A SENTIMENTAL MOMENT

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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:

musicaccents_mdh.psp
kTs_Jhu181 copie.psp
Yoka-DrawnArt-MusicalClowns260410.pspimage
musical-notes.pspimage
yp-text-a-sentimental-moment.pspimage
yld-circus-tent.PspBrush

The above can be downloaded here

Download and extract to a file on your computer.
Open tubes in PSP and minimise
Copy and paste both files in the Brush folder into your Brushes folder.


Plugins

Mura's Meister - CLoud
I.C.NET Filters Unlimited 2.0 - Buttons & Frames

The above can be downloaded HERE
Download and extract to your Plugins folder

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



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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 #FFFFFF White and Background with #61A747 Green

STEP 3

Effects >> Plugins >> MuRa's Meister >> Cloud

cloud setting

STEP 4

Effects >> Plugins >> I.C.NET Software >> Filters Unlimited 2.0
Buttons & Frames >> Mirrored Frame
Frame Size = 23

filtersunlimited

STEP 5

In the Materials Palette load Foreground with #334416 Dark Green

STEP 6

Layers >> New Raster Layer

Selections >> Select All
Selections >> Modify >> Contract
Number of pixels = 3
Selections >> Invert

Seleft Floodfill Tool and fill selection with Foreground colour #334416 Dark Green

Selections >> Select None

STEP 7

Maximise tube Yoka-DrawnArt-MusicalClowns260410
Edit >> Copy
Minimise original
Edit >> Paste As New Layer

Image >> Resize 72%
Resize All Layers UNCHECKED

Effects >> Image Effects >> Offset

image offset

STEP 8

Layers >> Duplicate

Adjust >> Blur >> Radial Blur

radial blur

Layers >> Duplicate
Image >> Mirror
Layers >> Merge >> Merge Down

Layers >> Arrange >> Move Down

STEP 9

In the Layers Palette highlight Raster 3 (clowns tube)

Adjust >> Sharpness >> Sharpen

STEP 10

Effects >> 3D Effects >> Drop Shadow

drop shadow

STEP 11

Maximise tube kTs_Jhu181 copie.psp
Edit >> Copy
Minimise original
Edit >> Paste As New Layer
Image >> Mirror
Effects >> Image Effects >> Offset

image offset

Layers >> Arrange >> Move Down

In the Layers Palette change Blend Mode of Raster 4 to Luminance Legacy

Layers >> Properties

layer properties

STEP 12

In the Layers Palette highlight Raster 3 (top layer)

layer palette

STEP 13

Layers >> New Raster Layer

Select Paint Brush Tool
Select YLD-circus-tent-brush from the options
with the following settings

brush tool settings

Drag brush to co-ordinates x:447, y:497
(refer to status bar at bottom right hand corner of screen)

status bar for brush

Click left mouse button to paint with Foreground colour #334416 Dark Green

STEP 14

Maximise musical-notes.pspimage
Edit >> Copy
Minimise original
Edit >> Paste >> Paste As New Layer

Effects >> Image Effects >> Offsets

image offset

STEP 15

Maximise musicaccents_mdh.psp
Edit >> Copy
Minimise original
Edit >> Paste >> Paste As New Layer

Effects >> Image Effects >> Offset

image offset

Layers >> Merge Down

STEP 16

Effects >> 3D Effects >> Drop Shadow

drop shadow

STEP 17

Maximise yp-text-a-sentimental-moment.pspimage
Edit >> Copy
Minimise original
Edit >> Paste >> Paste As New Layer

Effects >> Image Effects >> Offset

image offset

Apply Drop Shadow as in STEP 16

STEP 18

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

STEP 19

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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