Lesson 543
Holly Jolly Christmas
This lesson was written on October 29, 2023 using psp12.
If you are working with a different version of PSP, the settings and filter effects may give a different effect. Play around with the settings until you get the desired result.
This lesson was conceived and written by me. Any similarity is purely coincidental.
In my lessons I use a color scheme
I list the colors by noting the color number in the color box, in the color scheme
Main tube is from
Masks are from
Other materials are made by myself, this will have mpd© behind it.
This lesson contains 41 steps
Supplies
Tube(s)
MPL Watermerk
Kleur Les 543
Goud Patroon Gold (12)
13206013504_noel_nikita
L 543 deco mpd©
L 543 deco 1 mpd©
L 543 deco 2 mpd©
Candle
Plugin(s)
Graphic Plus – Cross Shadow
Alien skin eye candy 5 impact – Extrude & Glass & Perspective Shadow
Mask(s)
Narah_Mask_1383
Narah_Mask_1250
Selection(s)
L 543 sel 1 mpd©designs
L 543 sel 2 mpd©designs
Download the materials by clicking on the logo below.
Preparation
Place the selection files in the selection folder of your Psp files
Place the pattern in the patterns folder of your Psp Files
Open the tubes and the color scheme in your psp. Minimize them, except for the color scheme.
Set your foreground to the gold pattern
Angle : 0
Scale : 100
1.
Open a new image of 800x 500 pixels in black
2.
Layers / New raster layer
Flood fill the layer with the gold pattern
3.
Layers / New mask layer / From image and select mask:
Narah_Mask_1383
4.
Layers / Merge / Merge Group
Effects/ Image Effects/ Seamless Tiling,Default
BUT Horizontal checked
5.
Layers / New raster layer
Flood fill the layer with the gold pattern
6.
Layers / New mask layer / From image and select mask:
Narah_Mask_1250
Settings are still correct
7.
Layers / Merge / Merge Group
Effects / Image Effects / Offset
Horizontal at 0
Vertical at 105
Custom and transparent checked
8.
Layers / Duplicate
Image / Mirror /Mirror Horizontal (Image / Mirror in older versions of PSP)
Image - Mirror - Mirror vertical ( Image - Flip in older versions of PSP)
Layers / Merge / Merge Down
9.
Set your foreground color to color black
Set your background color to color Les 543
10.
Selections /load/save selection –load selection from disc and select my selection:
L 543 sel 1 mpd©designs
11.
Layers / New raster layer
Flood fill the selection with your background color
Effects / Plugins/ Graphic Plus – Cross shadow, default
12.
Selections / modify / contract with 5
Press your delete key once
Layers / New raster layer
Flood fill the selection with your foreground color black
13.
Selections/ Select none
Layers / Arrange / Move down
Activate the top of the layer palette
14.
Effects / Edge Effects/ Enhance
Effects / 3D-Effects/ Drop Shadow
v&h minus at 5
Opacity 85
Blur 5,00 color black
15.
Layers / Merge / Merge Down
Effects / Plugins/ Alien skin eye candy 5 impact – Extrude ;
In the Settings Tab, choose
Factory Default
Tabblad Basic, use the settings below
Both colors are black
16.
Activate L 543 deco mpd©
Edit/copy and return to your 800 image
Edit / Paste as a new layer
17.
Effects / Image Effects / Offset
Horizontal at 0
Vertical minus at 80
Custom and transparent checked
18,
Adjust / Sharpness / Sharpen
Selections /load/save selection –load selection from disc and select my selection:
L 543 sel 2 mpd©designs
settings are still correct
19.
Layers / New raster layer
Flood fill the selection with your foreground color black
20.
Effects / Plugins/ Alien skin eye candy 5 impact – Glass
In the settings tab, choose Clear
and OK
21.
Selections/ Select none
Effects / Plugins/ Alien skin eye candy 5 impact – Extrude
In the settings tab, choose
Factory Default
At the tab Basic, use the settings below
22.
Layers / Duplicate
Image / Mirror /Mirror Horizontal (Image / Mirror in older versions of PSP)
Layers / Merge / Merge Down
23.
Effects / Image Effects / Offset
Horizontal at 9
Vertical minus at 30
Custom and transparent checked
24.
Activate candle
Edit / Copy and return to your 800 image
Edit / Paste as a new layer
Place it on the left "shelf".
25.
Layers / Duplicate
Image / Mirror /Mirror Horizontal (Image / Mirror in older versions of PSP)
Slide it even slightly to the right, so that the candle is nicely centered
Layers / Merge / Merge down
26.
Activate L 543 deco 1 mpd©
Edit / Copy and return to your 800 image
Edit / Paste as a new layer
Place it at the top left
27.
Layers / Duplicate
Image / Mirror /Mirror Horizontal (Image / Mirror in older versions of PSP)
Layers / Merge / Merge down
28.
Activate the tube 13206013504_noel_nikita
Activate the 2nd layer from the top
(sapin-nikita)
Edit / Copy and return to your 800 image
Edit / Paste as a new layer
29.
Image/ Resize by 85 %, resize all layers not checked
Effects / Image Effects / Offset
Horizontal at 0
Vertical minus at 50
Custom and transparent checked
30.
Effects / Plugins/ Alien skin eye candy 5 impact – Perspective Shadow
In the settings tab, choose / Reflect in front, sharp
Tab / Basic use the settings below
31.
Take your Eraser Tool and
Erase the part that falls out of the "circle"
32.
Layers / Merge / Merge Visible
Selections / Select All
Selections / Modify / Select selection borders
Inside checked and anti-alias checked
Border Width 2
33.
Layers / New raster layer
Set your foreground to the gold pattern
Layers / New raster layer
Selections/ Select none
34.
Layers / Merge / Merge Visible
Image/ Resize by 85%, resize all layers not checked
Adjust / Sharpness / Sharpen
35.
Activate your Magic Wand – Tolerance at 0 and Feather at 0
Click in the empty part
Layers / New raster layer
Set your background color to color black
Flood fill the selection with the background color black
36.
Selections/ Select none
Layers / Merge / Merge All
37,
Selections/ Select all
Selections / Modify / Select selection borders
Inside checked and anti-alias checked
Border Width 2
Layers / New raster layer
Flood fill the selection with the gold pattern
38,
Selections/ Select none
Layers / Merge / Merge All
Activate L 543 deco 2 mpd©
Edit / Copy and return to your 800 image
Edit / Paste as a new layer
39.
Slide the deco upward
Activate L 543 text mpd©
Edit / Copy and return to your 800 image
Edit / Paste as a new layer
40.
Place the decoration at the bottom right /or wherever you like it
41.
Layers / New raster layer
and put your name/watermark on it
!! Don't forget my watermark !!
Layers / Merge / Merge all (flatten)
Save your work as a JPG file
That brings you to the end of this lesson.
I hope you enjoyed it.
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