Lesson 559
Mealynn
This lesson was written on December 30, 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
Masks are from
Other materials are made by myself, this will have mpd© behind it.
This lesson contains 52 steps
Supplies
Tube(s)
MPL watermerk
Renee-TUBES-Decembre4-29
L559 deco text
L559 deco by mpd©
L559 deco 1 by mpd©
L559 text by mpd©
Plugins(s)
Two Moon – Dreamulator*
Tramages – Tow The Line*
AAA Frames – Foto frame
Unlimited 2.0
*Import this filter in Unlimited 2.0
Mask(s)
Narah_Mask_1392
Selection(s)
L559 sel 1 mpd©designs
L559 sel 2 mpd©designs
L559 sel 3 mpd©designs
L559 sel 4 mpd©designs
L559 sel 5 mpd©designs
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Preparation
Place the selection files in the selection folder of your Psp files
Open the tubes and the color scheme in your psp. Minimize them, except for the color scheme.
1.
Open a new image of 850x 500 pixels in white
2.
Layers / New raster layer
Selections/Select all
3.
Activate Renee-TUBES-Decembre4-29
Activate the middle layer
Edit/copy and return to your 850 image
4.
Edit / Paste into selection
Selections/Select none
Adjust / Blur / Radial blur
5.
Layers / Merge / Merge visible
Layers / Duplicate
6.
Effects/Plugins/Filters/ Unlimited 2.0 / Two Moon – Dreamulator ;
Set the Blend mode of this layer to Soft Light
and reduce the layer opacity to 60
Layers / Merge / Merge visible
7,
Layers/ Duplicate
Image / Mirror /Mirror Horizontal (Image / Mirror in older versions of PSP)
Effects / Image Effects / Seamless Tiling, default settings
8.
Adjust / Blur / Gaussian Blur -Radius 20,00
Selections /load/save selection –load selection from disc and select my selection:
L559 sel 1 mpd©designs
9.
Selections / Promote selection to layer
Selections/Select none
10.
Effects/Plugins/Filters/ Unlimited 2.0 / Tramages – Tow the line, default settings
( 80 / 54 / 48 / 9)
Set the blend mode of this layer to Hard Light
11.
Activate the layer below (copy of merged)
Right-click and then choose delete
Activate the top layer in your layer palette
12.
Set your foreground color to white
Layers / New raster layer
Flood fill this layer with color white
13.
Layers / New mask layer / From image and select mask:
Narah_Mask_1392
14.
Layers/Merge/Merge Group
Effects / 3D-Effects/ Drop Shadow
v&h at 2
Opacity 80
Blur 2,00 color black
Set the Blend mode of this layer to Luminance(legacy)
15.
Set your background color to black
Selections /load/save selection –load selection from disc and select my selection:
L559 sel 2 mpd©designs
Settings are still correct
16.
Layers / New raster layer
Flood fill the selection with black
Selections / Modify / Contract with 2
Press your delete key once
17.
Layers / New raster layer
Flood Fill Tool and set the opacity to 60
Flood fill the selection with black
Selections /Select none
18.
Layers / Arrange / Move down
Activate the top layer in your layer palette
Effects / 3D-Effects/ Drop Shadow
v&h at 2
Opacity 80
Blur 2,00 color black
19,
Layers / Merge / Merge down
Layers / Duplicate
Image / Mirror /Mirror Horizontal (Image / Mirror in older versions of PSP)
Layers / Merge / Merge down
20,
Layers / New raster layer
Selections /load/save selection –load selection from disc and select my selection:
L559 sel 3 mpd©designs
Settings are still correct
21,
Flood Fill Tool/ set the opacity to 100
Flood fill the selection with black
Selections / Modify / Contract with 2
Press your delete key once
22,
Layers / New raster layer
Flood Fill Tool and set the opacity to 60
Flood fill the selection with black
Selections /Select none
23,
Layers / Arrange / Move down
Activate the top layer in your layer palette
Effects / 3D-Effects/ Drop Shadow
v&h at 2
Opacity 80
Blur 2,00 color black
24,
Layers / Merge / Merge down
Layers / Duplicate
Image / Mirror / Mirror vertical ( Image /Flip in older versions of PSP)
Layers / Merge / Merge down
Repeat once more.
25,
Selections /load/save selection –load selection from disc and select my selection:
L559 sel 4 mpd©designs
Settings are still correct
26,
In your layer palette, activate the 2nd layer from below ( promoted selection)
Selections/Promote selection to layer
Layers / Arrange / Bring to top
27,
Adjust / Blur / Gaussian Blur/ Radius 40,00
Selections / Modify / Contract with 30
Layers / New raster layer
28.
Activate Flood/Fill Tool-Opacity 100
Flood fill the selection with black
Selections / Modify / Contract by 2
Press your delete key once
29,
Selections / Modify / Contract with 30
Layers / New raster layer
Flood fill the selection with black
30,
Selections / Modify / Contract by 2
Press your delete key once
Selections /Select none
31.
Layers/Merge/Merge down
In your layer palette, activate the layer below ( promoted selection 1)
Reduce the layer opacity of this layer to 60
Activate the top layer in your layer palette
32,
Effects / 3D-Effects/ Drop Shadow
v&h at 2
Opacity 80
Blur 2,00 color black
Layers/Merge/Merge down
Layers / Arrange / Move down
Activate the top layer in your layer palette
33,
Selections /load/save selection –load selection from disc and select my selection:
L559 sel 5 mpd©designs
Settings are still correct
34,
In your layer palette, activate the bottom layer ( merged layer)
Selections / Promote selection to layer
Layers / Arrange / Bring to Top
35.
Effects / Plugins / AAA Frames – foto frame
Top slider at 20
and Matte on 1
36,
Selections / Modify / Contract by 22
Layers / New raster layer
Activate Renee-TUBES-Decembre4-29
The middle layer is still activated
37.
Edit/Copy and return to your 850 image
Edit / Paste into selection
Adjust / Sharpness / Sharpen
Selections/Select none
38,
Effects / 3D-Effects/ Drop Shadow
v&h at 5
Opacity 80
Blur 20,00 color black
39,
Layers / Merge / Merge down
Effects / 3D-Effects/ Drop Shadow
v&h at 5
Opacity 80
Blur 20,00 color black
Repeat the drop shadow with only
v&h at minus 5
The rest remains as is
40.
Activate L559 deco text
Edit/Copy and return to your 850 image
Edit / Paste as a new layer
Do not move
Set the Blend mode of this layer to Soft Light
41,
Activate L559 deco by mpd©
Edit/Copy and return to your 850 image
Edit / Paste as a new layer
Do not move
42.
Duplicate the window by pressing Shift + D, simultaneously
On the copy:
Layers / Merge / Merge all
43.
Image / Resize /150 pixels width
Resize all layers checked
Effects / Plugins / AAA Frames – foto frame
only set the top slider to 10
the rest remains as it is
44.
Adjust / Sharpness / Sharpen
Image / Add Borders/Symmetric checked:
1 pixel color white
Edit/Copy and return to your 850 image
Edit / Paste as a new layer
45,
Effects / Image Effects / Offset
Horizontal minus at 100
Vertical minus at 150
Custom and transparent checked
46.
Layers /Duplicate
Image / Resize with 85%, resize all layers not checked
Effects / Image Effects / Offset
Horizontal at 75
Vertical minus at 50
Custom and transparent checked
47,
Activate L559 deco 1 by mpd©
Edit / Copy and return to your 850 image
Edit / Paste as a new layer
Move this layer, in your layer palette under layer selection 2
48,
Effects / Image Effects / Offset
Horizontal minus at 50
Vertical at 0
Custom and transparent checked
Set the blend mode to Overlay.
If you don't like this, you can leave the deco as is
49.
Layers/Merge/Merge all
Image / Add Borders/Symmetric checked:
1 pixel color white
35 pixels color black
50.
Image / Resize 800 pixels width
Resize all layers checked
51.
Activate L559 text by mpd©
Edit / Copy and return to your 850 image
Edit / Paste as a new layer
Put the text at the bottom right
52.
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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