Health and Happyness


This lesson was written by Jille in the Dutch version of PSP 3 on December 26 2010. I followed my own inspiration. Any connection with an existing lesson is merely a coincidence
It is possible to make this lesson in lower versions as well

Credits and material
tube van: 1Patries_VR339-Groovy-02-roodlederjurk-22-12-10.pspimage
tube van Lila: 4246.pspimage
tube van Anna: \anna.pspimage
Texture 1217493541_textures( thank you Reveries)
Font CluKennedySH.ttf
material

Filters
Flaming Pear - Transline (freebies)
LenK's - Dimitri
Red Paw Media - RPM Fog

Preparation

Install filters
Texture in map textures
Selections in map Selections
Minimize or install font
Open PSP program
Open the tubes in the program and minimize

Materials
Foreground color #f6ce54 and background color #290909

Change material of the foreground in "duo tone brown " (corel_06_004) gradient with these settings


The lesson

  1. File - New - New Image - 800/600 pixels -
    click with your right mouse button in the color box and choose the foreground color
  2. Layers - New Raster layer
  3. Flood fill tool - fill with background color
  4. Effects - Plugins - - LenK siteofwonders - Dimitri
  5. Layers - New Raster layer
  6. Flood fill tool - fill with the gradient
  7. Adjust - Blur - radial blur
  8. Layer palette - Blend mode = Hard Light
    ....
  9. Effects - Image Effects - seamless tiling
  10. Effects - Texture Effects
  11. Effects - Photo-Effects - Film en Filters
  12. Make Raster 1 active
  13. Layers - New Raster layer
    .....
  14. Open the scenery tube anna.br
  15. Edit - copy and minimize (we use this tube again at point 44)
    ....
  16. On your working area - Edit - paste as new layer
  17. Image - mirror
    ....
  18. Layer palette - Make top layer active
  19. Layers - New Raster layer
  20. Selections - Load/save selection - load selection from disk and load 2011_1
  21. Flood fill tool - fill with background color
  22. Layer palette make Raster 2 active
    Selections - Load/save selection - load selection from disk and load 2011_2
  23. Click delete on your keyboard
  24. Selections - Load/save selection - load selection from disk and load 2011_3
  25. Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow (background color)
  26. Selection - Deselect all
  27. Layer palette - make top layer active !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  28. Layers - Merge - Merge down

    ...
  29. Open the tube 4246
  30. Edit - copy and close
    ...
  31. On your working area - Edit - paste as new layer
  32. Image - mirror
  33. Effects - Image Effects - Offset
  34. Layer palette -decrease opacity 50%
    ....
  35. Edit - Copy special - copy merged
  36. Edit - Paste as new layer
  37. Effects - Plugins - Red Paw Media - RPM Fog
  38. Layer palette - Blend mode = Hard light

    ...
  39. Open the tube 1Patries_VR339-Groovy-02-roodlederjurk-22-12-10
  40. Edit - Copy and close
    ....
  41. On your working area - Edit Paste as new layer
  42. Effects - Image Effects - Offset
  43. Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow

    ....
  44. Open scenery tube again
  45. Selections - Load/save selection - load selection from disk and load 2011_4
  46. Image - rotate - right
  47. Edit - Copy - Close without saving
    ...
  48. On your working area
  49. Layers - New Raster layer
  50. Selections - select all
  51. Edit - Paste into selection
  52. Selection - Deselect all.....
  53. Effects - Plugins - FlamingPear - Transline
  54. Layer palette - Blend mode Overlay
  55. Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow

    Result

    ...
  56. Material palette- background color = #f19904
  57. Layer palette - Make Raster 3 active
  58. Selections - Load/save selection - load selection from disk and load 2011_5
  59. Layer palette -Promote selection to layer
  60. Layer palette - Arrange - In front (selection stays active)
    ....
  61. Layer palette - close top layer and make any other active
  62. Layers - Merge -Merge visible
  63. Open top layer and close bottom layer
    selections stays active

    .......
  64. Layers - New Raster layer - rename this layer kader1
  65. Flood fill tool - Fill selection with new background color
  66. Selections - modify - contract with 1
  67. Click delete on your keyboard
  68. Selections - Deselect all
  69. Effects - Edge Effects - Enhance
    ...
  70. Layer - duplicate - rename this layer - Kader 2
  71. Make original layer active- Kader1 -
  72. Layers - merge - merge down
    Layer palette - Make top layer (Kader 2) active
  73. Effects - Image Effects - Offset
  74. Layer palette - Arrange - move down
  75. Make top layer active again -Layers - Merge -Merge visible
  76. Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow
  77. Layer palette - Open bottom layer, top layer stays active
    Result
  78. Selections - Select all
  79. Image - Add Borders - Symmetric checked - background color
  80. Effects - 3D Effects - Cutout
  81. and repeat
  82. Selection - Deselect all
    .....
  83. Preparation for text - Close foreground color and activate text tool

    Write 2011
  84. Click the checkmark to apply
  85. Place the text on de square at the bottom
  86. Layer palette - Convert to raster layer
  87. Effects - 3D Effects - Drop shadow

    ...
  88. Activate text tool again - same settings, but change size 48
    Write your text or mine( bring us health and happyness)
  89. Repeat items 82 -83 - 84 - 85

    ....
  90. Layers - Merge - Merge all (flatten)
  91. Add watermark
  92. File -Save as Give_a_name.jpg

So we reached the end. I hope you enjoyed this lesson
Jille

2de example with tubes from Anna en Gina