Morning Delights





Morning Delights


This tutorial is my own design and any resemblance to any other tutorial is purely coincidental.
It was created in Paint Shop Pro X.
© January 2014 - Yvonne - Yorkshire Lass Designs - All rights reserved.

You will need the following to complete this tutorial:

anna.br.nevoa_31-10-10.psp
yp_wateringcan.psp
yp_text-morning-delights.pspimage
Edge smudge 01.PspFrame

All the above can be downloaded here

download supplies

Download and extract to a file on your computer
Open tubes in PSP and minimise
Place frame in your PSP Picture Frame folder


Plugins

Graphics Plus - Cross Shadow

Available here
http://www.fleursauvage.be/utilitaire/filtres/filtres.htm
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 Green #96AC95 and Background with Pale Green #C5D3C1

Change Style to Gradient

gradient

Select Flood Fill Tool and fill canvas with gradient

Adjust >> Blur >> Gaussian Blur

Radius = 25

STEP 3

Layers >> New Raster Layer

Select Flood Fill Tool and fill layer with background colour #C5D3C1

Effects >> Reflection Effects >> Pattern

pattern settings

Effects >> 3D Effects >> Drop Shadow

drop shadow setting

STEP 4

Selection Tool >> Selection >> Custom Selection

custom selection tool

custom selection

Edit >> Clear

Selections >> Select None

STEP 5

Maximise tube anna.br.nevoa_31-10-10.psp
Edit >> Copy
Minimise tube
Edit >> Paste as new layer

Image >> Mirror

Effects >> Image Effects >> Offset

offset

Selection Tool >> Selection >> Custom Selection

custom selection

Selections >> Invert

Edit >> Clear

Selections >> None

Layers >> Arrange >> Move Down

STEP 6

In the Layer Palette highlight the top layer (Raster 2)

layer palette

Selection Tool >> Custom Selection

custom selection

Selections >> Promote Selection to Layer

Selections >> Select None

Image >> Free Rotate

free rotate

Effects >> Image Effects >> Offset

image offset

STEP 7

Layers >> Duplicate
Image >> Flip

This is what you should have now

progress shot

STEP 8

Maximise tube yp_wateringcan.psp
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

STEP 9

With the Selection Tool draw a selection around the bird

bird selection

Selections >> Promote Selection to Layer

Selections >> Select None

STEP 10

Image >> Mirror

Image >> Resize 110%
Resize All layers unchecked

Effects >> Image Effects >> Offset

image offset

STEP 11

Effects >> 3D Effects >> Drop Shadow

drop shadow

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

STEP 12

In the Layer Palette highlight Raster 4

layer palette

Apply Drop Shadow as in STEP 11

STEP 13

Maximise tube yp_text-morning-delights.psp
Edit >> Copy
Minimise tube
Edit >> Paste as New Layer

Effects >> Image Effects >> Offset

image offset

Layers >> Merge >> Merge Visible

STEP 14

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

graphics plus cross shadow

STEP 15

Image >> Picture Frame

Select Edge smudge 01.PspFrame from the drop down options

picture frame

STEP 16

Image >> Add Borders



STEP 17

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

STEP 18

Layers >> Merge >> Merge All (Flatten)

Resize if desired
Save as a jpg



I hope you enjoyed this tutorial.

Other results for this tutorial can be found here


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



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