SWAN LAKE
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

bird.png
bluey.png
happiness.png
globes-017.png
swan-gallery.png
Red-wave-01.jpg
bird_jazzl_12.png
pays-263-Azalee.png
Flowers_and_Grass.png
metal-honeycomb-pattern-13553.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

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


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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 SELECTIONS >>> SELECT ALL Open up the Red-wave-01 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 INTO SELECTION from the options. IMAGE >>> MIRROR DESELECT. ADJUST >>> HUE & SATURATION >>> COLORIZE Hue = 155 Saturation = 255.
STEP 2 LAYERS >>> DUPLICATE CLOSE Copy of Raster 1 ACTIVATE Raster 1 IMAGE >>> FLIP Open up the metal-honeycomb-pattern-13553 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. ADJUST >>> COLOUR BALANCE >>> NEGATIVE IMAGE PSPX - X9: IMAGE >>> NEGATIVE IMAGE In your LAYER PALETTE change the OPACITY to 60%
STEP 3 OPEN & ACTIVATE Copy of Raster 1 Open up the pays-263-Azalee 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 >>> DUPLICATE LAYERS >>> MERGE >>> MERGE DOWN ACTIVATE Copy of Raster 1 SELECTIONS >>> SELECT ALL .ACTIVATE Raster 3 SELECTIONS >>> INVERT EDIT >>> CLEAR DESELECT (This eliminates the excess from the swans image)
STEP 4 Open up the Flowers_and_Grass 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>>> GEOMETRIC EFFECTS >>> CIRCLE Edge Mode = Transparent EFFECTS >>> IMAGE EFFECTS >>> OFFSET Horizontal Offset = 0 Vertical Offset = - ( minus ) 205 Edge Mode = Transparent .
STEP 5 In your MATERIALS PALETTE Load BLUE " #0e3fbe " in your foreground Load WHITE" #ffffff " in your background Then click on the GRADIENT option in your foreground palette Select the "Foreground-background" option using these settings STYLE = Linear .
STEP 6 LAYERS >>> NEW RASTER LAYER Flood fill with the gradient SELECTIONS >>> SELECT ALL SELECTIONS >>> MODIFY >>> CONTRACT = 60 EDIT >>> CLEAR DESELECT EFFECTS>>> GEOMETRIC EFFECTS >>> CIRCLE Edge Mode = Transparent
STEP 7 EFFECTS >>> 3D EFFECTS >>> INNER BEVEL
STEP 8 LAYERS >>> ARRANGE >>> MOVE DOWN Edit >>> Repeat Move Layer Down
STEP 9 ACTIVATE Raster 3 Open up the bird_jazzl_12 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 = 200 Vertical Offset = - ( minus ) 110 Edge Mode = Transparent SAVE YOUR WORK
STEP 10 ACTIVATE Raster 4 Open up the swan-gallery 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 =60% Ensure "Resize all layers" is UNCHECKED Resample using WEIGHTED AVERAGE ADJUST >>> SHARPNESS >>> SHARPEN EFFECTS >>> IMAGE EFFECTS >>> OFFSET Horizontal Offset = 155 Vertical Offset = - ( minus ) 155 Edge Mode = Transparent
STEP 11 CLOSE Raster 1 and Raster 2 LAYERS >>> MERGE >>> MERGE VISIBLE IMAGE >>> RESIZE = 80% Ensure "Resize all layers" is UNCHECKED Resample using WEIGHTED AVERAGE ADJUST >>> SHARPNESS >>> SHARPEN 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 12 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 13 EDIT >>> Repeat Drop Shadow.. change DIRECTION to 135 OR EDIT >>> Repeat Shadowlab.. change DIRECTION to 135 OPEN Raster 1 and Raster 2 SAVE YOUR WORK
STEP 14 Open up the globes-017 image in your PSP workspace Choose your SELECTION TOOL Selection Type = Rectangle Mode = Replace Feather = 0 Antialias = UNChecked Select the centre globe Right click on the Title Bar and select COPY from the options
STEP 15 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 >>> PLUGINS >>> MuRa's Meister >>> Copies >>> *Line ,
STEP 16 EFFECTS >>> IMAGE EFFECTS >>> OFFSET Horizontal Offset = 0 Vertical Offset = - ( minus ) 265 Edge Mode = Transparent
STEP 17 Open up the bird.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 = 55% Ensure "Resize all layers" is UNCHECKED Resample using WEIGHTED AVERAGE ADJUST >>> SHARPNESS >>> SHARPEN EFFECTS >>> IMAGE EFFECTS >>> OFFSET Horizontal Offset = 225 Vertical Offset = - ( minus ) 185 Edge Mode = Transparent EFFECTS >>> PLUGINS >>> EYE CANDY 3 >>> DROP SHADOW.... Same settings BUT .. change DIRECTION to 315 OR EFFECTS >>> PLUGINS >>> EYE CANDY 4000 >>> SHADOWLAB... Same settings .. change DIRECTION to 315
STEP 18 Open up the bluey.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 = 55% Ensure "Resize all layers" is UNCHECKED Resample using WEIGHTED AVERAGE ADJUST >>> SHARPNESS >>> SHARPEN EFFECTS >>> IMAGE EFFECTS >>> OFFSET Horizontal Offset = 280 Vertical Offset = - ( minus ) 185 Edge Mode = Transparent EFFECTS >>> PLUGINS >>> EYE CANDY 3 >>> DROP SHADOW.... Same settings OR EFFECTS >>> PLUGINS >>> EYE CANDY 4000 >>> SHADOWLAB... Same settings
STEP 19 Open up the happiness image in your PSP workspace IMAGE >>> MIRROR 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 = 85% Ensure "Resize all layers" is UNCHECKED Resample using WEIGHTED AVERAGE ADJUST >>> SHARPNESS >>> SHARPEN ,
STEP 20 EFFECTS >>> IMAGE EFFECTS >>> OFFSET Horizontal Offset = - ( minus ) 220 Vertical Offset = 0 Edge Mode = Transparent EFFECTS >>> PLUGINS >>> EYE CANDY 3 >>> DROP SHADOW.... Same settings OR EFFECTS >>> PLUGINS >>> EYE CANDY 4000 >>> SHADOWLAB... Same settings
STEP 21 In your MATERIALS PALETTE Change the "Repeats" setting on the Gradient to 3 LAYERS >>> NEW RASTER LAYER Flood fill with BLUE SELECTIONS >>> SELECT ALL SELECTIONS >>> MODIFY >>> CONTRACT = 5 EDIT >>> CLEAR Flood fill with the GRADIENT SELECTIONS >>> MODIFY >>> CONTRACT = 5 EDIT >>> CLEAR Flood fill with BLUE SELECTIONS >>> MODIFY >>> CONTRACT = 3 EDIT >>> CLEAR DESELECT EFFECTS >>> EDGE EFFECTS >>> ENHANCE MORE
STEP 22 EFFECTS >>> PLUGINS >>> EYE CANDY 3 >>> DROP SHADOW.... Same settings EDIT >>> Repeat Drop Shadow.. change DIRECTION to 135 OR EFFECTS >>> PLUGINS >>> EYE CANDY 4000 >>> SHADOWLAB... Same settings, EDIT >>> Repeat Shadowlab.. change DIRECTION to 135
STEP 23 LAYERS >>> MERGE >>> MERGE VISIBLE SAVE YOUR WORK .
STEP 24 LAYERS >>> NEW RASTER LAYER SELECT your TEXT tool With a font of your choice add your name
STEP 25 LAYERS >>> MERGE >>> MERGE ALL (Flatten) Save as .jpg image .

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