BLUE VIGNETTE
PSP9 to PSPX8

This tutorial was written by Jemima ~ JULY 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

pooch.png
JF-Oval-11.png
sfcouple6.pspimage
concept-zhaoping-wei.jpg
2169-light-blue-curves.jpg
lamp_allume_by_jean52.pspimage
JER_OldCouple with sunflowers.png
elegant WA important direction .png
Save to a folder on your computer

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Plugins

** EYE CANDY3 **
OR
** EYE CANDY 4000**
http://pspgroep.seniorennet.be/filterpagina.htm
(PLEASE NOTE: You will need EYE CANDY 3 to do the "perspective shadows"
in STEPS 21 and 22
since I could not get the same result using EYE CANDY 4000)

** MURA'S FILTER MEISTER **
HERE
OR
MuRa's Filter Meister - 2

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STEP 1 Open up the 2169-light-blue-curves image in your PSP workspace WINDOW >>> DUPLICATE Close the original Image LAYERS >>> Promote background layer. .
STEP 2 EFFECTS >>> REFLECTION EFFECTS >>> ROTATING MIRROR Horizontal Offset = 0 Vertical Offset = n/a Rotation Angle = 180 Edge Mode = Reflect EFFECTS>>> GEOMETRIC EFFECTS >>> PENTAGON Edge Mode = Repeat EDIT >>> Repeat Pentagon
STEP 3 LAYERS >>> DUPLICATE PSP9 - PSPX2:ADJUST >>> BRIGHTNESS and CONTRAST >>> CLARIFY Strength of effect = 5 EDIT >>> Repeat Clarify ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PSPX3- PSPX6/X8: ADJUST >>> BRIGHTNESS and CONTRAST >>> LOCAL TONE MAPPING Mapping strength = 3 PSPX6/X8: Block size = 8 EDIT >>> Repeat Local Tone Mapping
STEP 4 EFFECTS >>> PLUGINS >>> MuRa's Filter Meister >>> Perspective Tiling
STEP 5 Choose your SELECTION TOOL then click on the CUSTOM SELECTION symbol and enter these coordinates.
STEP 6 EDIT >>> CLEAR DESELECT LAYERS >>> DUPLICATE EFFECTS >>> DISTORTION EFFECTS >>> TWIRL Degrees = 500 EFFECTS >>> REFLECTION EFFECTS >>> ROTATING MIRROR Same settings
STEP 7 IMAGE >>> FLIP Open up the JF-Oval-11 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 Horizontal Offset = 0 Vertical Offset = 60 Edge Mode = Transparent 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" PSPX - X8: Use all layers = UNChecked Select the oval shape
STEP 8 CLOSE Raster 2 ACTIVATE Raster 1 EDIT >>> CLEAR DESELECT DELETE Raster 2 EFFECTS >>> PLUGINS >>> EYE CANDY 3 >>> DROP SHADOW OR EFFECTS >>> PLUGINS >>> EYE CANDY 4000 >>> SHADOWLAB Center Offset Direction = 315 Center Offset Distance = 10.00 Overall Opacity = 60 Overall Blur (Pixels) = 10.00 Perspectivel Blur (Pixels) = 0.00 Color = BLACK Check 'Draw Only Outside Selection'
STEP 9 EDIT >>> Repeat Drop Shadow.. change DIRECTION to 135 OR EDIT >>> Repeat Shadowlab.. change DIRECTION to 135
STEP 10 ACTIVATE Copy of Raster 1 EFFECTS >>> PLUGINS >>> MuRa's Filter Meister >>> Perspective Tiling Same settings Repeat Drop Shadow.. same settings OR Repeat Shadowlab.. same settings EFFECTS >>> IMAGE EFFECTS >>> OFFSET Horizontal Offset = 0 Vertical Offset = - ( minus ) 10 Edge Mode = Transparent
STEP 11 CLOSE Copy of Raster 1 and Copy (2) of Raster 1 ACTIVATE Raster 1 With your MAGIC WAND Mode = Replace Match Mode = RGB Value Tolerance = 30 Feather = 0 Antialias = UNchecked Sample Merged = UNCHECKED PSP9 - X8: Check CONTIGUOUS PSPX - X8: There is no " Sample Merged" PSPX - X8: Use all layers = UNChecked Select the area shown
STEP 12 EFFECTS >>> ARTISTIC EFFECTS >>> HALFTONE ,
STEP 13 ADJUST >>> SHARPNESS >>> SHARPEN MORE DESELECT OPEN ALL LAYERS
STEP 14 ACTIVATE Copy (2) of Raster 1 LAYERS >>> NEW RASTER LAYER Flood fill with DARK BLUE #2c8bd7 SELECTIONS >>> SELECT ALL SELECTIONS >>> MODIFY >>> CONTRACT = 5 EDIT >>> CLEAR Flood fill with LIGHT BLUE #75c2f9 SELECTIONS >>> MODIFY >>> CONTRACT = 5 EDIT >>> CLEAR Flood fill with DARK BLUE #2c8bd7 SELECTIONS >>> MODIFY >>> CONTRACT = 5 EDIT >>> CLEAR SELECTIONS >>> INVERT
STEP 15 EFFECTS >>> PLUGINS >>> EYE CANDY 3 >>> DROP SHADOW Same settings OR EFFECTS >>> PLUGINS >>> EYE CANDY 4000 >>> Shadowlab Same settings ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ EDIT >>> Repeat Drop Shadow.. change DIRECTION to 315 OR EDIT >>> Repeat Shadowlab.. change DIRECTION to 315 DESELECT
STEP 16 Open up the concept-zhaoping-wei 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. LAYERS >>> ARRANGE >>> SEND TO BOTTOM EFFECTS >>> IMAGE EFFECTS >>> OFFSET Horizontal Offset = 0 Vertical Offset = 40 Edge Mode = Transparent
STEP 17 ACTIVATE Copy (2) of Raster 1 Open up the lamp_allume_by_jean52 image in your PSP workspace Activate Raster 2 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 Horizontal Offset = 270 Vertical Offset = 40 Edge Mode = Transparent
STEP 18 Open up the sfcouple6 image in your PSP workspace Activate Raster 1 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 = 65% Ensure "Resize all layers" is UNCHECKED Resample using WEIGHTED AVERAGE ADJUST >>> SHARPNESS >>> SHARPEN EFFECTS >>> IMAGE EFFECTS >>> OFFSET Horizontal Offset = 125 Vertical Offset = - ( minus ) 100 Edge Mode = Transparent
STEP 19 Open up the pooch.png 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 = 20% Ensure "Resize all layers" is UNCHECKED Resample using WEIGHTED AVERAGE ADJUST >>> SHARPNESS >>> SHARPEN EFFECTS >>> IMAGE EFFECTS >>> OFFSET Horizontal Offset = 100 Vertical Offset = - ( minus ) 190 Edge Mode = Transparent
STEP 20 Open up the JER_OldCouple with sunflowers 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 = 65% Ensure "Resize all layers" is UNCHECKED Resample using WEIGHTED AVERAGE ADJUST >>> SHARPNESS >>> SHARPEN EFFECTS >>> IMAGE EFFECTS >>> OFFSET Horizontal Offset = - ( minus ) 195 Vertical Offset = - ( minus ) 110 Edge Mode = Transparent
STEP 21 EFFECTS >>> PLUGINS >>> EYE CANDY 3 >>> PERSPECTIVE SHADOW   NOTE: Sorry, I cannot get the same effect with EYECANDY 4000
STEP 22 ACTIVATE Raster 6 EDIT >>> Repeat Perspective Shadow. ACTIVATE Raster 5 EDIT >>> Repeat Perspective Shadow. ACTIVATE Raster 4 EDIT >>> Repeat Perspective Shadow.
STEP 23 ACTIVATE the Top layer Open up the elegant WA important direction 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 LAYERS >>> DUPLICATE LAYERS >>> MERGE >>> MERGE DOWN EFFECTS >>> IMAGE EFFECTS >>> OFFSET Horizontal Offset = 0 Vertical Offset = 245 Edge Mode = Transparent
STEP 24 EFFECTS >>> 3D EFFECTS >>> DROP SHADOW Vertical & Horizontal offsets = 1 Colour = Black Opacity = 100 Blur = 0
STEP 25 LAYERS >>> NEW RASTER LAYER SELECT your TEXT tool With a font of your choice add your name.
STEP 26 LAYERS >>> MERGE >>> MERGE ALL (Flatten) Save as .jpg image.

TESTERS RESULTS

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