
Lesson 614
Autumn Teaches
This lesson was written on October 19, 2024 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
Other materials are made by myself, this will have mpd© behind it.
This lesson contains 54 steps
Supplies
Tube(s)
MPL Watermerk
Kleurenschema L614 mpd©
Enchanted Forrest
Renee-TUBES-Automme55
L614 Deco
L614 Deco 1
L614 Deco 2
L614 Tekst by mpd©
Plugin(s)
Unlimited 2.0
Mock – Windo
MuRa's Meister – Perspective Tiling
Graphic Plus – Cross Shadow
Alien skin eye candy 5 Impact – Extrude
Selection(s).
L614 Sel 1 mpd©designs
L614 Sel 2 mpd©dDownload the materials by clicking on the logo below.
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.
Put your foreground on color nr 1 and your background on color nr 2
1.
Open a new image of 800x 500 pixels in white
2.
Layers / New raster layer
Selections / Select All
3.
Activate Enchanted Forrest
Edit/copy and return to your 800 image
Edit / Paste into selection
Selections /Select none
4.
Adjust / Blur / Gaussian Blur
Radius 20,00
5.
Effects / Plugins / Filters/ Unlimited 2.0 / Bkg Designers sf 10 II – DIS Refractor 1
Effects/ Edge Effects/Enhance
Layers /Merge/ Merge Visible
6.
Layers / Duplicate
Effects / Plugins/ Mock – Windo, default
7.
Effects / Plugins/ MuRa's Meister – Perspective Tiling

8.
Effects / Plugins/ Graphic Plus – cross shadow, default
Effects / 3D-Effects/ Drop Shadow
v&h at 0
Opacity 65
Blur 15,00 color black
9.
Selections /load/save selection /load selection from disc and select my selection:
L614 Sel 1 mpd©designs

10.
Layers/New raster layer
Flood fill the selection with the foreground color nr.1
11.
Selections / Modify / Contrast 5
Flood fill the selection with the background color nr.2
12.
Effects / Plugins/ Graphic Plus – cross shadow, default
Selections / Modify / Contrast 2
13.
Flood fill the selection with the foreground color nr.1
Selections /Select none
14.
Effects/ Plugins / Alien skin eye candy 5 Impact – Extrude
Tab / Settings
select Factory Default
Tab / Basic
use the settings below

Both colors are black
15.
Effects / 3D-Effects/ Drop Shadow
v&h at 0
Opacity 65
Blur 15,00 color black
16.
Layers / Duplicate
Image resize by 85%, resize all layers not checked
Do not move, it is in the right place
Layers / Merge / Merge Down
17.
Selections /load/save selection /load selection from disc and select my selection:
L614 Sel 2 mpd©designs
(settings are still correct)
18.
Layers/ New raster layer
Flood fill the selection with the background color nr.2
19.
Effects /Plugins/ Graphic Plus – cross shadow, default
Selections / iModify/ Contract 2
Press your delete key once
20.
In your layer palette, activate the bottom layer ( merged layer)
Selections/ Promote selection to layer
21.
Layers/ Arrange/ Bring to Top
Adjust/ Blur/ Gaussian Blur/ Radius 20,00
22.
Effects/ Plugins / Graphic Plus – cross shadow, default
Selections/ select none
Activate the layer underneath
23.
Effects/Plugins / Alien skin eye candy 5 Impact – Extrude
Tab /Settings
select Factory Default
Tab/ Basic
Only
Extrude Direction at 140
Extrude Distance at 0.00
The rest remains as it is
24.
Activate the top layer in your layer palette
Layers / Merge / Merge Down
25.
Effects / Image Effects / Offset
Horizontal minus at 5
Vertical at 0
Custom and transparent checked
26.
Layers / Duplicate
Image resize by 85 %, resize all layers not checked
27.
Effects / Image Effects / Offset
Horizontal minus at 65
Vertical at 5
Custom and transparent checked
28.
Activate the top layer in your layer palette
Layers / Merge / Merge Down
29.
Effects / 3D-Effects/ Drop Shadow
v&h at 0
Opacity 65
Blur 15,00 color black
30.
Effects / Geometric Effects/ Cylinder vertical
Strength % 50
31.
Layers / Duplicate
Image / Mirror /Mirror Horizontal (Image / Mirror in older versions of PSP)
Layers / Merge / Merge Down
32.
In your layer palette, activate the bottom layer (merged layer )
Activate Enchanted Forrest
Edit / Copy and return to your 800 image
Edit / Paste as a new layer
33.
Effects / Image Effects / Offset
Horizontal at 0
Vertical at 30
Custom and transparent checked
34.
Set the blend mode of this layer to Soft Light
Activate the top layer in your layer palette
35.
Activate L614 Deco
Edit / Copy and return to your 800 image
Edit / Paste as a new layer
36.
Effects / Image Effects / Offset
Horizontal at 0
Vertical minus at 180
Custom and transparent checked
37.
Effects / 3D-Effects/ Drop Shadow
v&h at 0
Opacity 65
Blur 15,00 color black
38.
Activate L614 Deco 1
Edit / Copy and return to your 800 image
Edit / Paste as a new layer
39.
Effects / Image Effects / Offset
Horizontal at 0
Vertical at 8
Custom and transparent checked
40.
Effects / 3D-Effects/ Drop Shadow
v&h at 0
Opacity 65
Blur 15,00 color black
41.
Activate Renee – TUBES – Automme55
Activate the middle layer of the tube
Edit / Copy and return to your 800 image
Edit / Paste as a new layer
42.
Image resize by 50%, resize all layers not checked
Effects / Image Effects / Offset
Horizontal at 0
Vertical minus at 15
Custom and transparent checked
43.
Adjust / Sharpness / Sharpen
Effects / 3D-Effects/ Drop Shadow
v&h at 0
Opacity 65
Blur 15,00 color black
Edit/ Repeat/ Drop Shadow
44.
Layers/ Merge/ Merge All
Selections/ Select All
45.
Image / Add Borders/Symmetric checked:
2 pixels background color nr 2
Selections / Invert
46.
Effects / Plugins/ Graphic plus – cross shadow, default
Selections/ select none
47.
Image / Add Borders/Symmetric checked:
15 pixels color black
Selections/ Select All
48.
Image / Add Borders/Symmetric checked:
2 pixels background color nr 2
Selections / Invert
49.
Effects / Plugins/ Graphic plus – cross shadow, default
Selections/ select none
50.
Image / Add Borders/Symmetric checked:
35 pixels color black
51.
Image / Resize 800 pixels width
Resize all layers checked
52.
Activate L614 Deco 2
Edit / Copy and return to your 800 image
Edit / Paste as a new layer
Place it at the top
53.
Activate L614 Tekst by mpd©
Edit / Copy and return to your 800 image
Edit / Paste as a new layer
54.
Place the text at the bottom left, or wherever you like.
Layers / New raster layer
and put your name/watermark on it
!! Don't forget my watermark !!
Layers / Merge / Merge all (flatten)
Image / Resize 800 pixels width
Resize all layers checked
Save your work as a JPG file
That brings you to the end of this lesson.
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