ANGEL'S GARDEN

Written by ©Daiva C.

March 03, 2010

Released May 25, 2010

This tutorial is my own

creation, any similarities

to any other tutorial are

purely accidental and not

intentional.

This tutorial is intended

for non-profit use only.

I hold the copyright to it.

Please do not copy,

translate, script, rip or

claim it as your own.

You may share it but do

NOT upload it to any

website, storage site or

group files without my

written consent.

Thank you.

Written for PSP X2

Skill Level: Intermediate

Supplies:

Background Swatch.jpg

Border Fill.jpg

Foreground Swatch.jpg

JER_HailsBarbara

-Peacock_Gate-Smaller-We

@WWSA.jpg

JER_sb_Ed_Tadiello_

Stairway_to_Heaven.psp

maskdragonfly_lamiagrafica.

jpg

Supplies Available (Here)

and (Here)

Preparation:

Unzip supplies

Save 

maskdragonfly_lamaigrafica.

jpg to your PSP Mask

Folder

Save Border Fill.jpg to

your PSP Pattern Folder

Open remaining supplies

in PSP

Minimize

Performance Notes:

All settings will remain

the same unless new or

revised ones are given

1. Activate JER_sb_Ed_

Tadiello_Stairway_to

_Heaven.psp

2. Dropper Tool

Settings:

Background Color = Medium

to Dark color from Tube, or

use my Background

Swatch.jpg from supplies

Foreground Color = Light

color from Tube

or you may use my

Foreground Swatch.jpg

from the supplies

Minimize Tube

Note:

Make note of Hue and

Saturation #'s for Back

ground Color

3. Materials Palette

Change Foreground to

Gradient

Settings:

Foreground-Background

Angle = 45

Repeats = 3

Invert = Not Checked

Texture = Not Checked

Style = Linear

4. File > New

Settings:

Width = 700 pixels

Height = 500 pixels

Raster Background =

Checked

Transparent = Checked

5. Flood Fill Tool

Settings:

Match mode = RGB Value

Tolerance = 0

Use all layers = Not

Checked

Blend mode = Normal

Opacity = 100

Fill Workspace with

Foreground Gradient

6. Adjust > Blur > Gaussian

Blur

Settings:

Radius = 70

7. Layers > New Raster

Layer

8. Flood Fill Tool

Fill Layer with Background

Color

9. Layers > Load/Save

Mask > Load Mask From

Disk

Settings:

maskdragonfly_lamiagrafica

.jpg

Source luminance = Checked

Fit to canvas = Checked

Invert transparency = Not

Checked

Hide all mask = Checked

10. Layers > Merge > Merge

Group

11. Effects > 3D Effects >

Drop Shadow

Settings:

Vertical = -1 (Minus)

Horizontal = 8

Opacity = 50

Blur = 15

Color = Foreground

Color

Shadow on new layer = Not

Checked

12. Layers > New Raster

Layer

13. Selections > Select

All

14. Activate JER_HailsBarbara

-Peacock_Gate-Smaller-We

@WWSA.jpg

15. Edit > Copy

Close

16. Back to Workspace

17. Edit > Paste Into

Selection

18. Selections > Select

None

19. Image > Resize

Settings:

Width = 85 Percent

Height = 85 Percent

Advanced settings = Checked

Resample using = Bicubic

Sharpness > Sharper = 100

Maintain original print size

= Not Checked

Lock aspect ratio = Checked

Resize all layers = Not

Checked

20. Move Tool

Move Image to Center

of Workspace

21. Activate JER_sb_Ed_

Tadiello_Stairway_to

_Heaven.psp

22. Edit > Copy

Close

23. Back to Workspace

24. Edit > Paste As New

Layer

25. Move Tool

Move to Bottom Right

Corner of Background

Image

26. Layers > Merge > Merge

Down

27. Effects > 3D Effects >

Drop Shadow

Settings:

Vertical = 1

Horizontal = 1

Opacity = 100

Blur = 10

Color = Black

28. Effects > 3D Effects >

Drop Shadow

Settings:

Vertical = -1 (Minus)

Horizontal = -1 (Minus)

29. Image > Resize

Settings:

Width = 90 Percent

Height = 90 Percent

30. Layers > Duplicate

31. Layers Palette

Highlight Raster 2

32. Image > Free Rotate

Settings:

Direction = Right

Degree = 15

All layers = Not Checked

Rotate single layer around

canvas center = Not

Checked

33. Image > Add Borders

Settings:

Symmetric = Checked

Size in pixels = 4

Color = Black

34. Image > Add Borders

Settings:

Size in pixels = 6

Color = Black

35. Magic Wand Tool

Settings:

Mode = Add/Shift

Match mode = RGB

Value

Tolerance = 0

Use all layers = Not

Checked

Contiguous = Checked

Feather = 0

Anti-alias = Checked

Outside

Select Border

36. Flood Fill Tool

Fill Border with Gradient

37. Effects > 3D Effects >

Inner Bevel

Settings:

Bevel = 2

Width = 10

Smoothness = 55

Depth = 26

Ambience = -14 (Minus)

Shininess = 10

Color = Black

Angle = 315

Intensity = 30

Elevation = 88

38. Selections > Select

None

39. Materials Palette

Change Background to

Pattern

Settings:

Border Fill.jpg

Angle = 0

Scale = 25

40. Image > Add Borders

Settings:

Symmetric = Not

Checked

Top = 5

Left = 65

Right = 5

Bottom = 5

41. Magic Wand Tool

Select Border

42. Flood Fill Tool

Fill Border with Pattern

43. Adjust > Hue and

Saturation > Colorize

Settings:

To Match Background

Color

44. Effects > Edge Effects >

Enhance

45. Adjust > Sharpness >

Sharpen More

46. Selections > Select

None

47. Image > Add Borders

Settings:

Symmetric = Checked

Size in pixels = 4

Color = Black

48. Image > Add Borders

Settings:

Size in pixels = 6

Color = Black

49. Magic Wand Tool

Select Border

50. Flood Fill Tool

Fill Border with Gradient

51. Effects > 3D Effects >

Inner Bevel

52. Selections > Select

None

53. Image > Resize

Settings:

Your Preference

54. Layers > New Raster

Layer

55. Add Watermark

56. File > Export > JPEG

Optimizer

Settings:

Set compression value

to 20

I'd like to thank the testers

from:

for testing this tutorial for me

and making it the best it can be.

They are: Charo, Cheryl, Karen,

Phyllis, Shorty, and Wendy

Please link back to

I hope you have enjoyed my

tutorial, as much as I enjoyed

writing it