BALLET SHOES

Written by ©Daiva C.

April 8, 2010

Released June 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

CJ_Edges 69A-1.pspimage

Foreground Swatch.jpg

goldbeads patroon.BMP

JR-WB-BALLET.psp

KaraT5992.psp

lizztish_yesterdays-

dancing-shoes3.psp

template2.pspimage

Supplies Available (Here)

and (Here)

Preparation:

Unzip supplies

Save goldbeads

patroon.BMP 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 JR-WB-

BALLET.psp

2. Dropper Tool

Settings:

Foreground Color = Light

color from Tube

or you may use my

Foreground Swatch.jpg

from the supplies

Background Color = Medium

to Dark color from Tube, or

use my Background

Swatch.jpg from supplies

Minimize Tube

3. File > New

Settings:

Width = 700 pixels

Height = 400 pixels

Raster Background =

Checked

Transparent = Checked

4. Flood Fill Tool

Settings:

Match mode = RGB

Value

Tolerance = 0

Use all layers = Not

Checked

Blend mode = Normal

Opacity = 100

Fill Workspace with

Foreground Color

5. Layers > New Raster

Layer

6. Selections > Select

All

7. Activate template2.

pspimage

8. Edit > Copy

Minimize

9. Back to Workspace

10. Edit > Paste Into

Selection

11. Selections > Select

None

12. Layers Palette

Settings:

Blend mode = Luminance

Opacity = 30

13. Effects > Image

Effects > Seamless

Tiling

Settings:

Default

14. Layers > New Raster

Layer

15. Tool Bar

Selection Tool

Custom Selection

Settings:

Top = 25

Left = 50

Right = 225

Bottom = 375

16. Materials Palette

Change Foreground

to Gradient

Settings:

Foreground-Background

Angle = 45

Repeats = 3

Invert = Not Checked

Texture = Not Checked

Style = Linear

17. Flood Fill Tool

Fill selection with

Gradient

18. Effects > 3D Effects

> Inner Bevel

Settings:

Bevel = 2

Width = 8

Smoothness = 0

Depth = 3

Ambience = 0

Shininess = 0

Color = White

Angle = 315

Intensity = 50

Elevation = 30

19. Selections > Select

None

20. Effects > 3D Effects

> Drop Shadow

Settings:

Vertical = 0

Horizontal = 0

Opacity = 100

Blur = 20

Color = Background

Color

Shadow on new layer

= Not Checked

21. Edit > Repeat

Drop Shadow

22. Activate KaraT

5992.psp

23. Edit > Copy

Close

24. Back to Workspace

25. Edit > Paste As

New Layer

26. Move Tool

Move to center of

oblong image

27. Activate lizztish_

yesterdays-dancing-

shoes3.psp

28. Edit > Copy

Close

29. Back to Workspace

30. Edit > Paste As

New Layer

31. Move Tool

Move to bottom of

oblong image

32. Activate CJ_Edges

69A-1.pspimage

33. Edit > Copy

Close

34. Back to Workspace

35. Edit > Paste As

New Layer

36. Layers > Arrange

> Move Down

37. Move Tool

Move to Left of

Oblong Image

38. Effects > 3D Effects

> Drop Shadow

39. Adjust > Sharpness

> Sharpen

40. Layers > Duplicate

41. Image > Mirror

42. Move Tool

Move to Left and

line it up on the

right side of oblong

image

43. Layers Palette

Close Bottom 2

Layers

44. Layers > Merge >

Merge Visible

45. Layers > Duplicate

46. Image > Mirror

47. Layers > View > All

48. Image > Add Borders

Settings:

Symmetric = Checked

Size in pixels = 4

Color = White

49. 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

50. Materials Palette

Change Background

to Pattern

Settings:

goldbeads patroon.

BMP

Angle = 0

Scale = 100

51. Flood Fill Tool

Fill Border with

Pattern

52. Selections > Invert

53. Effects > 3D Effects

> Cutout

Settings:

Vertical = 2

Horizontal = 2

Opacity = 100

Blur = 10

Shadow color = Black

Fill interior with color

= Not Checked

54. Effects > 3D Effects

> Cutout

Settings:

Vertical = -2 (Minus)

Horizontal = -2 (Minus)

55. Selections > Select

None

56. Image > Add Borders

Settings:

Size in pixels = 2

Color = Foreground

Color

57. Image > Add Borders

Settings:

Size in pixels = 4

Color = White

58. Magic Wand Tool

Select Border

59. Flood Fill Tool

Fill Border with

Pattern

60. Selections > Select

None

61. Image > Resize

Settings:

Width = 80 (Percent)

Height = 80 (Percent)

Advance settings =

Checked

Resample using = Bicubic

Sharpness > Sharper >

100

Maintain original

print size = Not Checked

Lock aspect ratio = Checked

Resize all layers = Checked

62. Image > Add Borders

Settings:

Symmetric = Not Checked

Top = 25

Left = 75

Right = 75

Bottom = 25

63. Magic Wand Tool

Select Border

64. Flood Fill Tool

Fill Border with

Gradient

65. Layers > New Raster

Layer

66. Activate template2.

pspimage

67. Edit > Copy

Close

68. Back to Workspace

69. Edit > Paste Into

Selection

70. Layers Palette

Settings:

Blend mode = Luminance

Opacity = 30

71. Selections > Invert

72. Effects > 3D Effects

> Drop Shadow

Settings:

Vertical = 5

Horizontal = 5

Opacity = 50

Blur = 5

Color = Black

73. Effects > 3D Effects

> Drop Shadow

Settings:

Vertical = -5 (Minus)

Horizontal = -5 (Minus)

74. Selections > Select

None

75. Activate JR-WB-

BALLET.psp

76. Edit > Copy

Close

77. Back to Workspace

78. Edit > Paste As

New Layer

79. Move Tool

Move a little to the

left

80. Image > Add Borders

Settings:

Symmetric = Checked

Size in pixels = 4

81. Magic Wand Tool

Select Border

82. Flood Fill Tool

Fill Border with

Background Pattern

83. Selections > Select

None

84. Image > Add Borders

Settings:

Size in pixels = 2

Color = Foreground

Color

85. Image > Add Borders

Settings:

Size in pixels = 4

Color = White

86. Magic Wand Tool

Select Border

87. Flood Fill Tool

Fill Border with Pattern

88. Selections > Select

None

89. Image > Resize

Settings:

Your Preference

90. Layers > New Raster

Layer

91. Add Watermark

92. 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: Alicia, Karen, Marsha,

Susan, Susan T., and Wendy

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I hope you have enjoyed my

tutorial, as much as I enjoyed

writing it