Seasons Reason

Seasons Reason
by Deborah in NC

PDF Version can be found here:

Supplies Needed:
PSP (written in PSP X2, will work in other versions)
-DCIC Cranberry Season Papers here
-Paper 20
-Paper of choice
Tubes here
-dkj_09_Reason_Season_121209
-dkj_09_Reason_Season_Star_121209


1. Open Paper 20 from DCIC Cranberry Season Papers.

2. Duplicate (Shift + D).

3. Minimize original.

4. The Duplicate image is our working copy.

5. Open dkj_09_Reason_Season_121209

6. Edit>Copy

7. Close original

8. Paste as a new layer

9.Image>Resize layer: 60%, Bicubic

10. Adjust>Add/Remove Noise>Moire Pattern Removal: Fine Details: 1, Remove Bands: 4

11. Effects>3D Effects>Drop Shadow: Vertical: -20, Horizontal: 0, Opacity: 20, Blur: 35, Color: #fce6a7, Shadow on new layer: UNchecked

12. Repeat Drop Shadow

13. Open dkj_09_Reason_Season_Star_121209

14. Edit>Copy

15. Close original

16. Paste as a new layer

17. Move to top left corner

18. Colorize if desired

19. Selections>Select All

20. Selections>Float

21. Selections>Defloat

22. Selections>Modify>Expand: 20

23. Layers>New raster layer

24. Layers>Arrange>Move Down

25. Material palette: change FG to #f8ca29 and BG to a15e00

26. Material palette: change FG to gradient Settings: Foreground/Background, Angle: 0, Repeats: 19, Radial: selected, Vertical & Horizontal: 50

27. Flood fill tool: Flood fill selection with FG (gradient)

28. Adjust>Add/Remove Noise>Add Noise: Gaussian: checked, Noise: 50, Monochrome: checked

29. Selections>Select None

30. Adjust>Blur>Blur More

31. Smudge Brush tool (settings: Round, Size: 15, Hardness: 50, Step: 10, Density: 35, Thickness: 100, Rotation: 0, Opacity: 100, All layers/Sample layers: UNchecked

32. Place the smudge brush tool on the rounded edge as indicated here:

33. Click, hold and "flick" slightly to drag out from the edge, you should have something like this:

34. Repeat the smudge in the same place if needed to make it look like my example above

35. Move to the next rounded edge, and repeat the smudge as above.

36. Repeat smudge for remaining rounded edges

37. Activate the Star layer (top layer)

38. Effects>3D Effects>Drop Shadow: V&H: 3, Opacity: 100, Blur: 4, Color: black, Shadow new layer: Unchecked

39. Repeat Drop Shadow with this change only: V&H: -3

40. Layers>Merge>Merge All

41. Image>Add borders: 1, symmetric checked, Color: black

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42.*1 - Image>Add borders: 7, symmetric, white

Magic Wand (settings: Add/Shift, RGB Value, Tolerance: 0, All layers: UNchecked, Contiguous: checked, Feather: 0, Anti-alias: checked, Outside: selected) inside new border

Flood fill with FG (gradient)

Effects>3D Effects>Inner Bevel: #1, 2, 0, 2, 0, 0, white, 315, 86, 20

Adjust>Add/Remove Noise>Add noise: as before

Select None
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43. Image>Add border: 10, symmetric, white

44. Magic wand inside new border

45. Maximize DCIC Cranberry Season Paper 20

46. Edit>Copy

47. Reminimize

48. Image>Paste into selection

49. Effects>3D Effects>Inner Bevel: as before

50. Repeat *1 above

51. Image>Add border: 20, symmetric, white

52. Magic Wand inside new border

53. Select and open a 2nd paper of choice from DCIC Cranberry Season Papers

54. Edit>Copy

55. Close image

56. Image>Paste into selection

57. Effects>3D Effects>Inner bevel: as before only change color to FG

58. Adjust>Add/Remove Noise>Add Noise: as before

59. Effects>Distortion Effects>Ripple (Settings: Center offset - Horizontal: 50.00, Vertical: 50 / Settings - Amplitude: 10, Wavelength: 40 / Edge Mode: Transparent: checked

60. Selections>Select None

61. Image>Add border: 7, symmetric, white

62. Magic wand inside new border

63. Maximize DCIC Cranberry Season Paper 20

64. Edit>Copy

65. Close

66. Image>Paste into selection

67. Effects>3D Effects>Inner Bevel: as before, only change color back to white

68. Selections>Select None

69. Add text as desired

70. Resize & save for desired use.

That's it, you are done!

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: kay2ndjackson@gmail.com. If sharing, please direct to my blog site at: http://deborahscornerincyberspace.blogspot.com/