Sleepy Bear
Sleepy Bear 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 2018 - Yvonne - Yorkshire Lass Designs - All rights reserved.


You will need the following to complete this tutorial:

MASK-MD-098.jpg
Lia_F_11_BearSleepyTesstube-vi.png
Amg_cat1.pspimage
windowframe_containssugar.pspimage
yp-misted-bats-and-moon.pspimage
yp-text-sleepy-bear.pspimage
yp-extra-stars.pspimage
yp-sleepy-bear-sel.pspselection

The above can be downloaded here
Supplies
Download and extract to a file on your computer.
Place selection in your PSP Files/Selections folder
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 #0D2A58 DARK BLUE and Background with #87A5CB BLUE

Fill layer with Foreground colour #0D2A58 DARK BLUE

STEP 3

Layers >> New Raster Layer
Fill layer with Background colour #87A5CB BLUE

Layers >> New Mask Layer >> From Image

Select MASK-MD-098 from the dropdown list

mask setting

Layers >> Merge >> Merge Group

STEP 4

In the Materals Palette load Foreground with #FFFFFF WHITE

Layers >> New Raster Layer
Fill layer with Foreground color #FFFFFF WHITE

Layers >> New Mask Layer >> From Image

Select MASK-MD-098 from the options

mask setting

Layers >> Merge >> Merge Group

Image >> Resize 95%
Resize all layers UNCHECKED

Layers >> Merge >> Merge Down

In the Layers Palette lower opacity of GROUP-RASTER 2 to 85%

Layers >> Properties

layer properties

Effects >> Edge Effects >> Enhance

Selections >> Select All

Selections >> Modify >> Contract
Number of pixels = 20

Selections >> Invert
Edit >> Clear
Selections >> Select None

STEP 5

Layers >> New Raster Layer

Selections >> Load/Save Selection >> Load Selection from Disk

Select yp-sleepy-bear-sel from the options

selections

Maximise windowframe_containssugar.pspimage
Edit >> Copy
Minimise original
Edit >> Paste into Selection

Selections >> Select None

Effects >> 3D Effects >> Drop Shadow

drop shadow

STEP 6

Maximise yp-misted-bats-and-moon.pspimage
Edit >> Copy
Minimise original
Edit >> Paste as new Layer

Image >> Resize 25%
Resize all layers UNCHECKED

Effects >> Image Effects >> Offset

image offset

Adjust >> Sharpness >> Sharpen

STEP 7

Maximise Amg_cat1.pspimage
Edit >> Copy
Minimise original
Edit >> Paste As New Layer

Effects >> Image Effects >> Offset

image offset

Adjust >> Brightness and Contrast >> Brightness/Contrast

brightness/contrast

Effects >> 3D Effects >> Drop Shadow

drop shadow

STEP 8

Maximise Lia_F_11_BearSleepyTesstube-vi.png
Edit >> Copy
Minimise original
Edit >> Paste as New Layer

With Freehand Selection tool, lasso the tuber's information
Edit >> Clear
Selections >> None

Effects >> Image Effects >> Offset

image offset

Effects >> 3D Effects >> Drop Shadow

drop shadow

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

STEP 9

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

Effects >> Image Effects >> Image Offset

image offset

Effects >> 3D Effects >> Drop Shadow

drop shadow

STEP 10

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

Effects >> Image Effects >> Offset

image offset

In the Layers Palette lower opacity of this layer (RASTER 7) to 85%

Effects >> Edge Effects >> Enhance

STEP 11

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

STEP 12

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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