Easter Surprise II
Easter Surprise header pic

This tutorial is my own design and any resemblance to any other tutorial is purely coincidental.
It was created in Paint Shop Pro X
© April 2020 - Yvonne - Yorkshire Lass Designs - All rights reserved.


You will need the following to complete this tutorial:

Masks
Mask 058
images_1217491084_masques

Tubes
MR_Easter Dragon.png (from Tubes and Creations Maryse
Flowers09_de'de'.psp
LF-Ribbon2-22012014.png
yp-text-easter.pspimage
yp-text-easter-brings-surprises.pspimage
yp-text-surprises.pspimage

The above can be downloaded here
Supplies
downnload supplies

Download and extract supplies to a file on your computer
then open in PSP and minimise


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Drag this arrow with you to mark your place in the tutorial



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STEP 1

Open a new canvas 800 x 600 pixels white

new canvas

Layers >> Promote Background Layer



STEP 2

In the Materials Palette
load Foreground with #E0E48F Green and Background with #F28872 Dark Pink

colour swatch

Make a foreground-background gradient
Style=Linear

gradient

STEP 3

Layers >> New Raster Layer
Flood fill this layer with the gradient.

STEP 4

Layers >> New Mask Layer >> From Image
Select images_1217491084_masques from the dropdown list

add mask

Layers >> Merge >> Merge Group

STEP 5

Layers >> New Mask Layer >> From Image
Select Mask 058 from the dropdown list

add mask

Layers >> Merge >> Merge Group

Effects >> Edge Effects >> Enhance

STEP 6

Maximise tube Flowers09_de'de'.psp
Edit >> Copy
Minimise original
Edit >> Paste as New Layer

Effects >> Image Effects >> Offset

image offset

In the Layers Palette, reduce Opacity to 38% and Blend Mode to Luminance Legacy

layer properties

STEP 7

Maximise tube MR_Easter Dragon.png
Window duplicate
Remove tuber's name from tube
Edit >> Copy
Minimise tube
Edit >> Paste as New Layer

Image >> Resize 90%
Resize all layers UNCHECKED

Effects >> Image Effects >> Offset

image offset

Adjust >> Sharpness >> Sharpen

Effects >> 3D Effects >> Drop Shadow

drop shadow

STEP 8

Layers >> New Raster Layer

Maximise yp-text-easter-brings-surprises.pspimage
Edit >> Copy
Minimise original

Selection Tool

Click on Custom selection

custom selection tool

custom selection

Edit >> Paste into Selection

Selections >> Select None

Effects >> 3D Effects >> Drop Shadow

drop shadow

STEP 9

Layers >> New Raster Layer

Maximise yp-text-easter.pspimage
Edit >> Copy
Minimise original

Selection Tool

Click on Custom selection

custom selection tool

custom selection

Edit >> Paste into Selection

Selections >> Select None

Effects >> 3D Effects >> Drop Shadow

drop shadow

STEP 10

Layers >> New Raster Layer

Maximise yp-text-surprise.pspimage
Edit >> Copy
Minimise original

Selection Tool

Click on Custom selection

custom selection tool

custom selection

Edit >> Paste into Selection

Selections >> Select None

Effects >> 3D Effects >> Drop Shadow

drop shadow

STEP 11

Maximise tube LF-Ribbon-22012014.png
Window >> Duplicate
Remove tuber's name from tube
Edit >> Copy
Minimise tube
Edit >> Paste as New Layer

Image >> Resize 50%
Resize all layers UNCHECKED

Image >> Free Rotate Left 40 degrees

image rotate

Effects >> Image Effects >> Offset

image offset

Adjust >> Sharpness >> Sharpen

Effects >> 3D Effects >> Drop Shadow

drop shadow

STEP 12

Layers >> New Raster Layer

Add your name and/or watermark

STEP 13

Image >> Add Borders

add borders

STEP 14

Resize if desired
Save as a jpg and we're done.


I hope you enjoyed this tutorial!



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