEL Same settings ACTIVATE cage back LAYERS >>> ARRANGE >>> MOVE DOWN
STEP 8 EFFECTS >>> 3D EFFECTS >>> DROP SHADOW Vertical & Horizontal offsets = 1 Colour = Black Opacity = 50 Blur = 4.00 ACTIVATE cage front EDIT >>> Repeat Drop Shadow ADJUST >>> BRIGHTNESS and CONTRAST >>> BRIGHTNESS/CONTRAST Brightness = 30 Contrast = 30 PSPX6: Linear mode Checked ACTIVATE cage back EDIT >>> Repeat Drop Shadow In your LAYER PALETTE change the OPACITY to 70% Save as circularcage.pspimage Minimize for now
Now... let's do something with it...
STEP 9 In your MATERIALS PALETTE Load DARK BLUE " #3e5bba " in your foreground Load LIGHT BLUE " #8598d7 " in your background Then click on the GRADIENT option in your foreground palette and select the "Foreground_background" gradient with these settings
STEP 10 Open up the 1228506071_feerie image in your PSP workspace WINDOW >>> DUPLICATE Close the original Image Choose your SELECTION TOOL Selection Type = Rectangle Mode = Replace Feather = 0 Antialias = UNChecked Select the watermark Hit your DELETE key DESELECT
STEP 11 EFFECTS >>> IMAGE EFFECTS >>> OFFSET
STEP 12 Open up the 13186825882_feerique_nikita 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. Choose your SELECTION TOOL Selection Type = Rectangle Mode = Replace Feather = 0 Antialias = UNChecked Select the watermark Hit your DELETE key DESELECT
STEP 13 EFFECTS >>> IMAGE EFFECTS >>> OFFSET
STEP 14 LAYERS >>> NEW RASTER LAYER Flood fill with BLUE gradient LAYERS >>> ARRANGE >>> SEND TO BOTTOM
STEP 15 ACTIVATE Raster 2 Open up the WS1-Fairy_NewBorn191108 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 >>> IMAGE EFFECTS >>> OFFSET
STEP 16 Maximize your circularcage image Activate the cage back layer 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 EFFECTS >>> IMAGE EFFECTS >>> OFFSET Same settings LAYERS >>> ARRANGE >>> MOVE DOWN
STEP 17 ACTIVATE Raster 4 Back to your circularcage image Activate the cage front layer 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 EFFECTS >>> IMAGE EFFECTS >>> OFFSET Same settings
STEP 18 Back to your circularcage image Activate the outer circle layer 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 EFFECTS >>> IMAGE EFFECTS >>> OFFSET Same settings
STEP 19 EFFECTS >>> PLUGINS >>> EYE CANDY 3 >>> PERSPECTIVE SHADOW
STEP 20 ACTIVATE Raster 6 EDIT >>> Repeat Perspective Shadow ACTIVATE Raster 4 EDIT >>> Repeat Perspective Shadow ACTIVATE Raster 5 EDIT >>> Repeat Perspective Shadow On layers Raster 5, Raster 6 and Raster 7 Change the BLEND MODE to MULTIPLY
STEP 21 ACTIVATE Raster 7 Open up the Wizmus1 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 ADJUST >>> SHARPNESS >>> SHARPEN EFFECTS >>> IMAGE EFFECTS >>> OFFSET EFFECTS >>> PLUGINS >>> EYE CANDY 3 >>> PERSPECTIVE SHADOW Same settings
STEP 22 Open up the caged-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.
STEP 23 LAYERS >>> MERGE >>> MERGE VISIBLE LAYERS >>> NEW RASTER LAYER Add your name LAYERS >>> MERGE >>> MERGE ALL (Flatten) Save as .jpg image NOTE: I resized my result before posting it at the top of this tutorial

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