Banjo Paterson





Banjo Paterson


This tutorial is my own design and any resemblance to any other tutorial is purely coincidental.
It was created in Paint Shop Pro X.
© November 2012 - Yvonne - Yorkshire Lass Designs - All rights reserved.

Andrew Barton 'Banjo' Paterson was an Australian journalist and poet.
His works include "Clancy of The Overflow", "The Man from Snowy River" and "Waltzing Matilda"
Read the poems HERE
Listen to 'Clancy of the Overflow' set to music by Wallis and Matilda HERE

You will need the following to complete this tutorial:

Tubes

yp_banjo_paterson-misted
yp_down_on_his_luck_misted
yp_merino_sheep_misted
yp_old_australia_homestead_misted
yp_gums_misted
yp_wordart_clancy
tubeclaudiaviza-mix47.psp from
Claudia Viza Tubes

All the above can be downloaded HERE
download
Download and extract to a file on your computer.
Open in PSP and minimise.


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Drag this arrow with you to mark your place in the tutorial
Drag and Drop Script from Dynamic Drive



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INSTRUCTIONS

STEP 1

Open a new canvas 800 x 600 white background

new canvas

Layers >> Promote Background Layer

STEP 2

Maximise tube yp_gums_misted.psp
Edit >> Copy
Minimise tube
Edit >> Paste >> Paste as New Layer

With the Move Tool move tube up so that the middle gum tree is touching
the top edge of the canvas
See finished image for placement

In the Layers Palette change Blend Mode to Luminance (Legacy)
and reduce Opacity to 55

Layers >> Properties

Layer Properties

STEP 3

Maximise tube yp_banjo_paterson_misted.psp
Edit >> Copy
Minimise tube
Edit >> Paste >> Paste as New Layer

With the Move Tool, move tube up and to the right
See finished image for placement

In the Layers Palette reduce Opacity to 80

Layers >> Properties

layer properties

STEP 4

Maximise tube yp_down_on_his_luck.psp
Edit >> Copy
Minimise tube
Edit >> Paste as New Layer

With the Move Tool, move up and to the left of the canvas
See finished image for placement

In the Layers Palette change Blend Mode to Luminance (Legacy)
and reduce Opacity to 59

Layers >> Properties

layer properties

STEP 5

Maximise tube yp_old_australia_homestead_misted.psp
Edit >> Copy
Minimise tube
Edit >> Paste as New Layer
Image >> Mirror

With the Move Tool move tube down and to the left

In the Layers Palette change the Blend Mode to Luminance (Legacy)
and reduce Opacity to 69

Layers >> Properties

layer properties

STEP 6

In the Layer Palette highlight Raster 3

layer palette

Layers >> Arrange >> Bring to Top

STEP 7

Maximise tube tubeclaudiaviza-mix47.psp
Edit >> Copy
Minimise tube
Edit >> Paste as New Layer

Image >> Resize 65%
All layers unchecked

With the Move Tool move tube to the bottom right corner of the canvas
See finished image for placement

In the Layers Palette change Blend Mode to Luminance (Legacy)
and reduce Opacity to 46

Layers >> Properties

layer properties

STEP 8

Maximise tube yp_merino_sheep_misted.psp
Edit >> Copy
Minimise tube
Edit >> Paste as New Layer

With the Move Tool move tube down and to the bottom left corner of the canvas to fill in the remaining white space

In the Layers Palette change Blend Mode to Luminance (Legacy) and reduce Opacity to 55

Layers >> Properties

layer properties

This is what you should have now

progress shot

STEP 9

Layer >> New Raster Layer

Selection Tool >> Custom Selection

custom selection tool

custom selection

Maximise tube yp_wordart_paterson.psp
Edit >> Copy
Minimise tube
Edit >> Paste into Selection
Selections >> None

STEP 10

Layer >> New Raster Layer

Selection Tool >> Custom Selection

custom selection

Maximise tube yp_wordart_clancy.psp
Edit >> Copy
Minimise tube
Edit >> Paste into Selection
Selections >> None

STEP 11

Layers >> Merge >> Merge All (Flatten)
Image >> Add Borders

borders

STEP 12

Image >> Add Borders

borders

STEP 13

Image >> Add Borders

borders

STEP 14

Add your name and/or watermark
Resize if desired
Save as a jpg



I hope you enjoyed this tutorial.

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