Cherish

 

This tutorial was done using PSP version 9 but can be done in most versions

 

A big thank you to all the creators of these supplies & for allowing us to use them in our tutorials. No copyright infringement intended as these are being used for learning purposes only. Please do not change file names, claim as your own, or add to any collection to sell for profit. Thank You.

 

Supplies – 4 tubes – 2 patterns – 1 mask

Filters: MaRa's Seamless – Emboss at Alpha

Eye Candy 3.01 – Perspective Shadow

BorderMania - Instant Button #1

Brush Strokes

 

SUPPLIES

Open All the Supplies in PSP & Minimize

Set Up the Material Pallet

Foreground #30291d – Background #b5a48e

Set Foreground to Foreground-Background Gradient– Radial – Angle 71 Repeats 9

Invert Checked - Vertical & Horizontal both at 50

 

NOTE: when doing a copy & paste of your tubes, make sure the tube layer is active by clicking on that layer only so that you paste only the tube & not the watermark or the background.

 

Magic Wand Settings

 

File - New Image 604 x 450

Flood Fill with Gradient

Adjust – Blur Gaussian Blur Radius 21.78

Adjust – Edge Effects – Enhance More

 

Right Click on Layer Pallet - New Raster Layer – Flood Fill with Dark Color

Layers – New Mask Layer From Image

Bring up the Chat mask that you have minimized

Right click on Mask Raster Layer & Merge Group

 

Move mask to the upper left

Right Click on Layer Pallet - Layer Duplicate - Move until both masks center

 

Close the bottom Layer by clicking on the eye - click on layer above & merge visible

Effects – Plugins – MuRa Seamless – Emboss at Alpha

Repeat Emboss at Alpha same settings

Set Opacity to 52 Leave Blend Mode on Normal

 

On the top layer – Effects – Edge Effects – Enhance More

 

Right Click on Raster Layer 1 – Duplicate

Activate Cherish Pattern2

Copy & Paste as new layer on your working image

Layer – Blend Mode Normal – Opacity 16

Right Click on Copy of Raster 1 - Delete

Click on the top layer of your layer pallet to activate

Activate the JBL tube by clicking on it - Edit – Copy & Paste as New Layer on your working image. Move it down & to the right. See completed tag for placement.

Effects – Plugins – MuRa Seamless – Emboss at Alpha – same settings as used before

Effects – Eye Candy 3.01 – Perspective Shadow

145 / 42/ 64/ 63/ 67/ Shadow Black

Set Opacity at 50 (Blend Mode Normal)

 

Activate the Kat Clock tube – Resize All Layers Checked 60% Bicubic

Edit – Copy & Paste as New Layer on working image

Place in the left top corner – see completed tag for placement reference

Effects – Plugins – MuRa Seamless – Emboss at Alpha – same settings as before

Set the Layer Pallet Opacity at 20 (Blend Mode Normal)

 

Activate Raster Layer 1 on your layer pallet by clicking on it

Effects – Illumination Effects – Sunburst

Color white – 4 100 0 77 57 38

 

Make sure Raster Layer 1 is activated – Select All – Selections Modify – Contract 5

Effects – Plugins – BorderMania – Instant Button #1 – settings 52 71 92 Notch Corners UNCHECKED

Repeat Instant Button

Save as PSP file so that you can make changes later if needed

Select None

If satisfied with placement of elements –

Image – Add Borders 2 Light Color (answer ok to popup)

Image – Add Borders 2 Dark Color

 

Change your background on the material pallet to CherishPattern Angel 0 – Scale 229

 

Image – Add Borders 5 – any color not in your graphic

Select with Magic Wand & Flood Fill with Cherish Pattern

Select None

Image – Add Borders – 2 Light Color

Image – Add Borders – 2 Dark Color

Select All – Selections – Modify Contract – 17

Selections Invert

Effects – Plugins – Brush Strokes- Angled- Direction 50 / Stroke Length 15 /

Sharpness 2

Select None

Image – Add Borders – 2 Dark Color

Image – Add Borders – 2 LightColor

Image – Add Borders – 2 Dark Color

 

Activate the 1158dw woman tube –

Resize Pixels –308 x 439 Bicubic – Aspect Ratio & All Layers Checked

Adjust - Sharpen

Copy & Paste as New Layer

Move to the left – see completed tag for placement

Effects – Plugins – Eye Candy 3.01 Perspective Shadow

Settings 20 42 64 50 67 Shadow Color Black

 

Make sure your background layer is selected ---

With the Clone Tool – set at +Round 10

Size 57 - Hardness 50 - Step 10 Denseness, Thickness, Opacity 100

Rotation 0 - Blend Mode Normal

 

Right Click on the Border left clicking then moving with diagonal strokes – clean up the stray white pixels.

 

Right Click on Layer Pallet - Layer New Raster Layer

Change the foreground color on the Material Pallet to color # f7f7f7

With the +Round 10 Brush - Same Settings as for Clone Tool

Right Click in the Corner and Apply Brush Once

 

Set the Opacity of this Layer on 48 - Blend Mode Luminance L

 

Active the text tube Copy & Paste as a New Layer.

Move on your working image to where it looks good to you.

Resize to fit your project by 90% Bicubic Increments to avoid quality loss.

 

Please remember that tutorials are only guides so experiment & have fun.

Keep Smiling & Stay Creative

brandy

 

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