CAPTIVE AUDIENCE
PSP9 to PSPX7

This tutorial was written by Jemima ~ APRIL 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

CA-Frame.png
butterfly-sdh.psp
butterflyswarm.psp
Fantasia_0173.psp
806-blue-curves.jpg
CA-Elements.pspimage
abstract-design-art-2.jpg
captive audience.pspimage
Tube_filly_ butterfly2.pspimage
Save to a folder on your computer

frame 2806pa.pfr
Save to your PSP Picture Frames folder
Corel_09 PspFrames (In higher versions of PSP)
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Plugins

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

** SIMPLE FILTERS **
download

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Open up the 806-blue-curves.jpg image and the abstract-design-art-2.jpg image in your PSP workspace and minimize.
STEP 1 Open a new image 700 x 600 Transparent background PSP9: Colour Depth = 16 Million Colors (24bit) PSPX-X7: Colour Depth RGB = 8bits/channel Flood fill with RED #a70a11 LAYERS >>> NEW RASTER LAYER Flood fill with WHITE .
STEP 2 LAYERS >>> NEW MASK LAYER >>> FROM IMAGE SOURCE WINDOW = 806-blue-curves.jpg
STEP 3 LAYERS >>> MERGE >>> MERGE GROUP EFFECTS >>> REFLECTION EFFECTS >>> ROTATING MIRROR Horizontal Offset = 0 Vertical Offset = n/a Rotation Angle = 180 Edge Mode = Reflect .
STEP 4 LAYERS >>> NEW RASTER LAYER Flood fill with GREEN #409d00 LAYERS >>> NEW MASK LAYER >>> FROM IMAGE SOURCE WINDOW = abstract-design-art-2.jpg
STEP 5 LAYERS >>> MERGE >>> MERGE GROUP EFFECTS >>> REFLECTION EFFECTS >>> ROTATING MIRROR Same settings In your LAYER PALETTE change the BLEND MODE to MULTIPLY
STEP 6 Open up the Fantasia_0173.psp image in your PSP workspace CLOSE the Trama 4 and Trama 2 layers ACTIVATE the Trama 1 layer Right click on the Title Bar and select COPY MERGED from the options Close the original image Right click in your PSP workspace and select PASTE AS NEW IMAGE from the options. IMAGE >>> RESIZE
STEP 7 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 8 IMAGE >>> PICTURE FRAME Locate the frame 2806pa frame Click OK ADJUST >>> SHARPNESS >>> SHARPEN MORE
STEP 9 With your MAGIC WAND Mode = Replace Match Mode = RGB Value Tolerance = 0 Feather = 0 Antialias = UNchecked Sample Merged = UNCHECKED PSP9 - X7: Check CONTIGUOUS PSPX - X7: There is no " Sample Merged" PSPX - X7: Use all layers = UNChecked Select the inner centre of the frame SELECTIONS >>> MODIFY >>> EXPAND = 4
STEP 10 LAYERS >>> NEW RASTER LAYER LAYERS >>> ARRANGE >>> MOVE DOWN SELECTIONS >>> INVERT EFFECTS >>> PLUGINS >>> EYE CANDY 3 >>> DROP SHADOW
STEP 11 EDIT >>> Repeat Drop Shadow.. change DIRECTION to 135 DESELECT
STEP 12 ACTIVATE Raster 2 Picture Frame With your MAGIC WAND ... Same settings Select the OUTER area of the frame. SELECTIONS >>> INVERT EFFECTS >>> PLUGINS >>> EYE CANDY 3 >>> DROP SHADOW Same settings EDIT >>> Repeat Drop Shadow.. change DIRECTION to 315 DESELECT
STEP 13 Open up the butterflyswarm 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 14 ACTIVATE Raster 2 Picture Frame Open up the captive audience image in your PSP workspace With Raster 2 active 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 = 70% Ensure "Resize all layers" is UNCHECKED Resample using WEIGHTED AVERAGE ADJUST >>> SHARPNESS >>> SHARPEN Reposition with your MOVER tool
STEP 15 Choose your SELECTION TOOL Selection Type = Rectangle Mode = Replace Feather = 0 Antialias = UNChecked Select the area shown
STEP 16 EDIT >>> CLEAR DESELECT Reposition with your MOVER tool if necessary
STEP 17 EFFECTS >>> PLUGINS >>> EYE CANDY 3 >>> PERSPECTIVE SHADOW SAVE YOUR WORK
STEP 18 ACTIVATE the upper Group - Raster 2 layer
STEP 19 Open up the CA-Elements image in your PSP workspace With Raster 2 active 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 Horizontal Offset = 0 Vertical Offset = 260 Edge Mode = Transparent
STEP 20 LAYERS >>> DUPLICATE IMAGE >>> FLIP LAYERS >>> DUPLICATE PSP9: IMAGE >>> ROTATE >>> FREE ROTATE = RIGHT 90 Ensure "All layers" is UNCHECKED PSPX - PSPX7: IMAGE >>> FREE ROTATE = RIGHT 90 Ensure "All layers" is UNCHECKED EFFECTS >>> IMAGE EFFECTS >>> OFFSET Horizontal Offset = - (Minus) 305 Vertical Offset = 260 Edge Mode = Transparent LAYERS >>> DUPLICATE IMAGE >>> MIRROR LAYERS >>> MERGE >>> MERGE DOWN (3 Times) ,
STEP 21 Back to the CA-Elements image in your PSP workspace With Raster 1 active 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 Horizontal Offset = - (Minus) 305 Vertical Offset = 228 Edge Mode = Transparent
STEP 22 EFFECTS >>> PLUGINS >>> SIMPLE >>> TOP LEFT MIRROR
STEP 23 ACTIVATE Raster 4 Open up the CA-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. EFFECTS >>> PLUGINS >>> EYE CANDY 3 >>> DROP SHADOW
STEP 24 EDIT >>> Repeat Drop Shadow.. change DIRECTION to 135
STEP 25 LAYERS >>> MERGE >>> MERGE VISIBLE Open up the Tube_filly_ butterfly2 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 EFFECTS >>> PLUGINS >>> EYE CANDY 3 >>> DROP SHADOW Same settings Reposition with your MOVER tool
STEP 26 Open up the butterfly-sdh. 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 >>> MIRROR IMAGE >>> RESIZE = 40% Ensure "Resize all layers" is UNCHECKED Resample using WEIGHTED AVERAGE ADJUST >>> SHARPNESS >>> SHARPEN EFFECTS >>> PLUGINS >>> EYE CANDY 3 >>> DROP SHADOW Same settings Reposition with your MOVER tool
STEP 27 LAYERS >>> NEW RASTER LAYER Select your TEXT tool Using a font of your choice Add your name
STEP 28 LAYERS >>> MERGE >>> MERGE ALL (Flatten) Save as .jpg image

TESTERS RESULTS

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