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Made in PSPX2

   

 

 
 
 

Plugins:

 

Filter Factory Gallery M, Centre Square - Here

Filters Unlimited 2.0, Bkg Designer sf10 I - Cruncher - Here

Filter Factory Gallery V, Ommadawn - Here

VanDerLee - UnPlugged -X, Defocus - Here

Carolaine and Sensibility - CS-DLines - Here

Alien Skin Eye Candy 5: Impact, Perspective Shadow - Here

 

 

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 Preparations 
 
Place the selections 'cas_Personality_Sel1', '...Sel2', ...Sel3' and 'cas_Personality_Sel4 in the Selections folder to your PSP program.

Double click on the Preset cas_EC5I_Personality_PerspectiveShadow in the material folder and it is automatically imported into the Alien Skin Eye Candy 5: Impact folder.

sf10 FilterUnlimited Presets must be imported into Filters Unlimited 2.0

 

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Materials here

 

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Tube from

Annelies:  A-and-K-tubes-unlimited

Mask: Casiop Design

 

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1.   Set the foregroundcolor to #d5d0ba and backgroundcolor to #69594a

 

       Open New Transparent Image 900 x 500 pixels.

 

       Flood Fill with the foregroundcolor

 

       Change the foregroundcolor to Gradient, Foreground-Background:

 

      

 

 

2.   Layers - New Raster Layer, Raster 2.

 

       Flood Fill the layer with the gradient.

 

       Effects - Plugins - Filter Factory Gallery M - Centre Square Tiler:

 

      

 

      

3.   Effects - Image Effects - Seamless Tiling:

 

      

 

 

4.   Effects - Plugins - Filters Unlimited  2.0 - Bkg Designer sf10 I - Cruncher:

 

      

 

       In the Layerpalette, set Opacity to 55.

 

       Layers - Merge - Merge Down.

 

 

5.   Activate Selection Tool and Custom Selection :

 

      

 

 

6.   Effects - Distortion Effects - Pixelate:

 

      

 

       Selections - Select None.

 

       Adjust - Sharpness - Sharpen.

 

 

7.   Layers - New Raster Layer, Raster 2.

 

       Change the backgroundcolor to #ffffff (white).

 

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

 

       Find 'cas_Personality_Sel1':

 

      

 

       Flood Fill selectionen with the gradient.

 

       Selections - Select None.

 

 

8.   Effects - Plugins - Filter Factory Gallery V - Ommadawn:

 

      

 

      

9.   Effects - Plugins - VanDerLee - Unplugged-X - Defocus:

 

      

 

 

10. Effects - Image Effects - Seamless Tiling:

 

      

 

       Image - Mirror.

 

       Adjust - Sharpness - Sharpen.

 

       In the Layerpalette, set Opacity to 65.

 

 

11. Layers - New Raster Layer, Raster 3.

 

       Flood Fill the layer with the backgroundcolor (white).

 

       Open the Mask 'cas_Mask_310315_2' and minimize it.

 

       Layers - New Mask Layer - From Image:

 

      

 

 

12. Activate the layeret Mask - Raster 3.

 

       Layers - Duplicate:

 

      

 

       Layers - Merge - Merge Group.

 

 

       Your image should look like this now:

 

      

 

 

13. Selections - Load/Save Selection - Load Selection like before, but find 'cas_Personality_Sel2'.

 

       Layers - New Raster Layer, Raster 3.

 

       Flood Fill with the backgroundcolor (white).

 

       Selections - Select None.

 

 

14. Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow:

 

      

       Color #3a3028

 

 

15. Selections - Load/Save Selection - Load Selection like before, but find 'cas_Personality_Sel3'.

 

       Layers - New Raster Layer, Raster 4.

 

       Flood Fill with the backgroundcolor (white).

 

       Selections - Select None.

 

 

16. Effects - Image Effects - Seamless Tiling:
 

      

 

       In the Layerpalette, set Blend Mode to Dodge and Opacity to 26.

 

 

17. Selections - Load/Save Selection - Load Selection like before, but find 'cas_Personality_Sel4'.

 

       Layers - New Raster Layer, Raster 5.

 

       Flood Fill with the backgroundcolor (white).

 

       Selections - Select None.

 

       In the Layerpalette, set Blend Mode to Soft Light and Opacity to 75.

 

 

18. Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow:

 

      

       Color #000000 (black)

 

       Check in Shadow on new layer.

 

 

19. Effects - Plugins - Carolaine and Sensibility - CS-DLines:

 

      

 

       In the Layerpalette, set Blend Mode to Soft Light and Opacity to 65.

 

 

20. Activate the top layer, Raster 5.

 

       Open the tube 'Alies 282-vrouwen-29072010'.

 

       Edit - Copy, close it down.

 

       On your image, Edit - Paste as New Layer, Raster 6.

 

       Image - Resize - 60%, uncheck All Layers.

 

       Activate Pick Tool and place her like this:

 

      

 

 

21. Effects - Plugins - Alien Skin Eye Candy 5: Impact - Perspective Shadow.

 

       Under the tab Settings, find Preset 'cas_EC5I_Personality_PerspectiveShadow':

 

      

 

 

22. Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow:

 

      

       Color #000000 (black)

 

       Remember to uncheck Shadow on new layer.

 

 

23. Open the Image 'cas_Personality_Text'.

 

       Edit - Copy, close it down.

 

       Edit - Paste as New Layer, Raster 7.

 

       Activate Pick Tool again and place the text like this:

 

      

 

 

24. Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow:
 

      

       Color #000000 (black)

 

 

25. Open the Image 'cas_Personality_Deco1'.

 

       Edit - Copy, close it down.

 

       Edit - Paste as New Layer, Raster 8.

 

       Place the hearts in the middle of the text:

 

      

 

 

26. Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow:

 

      

       Color #ffffff (white)

 

 

27. Image - Add Borders:

 

      

       Color #69594a

 

       Edit - Copy.

 

 

28. Image - Add Borders, 5 pixels, color #ffffff (white)

 

       Image - Add Borders, 30 pixels, color #69594a

 

 

29. Activate Magic Wand with these settings:

 

      

 

       Selections - Modify - Contract 1 pixel.

 

       Edit - Paste into Selection.

 

 

30. Effects - Plugins - Carolaine and Sensibility - CS-DLines like before, but change Control 0 to 58:

 

      

 

       Selections - Select None.

 

 

31. Image - Add Borders, 15 pixels, color #ffffff (white)

 

       Image - Add Borders, 1 pixel, color #69594a

 

 

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, unless you tell me not to.
 

 

 You can contact me here
 
 
 
 
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Version with another tube and colors

Tube from Annelies

April 3rd, 2015

 

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Thank you Cher for testing my tutorial

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Thank you Angela for translating my tutorial into Dutch

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Thank you Animabelle for translating my tutorial into French

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Thank you Estela for translating my tutorial into Portuguese

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Thank you Misstyca for translating my tutorial into Hungarian

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