New Year Greeting

New Year Greeting

by Deborah in NC

Supplies Needed:

PSP (written in PSP X3, will work in other versions)

Zip File is 

-aclis_ny_25_12_2008

-mjnewyear008

-NYG pattern

-PlumaSegunda

Plugin Used

Mystic Nights>Frosted Glass - 

Simple>Diamonds -

Italian Editor Effects>Disturbo Zoom -

Getting It All Together

1. Install Plugins before opening PSP

2. Open PSP

Open the tubes in PSP and minimize

3. Material Palette

Foreground: #b8c6e8

Background: #263a72

Or use colors of own choice. A very light color for the Foreground, and a dark color (in the same color family as the foreground color)

4. Change Foreground to Gradient

Settings: Foreground/Background, Angle: 45, Repeats: 3, Invert: Unchecked, Linear selected

5. Change Background to Gradient

Settings: Foreground/Background, Angle: 45, Repeats: 3, Invert: Unchecked, Radial selected, Center Point; Horizontal & Vertical: 50, Focal Point; Horizontal & Vertical: 50, Link center and focal points

6. Open font in font viewer of choice and minimize

Method

1. File > New Image: Pixels: Selected, Width: 500, Height: 400, Raster & Transparent: Checked

Flood fill tool (default settings) and Flood fill new image with Foreground gradient

2. Raster > New raster layer

Flood fill with Background gradient

Layers > Properties: Change Blend Mode: Overlay

3. Layers>Merge>Merge Visible

4. Maximize aclis_ny_25_12_2008, activate mist layer

Edit>Copy

Minimize

5. Back to working copy

Edit > Paste as new layer

6. Layers > Properties: Change Blend Mode: Overlay

7. Layers > Merge > Merge Visible

8. Effects > Image Effects > Seamless Tiling: Default settings

9. Effects > Plugins > Mystic Nights > Frosted Glass

Settings: 15, Custom Colors: 1st square: white, 2nd square: #d7d9cf, rest of squares: black

10. Layers>New raster layer

Edit > Paste as new layer (your mist layer)

11. Move Tool, move to right side

12. Maximize mjnewyear008

Edit > Copy

13. Back to Working Copy

Edit > Paste as new layer

14. Resize to fit in the top left corner (I used 40%, Resize all layers: Unchecked)

15. Image > Mirror

16. Adjust > Sharpness > Sharpen

17. Move tool, move to top left corner

18. Material Palette: Change BG to pattern

Settings: NYG pattern, Angle: 0, Scale: 65

19. Material Palette: Change FG to null

20. Activate Text Tool

Font: PlumaSegunda, Size will vary based on version of PSP (I used 72), Create as Vector, the other settings are your preference

21. Add text of choice, I typed my first Word, then applied it, then the 2nd word, finally the 3rd word

Since it is Vector, click on the plus sign of "Vector" Layer

This will expand the Vector layer so you can see all the layers

Click on the one you want to adjust and the nodes will appear around the text

22. Use center node to position text where you want

Repeat for all lines of text you added

23. Effects > 3D Effects>Drop Shadow

Settings: 3, 3, 80, 3, Black, Unchecked

24. Repeat Drop Shadow

25. Activate top hat layer

Effects>3D Effects>Drop Shadow

Settings: Settings the same, Except change Blur: 10

26. We will be adding some borders here, and the setting Symmetric will stay checked

Image>Add borders: 2, select BG, then I changed the color to a darker color of my BG color (#131725)

27. Image > Add borders: 10, Foreground

28. Image > Add borders: 2, darker BG

29. Image > Add borders: 10, White

30. Image > Add borders: 2, darker BG

31. Image > Add borders: 10, BG (original)

32. Image > Add borders: 2, darker BG

33. Magic Wand

Settings: Mode: Add (Shift), Match mode: Tolerance: 0, Sample Merged/Use all layers: Unchecked, Contiguous: Checked, Feather: 0, Anti-alias: Checked, Outside: Outside: Selected

34. Select the white border with the magic wand

35. Flood fill with Foreground Gradient

Do not Deselect

36. Maximize the mjnewyear008 image

Edit > Copy

Close original

37. Back to working copy

Edit > Paste into Selection (into the white border)

38. Effects > Plugins > Simple > Diamonds

39. Effects > Plugins > Mystic Nights > Frosted Glass: settings as before

40. Effects > 3D Effects > Inner Bevel

Settings: #2, 5, 0, 5, 0, 0, White, 315, 50, 30

41. Selections > Select None

42. Magic Wand the 10 pixel outer dark border

43. Selections > Modify > Contract: 3

44. Effects > 3D Effects > Inner Bevel

Settings: as before

45. Selections > Modify > Expand: 3

46. Effects > 3D Effects > Inner Bevel

Settings: as before

47. Selections > Select None

48. Magic Wand inside the light blue 10 pixel border

49. Effects > Plugins > Italian Editor Effects > Disturbo Zoom: Default settings (0, 0, 213)

50. Effects > 3D Effects > Inner Bevel

Settings: as before

51. Effects > 3D Effects > Drop Shadow,

Settings: as before

52. Effects > 3D Effects > Drop Shadow

Settings: change only the Vertical &; Horizontal: -3

53. Selections > Select None

54. Layers > New raster layer

55. Add watermark

Layers > Merge > Merge All (flatten)

56. Resize to desired use

57. Jpeg and save

I hope you have enjoyed this tutorial, and thank you for trying it. If so, feel free to leave a comment, they are nice to see but not required.

LEGAL INFO:

This tutorial was written and designed by Deborah and is made using teaching and tips gained from the web and PSP, Animation Shop, and the other programs used, the programs listed Help feature; and is my own creation.

Any resemblance to other tutorials available is coincidental.

Please do not share this tutorial or to place it on any web site without my written permission.

Please do not translate this tutorial into any other language without my written permission: kay2ndjackson3@gmail.com.

If sharing, please direct to my blog site at: http://deborahscornerincyberspace.blogspot.com/

Graphics: artists unknown, if yours, please let me know so I can give you proper credit

Tuber: Champagne: ACLIS

http://www.aclisdesigns.com.ar

Written: 12-19-10