SPARKLE FRAME
PSP9 to PSPX8

This tutorial was written by Jemima ~ JANUARY 2016
Copyright © 2016 ~ 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

half-lotus42.png
sparkle-oval.png
dark-blue-waves.png
1228506011_feerie.pspimage
mcHT_10[1].24.05_Accents.psp
Save to a folder on your computer

t24-22.bmp
goldenbeads.bmp
Save to your PSP Patterns folder
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Plugins

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

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STEP 1 Open a new image 700 x 600 Transparent background PSP9: Colour Depth = 16 Million Colors (24bit) PSPX-X8: Colour Depth RGB = 8bits/channel
STEP 2 Open up the half-lotus42 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. EFFECTS >>> IMAGE EFFECTS >>> OFFSET Horizontal Offset = 0 Vertical Offset = 125 Edge Mode = Transparent
STEP 3 LAYERS >>> DUPLICATE IMAGE >>> FLIP LAYERS >>> MERGE >>> MERGE DOWN EFFECTS >>> TEXTURE EFFECTS >>> SCULPTURE PATTERN = t24-22.bmp ,
STEP 4 ADJUST >>> HUE & SATURATION >>> COLORIZE Hue = 200 Saturation = 110 EFFECTS >>> 3D EFFECTS >>> INNER BEVEL
STEP 5 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 6 ADJUST >>> BRIGHTNESS and CONTRAST >>> BRIGHTNESS/CONTRAST Brightness = 48 Contrast = 50 PSPX6-X8: Linear mode checked
STEP 7 ACTIVATE Raster 1 Flood fill with PURPLE #8771bb LAYERS >>> NEW RASTER LAYER SELECTIONS >>> SELECT ALL Open up the dark-blue-waves 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 INTO SELECTION from the options. DESELECT LAYERS >>> DUPLICATE IMAGE >>> FLIP IMAGE >>> MIRROR LAYERS >>> MERGE >>> MERGE DOWN
STEP 8 Open up the sparkle-oval 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. SELECTIONS >>> SELECT ALL SELECTIONS >>> FLOAT SELECTIONS >>> DEFLOAT EFFECTS >>> TEXTURE EFFECTS >>> SCULPTURE PATTERN = goldenbeads ,
STEP 9 ADJUST >>> HUE & SATURATION >>> COLORIZE Hue = 0 Saturation = 0 EFFECTS >>> EDGE EFFECTS >>> ENHANCE MORE EDIT >>> Repeat Enhance Edges More SELECTIONS >>> MODIFY >>> CONTRACT = 12 EDIT >>> CLEAR ACTIVATE Raster 3 EDIT >>> CLEAR ACTIVATE Raster 1 EDIT >>> CLEAR DESELECT
STEP 10 ACTIVATE Raster 4 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 EFFECTS >>> PLUGINS >>> EYE CANDY 3 >>> DROP SHADOW
STEP 11 ACTIVATE Raster 2 EDIT >>> Repeat Drop Shadow ACTIVATE Raster 4 EDIT >>> Repeat Drop Shadow.. change DIRECTION to 135
STEP 12 Open up the mcHT_10[1].24.05_Accents image in your PSP workspace Activate layer 3 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 >>> IMAGE EFFECTS >>> OFFSET Horizontal Offset = - ( minus ) 250 Vertical Offset = 155 Edge Mode = Transparent LAYERS >>> DUPLICATE LAYERS >>> MERGE >>> MERGE DOWN
STEP 13 LAYERS >>> DUPLICATE IMAGE >>> MIRROR LAYERS >>> MERGE >>> MERGE DOWN LAYERS >>> DUPLICATE IMAGE >>> FLIP LAYERS >>> MERGE >>> MERGE DOWN EFFECTS >>> PLUGINS >>> EYE CANDY 3 >>> DROP SHADOW Same settings
STEP 14 In your LAYER PALETTE change the BLEND MODE to LUMINANCE (L) on Raster layers 2, 5 and 4 Then activate Raster 2
STEP 15 LAYERS >>> NEW RASTER LAYER Flood fill with PURPLE EFFECTS >>> TEXTURE EFFECTS >>> SCULPTURE PATTERN = goldenbeads Same settings ADJUST >>> HUE & SATURATION >>> COLORIZE Hue = 0 Saturation = 0 EFFECTS >>> EDGE EFFECTS >>> ENHANCE MORE EDIT >>> Repeat Enhance Edges More SELECTIONS >>> SELECT ALL SELECTIONS >>> MODIFY >>> CONTRACT = 6 EDIT >>> CLEAR DO NOT DESELECT
STEP 16 Flood fill with PURPLE 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 SELECTIONS >>> MODIFY >>> CONTRACT = 3 EDIT >>> CLEAR REPEAT both Drop Shadows DO NOT DESELECT
STEP 17 Flood fill with PURPLE EFFECTS >>> TEXTURE EFFECTS >>> SCULPTURE PATTERN = goldenbeads Same settings ADJUST >>> HUE & SATURATION >>> COLORIZE Hue = 0 Saturation = 0 EFFECTS >>> EDGE EFFECTS >>> ENHANCE MORE EDIT >>> Repeat Enhance Edges More SELECTIONS >>> MODIFY >>> CONTRACT = 6 EDIT >>> CLEAR REPEAT both Drop Shadows DESELECT In your LAYER PALETTE change the BLEND MODE to LUMINANCE (L)
STEP 18 EFFECTS >>> PLUGINS >>> EYE CANDY 3 >>> DROP SHADOW Same settings EDIT >>> Repeat Drop Shadow.. change DIRECTION to 315 LAYERS >>> MERGE >>> MERGE VISIBLE
STEP 19 LAYERS >>> NEW RASTER LAYER Flood fill with #b8aad8 LAYERS >>> ARRANGE >>> MOVE DOWN ,
STEP 20 Open up the 1228506011_feerie 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 = 60% Ensure "Resize all layers" is UNCHECKED Resample using WEIGHTED AVERAGE LAYERS >>> DUPLICATE LAYERS >>> MERGE >>> MERGE DOWN Reposition with your MOVER tool
STEP 21 LAYERS >>> MERGE >>> MERGE VISIBLE LAYERS >>> NEW RASTER LAYER Select your TEXT tool and with a font of your choice add your name
STEP 22 LAYERS >>> MERGE >>> MERGE ALL (Flatten) Save as .jpg image ,

TESTERS RESULTS

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