My Valentine


This lesson was written by Jille in the Dutch version of PSP 3 on Januari 10 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

Credits and Material
animaux_0591.pspimage
QBD_ExquisteRomance_paper02.jpg
qbd_exquisteromance_curledribbon03.pspimage
anna.br_bedroom.pspimage
CPL-S2007-03.pspimage
maskcameron_air4.pspimage TOU
Preset_UserDefinedFilter_valentijn_Jille.PspScript
Picture frame - gevlekte leren rechthoek
Font Bickham Script Two.ttf
Download material

Filters
Xero Porcelain
Optikverve Labs - Virtual Photographer (fall colors)

Install the filters
Extract the Picture frame into your map Picture Frames
Extract selection in your map Selections
Preset_UserDefinedFilter_valentijn_Jille.PspScript - Extract into your map Presets
Minimize or install font
Open the PSP program
Open the mask and the tubes in the program and minimize

Material
Foreground color = #e5d4d5 and background color = #a0000c
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 the color box and choose the gradient
  2. Adjust - Blur - Gaussien Blur - Radius 20
  3. Adjust - Add/Remove Noise - Add Noise
  4. Layers - New Raster layer
  5. Selections - Select all
    ...
  6. Open the tube anna.br_bedroom.10_07-09-10
  7. Edit - Copy and close
    ...
  8. On your working area - Edit - paste into selection
  9. Selections - Deselect all
  10. Layer palette - decrease opacity 40
    ...
  11. Layers - New Raster layer
  12. Selections - Load/save selection - load selection from disk and load Valentine

    ....
  13. Open QBD_ExquisteRomance_paper02.jpg
  14. Edit - Copy - close
    ...
  15. On your working area - Edit and paste into selection
  16. Selections - Deselect all
    ...
  17. Layers - New Raster layer
  18. Flood fill tool - fill with foreground color
  19. Layers - New mask layer - from image
  20. Layers - Merge - Merge group
  21. Layers - Duplicate
  22. Effects - Texture Effects - Blinds
  23. Layer palette - arrange - move down
  24. Layer palette - Activate the top layer
  25. Effects - User defined filter and choose my preset
  26. Layer palette - Blend mode Soft light
  27. Layer palette - close the 3 bottom layers
    Layers - Merge - merge visible
    Open bottom layers again- top layer stays active
  28. Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow (Background color)

    ...
  29. Open the tube qbd_exquisteromance_curledribbon03.pspimage
  30. Edit - Copy and close
    ...
  31. On your working area - Edit - Paste as new layer
  32. Image - Resize - 50% - Intelligent - Smart size - Resize all layers not checked
  33. Move tool - move to the left border
  34. Effects - User defined filter - same settings
    ...
  35. Open the tube animaux_0591.pspimage
  36. Edit - Copy and close
    ...
  37. On your working area - Edit - Paste as new layer
  38. Image - Resize - 50% - Smart size - Resize all layers not checked
  39. And repeat Resize with 90%
  40. Move tool - place kittens on the bed
  41. Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow
  42. Effects - Xero - Porcelain - standard settings
  43. Layer palette - Opacity 66
    ....
  44. Open the tube CPL-S2007-03.pspimage
  45. Make a copy with Shift+D, minimize the original but do not close
  46. On this copy - Close or delete the watermark
  47. Layer palette - choose a dark color from the tube for the background - I took #6b5e4d.
  48. Layers - New Raster layer
  49. Flood fill with the gradient
  50. Adjust - Add/Remove noise - Add Noise - 12
  51. Layer palette - Arrange - Move down - make top layer active
  52. Image - Picture frame
  53. Layers - Merge - Merge all (flatten)
  54. Edit - Copy
    ...
  55. On your working area - Edit - Paste as new layer
  56. Image - Resize - 50% same settings
  57. Edit - Repeat resize(again with 50%)
  58. Move tool - move to the right border
  59. Deformation Tool (fast key D on your keyboard) modus perspective

    With the little nodes, make the frame fit the wall

    Click any other fast key to deselect
    ...
  60. Material palette - background color = #a0000c - Close foreground color
  61. Activate the original tube CPL-S2007-03
  62. Edit - Copy and close
  63. On your working area - Edit - Paste as new layer
  64. Move tool - move to the right - to a nice spot
  65. Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow (background color)

    ....
  66. Activate text tool with these settings

    I wrote My
    happy
    Valentine
  67. Click the green checkmark to apply
  68. Place the text on one of the hearts
  69. Layer palette - convert to raster layer
  70. Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow

    Result

    ....
  71. Image - Add Borders - Symmetric checked - 1 pixel with background color
  72. Selections - Select all
  73. Image - Add Borders - Symmetric checked - 50 pixels with foreground color
  74. Selections - Invert
  75. Adjust - Blur - Radial Blur
  76. Selections - Select all
  77. Selections - Modify - Contract with 50
  78. Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow
  79. Selections - Deselect all
  80. Image - Add Borders - Symmetric checked - 1 pixel with red background color
    ....
  81. Effects - Plugins - OptikVerveLabs - Virtual Photograper
    I took Fall colors (try the possibilities)
  82. Add watermark
  83. File -Save as Give_a_name.jpg

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