A Walk in the Park
Written by ©Daiva C.
March 15, 2010
Released June 08, 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_Wisteria Pond_Mist.psp
Foreground Swatch.jpg
MMDesignz_317_221009.
pspimage
Victorian_Man.pspimage
vsc_LH_SWANS.pspimage
Wisteria.pspimage
Supplies Available (Here)
and (Here)
Filters:
VM Toolbox > Instant
Tile (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 MMDesignz
_317_221009.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
3. Materials Palette
Change Foreground
to Gradient
Settings:
Foreground-Background
Angle = 45
Repeats = 1
Invert = 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
Gradient
6. Activate Wisteria.psp
image
7. Edit > Copy
Close
8. Back to Workspace
9. Edit > Paste As New
Layer
10. Move Tool
Move to Upper Left
Corner of Workspace
11. Layers > Duplicate
12. Image > Mirror
13. Layers > Merge > Merge
Down
14. Layers Palette
Settings:
Opacity = 45
15. Edit > Paste As New
Layer
16. Image > Mirror
17. Move Tool
Move to Lower Right
Corner of Workspace
18. Layers > Arrange >
Move Down
Move Down
19. Layers Palette
Settings:
Opacity = 45
20. Tool Bar
Lighten/Darken Brush (L)
Settings:
Shape = Circle
Size = 32
Hardness = 50
Step = 10
Density = 100
Thickness = 100
Rotation = 0
Opacity = 100
Continuous = Not
Checked
Mode = RGB
Swap mouse buttons =
Not Checked
21. With your mouse
carefully go over the line
between the top and bottom
tubes, until it's blended
together
22. Layers > Duplicate
23. Image > Mirror
24. Move Tool
Move a little to the
right so it blends in
with the one in the
lower right corner
25. Tool Bar
Raster Deform
Tool
Settings:
Default
26. Pull image to
the left past work
space
27. Activate any other
tool to deactivate the
Deform tool
28. Activate CJ_Wisteria
Pond_Mist.psp
29. Edit > Copy
Close
30. Back to Workspace
31. Layers Palette
Highlight Top Layer
32. Edit > Paste As New
Layer
33. Move Tool
Move to Lower Left
Corner of Workspace
34. Layers Palette
Settings:
Opacity = 45
35. Activate vsc_LH_SWANS.
pspimage
36. Edit > Copy
Close
37. Back to Workspace
38. Edit > Paste As New
Layer
39. Move Tool
Move to Lower Right
Corner of Workspace
40. Layers Palette
Settings:
Opacity = 60
41. Activate MMDesignz
_317_221009.pspimage
42. Edit > Copy
Close
43. Back to Workspace
44. Edit > Paste As New
Layer
45. Move Tool
Move to bottom of
Workspace and a little
to the right
46. Effects > 3D Effects >
Drop Shadow
Settings:
Vertical = 5
Horizontal = 5
Opacity = 50
Blur = 5
Color = Black
Shadow on new layer
= Not Checked
47. Activate Victorian_
Man.pspimage
48. Edit > Copy
Close
49. Back to Workspace
50. Edit > Paste As New
Layer
51. Move Tool
Move to Upper Left
Corner of Workspace
52. Layers Palette
Settings:
Opacity = 69
53. Layers Palette
Close Raster 4, 5, 6,
and 7
54. Layers Palette
Highlight Raster 2
55. Layers > Merge >
Merge Visible
56. Edit > Copy
57. Edit > Paste as
New Image
Minimize
58. Layers > View > All
59. Image > Add Borders
Settings:
Symmetric = Checked
Size in pixels = 6
Color = White
60. 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
61. Flood Fill Tool
Fill Border with
Gradient
62. Effects > 3D Effects
> Inner Bevel
Settings:
Bevel = 2
Width = 10
Smoothness = 55
Depth = 26
Ambience = -14 (Minus)
Shininess = 10
Color = White
Angle = 315
Intensity = 30
Elevation = 88
63. Effects > 3D Effects
> Drop Shadow
Settings:
Vertical = 3
Horizontal = 3
64. Effects > 3D Effects
> Drop Shadow
Settings:
Vertical = -3 (Minus)
Horizontal = -3 (Minus)
65. Selections > Select
None
66. Image > Resize
Settings:
Your Preference
67. Image > Add Borders
Settings:
Size in pixels = 30
68. Magic Wand Tool
Select Border
69. Flood Fill Tool
Fill Border with
Gradient
70. Maximize Minimized
Image
71. Edit > Copy
Close
72. Back to Workspace
73. Edit > Paste Into
Selection
74. Effects > Plugins >
VM Toolbox > Instant
Tile
Settings:
X-Flip = 77
Y-Flip= 66
75. Edit > Repeat Instant
Tile
76. Effects > Distortion
Effects > Wave
Settings:
Horizontal displacement
Amplitude = 0
Wavelength = 46
Vertical displacement
Amplitude = 6
Wavelength = 100
Transparent = Checked
77. Effects > Distortion
Effects > Wave
Settings:
Color = Background
Color
78. Effects > 3D Effects
> Inner Bevel
79. Effects > 3D Effects
> Drop Shadow
Settings:
Vertical = 1
Horizontal = 1
80. Effects > 3D Effects
> Drop Shadow
Settings:
Vertical = -1 (Minus)
Horizontal = -1 (Minus)
81. Selections > Select
None
82. Layers > New Raster
Layer
83. Add Watermark
84. 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, Charo, Gipse,
Karen, Marsha, Sue, Susan,
and Susan T.
Please link back to
I hope you have enjoyed my
tutorial, as much as I enjoyed
writing it
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