SLEEPY BEAR

header pic

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:

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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