HEART AT SEA

This tutorial is my own design and any resemblance to any other tutorial is purely coincidental.
© 2010 Yorkshire Lass Designs in PSP. All Rights Reserved.

It was created in Paint Shop Pro 8, 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:

Tubes
Shallwedance-11-08-03.pspimage
2182-luzcristina-1.pspimage
Tube3357_Sonnenuntergang_22_10_0.pspimage
h8315d9p.pspimage
granpa_treasure.pspimage
NS_44_0909.pspimage
yp_wordart_myheartatsea.psp

The above can be downloaded in a rar file here

Right click on the icon and save to your computer

Download and extract to a file on your computer then
open in your PSP work space and minimise

Plugins
MuRa's Filter Meister - Cloud

Available here
PSP Designer Studio

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 white background
Layers >> Promote Background Layer

In the Materials Palette
load Foreground with Dark Grey #808080 and Background with Light Grey #C0C0C0



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



STEP 2

Layers >> New Raster Layer
Selections >> Select All
Maximise tube Tube3357_Sonnenuntergang_22_10_0.pspimage
Edit >> Copy
Minimise tube
Edit >> Paste >> Paste into Selection

In the Layers Palette change the blend mode to Luminance and reduce
layer opacity to 70%
Selections >> Select None

STEP 3

With the Move Tool, position tube to the right
This is what you should have now



STEP 4

Maximise tube 2182-luzcristina-1.pspimage
Edit >> Copy
Minimise tube
Edit >> Paste >> Paste as New Layer
With the Move Tool position to the left

This is what you should have now



STEP 5

Maximise tube h8315d9p.pspimage
Edit >> Copy
Minimise tube
Edit >> Paste >> Paste as New Layer
Image >> Resize 50%
Resize all layers unchecked

With the Move Tool position ship inside the sun
lining up the hills in the background with the horizon on the right



STEP 6

With the Selection Tool



draw out a circle to the rim of the sun
I started at about 440, 310 but had a couple of goes before I was happy with my selection



Selections >> Invert
Hit Delete
Selections >> Select None

STEP 7

Maximise tube Shallwedancest-11-08-03.pspimage
Edit >> Copy
Minimise tube
Edit >> Paste >> Paste as New Layer
Image >> Mirror

With the Move Tool position tube to the right of the sun
See finished image for placement

In the Layers Palette reduce the opacity to 24%

STEP 8

Maximise tube NS_44_0909.pspimage
Edit >> Copy
Minimise tube
Edit >> Paste >> Paste as New Layer
Image >> Resize 50%
Resize all layers unchecked

With the Move Tool move tube down to the bottom middle of the image
See finished image for placement

STEP 9

Maximise granpa_treasure.pspimage
Edit >> Copy
Minimise tube
Edit >> Paste >> Paste as New Layer
Image >> Resize 60%
Resize all layers unchecked

With the Move Tool move tube to the bottom right-hand corner
See finished image for placement

In the Layers Palette change the blend mode to Difference
Move Raster 7 below Raster 5
Layers >> Merge >> Merge All (Flatten)

STEP 10

Image >> Add Borders



STEP 11

Maximise tube yp_wordart_heartatsea.psp
Edit >> Copy
Minimise tube
Edit >> Paste >> Paste as New Layer

With the Move Tool move to top
See finished image for placement

Effects >> 3D Effects >> Drop Shadow



STEP 12

Add your name and/or watermark
Layers >> Merge >> Merge All (Flatten)
Resize if desired and save as a jpg



I hope you enjoyed this tutorial!



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

EMAIL ME