TULIPS FRAME
PSP9 to PSPX8

This tutorial was written by Jemima ~ OCTOBER 2015
Copyright © 2015 ~ 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

tulips.png
Tulips_elements.pspimage
african_woman_raul_guerra.png
Save to a folder on your computer

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Plugins

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

** SIMPLE FILTERS **
download

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STEP 1 Open up the tulips.png image in your PSP workspace WINDOW >>> DUPLICATE Close the original Image EFFECTS >>> REFLECTION EFFECTS >>> ROTATING MIRROR Horizontal Offset = 0 Vertical Offset = n/a Rotation Angle = 180 Edge Mode = Reflect Choose your FREEHAND SELECTION TOOL Selection Type = Point to Point Mode = ADD (Shift) Feather = 1 Smoothing = 5 Antialias = Checked Select the areas shown EDIT >>> CLEAR DESELECT IMAGE >>> RESIZE = 60% Ensure "Resize all layers" is UNCHECKED Resample using WEIGHTED AVERAGE Right click on the Title Bar and select COPY from the options ,
STEP 2 Open a new image 700 x 700 Transparent background PSP9: Colour Depth = 16 Million Colors (24bit) PSPX-X7: Colour Depth RGB = 8bits/channel Right click on the Title Bar of your frame image and select PASTE AS NEW LAYER from the options. EFFECTS >>> IMAGE EFFECTS >>> OFFSET Horizontal Offset = 0 Vertical Offset = 180 Edge Mode = Transparent LAYERS >>> DUPLICATE PSP9: IMAGE >>> ROTATE >>> FREE ROTATE = RIGHT 90 Ensure "All layers" is UNCHECKED PSPX - PSPX8: IMAGE >>> FREE ROTATE = RIGHT 90 Ensure "All layers" is UNCHECKED EFFECTS >>> IMAGE EFFECTS >>> OFFSET Horizontal Offset = 215 Vertical Offset = - (minus) 220 Edge Mode = Transparent LAYERS >>> MERGE >>> MERGE DOWN
STEP 3 EFFECTS >>> IMAGE EFFECTS >>> OFFSET Horizontal Offset = 0 Vertical Offset = 50 Transparent LAYERS >>> DUPLICATE IMAGE >>> MIRROR IMAGE >>> FLIP EFFECTS >>> IMAGE EFFECTS >>> OFFSET Horizontal Offset = 0 Vertical Offset = 20 Edge Mode = Transparent LAYERS >>> MERGE >>> MERGE DOWN IMAGE >>> RESIZE = 85% Ensure "Resize all layers" is UNCHECKED Resample using WEIGHTED AVERAGE ADJUST >>> SHARPNESS >>> SHARPEN
STEP 4 Right click on the Title Bar and select COPY from the options Open a new image 700 x 600 Transparent background PSP9: Colour Depth = 16 Million Colors (24bit) PSPX-X7: Colour Depth RGB = 8bits/channel Right click on the Title Bar of your blank image and select PASTE AS NEW LAYER from the options. EFFECTS >>> DISTORTION EFFECTS >>> LENS DISTORTION ADJUST >>> SHARPNESS >>> SHARPEN MORE ,
STEP 5 In your MATERIALS PALETTE Load PINK " #dd70de " in your foreground Load LIGHT PURPLE " #9a9bdc " in your background Then click on the GRADIENT option in your foreground palette Select the "Foreground-background" option with these settings
STEP 6 With your MAGIC WAND Mode = Replace Match Mode = RGB Value Tolerance = 0 Feather = 0 Antialias = UNchecked Sample Merged = UNCHECKED PSP9 - X8: Check CONTIGUOUS PSPX - X8: There is no " Sample Merged" Select the CENTRE transparent area SELECTIONS >>> MODIFY >>> EXPAND = 4 SELECTIONS >>> INVERT
STEP 7 ACTIVATE Raster 1 Flood fill with the gradient DESELECT
STEP 8 ACTIVATE Raster 2 With your MAGIC WAND Mode = ADD (Shift) Match Mode = RGB Value Tolerance = 0 Feather = 1 Antialias = Checked Sample Merged = UNCHECKED PSP9 - X8: Check CONTIGUOUS PSPX - X8: There is no " Sample Merged" PSP9 - X8: ANTIALIAS = Outside Select the areas shown SELECTIONS >>> MODIFY >>> EXPAND = 4
STEP 9 ACTIVATE Raster 1 EFFECTS >>> 3D EFFECTS >>> INNER BEVEL
STEP 10 DESELECT ACTIVATE Raster 2 With your MAGIC WAND ... Same settings Select the area outside the tulip frame
STEP 11 ACTIVATE Raster 1 SELECTIONS >>> MODIFY >>> EXPAND = 4 SELECTIONS >>> INVERT EFFECTS >>> PLUGINS >>> EYE CANDY 3 >>> DROP SHADOW
STEP 12 EDIT >>> Repeat Drop Shadow.. change DIRECTION to 135 DESELECT
STEP 13 Choose your SELECTION TOOL then click on the CUSTOM SELECTION symbol and enter these coordinates.
STEP 14 SELECTIONS >>> INVERT EFFECTS >>> ARTISTIC EFFECTS >>> HALFTONE ,
STEP 15 EFFECTS >>> 3D EFFECTS >>> DROP SHADOW Vertical & Horizontal offsets = 1 Colour = Black Opacity = 70 Blur = 0 Repeat Drop Shadow effect changing Vertical & Horizontal Offsets to - ( minus ) 1 Click OK ADJUST >>> SHARPNESS >>> SHARPEN MORE EFFECTS >>> PLUGINS >>> EYE CANDY 3 >>> DROP SHADOW Same settings BUT change OPACITY to 50 EDIT >>> Repeat Drop Shadow.. change DIRECTION to 315 DESELECT
STEP 16 In your MATERIALS PALETTE Change the GRADIENT settings
STEP 17 ACTIVATE Raster 2 Open up the Tulips_elements image in your PSP workspace Activate the 'chain' layer Right click on the Title Bar and select COPY from the options Right click on the Title Bar of your frame image and select PASTE AS NEW LAYER from the options. SELECTIONS >>> SELECT ALL SELECTIONS >>> FLOAT SELECTIONS >>> DEFLOAT Flood fill with the Gradient (clicking 3 times) using these settings ,
STEP 18 DESELECT IMAGE >>> RESIZE = 95% Ensure "Resize all layers" is UNCHECKED Resample using WEIGHTED AVERAGE EFFECTS >>> 3D EFFECTS >>> DROP SHADOW Vertical & Horizontal offsets = 1 Colour = Black Opacity = 70 Blur = 0 Repeat Drop Shadow effect changing Vertical & Horizontal Offsets to - ( minus ) 1 Click OK EFFECTS >>> IMAGE EFFECTS >>> OFFSET Horizontal Offset = - (Minus) 310 Vertical Offset = 0 Edge Mode = Transparent
STEP 19 EFFECTS >>> PLUGINS >>> EYE CANDY 3 >>> DROP SHADOW
STEP 20 LAYERS >>> DUPLICATE IMAGE >>> MIRROR LAYERS >>> MERGE >>> MERGE DOWN In your MATERIALS PALETTE change the gradient ANGLE to 45. Back to the Tulips_elements image in your PSP workspace Activate the 'dots ' layer Right click on the Title Bar and select COPY from the options Right click on the Title Bar of your frame image and select PASTE AS NEW LAYER from the options. SELECTIONS >>> SELECT ALL SELECTIONS >>> FLOAT SELECTIONS >>> DEFLOAT Select your AIRBRUSH tool ,
STEP 21 Airbrush the dots EFFECTS >>> 3D EFFECTS >>> DROP SHADOW Vertical & Horizontal offsets = 1 Colour = Black Opacity = 100 Blur = 0 DESELECT EFFECTS >>> IMAGE EFFECTS >>> OFFSET Horizontal Offset = - (Minus) 210 Vertical Offset = 255 Edge Mode = Transparent
STEP 22 EFFECTS >>> PLUGINS >>> SIMPLE >>> TOP LEFT MIRROR Back to the Tulips_elements image in your PSP workspace Activate the 'bud' layer Right click on the Title Bar and select COPY from the options Right click on the Title Bar of your frame image and select PASTE AS NEW LAYER from the options. EFFECTS >>> PLUGINS >>> EYE CANDY 3 >>> DROP SHADOW Same settings ADJUST >>> SHARPNESS >>> SHARPEN MORE Reposition with your MOVER tool
STEP 23 EFFECTS >>> PLUGINS >>> SIMPLE >>> TOP LEFT MIRROR LAYERS >>> MERGE >>> MERGE VISIBLE Save as .pspimage image
STEP 24 LAYERS >>> NEW RASTER LAYER Flood fill with the gradient LAYERS >>> ARRANGE >>> MOVE DOWN
STEP 25 ACTIVATE the Merged layer EFFECTS >>> PLUGINS >>> EYE CANDY 3 >>> DROP SHADOW
STEP 26 ACTIVATE Raster 1 Open up the african_woman_raul_guerra 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 frame image and select PASTE AS NEW LAYER from the options. IMAGE >>> RESIZE = 65% Ensure "Resize all layers" is UNCHECKED Resample using WEIGHTED AVERAGE ADJUST >>> SHARPNESS >>> SHARPEN EFFECTS >>> 3D EFFECTS >>> INNER BEVEL
STEP 27 PSP9 - PSPX2:ADJUST >>> BRIGHTNESS and CONTRAST >>> CLARIFY Strength of effect = 5 PSPX3- PSPX8: ADJUST >>> BRIGHTNESS and CONTRAST >>> LOCAL TONE MAPPING Mapping strength = 3 PSP5 - PSPX8: Block size = 8 Reposition with your MOVER tool
STEP 28 EFFECTS >>> PLUGINS >>> EYE CANDY 3 >>> DROP SHADOW Same settings LAYERS >>> MERGE >>> MERGE VISIBLE LAYERS >>> NEW RASTER LAYER Select your TEXT tool and with a font of your choice add your name LAYERS >>> MERGE >>> MERGE ALL (Flatten) Save as .jpg image ,

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