GREENSLEEVES

This tutorial is my own design and any resemblance to any other tutorial is purely coincidental.
© 2018 Yorkshire Lass Designs in PSP. All Rights Reserved.

It was created in Paint Shop Pro X, but can be realised in other versions.
However, some tool descriptions and locations may vary, but the overall result should be the same.

My thanks to all the artists and other creators, known and unknown to me,
who have inspired this tutorial and whose work I have used.

You will need the following to complete this tutorial:

instrument-1299367_1280.png
silhouette_3309171_640.png
flowers-2755297_640.png
(The above are from Pixabay)
BM_Elise_by_Hito76.pspimage
Magic_Castle_30.12-2017.pspimage
yp-paper.pspimage
yp-music-greensleeves.pspimage
yp-text-greensleeves
yp-flower-decor-extra.pspimage
yp-castle-selection.pspselection

The above can be downloaded here

Download and extract to a file on your computer
Place selection in your PSP Files/Selections folder
Open other supplies in PSP and minimise

Plugins

Graphics Plus - Cross Shadow
Eye Candy 3.1 - Perspective Shadow

Available here
https://www.reneegraphisme.fr/filtres/Mes%20filtres.html

Download and extract to your Plugins folder

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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 transparent background



STEP 2

In the Materials Palette load
Foreground with #E7FFAA PALE GREEN

Flood Fill layer with Foreground colour

Effects >> Plugins >> Graphics Plus >> Cross Shadow



STEP 3

Maximise Magic_Castle_30.12.2017.pspimage
Edit >> Copy
Minimise original
Edit >> Paste as New Layer

In the Layers Palette change blend mode to Luminance Legacy (L)

Layers >> Properties



STEP 4

Layers >> New Raster Layer

Selections Tool >> Custom Selection





Maximise yp-paper.pspimage
Edit >> Copy
Minimise original
Edit >> Paste into Selection

Selection >> Select None

In the Layers Palette reduce opacity to 12%

Layers >> Properties



Effects >> 3D Effects >> Drop Shadow



Repeat Drop Shadow changing Vertical and Horizontal Offsets to minus 5 (-5)

STEP 5

Maximise yp-music-greensleeves.pspimage
Edit >> Copy
Minimise original
Edit >> Paste as New Layer

Effects >> Image Effects >> Offset



STEP 6

Selection >> Load/Save Selection >> Load Selection from Disk
From the options, choose yp-castle-selection



Selections >> Modify >> Expand
Number of pixels = 5

Edit >> Clear
Selections >> Select None

STEP 7

Maximise instrument-1299367_1280.png
Edit >> Copy
Minimise original
Edit >> Paste as New Layer

Image >> Mirror
Image >> Resize 9%
Resize all layers UNCHECKED

Effects >> Image Effects >> Offset



Adjust >> Sharpness >> Sharpen

Effects >> Plugins >> Eyecandy 3.1 >> Perspective Shadow



STEP 8

Maximise silhouette_3309171_640.png
Edit >> Copy
Minimise original
Edit >> Paste as New Layer

Effects >> Image Effects >> Offset



Effects >> 3D Effects >> Drop Shadow



This is what you should have now



STEP 9

Maximise flowers-2755297_640.png
Edit >> Copy
Minimise original
Edit >> Paste as New Layer

Effects >> Image Effects >> Offset



In the Layers Palette change Blend mode to Luminance Legacy (L)

Layers >> Properties



Effects >> Edge Effects >> Enhance More

STEP 10

Layers >> Duplicate
Image >> Flip

Effects >> Image Effects >> Offset



STEP 11

Layers >> Duplicate
Image >> Flip

STEP 12

Maximise yp-flower-decor-extra.pspimage
Edit >> Copy
Minimise original
Edit >> Paste as New Layer

Effects >> Image Effects >> Offset



In the Layers Palette change blend mode to Luminance Legacy (L)



Effects >> Edge Effects >> Enhance More


THIS IS WHAT YOU SHOULD HAVE NOW




STEP 13

In the Layers Palette highlight Copy of Raster 7



Layers >> Duplicate

Effects >> Image Effects >> Offset



STEP 14

Layers >> Duplicate
Image >> Flip

STEP 15

Layers >> Duplicate
Image >> Mirror


THIS IS WHAT YOU SHOULD HAVE NOW




STEP 16

Maximise BM_Elise_by_Hito76.pspimage
Edit >> Copy
Minimise original
Edit >> Paste as New Layer

Effects >> Image Effects >> Offset



Effects >> 3D Effects >> Drop Shadow



Layers >> Arrange >> Bring to top

STEP 17

Maximise yp-text-greensleeves.pspimage
Edit >> Copy
Minimise original
Edit >> Paste as New Layer

Effects >> Image Effects >> Offset



Effects >> 3D Effects >> Drop Shadow



STEP 18

Layers >> New Raster Layer
Add your name and/or watermark

STEP 19

Image >> Add Borders



STEP 20

Resize if desired
Save as a jpg



I hope you enjoyed this tutorial.

If you have any questions or would like to show me your result
EMAIL ME