VALENTINE 2017 FRAME
PSP9 to PSPX9

This tutorial was written by Jemima ~ JANUARY 2017
Copyright © 2017 ~ 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

Trap.pspimage
hearts-deco31.png
Curved-paper-9.png
13_exclusivitet2.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

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You can drag this hand down the page with you to keep your place in the tut.

STEP 1 Open a new image 700 x 600 Transparent background PSP9: Colour Depth = 16 Million Colors (24bit) PSPX-X9: Colour Depth RGB = 8bits/channel. .
STEP 2 Open up the Curved-paper-9 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 = 100 Vertical Offset = - ( minus ) 111 Edge Mode = Transparent EFFECTS >>> REFLECTION EFFECTS >>> ROTATING MIRROR Horizontal Offset = 0 Vertical Offset = n/a Rotation Angle = 0 Edge Mode = Reflect
STEP 3 Choose your FREEHAND SELECTION TOOL Selection Type = Point to Point Mode = Replace Feather = 1 Smoothing = 5 Antialias = Checked ZOOM in and select the area shown
STEP 4 EDIT >>> CLEAR DESELECT Choose your SELECTION TOOL then click on the CUSTOM SELECTION symbol and enter these coordinates.
STEP 5 EDIT >>> CLEAR DESELECT LAYERS >>> DUPLICATE IMAGE >>> FLIP LAYERS >>> MERGE >>> MERGE DOWN SAVE YOUR WORK
STEP 6 IMAGE >>> RESIZE = 80% Ensure "Resize all layers" is UNCHECKED Resample using WEIGHTED AVERAGE ADJUST >>> SHARPNESS >>> SHARPEN ACTIVATE Raster 1 Flood fill with DARK GREY #5f7171
STEP 7 LAYERS >>> NEW RASTER LAYER Flood fill with LIGHT GREY #bec9c9 IMAGE >>> RESIZE = 95% Ensure "Resize all layers" is UNCHECKED Resample using WEIGHTED AVERAGE
STEP 8 LAYERS >>> NEW RASTER LAYER Flood fill with DARK GREY IMAGE >>> RESIZE = 90% Ensure "Resize all layers" is UNCHECKED Resample using WEIGHTED AVERAGE
STEP 9 LAYERS >>> NEW RASTER LAYER Flood fill with LIGHT GREY IMAGE >>> RESIZE = 85% Ensure "Resize all layers" is UNCHECKED Resample using WEIGHTED AVERAGE
STEP 10 LAYERS >>> NEW RASTER LAYER Flood fill with DARK GREY IMAGE >>> RESIZE = 81% Ensure "Resize all layers" is UNCHECKED Resample using WEIGHTED AVERAGE SAVE YOUR WORK
STEP 11 ACTIVATE Raster 2 With your MAGIC WAND Mode = Replace Match Mode = RGB Value Tolerance = 0 Feather = 0 Antialias = UNchecked Sample Merged = UNCHECKED PSP9 - X9: Check CONTIGUOUS PSPX - X9: There is no " Sample Merged" Select the CENTRE area of your image SELECTIONS >>> MODIFY >>> EXPAND = 15 ,
STEP 12 ACTIVATE Raster 6 EDIT >>> CLEAR ACTIVATE Raster 5 EDIT >>> CLEAR ACTIVATE Raster 4 EDIT >>> CLEAR ACTIVATE Raster 3 EDIT >>> CLEAR ACTIVATE Raster 1 EDIT >>> CLEAR DESELECT ACTIVATE Raster 2 LAYERS >>> MERGE >>> MERGE DOWN SAVE YOUR WORK
STEP 13 ACTIVATE Raster 3 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 = 65 Overall Blur (Pixels) = 10.00 Perspectivel Blur (Pixels) = 0.00 Color = BLACK Check 'Draw Only Outside Selection'
STEP 14 ACTIVATE Raster 4 EDIT >>> Repeat Drop Shadow.. ACTIVATE Raster 5 EDIT >>> Repeat Drop Shadow.. ACTIVATE Raster 6 EDIT >>> Repeat Drop Shadow.. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ OR ACTIVATE Raster 4 EDIT >>> Repeat Shadowlab.. ACTIVATE Raster 5 EDIT >>> Repeat Shadowlab.. ACTIVATE Raster 6 EDIT >>> Repeat Shadowlab..
STEP 15 EDIT >>> Repeat Drop Shadow.. change DIRECTION to 135 ACTIVATE Raster 5 EDIT >>> Repeat Drop Shadow.. ACTIVATE Raster 4 EDIT >>> Repeat Drop Shadow.. ACTIVATE Raster 3 EDIT >>> Repeat Drop Shadow.. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ OR EDIT >>> Repeat Shadowlab.. change DIRECTION to 135 ACTIVATE Raster 5 EDIT >>> Repeat Shadowlab.. ACTIVATE Raster 4 EDIT >>> Repeat Shadowlab.. ACTIVATE Raster 3 EDIT >>> Repeat Shadowlab..
STEP 16 LAYERS >>> MERGE >>> MERGE VISIBLE SAVE YOUR WORK Open up the hearts-deco31 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 = 315 Vertical Offset = 0 Edge Mode = Transparent
STEP 17 LAYERS >>> DUPLICATE IMAGE >>> MIRROR LAYERS >>> MERGE >>> MERGE VISIBLE Save as .pspimage image
STEP 18 LAYERS >>> NEW RASTER LAYER Flood fill with WHITE LAYERS >>> ARRANGE >>> MOVE DOWN Open up the Trap.pspimage 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 = 80% Ensure "Resize all layers" is UNCHECKED Resample using WEIGHTED AVERAGE ADJUST >>> SHARPNESS >>> SHARPEN
STEP 19 Open up the 13_exclusivitet2 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 = 40% Ensure "Resize all layers" is UNCHECKED Resample using WEIGHTED AVERAGE ADJUST >>> SHARPNESS >>> SHARPEN Reposition with your MOVER tool
STEP 20 EFFECTS >>> PLUGINS >>> EYE CANDY 3 >>> DROP SHADOW Same settings OR EFFECTS >>> PLUGINS >>> EYE CANDY 4000 >>> SHADOWLAB Same settings LAYERS >>> MERGE >>> MERGE VISIBLE
STEP 21 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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