Orinial tutorial by
Benice Designs
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Materials download
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Plugins:
Filters Unlimited 2.0
Andrew Filters 8 / -
Import in Filters Unlimited
Eye Candy 5 Impact / Glass
Redfield - Ripples Magic /
Topaz / Simplify 2
HERE
You can download the other filters at the original tut page
HERE
Preparations:
Copy the selection files to the selection folder of PSP
Open the mask files in PSP and
minimize to tray
Copy the gradient file to the gradient folder of PSP
If you are not a windows 7 user you have to double
click on the Ripple Magic preset, I will be copied to your register.
Used Colors
Foregroundcolor:
#000000
Backgroundcolor: FFFFFF
This translation is
written with PSP13
but can also be made
with earlier PSP
versions.
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01.
Open a
new transparent image of 900 x 600 px
Set
Set your foregroundcolor to the
Benice_ L141 Gradient
(Corel_06_029) - Style: Linear
Fill your image
with the
gradient
Adjust - Blur - Gaussian Blur - 29
Layers - New
Raster Layer
Open Image "donna-becher-lattice-impressions-i" - Copy and
paste into the selection
Layer Palette -
Set the Blend
Mode of this
layer to "Luminance"
03.
Layers - New Raster
Layer
Selections - Select
all
Open Tube "Benice_L141_misted_landscape" - Copy and
paste into the selection
Selections - Select
None
Effects - Image
Effects - Seamless
Tiling
Layer Palette - Set
the Blend Mode of
this layer to "Luminance
(Legacy)"
04.
Layers - New Raster
Layer
Selections - Select
all
Open Tube "Benice_L141_misted
_tekst" - Copy and
paste into the selection
Selections - Select
None
Effects - Edge
Effects - Enhance
Effects - Image
Effects - Offset:
Layer Palette - Set
the Blend Mode of
this layer to "Multiply"
Layers - Merge -
Merge Visible
05.
Selections - Load/Save
Selection - Load
selection from disc:
Benice 141.1
Selections - Promote
selection to layer
Adjust - Blur -
Gaussian Blur - 100.
Effects - Plugins -
Redfields -
Ripple Magic -
Preset Benice_L141_Ripples
Magic ( window 7
users, fill the
settings yourself)
Selections - Select
None
Layer Palette - Set
the Blend Mode of
this layer to "Luminance"
and the Layer
Opacity to 60
Layers - Merge -
Merge Visible
06.
Window - Duplicate
twice (or
shift/D twice) - Minimize both to tray and
go back to the
original
07.
Layers - New Raster
Layer
Fill with the
backgroundcolor
Layers - New Mask
Layer - From image -
Jillmask_mohn
Layers - Merge - Merge Group
Adjust - Sharpness -
Sharpen
Selections - Load/Save
Selection - Load
selection from disc:
Benice 141.2
- same settings as
before
Hit the delete key
of your keyboard
Selections - Select
None
Layer Palette - Set
the Blend Mode of
this layer to "Overlay"
and the Layer
Opacity to 78
08.
Layers - New Raster
Layer
Selections - Load/Save
Selection - Load
selection from disc:
Benice 141.3 -
same settings as
before
Go back to one of
the duplicates you
have set aside -
Edit - Copy
Back to your
work image - Paste
into the selection
Selections - Select
None
09.
Selections - Load/Save
Selection - Load
selection from disc:
Benice 141.4
- same settings as
before
Paste into the
selection ( image is
still in your PSP
memory)
Selections - Select
None
It looks like this
now:
Selections - Select
all
Selections - Float
Selections - Modify
- Select Selection
Border
Layers - New Raster
Layer
Fill with the
foregroundcolor
Selections - Select
None
Layer Palette - Set the Layer
Opacity of this layer to 50.
10.
Layers - Merge -
Merge Visible
Effects - Plugins -
Topaz Labs - Topaz
Simplify 2:
(if you are using
this filter for the
first time you need
to fill out the
serial number, click
on Menu and on Enter
Key
with these settings:
11.
Open Tube " ROSE by_Mago74
el (34)" - Copy and paste as
new layer on your image.
Adjust - Hue and Saturation -
Hue/Saturation/Lightness
Effects - Plugins -
Alien Skin Eye Candy
5 - Impact - Glass
-
Settings Tab: Click
on Factory Default
and next on preset
Clear with
Reflection -
default settings
Effects - Image
Effects - Offset:
Make a selection in
the right bottom
rectangle:
Selections - Promote
selection to layer
Selections - Select
None
Move them to the top
rectangle
Image - Mirror
'Move like this:
Layers - Merge -
Merge Down
Layer Palette - Set the Layer
Opacity of this layer to 60
12.
Image - Add Borders - Symmetric -
1 px - #000000
Image - Add Borders - Symmetric - 20 px -
#ffffff
Magic Wand Tool -
Mode: Shift/Add - Tolerance
0 - Contiguous checked -
Anti Alias Checked - Click
in the last border
Adjust - Blur - Radial Blur
Selections - Select
None
Image - Add Borders - Symmetric -
1 px - #000000
13.
Image - Resize - 60% - Resize all
layers checked
Minimize to tray for
now (I always save
as PSP file for
security, so you do
not have to start
over in case PSP
shuts down or
something)
14.
Go back to the
second image you
have set aside
before
Layers - Duplicate
Effects - Plugins
- Filters Unlimited
- Andrew's Filter 8
- Tow The Line
Layer Palette - Set the Layer
Opacity of this layer to 46
Selections - Load/Save
Selection - Load
selection from disc:
Benice 141.5 -
same settings as
before
Hit the delete key
of your keyboard
Keep selected
15.
Layer Palette - Click on the Bottom layer
Effects - Texture Effects - Blinds -
Color #000000
Selections - Select
None
16.
Layer Palette - Click on the Top layer
Open Tube "Benice_L141_white
starlines" - Copy and paste as
new layer on your image.
Effects 3D
Effects - Dropshadow
- 6 - Minus 6 - 60 -
24 - #000000:
Effects - Edge Effects - Enhance
More
Layer Palette - Set the Blend Mode
of this layer to "Luminance (Legacy)" and the Layer
Opacity to 72
17.
Go back to the work
image you have set
aside - Copy and
paste on the big
image
Effects 3D
Effects - Dropshadow
- 9 - 9 - 50 - 27 -
#000000:
Effects 3D
Effects - Dropshadow
- Minus 9 - Minus 9
- 50 - 27 - #000000:
It looks like this
now:
18.
Open Tube "Benice_L141_black
starlines" - Copy and paste as
new layer on your image.
Effects 3D
Effects - Dropshadow
- 0 -0 - 50 - 24 - #ffffff
19.
Open Tube "Alek_Wek_by_Andrew_tubed_by_thafs" - Copy and paste as
new layer on your image.
Image - Resize - 75% - Resize all
layers not checked
Adjust - Sharpness -
Sharpen
Adjust - Hue and Saturation -
Colorize - 0 - 0
Activate Gamma
correction (Shift/G)
Effects - Image Effects - Offset:
Effects 3D
Effects - Dropshadow
- 6 - 6 - 50 - 24 -
#000000:
20.
Open Tube "Benice_vazen_L141" - Copy and paste as
new layer on your image.
Effects - Image Effects - Offset:
Effects 3D
Effects - Dropshadow
- 6 - 6 - 50 - 24 -
#000000:
21.
Image - Add Borders - Symmetric -
1 px - #000000
Image - Add Borders - Symmetric - 20 px -
#ffffff
Magic Wand Tool -
Mode: Shift/Add - Tolerance
0 - Contiguous checked -
Anti Alias Checked - Click
in the last border
Adjust - Blur - Radial Blur
Selections - Select
None
Image - Add Borders - Symmetric -
1 px - #000000
22.
Add your name or watermark, save as
JPG file and you're done!
With
again my gratitude to Keitha and
Martalip for testing.
Keitha:
***
Martalip
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