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~°~ Original by Cory Creatief ~°~
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This translation is written with PSP X8, if you work with older versions some things might be different but the result will be the same.
Acknowledgements:
Masks by Narah and Casiop
Plugins:
Mehdi – Weaver
Flaming Pear – Flood
Preparations:
Open the Mask, The Image and the Tubes in PSP, minimize to Tray. NOTE: If you are using different colors you might need to colorize
Save the Flaming Pear Preset to your Hard Drive
From PSP 14 and higher there is no option for Image – Mirror & Image – Flip There is a new option but this does not give the same result except when the tube/image covers the whole image from side to side There is a easy way to add the old Mirror and Flip options to the Image Menu I have written a tutorial you can find it HERE. From PSP 17 the option is back
Colors:
#283628
#ffffff
Note: When working with your own colors, play with the Blend Mode and/or Opacity at your own discretion
Set your Foregroundcolor to #283628
Set your Backgroundcolor to
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The tutorial:
01
Open a new transparent image of 900 x 550 px
Selections – Select All
Maximize Image “BG_Decorate” from tray
Note: If you are using a tube of your own the result may be different, if you want the same result you can use this Image for this step. You can colorize it to match your work.
Edit – Copy
On your work image: Edit – Paste Into Selection
Selections – Select None
Adjust – Blur – Gaussian Blur – Radius 20
Effects – Plugins – Mehdi – Weaver.
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02
Maximize Tube “Trees” from tray
Edit – Copy
On your work image: Edit – Paste As New Layer
Press K on your keyboard to activate the Pick Tool
Enter these parameters for the X 7 and Y inus 17 Positions on the Tool bar.
X 7, Minus 17)
Hit any key on your keyboard to close the Pick Tool
Layer Palette – Double click on this Layer and set the Opacity of this Layer to 40.
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03
Maximize Tube “element 1″ from tray”
Edit – Copy
On your work image: Edit – Paste As New Layer
Press K on your keyboard to activate the Pick Tool
Enter these parameters for the X and Y Positions on the Tool bar.
(Minus 76, Minus 104)
Hit any key on your keyboard to close the Pick Tool
Layer Palette – Double click on this Layer and set the Blend Mode to “Screen”.
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04
Layers – New Raster Layer
Fill with the Backgroundcolor #ffffff
Layers – New Mask Layer – From Image – Cas-mask 0316.
Layers – Merge – Merge Group
Image – Mirror – Mirror Horizontal ( Image – Mirror in previous PSP Versions)
Press K on your keyboard to activate the Pick Tool
Enter these parameters for the X and Y Positions on the Tool bar.
(Minus 79, Minus 74)
Hit any key on your keyboard to close the Pick Tool.
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05
Layers – New Raster Layer
Fill with the Backgroundcolor #ffffff
Layers – New Mask Layer – From Image – Narah Mask 0421.
Layers – Merge – Merge Group
Effects – Plugins – Flaming Pear – Flood – Click on the Red Arrow and load Preset Flood settings Decorate
Or if this is not working for you with these settings.
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06
Maximize Tube “element 2” from tray
Edit – Copy
On your work image: Edit – Paste As New Layer
Press K on your keyboard to activate the Pick Tool
Enter these parameters for the X and Y Positions on the Tool bar.
(95, 56)
Hit any key on your keyboard to close the Pick Tool.
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07
Layers – New Raster Layer
Fill with the Backgroundcolor #ffffff
Layers – New Mask Layer – From Image – mask_138.
Layers – Merge – Merge Group.
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08
Maximize Tube “Text_138” from tray
Edit – Copy
On your work image: Edit – Paste As New Layer
Press K on your keyboard to activate the Pick Tool
Enter these parameters for the X and Y Positions on the Tool bar.
(525,8)
Hit any key on your keyboard to close the Pick Tool.
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09
Maximize Tube “deco les 138” from tray
Edit – Copy
On your work image: Edit – Paste As New Layer
Press K on your keyboard to activate the Pick Tool
Enter these parameters for the X and Y Positions on the Tool bar.
(145,10)
Hit any key on your keyboard to close the Pick Tool.
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10
Maximize Tube “Bee_01” from tray
Edit – Copy
On your work image: Edit – Paste As New Layer
Move to the Left like this:
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11
Layers – Duplicate
Image – Mirror – Mirror Vertical ( Image – Flip in previous PSP Versions)
Move like this:
Layer Palette – Double click on this Layer and set the Opacity of this Layer to 15
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12
Maximize Tube “Bee_02” from tray
Edit – Copy
Minimize to tray, you need it again
On your work image: Edit – Paste As New Layer
Move to the Right like this:
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13
Maximize Tube “flower” from tray
Edit – Copy
On your work image: Edit – Paste As New Layer
Move to the Bottom Right Corner like this:
Layers – Duplicate
Image – Mirror – Mirror Horizontal ( Image – Mirror in previous PSP Versions)
Move like this:
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14
Image – Add Borders – Symmetric checked – 1 px – Foregroundcolor #283628
Image – Add Borders – Symmetric checked – 10 px – Backgroundcolor #ffffff
Image – Add Borders – Symmetric checked – 1 px – Foregroundcolor #283628
Image – Add Borders – Symmetric checked – 2 px – Backgroundcolor #ffffff
Image – Add Borders – Symmetric checked – 1 px – Foregroundcolor #283628
Selections – Select All
Image – Add Borders – Symmetric checked – 35 px – Backgroundcolor #ffffff
Effects – 3D Effects – Drop Shadow – Vertical 2 – Horizontal 2 – Opacity 40 – Blur 20 – Color #283628
Repeat with the Vertical and Horizontal Offset to Minus 2
Selections – Select None.
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15
Maximize Tube “Bee_02” from tray
Edit – Copy
On your work image: Edit – Paste As New Layer
Image – Mirror – Mirror Horizontal ( Image – Mirror in previous PSP Versions)
Image – Resize – 55% – Resize all Layers not checked
Move to the Top Left Corner
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16
Image – Add Borders – Symmetric checked – 1 px – Foregroundcolor #283628
Image – Resize – Width 900 Pixels – Resize all Layers checked
Add your name or watermark, save as JPG file and you’re done!
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Extra Examples by Anya and Chris
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