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Plugins:

Toadies, Weaver - Here

Simple, Diamonds, Pizza Slice Mirror, Left Right Wrap - Here

AP 01 [Innovations], Lines - SilverLining - Here

 

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  Preparations 
 
Place the selectionerne 'cas_LoveSel1', 'cas_LoveSel2' and 'cas_LoveSel3' in the Selections folder to your PSP program.
 

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Materialer here

 

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Tube from Dakara: http://dakara.free.fr/

 

 

  
 

1.    Set the foregroundscolor to #6ac89b and backgroundcolor to #b68778

 

       Set the foregroundcolor to gradient:

 

      

 

 

2.    Open newTransparent Image 900 x 500 pixel.

 

       Flood Fill the selection with the gradient.

 

     

3.   Adjust - Blur - Motion Blur.

 

       In Settings you choose Right strong:

 

      

 

 

4.   Effects - Distortion Effects - Spiky Halo:

 

      

 

 

5.   Effects - Plugins - Toadies - Weaver:

 

      

 

            

6.   Layers - New Raster Layer, Raster 2.

 

       Change the foregroundcolor to #3b9f70

 

       Change the forgroundgradient to:

 

      

 

       Flood Fill your layer with the gradient.

 

       In the Layerpalette, set Blend Mode to Overlay.

 

       Layers - Merge - Merge Visible.

 

       Effects - Edge Effects - Enhance.

 

 

7.   Layers - Duplicate.

 

       Effects - Plugins - Simple - Diamonds.

 

       In the Layerpalette, set Opacity to 65.

 

       Layers - Merge - Merge Visible.

 

 

8.   Effects - Plugins - Simple - Pizza Slice Mirror.

 

       Selections - Load/Save Selection - Load Selection from Disk.

 

       Find 'cas_LoveSel1':

 

      

 

       Effects - Plugins - Simple - Left Right Wrap.

 

       Selections - Select None.

 

       Adjust - Sharpness - Sharpen More.

 

       Your image should look like this now:

 

      

 

      

9.   Selections - Load/Save Selection - Load Selection from Disk like before. Find 'cas_LoveSel2'.

 

       Effects - Plugins - AP 01 [Innovations] - Lines - SilverLining:

 

      

 

       Selections - Select None.

 

 

10. Open Mask 'cas_Mask0414' and minimize it.

 

       Layers - New Raster Layer, Raster 1.

 

       Change the foregroundcolor to #afb3d1 and the backgroundcolor to #ffffff (white).

 

       Foreground to the gradient from section 1:

 

      

      

       Flood Fill the layer with the gradient.

 

       Adjust - Blur - Gaussian Blur 5.

 

 

11. Layers - New Mask Layer - From Image, find cas_Mask0414:

 

      

 

       Layers - Merge - Merge Group.

 

       Adjust - Sharpness - Sharpen.

 

 

12. Layers - New Raster Layer, Raster 1.

 

       Selections - Load/Save Selection - Load Selection from Disk like before. Find 'cas_LoveSel3'.

 

       Flood Fill selectionen with the backgroundcolor white.

 

       Selections - Select None.

 

     

13. Layers - Duplicate.

 

       Effects - Geometric Effects - Skew:

 

      

 

       Effects - Distortion Effects - Twirl 100.

 

 

14. Effects - Image Effects - Offset:

 

      

 

       In the Layerpalette, set Opacity to 65.

 

 

15. Activate Raster 1.

 

       Effects - Image Effects - Offset:

 

      

 

       In the Layerpalette, set Opacity to 72.

 

 

16. Activate the top layer, Copy of Raster 1.

 

       Open the tube 'cas_LoveRamme'.

 

       Edit - Copy, close it down.

 

       Edit - Paste as New Layer, Raster 2.

 

       Effects - Image Effects - Offset:

 

      

 

17. Activate Selection Tool and choose Custom Selection :

 

      

 

       Activate Raster 1.

 

       Edit - Clear, or push the Delete button on your keyboard.

 

       Selections - Select None.

 

      

18. Activate Copy of Raster 1.

 

       Open the tube 'cal_guis_19_08_2008_couple_glamour'.

 

       Leave the selection on.

 

       Edit - Copy, close it down.

 

       Edit - Paste as New Layer, Raster 3.

 

 

19. Image - Resize 55% - uncheck All Layers.

 

       Activate the Pick Tool and move the tube up into the frame:

 

      

 

       Adjust - Sharpness - Sharpen.

 

      

20. Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow:

 

      

           Color #000000

 

       Activate the top layer, Raster 2.

 

       Layers - Merge - Merge Down.

 

 

21. Close the eye on the top layer:

 

      

 

       Activate one of the other layers.

 

       Layers - Merge - Merge Visible.

 

       Open the eye on the top layer again.

 

 

22. Activate the bottom layer, Merged.

 

       Open the tube 'cas_LoveDeco1'.

 

       Edit - Copy, close it down.

 

       Edit - Paste as New Layer, Raster 1.

 

       In the Layerpalette, set Blend Mode to Overlay and Opacity to 92.

 

 

23. Activate the top layer.

 

       Open the tube 'cas_LoveText'.

 

       Edit - Copy, close it down.

 

       Edit - Paste as New Layer, Raster 2.

 

       Effects - Image Effects - Offset:

 

      

 

 

24. Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow:

 

      

           Color #000000

 

      

25. Open the tube 'cas_LoveDeco2'.

 

       Edit - Copy, close it down.

 

       Edit - Paste as New Layer, Raster 4.

 

       Effects - Image Effects - Offset:

 

      

 

      

26. Open the tube 'cas_LoveDeco3'.

 

       Edit - Copy, close it down.

 

       Edit - Paste as New Layer, Raster 5.

 

       Effects - Image Effects - Offset:

 

      

 

 

27. Open the tube 'farfalla'.

 

       Edit - Copy, close it down.

 

       Edit - Paste as New Layer,  Raster 6.

 

       Image - Mirror.

 

       Image - Resize 35% - uncheck All Layers.

 

       Activate the Pick Tool and place the tube like this:

 

      

 

 

28. Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow:

 

      

           Farve #000000

 

 

29. Layers - Duplicate.

 

       Image - Mirror.

 

       Image - Rezise 70% - uncheck All Layers.

 

       Place it like this:

 

      

 

 

30. Open the tube 'cas_LoveDeco4'.

 

       Edit - Copy, close it down.

 

       On your image, Edit - Paste as New Layer, Raster 7.

 

       Effects - Image Effects - Offset:

 

      

 

31. Image - Add Borders, Symmetric, 2 pixel, color  #3b9f70

 

       Image - Add Borders, Symmetric, 20 pixel, color #ffffff (white)

 

       Image - Add Borders, Symmetric, 1 pixel, color #3b9f70

 

       Image - Add Borders, Symmetric, 35 pixel, color #ffffff (white)

 

       Image - Add Borders, Symmetric, 2 pixel, color #3b9f70

 

 

32. Sign you image.

 

       Resize if you want a smaller image and save it.

 

 

 

 
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If you liked my tutorial, I would be pleased, if you tell me. I also would love to see your creation, if you have used other tubes and colors.

 

If you attach your image, I will reserve the right to put it on my website with your name and link to your website, if you have one, unless you tell me not to.
 

 

 
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Version with other tubes and colors
 
Tubes from Alies:  A-and-K-tubes-unlimited  and Gerry

 

 

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Thank you Cher for testing my tutorial

Chers version

 

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Thank you Angela for translating my tutorial into Dutch

Angelas version

 

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