Anya_Primavera

~°~ Original by Kad's PSP Design ~°~

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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 Nikita

Plugins:

<I.C.NET Software> - Filters Unlimited 2.0

Mehdi - Wavy Lab 1.1

Simple - Top Left Mirror

Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Impact - Extrude

Filter Factory Gallery B - Button Deluxe **

MuRa's Seamless - Emboss

Preparations:

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

Copy the Texture to the Textures folder of PSP

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:

#f4dcdf #e6dac4 #a87984 #efdbd6 #312724

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

Set your Foregroundcolor to #f4dcdf

Set your Backgroundcolor to #e6dac4

The tutorial:

01

Open "411_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

Adjust - Blur - Gassian Blur - Radius 35

02

Layers - New Raster Layer

Selections - Select All

Maximize Tube "KaD_Woman_112" from tray

Remove the copyright Image

Note: If you are using a tube of your own the result may be different, if you want the same result you can use this tube for this step. You can colorize it to match your work.

Edit - Copy

On your work image: Edit - Paste Into Selection

Selections - Select None

Effects - Image Effects - Seamless Tiling

Adjust - Blur - Radial Blur

Adjust - Blur - Gassian Blur - Radius 35

Layers - Merge - Merge Visible

Your work looks like this now:

03

Effects - Texture Effects - Weave - Weave Color #f4dcdf

Effects - Edge Effects - Enhance

Effects - Plugins - Simple - Top Left Mirror

Adjust - Sharpness - Sharpen

04

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

Selections - Promote Selection to Layer

Selections - Select None

Image - Resize:

Effects - Edge Effects - Enhance

05

Layers - Duplicate

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

Layers - Merge - Merge Down

Effects - Plugins - Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Impact - Extrude - Settings Tab: Preset 411_KaD_Extrude1

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow - Vertical 0 - Horizontal 0 - Opacity 60 - Blur 20 - Color #000000

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 - <I.C.NET Software> - Filters Unlimited 2.0 - Filter Factory Gallery B - Button Deluxe

Selections - Select None

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow - Vertical 0 - Horizontal 0 - Opacity 60 - Blur 20 - Color #000000

Layers - Duplicate

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

07

Layer Palette - Click on the Bottom Layer

Maximize Tube "KaD_Scenery_Lente1" from tray

Remove the copyright Image

Edit - Copy

On your work image: Edit - Paste As New Layer

Image - Resize - 80% - Resize all Layers not checked (check lock aspect ratio!!)

Press K on your keyboard to activate the Pick Tool

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

(112, minus 28)

Hit any key on your keyboard to close the Pick Tool

Effects - Plugins - MuRa Seamless - Emboss

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

08

Color Palette: Set the Foregroundcolor to #a87984 and the Backgroundcolor to #312724

Layer Palette - Click on the Bottom Layer

Layers - New Raster Layer

Fill with the Foregroundcolor

Layers - New Mask Layer - From Image - 1250181569_nikita_masques_Bewerkt

Layers - Merge - Merge Group

Press K on your keyboard to activate the Pick Tool

Enter these parameters for the Position Y: 300 and Scale Y (%): 50 on the Toolbar

Hit any key on your keyboard to close the Pick Tool

09

Maximize Tube "411_KaD_Element1" 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

Pos X : 10 - Pos Y 401

Hit any key on your keyboard to close the Pick Tool

Selections - Select All

Selections - Float

Selections - DefloatEffects - Texture Effects - Texture - 28-cmv

Selections - Select None

10

Layer Palette - Click on the Top Layer

Maximize Tube "411_KaD_Text1" from tray

Edit - Copy

On your work image: Edit - Paste As New Layer

Image - Resize - 90% - Resize all Layers not checked

Move to the left like this:

11

Maximize Tube "KaD_Woman_112" from tray

Edit - Copy

On your work image: Edit - Paste As New Layer

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

Image - Resize - 75% - Resize all Layers not checked

Move like this:

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow - Vertical 0 - Horizontal 7 - Opacity 50 - Blur 34 - Color #000000

Adjust - Sharpness - Sharpen

12

Maximize Tube "KaD_Butterfly2" from tray

Remove the copyright Image

Edit - Copy

On your work image: Edit - Paste As New Layer

Image - Resize - 30% - Resize all Layers not checked

Image - Free Rotate - Left checked - Free - 7° - Both boxes unchecked

Edit - Repeat Rotate

Move like this:

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow - Vertical 0 - Horizontal 7 - Opacity 50 - Blur 34 - Color #000000

Adjust - Sharpness - Sharpen

Edit - Repeat Sharpness

13

Layers - New Raster Layer

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

Fill the Selections with the Foregroundcolor

Selections - Select None

14

Maximize Tube "411_KaD_Deco1" from tray

Edit - Copy

On your work image: Edit - Paste As New Layer

Image - Resize - 50% - Resize all Layers not checked

Move like this:

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow - Vertical 2 - Horizontal 2 - Opacity 35 - Blur 2 - Color #000000

Adjust - Sharpness - Sharpen

15

Layers - Duplicate

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

Layers - Merge - Merge Down

16

Image - Add Borders - Symmetric checked - 1 px - #a87984

Image - Add Borders - Symmetric checked - 3 px - #f4dcdf

Image - Add Borders - Symmetric checked - 1 px - #a87984

Selections - Select All

Image - Add Borders - Symmetric checked - 45 px - #f4dcdf

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

Selections - Select None

Image - Add Borders - Symmetric checked - 1 px - #a87984

Image - Add Borders - Symmetric checked - 45 px - #f4dcdf

17

Optional: Image - Add Borders - Symmetric checked - 1 px - #a87984

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

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

If you wish you can post your result on my Face book Page

Extra Examples by Anya and Chris:

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