BED OF ROSES

Written by ©Daiva C.

Jan. 2010

Released April 28, 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

barre-coeur.pspimage

Bed_of_Roses_Overlay.

pspimage

bouquet17.pspimage

Foreground Swatch.jpg

kTs_ytl_47 copie.psp

Supplies Available (Here)

and (Here)

Filters:

Simple > Top Left Mirror

(Here)

Preparation:

Unzip supplies

Install Filter if needed

Open remaining supplies

in PSP

Minimize

Performance Notes:

All settings will remain

the same unless new or

revised ones are given

1. Activate kTs_ytl_47

copie.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. Materials Palette

Change Foreground to

Gradient

Settings:

Foreground-Background

Angle = 0

Repeats = 0

Invert = Checked

Texture = Not Checked

Style = Sunburst

Center point

Horizontal = 0

Vertical = 0

Link center and focal

points = Checked

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. Activate Bed_of_Roses_

Overlay.pspimage

7. Edit > Copy

Minimize

8. Back to Workspace

9. Edit > Paste As New

Layer

10. Activate kTs_ytl_47

copie.psp

11. Edit > Copy

Close

12. Back to Workspace

13. Edit > Paste As New

Layer

14. Activate bouquet17.psp-

image

15. Edit > Copy

Close

16. Back to Workspace

17. Edit > Paste As New

Layer

18. Move Tool

Move to upper Left

Corner under the

arch

19. Layers Palette

Settings:

Blend mode = Luminance

(Legacy)

20. Image > Add Borders

Settings:

Symmetric = Checked

Size in pixels = 3

Color = Background

Color

21. Image > Add Borders

Settings:

Size in pixels = 2

Color = Foreground

Color

22. Image > Add Borders

Settings:

Size in pixels = 3

Color = Background

Color

23. Image > Add Borders

Settings:

Symmetric = Not Checked

Size in pixels =

Top = 25

Left = 75

Right = 75

Bottom = 25

Color = White

24. 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

25. Activate Bed_of_Roses

_Overlay.pspimage

26. Edit > Copy

Close

27. Back to Workspace

28. Edit > Paste Into

Selection

29. Effects > Plugins >

Simple = Top Left Mirror

30. Selections > Invert

31. Effects > 3D Effects >

Inner Bevel

Settings:

Bevel = 2

Width = 31

Smoothness = 12

Depth = 2

Ambience = 10   

Shininess = 10

Color = White

Angle  = 315

Intensity = 50

Elevation = 30

32. Edit > Repeat Inner

Bevel

33. Effects > 3D Effects >

Drop Shadow

Settings:

Vertical = 5

Horizontal = 5

Opacity = 50

Blur = 5

Color = Black

Shadow on new layer =

Not Checked

34. Edit > 3D Effects >

Drop Shadow

Settings:

Vertical = -5 (Minus)

Horizontal = -5 (Minus)

35. Selections > Invert

36. Effects > 3D Effects >

Inner Bevel

37. Selections > Select

None

38. Image > Resize

Settings:

Width = 80 (Percent)

Height = 80 (Percent)

Advanced settings = Checked

Resample using = Bicubic

Sharpness = Sharper = 100

Maintain original print

size = Not Checked

Lock aspect ratio = Checked

Resize all layers = Checked

39. Activate barre-coeur.

pspimage

40. Layers Palette

Highlight Bottom Layer

41. Edit > Copy

Keep open

42. Back to Workspace

43. Edit > Paste As New

Layer

44. Move Tool

Move to Top Left Corner

45. Layers > Duplicate

46. Image > Mirror

47. Move Tool

Move tube to the right having

it lined up with the other

one

48. Layers > Merge > Merge

Down

49. Layers > Duplicate

50. Image > Flip

51. Back to barre-coeur.

pspimage

Layers Palette

Highlight Raster 4

52. Edit > Copy

Close

53. Back to Workspace

54. Edit > Paste As New

Layer

55. Image > Resize

Settings:

Width = 60 (Percent)

Height = 60 (Percent)

Resize all layers = Not

Checked

56. Move Tool

Move up to the silver bar

lining it up with the inside

border

57. Effects > 3D Effects

> Drop Shadow

58. Layers > Duplicate

59. Image > Mirror

60. Image > Add Borders

Settings:

Symmetric = Checked

Size in pixels = 4

Color = Background

Color

61. Image > Resize

Settings:

To Your Liking

62. Layers > New Raster

Layer

63. Add Watermark

64. 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, Brenda, Cassie,

Gipse, Karen, Marsha, Susan,

Susan T, and Wendy

Please link back to

I hope you have enjoyed my

tutorial, as much as I enjoyed

writing it