Anya_ColorIntoLife

~°~ Original by Kad's PSP Design ~°~

Thank you Karin for your permission to translate your tutorials.

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Materials:

Disclaimer: Each Graphic is the property of the original artist to whom the copyright belongs and may not be placed in a collection or offered for sale on-line or otherwise.

This translation is written with PSP X8, if you work with older versions some things might be different but the result will be the same.

Acknowledgements:

Masks by Monaiekje and Mask by Narah You can find their beautiful Masks HERE and HERE

Plugins:

Mehdi - Wavy Lab 1.1

Mehdi - Sorting Tiles

AP 01[Innovations] - Lines - SilverLining

AAA Frames - Foto Frame

Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Impact - Glass

Preparations:

Open the Tubes and the Masks in PSP, minimize to Tray. NOTE: If you are using different colors you might need to colorize

Double Click on the Eye Candy Preset, it will be imported automatically

From PSP 14 and higher there is no option for Image - Mirror & Image - Flip There is a new option but this does not give the same result except when the tube/image covers the whole image from side to side There is a easy way to add the old Mirror and Flip options to the Image Menu I have written a tutorial you can find it HERE. From PSP 17 the option is back

Colors:

#a0288f #ffffff #afdb02 #023fa6 #f73a6d #000000

Note: When working with your own colors, play with the Blend Mode and/or Opacity at your own discretion

Set your Foregroundcolor to #a0288f

Set your Backgroundcolor to #ffffff

The tutorial:

01

Open "416_KaD_Alfakanaal" This image contains Alpha Selections

Window - Duplicate (or shift+D) - Close the original and proceed on the copy

Effects - Plugins - Mehdi - Wavy Lab 1.1

Effects - Image Effects - Seamless Tiling - Default settings

Adjust - Blur - Gassian Blur - Radius 50

Edit - Repeat Gaussian Blur

Effects - Plugins - Mehdi - Sorting Tiles

02

Layers - Duplicate

Effects - Plugins - Mehdi - Sorting Tiles

Effects - Edge Effects - Enhance

Layer Palette - Double click on this Layer and set the Blend Mode to "Soft Light"

Layers - Merge - Merge Visible

Your work looks like this now:

03

Selections - Load/Save Selection - Load Selection From Alpha Channel - Selectie #1

Selections - Promote Selection to Layer

Adjust - Blur - Gassian Blur - Radius 30

Effects - Plugins - AP 01[Innovations] - Lines - SilverLining

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow - Vertical 0 - Horizontal 0 - Opacity 60 - Blur 25 - Color #000000

Selections - Select None

Effects - Image Effects - Seamless Tiling

04

Layer Palette - Click on the Bottom Layer

Layers - Duplicate

Layers - Arrange - Bring to Top

Layers - New Mask Layer - From Image - Monaiekje mask 32

Layers - Merge - Merge Group

Effects - Edge Effects - Enhance

05

Layers - Duplicate

Image - Mirror - Mirror Horizontal ( Image - Mirror in previous PSP Versions)

Image - Mirror - Mirror Vertical ( Image - Flip in previous PSP Versions)

Layers - Merge - Merge Down

Layer Palette - Double click on this Layer and set the Blend Mode to "Overlay"

Layer Palette - Click on the Middle Layer and set the Opacity of this Layer to 54

Your work and Layer Palette look like this now:

06

Layer Palette - Click on the Bottom Layer

Selections - Load/Save Selection - Load Selection From Alpha Channel - Selectie 2

Selections - Promote Selection to Layer

Effects - Plugins - AAA Frames - Foto Frame

Selections - Select None

07

Layers - New Raster Layer

Fill with the Backgroundcolor (Right Mouse Click)

Layers - New Mask Layer - From Image - Narah_mask_0421

Layers - Merge - Merge Group

Layers - Arrange - Move Down

Adjust - Sharpness - Sharpen More

Effects - Distortion Effects - Polar Coordinates

08

Selections - Load/Save Selection - Load Selection From Alpha Channel - Selectie 3

Selections - Modify - Contract - 8 px

Edit - Cut (Or hit the Delete Key of your Keyboard)

Selections - Select None

Layer Palette - Double click on this Layer and set the Opacity of this Layer to 70

09

Edit - Copy Special - Copy Merged

Edit - Paste As New Image

Image - Resize - 15% - Resize all Layers checked

Selections - Select All

Image - Add Borders - Symmetric checked - 1 px - #000000

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

Image - Add Borders - Symmetric checked - 1 px - #000000

Effects - Plugins - Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Impact - Glass - Settings Tab: Preset 415_KaD_Glass

Selections - Select None

Edit - Copy

10

On your work image

Layer Palette - Click on the Top Layer

Edit - Paste As New Layer

Press K on your keyboard to activate the Pick Tool

Enter these parameters for the X and Y Positions on the Toolbar

598,74

Hit any key on your keyboard to close the Pick Tool

11

Layers - Duplicate

Image - Resize - 80% - Resize all Layers not checked

Image - Free Rotate - Left checked -Free - 90° - Both boxes unchecked

Press K on your keyboard to activate the Pick Tool

Enter these parameters for the X and Y Positions on the Toolbar

695,150

Hit any key on your keyboard to close the Pick Tool

Adjust - Sharpness - Sharpen

12

Layers - Duplicate

Image - Resize - 80% - Resize all Layers not checked

Image - Free Rotate - Left checked -Free - 90° - Both boxes unchecked

Press K on your keyboard to activate the Pick Tool

Enter these parameters for the X and Y Positions on the Toolbar

626,226

Hit any key on your keyboard to close the Pick Tool

Adjust - Sharpness - Sharpen

Layers - Merge - Merge Down

Edit - Repeat Layers - Merge Down

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow - Vertical Minus 5 - Horizontal 7 - Opacity 35 - Blur 5 - Color #000000

13

Maximize Tube "416_KaD_Deco1" from tray

Edit - Copy

On your work image: Edit - Paste As New Layer

No need to move

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow - Vertical 1 - Horizontal 1 - Opacity 50 - Blur 1 - Color #ffffff

14

Maximize Tube "416_KaD_Tekst" from tray

Edit - Copy

On your work image: Edit - Paste As New Layer

Press K on your keyboard to activate the Pick Tool

Enter these parameters for the X and Y Positions on the Toolbar

602, 19

Hit any key on your keyboard to close the Pick Tool

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow - Vertical 1 - Horizontal 1 - Opacity 50 - Blur 1 - Color #000000

Optional: Layer Palette - Double click on this Layer and set the Opacity of this Layer to 80

15

Image - Add Borders - Symmetric checked - 1 px - #000000

Image - Add Borders - Symmetric checked - 1 px - #9f288f

Image - Add Borders - Symmetric checked - 1 px - #f73a6d

Image - Add Borders - Symmetric checked - 1 px - #023fa6

Selections - Select All

Image - Add Borders - Symmetric checked - 25 px - #ffffff

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow - Vertical 0 - Horizontal 0 - Opacity 40 - Blur 20 - Color #000000

Selections - Select None

16

Maximize Tube "KaD_Woman_119" from tray

Remove the Watermark

Edit - Copy

On your work image: Edit - Paste As New Layer

Image - Resize - 55% - Resize all Layers not checked

Image - Mirror - Mirror Horizontal ( Image - Mirror in previous PSP Versions)

Move like this:

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow - Vertical 5 - Horizontal 7 - Opacity 50 - Blur 25 - Color #000000

Adjust - Sharpness - Sharpen

17

Image - Add Borders - Symmetric checked - 1 px - #afdb02

Image - Add Borders - Symmetric checked - 1 px - #023fa6

Image - Add Borders - Symmetric checked - 1 px - #f73a6d

Image - Add Borders - Symmetric checked - 1 px - #9f288f

Image - Add Borders - Symmetric checked - 1 px - #000000

18

Optional: Image - Resize - Width 900 Pixels - Resize all Layers checked

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

Extra Examples by Anya and Chris:

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