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SUNFLOWERS
This tutorial is my own design and any resemblance to any other tutorial is purely coincidental.
© 2009 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_girassol_03-10-09.psp
1881-luzcristina.psp
cat tube 254 Juillet 09.psp
yp_makenna_sunflowergirl02.pspimage
yp_wordart_sunshine.psp
yp_wordart_sunflowers.psp
The above can be downloaded here
Extract to a file on your computer then open in PSP and minimise
Plugins
Penta.com >> Color Dot
Graphics Plus >> Cross Shadow
Available here
PSP Designer Studio
Extract to your PSP 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 pixels transparent background
STEP 2
In the Materials Palette
load Foreground with Brown #481918 and Background with Orange #EEAB39
Make a Foreground-Background gradient
Style = Linear
Flood fill canvas with gradient
Effects >> Plugins >> penta.com >> Color Dot
With the following setting
STEP 3
Layers >> New Raster Layer
Select Selection Tool >> Selection
Custom Selection
STEP 4
Flood fill selection with gradient
Effects >> 3D Effects >> Drop Shadow
Repeat Drop Shadow changing the Vertical and Horizontal Offsets to minus 1 (-1)
Selections >> Select None
STEP 5
Layer >> New Raster Layer
Select Selection Tool >> Selection
Custom Selection
STEP 6
Flood fill selection with gradient
Effects >> 3D Effects >> Drop Shadow
Repeat Drop Shadow changing the Vertical and Horizontal Offsets to minus 1 (-1)
Selections >> Select None
STEP 7
Layers >> New Raster Layer
Select Selection Tool >> Selection
Custom Selection
STEP 8
Flood fill selection with gradient
Effects >> 3D Effects >> Drop Shadow
Repeat Drop Shadow changing the Vertical and Horizontal Offsets to minus 1 (-1)
Selections >> Select None
STEP 9
In the Layer Palette close Raster 1 (the bottom layer) and highlight Raster 4 (the top layer)
Layers >> Merge >> Merge Visible
Open Raster 1
STEP 10
In the Layers Palette make sure the merged layer is highlighted
Layers >> Duplicate
Image >> Rotate >> Free Rotate
With Move Tool reposition so that left-hand bar is at 700
STEP 11
Maximize tube 1881-luzcristina.psp
Edit >> Copy
Minimise tube
Edit >> Paste >> Paste as New Layer
Image >> Mirror
With the Move Tool position in left top corner
STEP 12
Maximise tube anna.br_girassol.psp
Edit >> Copy
Minimise tube
Edit >> Paste >> Paste as New Layer
Image >> Mirror
With the Move Tool position in bottom left corner
In the layer palette reduce the opacity to 72%
STEP 13
Maximise tube cat tube254juillet09.psp
Edit >> Copy
Minimise tube
Edit >> Paste >> Paste as New Layer
With the Move Tool position in bottom right corner
In the layer palette reduce the opacity to 72%
This is what you should have now
STEP 14
Layers >> Merge >> Merge Visible
Image >> Resize 75% All layers unchecked
Effects >> 3D Effects >> Drop Shadow
Repeat Drop Shadow changing the Vertical and Horizontal Offsets to minus 1 (-1)
STEP 15
Layers >> New Raster Layer
Flood fill with Gradient
Effects >> Plug Ins >> Graphics Plus >> Cross Shadow
Image >> Flip
When you flip the image you may end up with a gap at the top
With the Move Tool adjust the layer so that there are no gaps
Layers >> Arrange >> Send to Bottom
STEP 16
Maximise yp_makenna_sunflowergirl02.pspimage
Edit >> Copy
Minimise tube
Edit >> Paste >> Paste as New Layer
Layers >> Arrange >> Bring to Top
Image >> Resize 90% All layers unchecked
Adjust >> Sharpness >> Sharpen
With the Move Tool position tube to the right (see finished image for placement)
STEP 17
Maximise yp_wordart_sunshine.psp
Edit >> Copy
Minimise tube
Edit >> Paste >> Paste as New Layer
With the Move Tool adjust position (see finished image for placement)
STEP 18
Maximise yp_wordart_sunflowers.psp
Edit >> Copy
Minimise tube
Edit >> Paste >> Paste as New Layer
With the Move Tool adjust position (see finished image for placement)
STEP 19
Layers >> Merge >> Merge All (Flatten)
STEP 20
Image >> Add Borders
STEP 21
Image >> Add Borders
STEP 22
With the Magic Wand select the orange border
Effects >> 3D Effects >> Inner Bevel
Selections >> Select None
STEP 23
Add black border as in STEP 20
STEP 24
Add your watermark or any other text
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
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