Bianca


This lesson was written by Jille in the Dutch version of PSP 3 on Januari 23 2011. 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
Extra example with tubes from Guismo - Sara and IPatries

Credits and Material
Tube: Bianca BdB-Rosa-19072010
Tube: Anna
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Filters
Cybia - Screenworks - Fine rule
Virtual Painter 4
Vanderlee - Unplugged X - Defocus
VM Natural - Bubble planet
<IC Net Software> Filters Unlimited 2 - VM Distortion Circulator

Install filters
Put selections in your map selections
Open the PSP program
Open the tubes in the program and minimize

Materials
Foreground color = white and background color #1f2940
Material foreground: change into a Foreground - background gradient with these settings


The lesson

  1. File - New - New Image - click with your right mouse button in de color box and choose your background color
  2. Effects - Plugins- Cybia - Screenworks - Fine rule
    ...
  3. Effects - Plugins- Virtual Painter - Virtual Painter 4

    TAB Adjust: all = normal
  4. Layers - Duplicate
  5. Effects - Plugins- VM Natural - Bubble Planet standard settings
  6. Effects - Plugins- Vanderlee - Unplugged X - Defocus
  7. Layer palette - Opacity 66
  8. Layer - New Raster layer
  9. Flood fill tool - fill with the gradient
  10. Effects - Plugins- Filters Unlimited 2 - VM Distortion - Circulator
  11. Effects - Plugins- Vanderlee - Unplugged X - Defocus
  12. Effects - Edge Effects - Enhance
  13. Layer palette - Blend mode Overlay
    ...
  14. Layers - Merge - merge visible
  15. Layers - Duplicate
  16. Image effects - Seamless tiling with standard values
  17. Adjust - Sharpness - Sharpen more
    Result

    ...
  18. Open the tube from Anna
  19. Edit - Copy
    ...
  20. On your working area - Edit - Paste as new layer
  21. Selection tool (fast key K on your keyboard) make the tube as large as your canvas
  22. Layer palette- Blend mode = Soft light

    ...
  23. Material palette - Foreground material - solid white color
  24. Layer - New Raster layer
  25. Image - Add Borders - Symmetric checked and choose Bianca1
  26. Flood fill tool - fill selection with white
  27. Selections - Modify - contract with 1
  28. Delete on your keyboard
  29. Edit - Copy Special - Copy merged
  30. Edit - Paste into selection
  31. Selections - Deselect all
    .....
  32. Layers - Duplicate
  33. Image - free rotate
  34. Layer palette - Activate the original layer (Raster 2) and
    Effects - Texture Effects - Blinds
  35. Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow

    ...
  36. Layer palette - Activate the diamond on top (Kopie van Raster 2)
  37. Layers - Duplicate
  38. Layer palette- Activate the original layer (Kopie van Raster 2)

    and
    Image - Resize
  39. Layer palette - Blend mode = Luminance legacy
  40. Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow same settings
    Layer palette - Activate the top layer
  41. Image - Add Borders - Symmetric checked and choose Bianca2
  42. Flood fill tool - fill selection with white
  43. Selections - Modify - contract with 1
    ...
  44. Material palette - replace background color with #656971 and foreground color closed
  45. Flood fill tool - fill with the gradient
    ...
  46. Open the tube from Bianca
  47. Edit - Copy
    ...
  48. On your working area - Edit and paste into selection
  49. Effects - Art Media Effects - Brushstrokes
  50. Edit - Paste as new layer (tube is still in the memory)
  51. Move tool - drag tube in the selection
  52. Selections - Invert and delete on your keyboard
  53. Selections - Deselect all
  54. Effects - 3D Effects -Drop Shadow

    ...
  55. And again - Edit - Paste as new layer
  56. Effects - Image effects - Offset

    ...
  57. Layer - New Raster layer
  58. Image - Add Borders - Symmetric checked and choose Bianca3
  59. Flood fill tool - fill selection with white
  60. Selections - Modify - contract with 1
  61. Click delete on your keyboard
  62. Selections - Deselect all
    ...
  63. Layer - New Raster layer
  64. Image - Add Borders - Symmetric checked and choose Bianca4
  65. Edit - Copy Special - Copy merged
    ...
    (if necessary you can move the selection by following these steps - Click Selections -Edit Selection (the selection becomes red) - click fast key K on your keyboard and move with the little node in the middle - Click Again Selections - Edit Selection and continue)
    ...
  66. Selections - Deselect all
  67. Edit - Paste as new layer
  68. Move tool - drag into the pendant
  69. Layer palette- decrease opacity +/- 58
  70. Layers - Arrange move down
  71. Make top layer active
    Layers - Merge - Merge down
  72. Eraser tool

    remove a piece from the chain, where it touches the diamond
  73. Effects - 3D Effects -Drop Shadow - same settings
    ...
  74. Image - Add Borders - Symmetric checked -2 pixels white
  75. Layers - Duplicate
  76. Image - Resize - 90% - Resize all layers not checked
  77. Layer palette - make bottom layer active
  78. Adjust - Blur - radial blur
  79. Layers - Duplicate
  80. Layer palette - Blend mode screen
  81. Layers - Flip
  82. Image - Mirror
  83. Adjust - Blur - Gaussian blur - radius 20
  84. Activate top layer and
    Selections- Select all - Selections - float
    Selections - Defloat
  85. Selections - Invert
  86. Effects - 3D Effects - Cutout
  87. And repeat with vertical en horizontal = -5
  88. Selections - Deselect all
  89. Image - Add Borders - Symmetric checked -2 pixel white
  90. Add watermark
  91. File -Save as Give_a_name.jpg

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