Anya_Welcome Winter

~°~ 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:

Mask by Marge

Plugins:

Mehdi - Sorting Tiles

AP 01[Innovations] - Lines - SilverLining

MuRa's Meister - Pole Transform

Flaming Pear - Flood

Preparations:

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

Save the Flood Preset to your Hard Drive

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:

#ffffff
#26425f
#97b1c9

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

Set your Foregroundcolor to #ffffff

Set your Backgroundcolor to #26425f

The tutorial:

01

Open "423_KaD_Alfakanaal" This image contains Alpha Selections

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

Selections - Select All

Maximize Image "423_KaD_Achtergrond" from tray

Note: If you are using an Image 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

Minimize to tray again, you need it again later

On your work image: Edit - Paste Into Selection

Selections - Select None

02

Layers - Duplicate

Effects - Plugins - Mehdi - Sorting Tiles

03

Layers - Duplicate

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

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

Layer Palette - Double click on this Layer and set the Blend Mode to "Multiply" and the Layer Opacity to 40

Layers - Merge - Merge Down

04

Layers - Duplicate

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

Effects - Image Effects - Seamless Tiling - Default settings

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

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

Keep selected

05

Layer Palette - Click on the Bottom Layer

Selections - Select All

Layer Palette - Click on the Top Layer

Image - Crop to Selection

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

Effects - Plugins - MuRa's Meister - Pole Transform

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

06

Maximize Tube "423_KaD_WinterTrees" from tray

Edit - Copy

On your work image: Edit - Paste As New Layer

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

Press K on your keyboard to activate the Pick Tool

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

430, Minus 11

Hit any key on your keyboard to close the Pick Tool

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

Layers - Duplicate

Image - Mirror - Mirror Horizontal

07

Layer Palette - Click on the Second Layer from the Bottom (Copy of Raster 1)

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

Layers - New Raster Layer

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow - Vertical 0 - Horizontal 0 - Opacity 80 - Blur 40 - Color #000000

Selections - Select None

08

Layer Palette - Click on the Second Layer from the Bottom (Copy of Raster 1)

Layers - Duplicate

Adjust - Blur - Gaussian Blur - Radius 25

Effects - Plugins - Flaming Pear - Flood - Click on the Red Arrow and load Preset 423_Preset_Flood

Or if this is not working for you with these settings - Change the Color to #97b1c9

Layers - New Mask Layer - From Image - Marge_TopFade

Layers - Merge - Merge Group

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

Selections - Invert

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

Selections - Select None

09

Layers - Duplicate

Layers - Merge - Merge Down

Effects - Edge Effects - Enhance

Your work and Layer Palette look like this now:

10

Layer Palette - Click on the Second Layer from the Bottom (Copy of Raster 1)

Layers - New Mask Layer - From Image - Marge_TopFade

Layers - Merge - Merge Group

11

Layer Palette - Click on the Bottom Layer

Adjust - Blur - Gaussian Blur - Radius 20

12

Layer Palette - Click on the Top Layer

Maximize Tube "423_KaD_Text2" from tray

Edit - Copy

On your work image: Edit - Paste As New Layer

Objects - Allign - Left

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

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

Selections - Select None

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

13

Layers - New Raster Layer

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

Fill the Selection with the Foregroundcolor (Click Twice)

Selections - Select None

Adjust - Sharpness - Sharpen

14

Maximize Tube "423_KaD_Snow" 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

(Minus 5, Minus 65

Hit any key on your keyboard to close the Pick Tool

15

Layers - New Raster Layer

Selections - Load/Save Selection - Load Selection From Alpha Channel - Selectie 4

Fill the Selection with the Foregroundcolor (Zoom if needed)

Selections - Select None

16

Image - Add Borders - Symmetric checked - 1 px - Backgroundcolor

Image - Add Borders - Symmetric checked - 3 px - Foregroundcolor

Image - Add Borders - Symmetric checked - 1 px - Backgroundcolor

Image - Add Borders - Symmetric checked - 15 px - Foregroundcolor

Image - Add Borders - Symmetric checked - 1 px - Backgroundcolor

Image - Add Borders - Symmetric checked - 3 px - Foregroundcolor

Image - Add Borders - Symmetric checked - 1 px - Backgroundcolor

Selections - Select All

Image - Add Borders - Symmetric checked - 30 px - Foregroundcolor

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow - Vertical 0 - Horizontal 0 - Opacity 40 - Blur 20 - Backgroundcolor

Selections - Select None

17

Maximize Tube "KaD_WinterWoman20" from tray

Remove the Watermark

Edit - Copy

On your work image: Edit - Paste As New Layer

Image - Resize - 88%, - Resize all Layers not checked

Press K on your keyboard to activate the Pick Tool

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

(226, 19)P

Hit any key on your keyboard to close the Pick Tool

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

18

Maximize Tube "423_KaD_Text1" 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

(708, 60)

Hit any key on your keyboard to close the Pick Tool

Layer Palette - Double click on this Layer and set the Opacity of this Layer to 73

19

Maximize Tube "423_KaD_Text3" from tray

Edit - Copy

On your work image: Edit - Paste As New Layer

No need to move

20

Image - Add Borders - Symmetric checked - 1 px - Backgroundcolor

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

Adjust - Sharpness - Unsharp Mask - Radius 2 - Strength 30 - Clipping 2 - Luminance Only: Not Checked

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

Extra Examples by Anya, Chris & Celine

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