Monday, November 22, 2010

Garden Gate

Written by ©Daiva C.
July 29, 2010
Released Nov. 17, 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 X3
Skill Level: Intermediate

Supplies:
1640-luzcristina.pspimage
Background Swatch.jpg
Foreground Swatch.jpg
Garden Gate 3 .pspimage
Gold Foil.jpg
goldbeads patroon.BMP
Supplies Available (Here)
and (Here)

Filters:
Filters
Unlimited 2.0 > Special
Effects 1 > Plastic Surface
and Distortion Filters > Splash
Simple > Offset By 3 (Here)

Preparation:
Unzip Supplies
Install Filters if Needed
Save Gold Foil.jpg and
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 1640-luz
cristina.pspimage

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

Note:
Make note of Hue and
Saturation #'s for Back
ground Color

3. Materials Palette
Change Background
to Gradient
Settings:
Foreground-Background
Angle = 45
Repeats = 3
Invert = Not Checked
Texture = Not Checked
Style = Linear

4. File > New
Settings:
Width = 600 pixels
Height = 400 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
Background Gradient

6. Effects > Plugins >
Filters
Unlimited 2.0 > Distortion
Filters > Splash
Settings:
Intensity = 158
Wrap Around = Checked

7. Layers > New Raster
Layer

8. Materials Palette
Change Gradient to
Color

9. Back to Workspace

10. Flood Fill Tool
Fill Layer with Back
ground Color

11. Layers Palette
Settings:
Opacity = 49

12. Layers > Merge > Merge
Down

13. Adjust > Brightness and
Contrast > Brightness/Contrast
Settings:
Brightness = 20
Contrast = 15

14. Layers > New Raster
Layer

15. Tool Bar
Selection Tool > Custom
Settings:
Top = 25
Left = 25
Right = 575
Bottom = 375

16. Materials Palette
Change Foreground to
Pattern
Settings:
Gold Foil.jpg
Angle = 0
Scale = 100

17. Flood Fill Tool
Fill Selection with
Pattern

18. Selections > Modify
> Contract
Settings:
Number of pixels = 5

19. Edit > Clear

20. Layers > New Raster
Layer

21. Tool Bar
Selection Tool > Custom
selection

22. Materials Palette
Change Background
to Pattern
Settings:
goldbeads patroon.
BMP
Angle = 0
Scale = 100

23. Flood Fill Tool
Fill Selection with
Pattern

24. Selections > Modify
> Contract

25. Edit > Clear

26. Selections > Select
None

27. Adjust > Sharpness >
Sharpen

28. Layers Palette
Settings:
Opacity = 36

29. Layers > Merge > Merge
Down

30. Effects > 3D Effects
> Drop Shadow
Settings:
Vertical = 3
Horizontal = 3
Opacity = 50
Blur = 3
Color = Black
Shadow on new layer
= Not Checked

31. Materials Palette
Change Background
Pattern to Gradient
Settings:
Angle = 0
Repeats = 15
Style = Radial
Center point
Horizontal = 50
Vertical = 50

32. Back to Workspace

33. Image > Add Borders
Settings:
Symmetric = Not Checked
Size in pixels =
Top = 5
Left = 45
Right = 45
Bottom = 5
Color = White

34. 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
 
35. Flood Fill Tool
Fill Border with
Gradient
 
36. Layers > New Raster
Layer
 
37. Flood Fill Tool
Fill Layer with Gradient
 
38. Effects > Plugins >
Filters
Unlimited 2.0 > Special
Effects 1 > Plastic Surface
Settings:
Effect Phase = 48
Mix = 41
Effect Lightness = 80
Moiré = 23
 
39. Effects > 3D Effects
> Drop Shadow
Settings:
Vertical = 2
Horizontal = 2
Opacity = 50
Blur = 3
 
40. Effects > 3D Effects
> Drop Shadow
Settings:
Vertical = -2 (Minus)
Horizontal = -2 (Minus)
 
41. Selections > Select
None
 
42. Effects > Plugins >
Simple > Offset By 3
 
43. Activate 1640-luz
cristina.pspimage
 
44. Edit > Copy
Close
 
45. Back to Workspace
 
46. Edit > Paste As
New Layer
 
47. Move Tool
Move to Bottom of
Workspace
 
48. Effects > 3D Effects
> Drop Shadow
Settings:
Vertical = 0
Horizontal = 0
Opacity = 100
Blur = 20
Color = Background
Color
 
49. Activate Garden Gate
3 .pspimage
 
50. Edit > Copy
Close
 
51. Back to Workspace
 
52. Edit > Paste As
New Layer
 
53. Adjust > Hue and
Saturation > Colorize
Settings:
To Match Background
Color
 
54. Move Tool
Move Down and to
the Left of 1640-luz
cristina.pspimage inside
of Gold Border so it looks
as if it's sitting on the Gold
Border
 
55. Effects > 3D Effects
> Drop Shadow
Settings:
Vertical = 3
Horizontal = 3
Opacity = 50
Blur = 3
 
56. Layers > Arrange >
Move Down
 
57. Layers > Duplicate
 
58. Image > Mirror
 
59. Image > Add Borders
Settings:
Symmetric = Checked
Size in pixels = 5
 
60. Magic Wand Tool
Select Border
 
61. Flood Fill Tool
Fill Layer with Fore
ground Pattern
 
62. Materials Palette
Change Gradient to
Pattern
Settings:
goldbeads patroon.
BMP
 
63. Layers > New Raster
Layer
 
64. Flood Fill Tool
Fill Border with Back
ground Pattern
 
65. Selections > Select
None
 
66. Layers Palette
Settings:
Opacity = 36
 
67. Effects > 3D Effects
> Drop Shadow
Color = Black
 
68. Effects > 3D Effects
> Drop Shadow
Settings:
Vertical = -3 (Minus)
Horizontal = -3 (Minus)
 
69. Image > Resize
Settings:
Your Preference
 
70. Layers > New Raster
Layer
 
71. Add Watermark
 
72. 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: Estella, Janet, Jennifer,
Karen, Phyllis, Sue, and Wendy
 
Please link back to
I hope you have enjoyed my
tutorial, as much as I enjoyed
writing it
 

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