JETSETTER

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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:

eiffel-tower-paris.jpg
chrysler-building-new-york.jpg
big-ben-london.jpg
frameMB29.jpg
aaabibichevec100.pspimage
YLD-aeroplane.pspbrush
(Brush made with free vector image from Pixabay
YLD-visa-stamp1.pspbrush
YLD-visa-stamp2.pspbrush
(Brushes made with vector images from Designed by vvstudio / Freepik
yp-text-jetsetter.pspimage


The above can be downloaded here
Supplies
Download and extract to a file on your computer
Place brushes in your PSP Files/Brushes folder or wherever you keep your custom brushes
Open all other supplies 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 transparent background

New Canvas

STEP 2

In the Materials Palette load
Foreground with #000000 BLACK and Background with #FFFFFF WHITE

Fill layer with Foreground colour #000000 BLACK

STEP 3

Layers >> New Raster Layer
Fill layer with Background colour #000000 WHITE

Layers >> New Mask Layer >> From Image

Select frameMB29.jpg from the dropdown list

mask options

Layers >> Merge >> Merge Group

Image >> Resize 120%
Resize all layers UNCHECKED

Effects >> Image Effects >> Offset

image offset

Effects >> Edge Effects >> Enhance More

STEP 4

Layers >> New Raster Layer

Selection Tool >> Custom Selection

selection tool

custom selection

Fill selection with Foreground colour #000000 BLACK

Selections >> Modify >> Contract
Number of pixels = 3

DO NOT deselect

Maximise eiffel-tower-paris.jpg
Edit >> Copy
Minimise original
Edit >> Paste into Selection

Selections >> Select None

In the Layers Palette reduce opacity of Raster 2 to 75%

layer properties

Effects >> Edge Effects >> Enhance

STEP 5

Layers >> New Raster Layer

Selection Tool >> Custom Selection

custom selection

Fill selection with Foreground colour #000000 BLACK

Selections >> Modify >> Contract
Number of pixels = 3

DO NOT deselect

Maximise big-ben-london.jpg
Edit >> Copy
Minimise original
Edit >> Paste into Selection

Selections >> Select None

In the Layers Palette reduce opacity of Raster 3 to 75%

layer properties

Effects >> Edge Effects >> Enhance

STEP 6

Layers >> New Raster Layer

Selection Tool >> Custom Selection

custom selection

Fill selection with Foreground colour #000000 BLACK

Selections >> Modify >> Contract
Number of pixels = 3

DO NOT deselect

Maximise chrysler-building-new-york.jpg
Edit >> Copy
Minimise original
Edit >> Paste into Selection

Selections >> Select None

In the Layers Palette reduce opacity of Raster 4 to 75%

layer properties

Effects >> Edge Effects >> Enhance

STEP 7

In the Materials Palette load Foreground with #9EA257 GREEN

Layers >> New Raster Layer

Selections >> Select All
Selections >> Modify >> Contract
Number of pixels = 2

Selections >> Invert

Fill selection with Foreground colour #9EA257 GREEN

Selections >> Select None

Image >> Resize 95%
Resize all layers UNCHECKED

STEP 8

Select Freehand Selection Tool
Select part of green line as below

selection

Edit >> Clear
Selections >> Select None

Repeat the above for the bottom edge

selection

Edit >> Clear
Selections >> Select None

STEP 9

Layers >> New Raster Layer

Selections >> Select All

Selections >> Modify >> Contract
Number of pixels = 2

Selections >> Invert

Fill selection with Foreground colour #9EA257 GREEN

Selections >> Select None

STEP 10

Select Paint Brush Tool
Select YLD-aeroplane.pspbrush from the options
with the following settings

brush settings

Drag brush to co-ordinates x:182, y:78
(refer to status bar at the bottom right-hand corner of the screen)

status

Click left mouse button once

Effects >> 3D Effects >> Drop Shadow

drop shadow

STEP 11

In the Materials Palette load Foreground with #686F2D DARK GREEN

Layers >> New Raster Layer

Select the Paint Brush tool
Select YLD-visa-stamp1.pspbrush from the options
with the following settings

brush settings

Drag brush to co-ordinates x:616, y:211
(refer to status bar at the bottom right-hand corner of the screen)

status bar

Click left mouse button once

Select Freehand Selection Tool
Zoom in and select "AIR MAIL PAR AVION"

selection par avion

Edit >> Clear
Selections >> Select None

STEP 12

Layers >> New Raster Layer

Select Paint Brush Tool
Select YLD-visa-stamp2.pspbrush from the options
with the following settings

brush settings

Drag brush to co-ordinates x:252, y:268
(refer to status bar at the bottom right-hand corner of the screen)

status bar

Click left mouse button once

STEP 13

Maximise aaabibichevec100.pspimage
Edit >> Copy
Minimise original
Edit >> Paste as New Layer

Effects >> Image Effects >> Offset

image offset

Using the Freehand Selection Tool, feather = 1
Zoom in, hold down the SHIFT key and select the excess background as below

removal of background

Edit >> Clear

Selections >> Select None

Effects >> 3D Effects >> Drop Shadow

drop shadow

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

STEP 14

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

Effects >> Image Effects >> Offset

image offset

Effects >> 3D Effects >> Drop Shadow

drop shadow

Repeat Drop Shadow changing the Horizontal and Vertical Offsets to minus 2 (-2)

STEP 15

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

STEP 16

Layers >> Merge All (Flatten)
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



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