Materials download  

Plugins:

• None

Preparations:

• Copy the selection files to the Selections folder of PSP

• Open the mask files in PSP and minimize to tray

Used Colors

• Foregroundcolor: #a1bcad

• Backgroundcolor: #46615a

•  Other: #ffffff

This tutorial is written with PSP13 but can also be made with other PSP versions.

Masks by Narah and Cameron.  They share their beautiful masks HERE

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01.

Open a new transparent image of 750 x 550 px

Set your Foregroundcolor to Foreground/Background Gradient (Corel_06_029) - Style: Linear - Angle 135  - Repeats 3 - Invert not checked

Fill your image with the gradient

Effects - Distortion Effects - Wave

 

02.

Open Wordart Tube "Wordart_RightHere_RightNow" - Edit - Copy

On your work image  - Edit  - Paste As New Layer

Layer Palette - Set the Layer Opacity of this layer to 70

 

03.

Layers - New Raster Layer

Fill with #46615a

Layers - New Mask Layer - From Image - Narah_mask_0160 - Source Luminance checked - Invert Mask Data checked

Layers - Merge - Merge Group

Effects - Edge Effects - Enhance

Image - Resize - 120% - Resize all layers not checked

 

04.

Open Tube "Roma_face_313-08" - Edit - Copy

On your work image  - Edit  - Paste As New Layer

Image - Resize - 75% - Resize all layers not checked

Layer Palette - Set the Layer Opacity of this layer to 75

Layers - Arrange - Move Down

 

05.

Layer Palette - Click on the top layer

Layers - New Raster Layer

Selections - Load/Save Selection - Load Selection From Disk - ASDwebs_Sel_#218

Fill with #ffffff

Selections - Modify - Contract - 2 px

Fill with the same gradient as earlier

Selections - Select None

Effects - Geometric Effects - Spherize

Layers - Duplicate

Image - Mirror

Layers - Merge - Merge Down

Effects  3D Effects - Dropshadow - 0 - 0 - 30 - 25 - #000000

 

06.

Layers - New Raster Layer

Selections - Load/Save Selection - Load Selection From Disk - ASDwebs_Sel_#219 - Same settings as before

Fill with #ffffff

Selections - Select None

Layers - Duplicate

Image - Flip

Layers - Merge - Merge Down

Effects  3D Effects - Dropshadow - 0 - 0 - 30 - 25 - #000000

 

07.

Layers - New Raster Layer

Selections - Select All

Selections - Modify - Contract - 10 px

Selections - Invert

Fill with #ffffff

Selections - Invert

Layers - New Raster Layer

Effects  3D Effects - Cutout

Effects  3D Effects - Cutout

Selections - Select None

Image - Add Borders - Symmetric checked  -2 px - #000000

Image - Resize - Width 240 Pixels - Resize all layers checked

Save as PSP file and set aside for now

 

08.

Open a new transparent image of 750 x 550 px

Fill with #46615a

Layers - New Raster Layer

Set your Foregroundcolor to Foreground/Background Gradient (Corel_06_029) - Style: Linear - Angle 135  - Repeats 3 - Invert not checked

Fill your image with the gradient

Effects - Distortion Effects - Wave

Adjust - Sharpness - Sharpen More

Layer Palette - Set the Layer Opacity of this layer to 28

 

09.

Layers - New Raster Layer

Fill with #a1bcad

Layers - New Mask Layer - From Image - maskcamerontags_geometric5  - Source Luminance checked - Invert mask data not checked

Layers - Merge - Merge Group

Adjust - Sharpness - Sharpen

Effects - Image Effects - Offset

Layers - Duplicate

Image Mirror

Image - Flip

Effects - Image Effects - Offset

Layers - Merge - Merge Down

 

10.

Go back to Tube "Roma_face_313-08" - Edit - Copy

On your work image  - Edit  - Paste As New Layer

Effects - Image Effects - Offset

Layer Palette - Set the Layer Opacity of this layer to 84

 

11.

Layers - New Raster Layer

Selections - Load/Save Selection - Load Selection From Disk - ASDwebs_Sel_#219 - Same settings as before

Fill with #ffffff

Selections - Modify - Contract - 2 px

Open Tube "bl.rose.sqs" 

Adjust - Hue and Saturation - Hue/Saturation/Lightness

 Edit - Copy

On your work image  - Edit - Paste Into Selection

Selections - Select None

Effects - Image Effects - Offset

Layers - Duplicate

Image Mirror

Image - Flip

Layers - Merge - Merge Down

Effects  3D Effects - Dropshadow - 1 - 1 - 50 - 50 - #000000

 

12.

Layers - New Raster Layer

Selections - Load/Save Selection - Load Selection From Disk - ASDwebs_Sel_#221 - Same settings as before

Fill with #ffffff

Selections - Modify - Contract - 2 px

Go back to Tube "bl.rose.sqs" - Edit - Copy

On your work image  - Edit - Paste Into Selection

Layers - New Raster Layer

Effects  3D Effects - Cutout

Effects  3D Effects - Cutout

Selections - Select None

Layers - Merge - Merge Down

Effects  3D Effects - Dropshadow - 1 - 1 - 50 - 50 - #000000

 

13.

Go to the image you have made at the beginning of this turorial

Edit - Copy

On your work image  - Edit  - Paste As New Layer

Effects - Image Effects - Offset

Layers - Duplicate

Effects - Image Effects - Offset

Layers - Merge - Merge Down

Effects  3D Effects - Dropshadow - 0 - 0 - 75 - 20 - #000000

 

14.

Layers - New Raster Layer

Selections - Load/Save Selection - Load Selection From Disk - ASDwebs_Sel_#222 - Same settings as before

Fill with #ffffff

Effects  3D Effects - Dropshadow - 3 - 2 - 60 - 5 - #000000

Selections - Select None

Layers - Arrange - Move Down - Repeat Once

Adjust - Sharpness - Sharpen More

 

15.

Layer Palette - Click on the top layer

Open Wordart Tube "Wordart_RightHere_RightNow_#2" - Edit - Copy

On your work image  - Edit  - Paste As New Layer

Effects - Image Effects - Offset

Effects  3D Effects - Dropshadow - 3 - 2 - 60 - 5 - #000000

 

16.

Image - Add Borders - Symmetric not checked - Color #ffffff

Magic Wand Tool - Mode: Shift/Add - Tolerance 0 - Contiguous checked - Anti Alias Checked -  Click in the last border

Fill with the gradient from step 1

Selections - Invert

Keep selected

 

17.

Layers - New Raster Layer

Effects  3D Effects - Cutout

Effects  3D Effects - Cutout

Layers - Merge - Merge down

Effects  3D Effects - Dropshadow - 0 - 0 - 60 - 25 - #000000

Keep selected

 

18.

Selections - Invert

Effects - Texture Effects - Blinds - Color #a1bcad

Selections - Select None

 

19.

Layers - New Raster Layer

Selections - Load/Save Selection - Load Selection From Disk - ASDwebs_Sel_#218 - Same settings as before

Fill with #ffffff

Selections - Modify - Contract - 2 px

Go back to Tube "bl.rose.sqs" - Edit - Copy

On your work image  - Edit - Paste Into Selection

Layers - New Raster Layer

Effects  3D Effects - Cutout

Effects  3D Effects - Cutout

Layers - Merge - Merge down

Selections - Select None

Effects - Image Effects - Offset

 

20.

Layers - Duplicate

Image  Mirror

Layers - Merge - Merge down

Effects  3D Effects - Dropshadow - 0 - 0 - 60 - 25 - #000000

Layer Palette - Set the Layer Opacity of this layer to 75

 

21.

Layers - New Raster Layer

Selections - Load/Save Selection - Load Selection From Disk - ASDwebs_Sel_#220 - Same settings as before

Fill with #ffffff

Selections - Select None

Layers - Duplicate

Image  Mirror

Layers - Merge - Merge down

Effects  3D Effects - Dropshadow - 3 - 2 - 60 - 5 - #000000

Layer Palette - Set the Layer Opacity of this layer to 75

 

22.

Image - Add Borders - Symmetric checked  - 2 px - #46615a

Image - Add Borders - Symmetric checked  - 10 px - #ffffff

Image - Add Borders - Symmetric checked  - 2 px - #46615a

 

23.

Adjust - One step photo fix (only for PSP11 and higher)

Add your name or watermark, save as JPG file and you're done!

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With special thanks to my testers, this is what they made:

Tigress:

Chris:

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Angela:

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Martalip:

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