Sleeping Beauty

Written by ©Daiva C.

Dec. 24, 2009

Released March 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

chrismist_WS9061.pspimage

Corel_04_002.jpg

(It May Show up as

Plasma Frame)

EL-Lace.pspimage

Finery_MistedbyGini_12-

04-06.psp

fmariee3.pspimage

Foreground Swatch.jpg

KaraT5675.psp

lizztish_corsage3.psp

MAR-J2008-02.pspimage

overlay.pspimage

Silver Deco Bar.pspimage

String of Pearls.pspimage

Supplies Available (Here)

and (Here)

Filters:

VM Natural > Sparkle

(Here)

VM Toolbox > Instant

Tile (Here)

Preparation:

Unzip supplies

Install Filters if Needed

Save Corel_04_002.jpg

to your PSP Displacement

Map Folder

Open remaining supplies

in PSP

Minimize

Performance Notes:

All settings will remain the

same unless new or revised

ones are given

1. Dropper Tool

Settings:

Foreground Color = Light

color of your choice

or you may use my

Foreground Swatch.jpg

from the supplies

Background Color = Medium

to Dark color of your choice

, or use my Background

Swatch.jpg from supplies

Minimize Tube

Note:

Make note of Hue and

Saturation #'s for

Foreground Color

2. Materials Palette

Change Foreground to

Gradient

Settings:

Foreground-Background

Angle = 315

Repeats = 30

Invert = Not Checked

Texture = Not Checked

Style = Radial

Center point

Horizontal = 50

Vertical = 50

3. File > New

Settings:

Width = 700 pixels

Height = 500 pixels

Raster Background = Checked

Transparent = Checked

4. Flood Fill Tool

Settings:

Match mode = None

Use all layers = Not Checked

Blend mode = Normal

Opacity = 100

Fill Workspace with 

Foreground Gradient

5. Effects > Distortion

Effects > Displacement

Map

Settings:

Displacement Map

= Plasma Frame

Stretch map to fit

image = Checked

Tile map to cover

image = Not Checked

Blur = 10

2D offsets = Not Checked

3D surface = Checked

Intensity = 100

Rotation = 160

Edge mode = Repeat

6. Effects > Plugins > VM

Natural > Sparkle

Settings:

Max Size = 34

Red, Green, Blue = 255

Rnd Color On/Off = 82

Random Seed = 142

7. Effects > Image Effects >

Seamless Tiling

Settings:

Corner = Checked

Horizontal = Checked

Horizontal offset (%) = 55

Transition (%) = 100

8. Layers > Duplicate

9. Image > Mirror

10. Layers Palette

Settings:

Opacity = 53

11. Layers > Merge > Merge

Down

12. Effects > Image Effects >

Seamless Tiling

Settings:

Vertical = Checked

Vertical offset (%) = 0

13. Activate overlay.pspimage

14. Layers Palette

Highlight Top Layer

15. Edit > Copy

Close

16. Back to Workspace

17. Edit > Paste As New Layer

18. Activate fmariee3.pspimage

19. Edit > Copy

Close

20. Back to Workspace

21. Edit > Paste As New

Layer

22. Activate KaraT5675.psp

23. Edit > Copy

Close

24. Back to Workspace

25. Layers Palette

Highlight Raster 2

26. Edit > Paste As New

Layer

(It should paste in the right

place)

27. Layers > Palette

Settings:

Blend mode = Luminance

28. Layers > Duplicate

29. Image > Free Rotate

Settings:

Direction = Right

Degree = 30

All layers = Not Checked

Rotate single layer around

canvas center = Not Checked

30. Layers Palette

Settings:

Blend mode = Luminance

(Legacy)

31. Layers > Duplicate

32. Image > Free Rotate

33. Layers Palette

Settings:

Blend mode = Luminance

34. Layers > Duplicate

35. Image > Free Rotate

36. Layers Palette

Settings:

Blend mode  = Luminance

(Legacy)

37. Activate lizztish_corsage

3.psp

38. Edit > Copy

Close

39. Back to Workspace

40. Layers Palette

Highlight Top Layer

41. Edit > Paste As New

Layer

42. Move Tool

Move to lower right corner

43. Layers Palette

Settings:

Opacity = 67

44. Activate chrismist_

WS9061.pspimage

45. Edit > Copy

Close

46. Back to Workspace

47. Edit > Paste As New

Layer

48. Move Tool

Move to lower left

corner

49. Layers Palette

Settings:

Opacity = 51

50. Activate Finery_Misted

ByGini_12-04-06.psp

51. Edit > Copy

Close

52. Back to Workspace

53. Edit > Paste As New

Layer

54. Move Tool

Move to upper left corner

55. Layers Palette

Settings:

Blend mode = Luminance

(Legacy)

Opacity = 65

56. Activate MAR-J2008

-02.pspimage

57. Edit > Copy

Close

58. Back to Workspace

59. Edit > Paste As New

Layer

60. Move Tool

Move to upper right

corner

61. Layers Palette

Settings:

Blend mode = Soft

Light

62. Layers > Duplicate

63. Activate EL-Lace.

pspimage

64. Layers Palette

Highlight Raster 1

65. Edit > Copy

Close

66. Back to Workspace

67. Edit > Paste As New

Layer

68. Move Tool

Move to Left Side of

Workspace

69. Layers Palette

Settings:

Blend mode = Luminance

(Legacy)

70. Effects > 3D Effects >

Drop Shadow

Settings:

Vertical = 2

Horizontal = 2

Opacity = 100

Blur = 2

Color = Black

Shadow on new layer =

Not Checked

70. Layers > Duplicate

71. Image > Mirror

72. Activate Silver Deco

Bar.pspimage

73. Edit > Copy

Close

74. Back to Workspace

75. Edit > Paste As New

Layer

76. Move Tool

Move to Top of Workspace

leaving a 25 pixel space

at the top

77. Tool Bar

Deformation Tool

Settings:

Default

78. Pull Silver Deco

Bar out on both ends to

over lap the lace borders

Note:

Activate any other

tool to deactivate

the Deform Tool

79. Layers > Arrange > Move

Down

80. Edit > Repeat Move

Layer Down

81. Layers Palette

Settings:

Blend mode = Luminance

82. Effects > 3D Effects >

Drop Shadow

83. Layers Duplicate

84. Image > Flip

85. Image > Add Borders

Settings:

Symmetric = Checked

Size in pixels = 4

Color = Background

Color

86. Image > Add Borders

Settings:

Size in pixels = 3

Color = Foreground

Color

87. Image > Add Borders

Settings:

Size in pixels = 4

Color = Background

Color

88. Image > Resize

Settings:

Width = 75 (Percent)

Height = 75 (Percent)

Advanced settings =

Checked

Resample using = Bicubic

Sharpness = Sharper = 100

Maintain original print size

= Not Checked

Lock aspect ratio = Checked

Resize all layers = Checked

89. Image > Add Borders

Settings:

Symmetric = Not Checked

Size in pixels =

Top = 15

Left = 75

Right = 75

Bottom = 15

Color = White

90. 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

 

91. Flood Fill Tool

Fill Border with Foreground

Gradient

 

92. Effects > Plugins > VM

Toolbox > Instant Tile

Settings:

Default

 

93. Effects > 3D Effects >

Inner Bevel

Settings:

Bevel = 2

Width = 8

Smoothness = 40

Depth = 2

Ambience = 40

Shininess = 58

Color = White

Angle = 312

Intensity = 41

Elevation = 23

 

94. Selections > Select None

 

95. Activate String of Pearls.

pspimage

 

96. Shift D > Close Original

 

97. Adjust > Hue and

Saturation > Colorize

Settings:

To Match Foreground

Color

 

98. Image > Resize

Settings:

Width = 80 (Percent)

Height = 80 (Percent)

 

99. Edit > Copy

Close

 

100. Back to Workspace

 

101. Edit > Paste As New

Layer

 

102. Move Tool

Move to Outside border

 

103. Effects > 3D Effects >

Drop Shadow

Settings:

Opacity = 50

 

104. Layers > Duplicate

 

105. Image > Mirror

 

106. Image > Add Borders

Settings:

Symmetric = Checked

Size in pixels = 4

Color = Background

Color

 

107. Image > Resize

Settings:

Your Preference

 

108. Layers > New Raster

Layer

 

109. Add Watermark

 

110. 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, Cassie,

Marsha, June, Susan, Susan T,

and Wendy

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I hope you have enjoyed my

tutorial, as much as I enjoyed

writing it