A TOUCHOF RED

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
anna.br_en_rouge_09_04_10.psp
SS_60.psp
Calguisflower619.pspimage
Pattern
D_gold fold.jpg
Font
C_BOX_D.TTF
(Chocolate Box Decorative)

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
Texturizer
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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STEP 1

Open a new canvas 800 x 600 transparent

In the Materials Palette
load Foreground with Black #000000 and Background with Red #C11D14
Flood fill canvas with Foreground colour

STEP 2

Maximise tube SS60.psp
Edit >> Copy
Minimise tube
Edit >> Paste >> Pase as New Layer
Image >> Resize 85%
Resize all layers unchecked

With the Move Tool position so that the top right-hand edge
of the tube is at 100, 400



Layers >> Duplicate
Image >> Mirror

This is what you should have now



STEP 3

In the Layer Palette close Raster 1
Layers >> Merge >> Merge visible
Open Raster 1

STEP 4

In the Layer Palette highlight the Merged Layer
Effects >> Plugins >> Texture >> Texturizer



STEP 5

Layers >> New Raster Layer
With the Selection Tool >> Custom Selection



STEP 6

In the Materials Palette change the Foreground Style to Pattern
Load D_gold fold.jpg



Flood fill selection with the gold pattern
Selections >> Select None
Layers >> Merge >> Merge Visible
Image >> Resize 85%
Resize all layers unchecked
Adjust >> Sharpness >> Sharpen

Effects >> 3D Effects >> Drop Shadow



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

STEP 7

Layers >> New Raster Layer
Flood fill layer with Background colour Red #C11D14
Effects >> Texturiser
Same settings as in STEP 4
Layers >> Arrange >> Send to Bottom

STEP 8

In the Layer Palette highlight the Merged Layer
Maximise tube anna.br_en_rouge_09_04_10.psp
Edit >> Copy
Minimise tube
Edit >> Paste >> Paste as New Layer
Image >> Resize 85%
Resize all layers unchecked
Adjust >> Sharpness >> Sharpen

With the Move Tool move tube down and to the right
See finished image for placement
Effects >> 3D Effects >> Drop Shadow
Same settings as in STEP 6
Repeat Drop Shadow changing the Horizontal and Vertical Offsets to minus 2 (-2)

STEP 9

Maximise tube Calguisflower619.pspimage
Edit >> Copy
Minimise tube
Edit >> Paste >> Paste as New Layer
Image >> Resize 60%
Resize all layers unchecked
With the Move Tool move tube down to the edge of the image
See finished image for placement

Adjust >> Hue and Saturation >> Colorize



STEP 10

Effects >> Plugins >> Texture >> Texturizer
Same settings as in Step 4

Effects >> 3D Effects >> Drop Shadow
Same settings as in Step 6
Repeat Drop Shadow changing the Horizontal and Vertical Offsets to minus 2 (-2)

STEP 11

In the Materials Palette load D_gold_fold.jpg into the background
Make the Foreground null
Select the Text Tool



Type A Touch Of Red in the dialogue box
Pull out to fit the black strip



Objects >> Align >> Horz. Center in Canvas

Layers >> Duplicate
Layers >> Merge >> Merge All (Flatten)

STEP 12

Image >> Add border



STEP 13

Image >> Add border



Select border with the Magic Wand Tool



Flood fill selected border with Red #C11D14
Effects >> 3D Effects >> Inner Bevel



Selections >> Select None

STEP 14

Add your name and/or watermark
Resize if desired and save as a jpg


I hope you enjoyed this tutorial

Layers >> Merge >> Merge All (Flatten)

Add your name and/or watermark
Resize if desired
Save as a jpg


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Thank you Sophie, Evanescence Graphisme (France)