Magical Moment

Magical Moment

by Deborah in NC

Supplies Needed:

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

-!!!dkj_10_holly_berries

-JC_ DGelsinger-Santa (tube was shared through Tag Along Tubes)

-KR Lots Of Holly (Font)

-krcorners (Font)

All supplies listed above are included in the zip file Here

Plugins used:

Simple>Diamonds, Pizza Slice Mirror

Greg's Factory Output II>Pool Shadow

Bordermania>Frame #2

Preparation:

Open PSP

1. Open JC_ DGelsinger-Santa in PSP

In layer palette, turn off the watermark layer (Raster 2), click on the eye image and a red x will appear over it

Click on to activate bottom (mist) layer (Raster 1)

Edit>Copy

Minimize for now

2. Open !!!dkj_10_holly_berries in PSP

Minimize for now

3. Open KR Lots of Holly font in font viewer of choice

4. Open krcorners font in font view of choice

5. From your tube image select two color for material palette with dropper tool

Foreground (FG), choose a light color (I used #ffdab4)

Background (BG), choose a medium color (I used #9b4919)

Change Foreground to Gradient, Foreground-Background Gradient

Settings:

Angle: 45

Repeats: 11

Invert: Unchecked

Radial: selected

Center Point & Focal Point Horizontal & Vertical: all at 50

Link center and focal points: checked

PATTERN

First we will create our pattern. This can be used later to assemble a background for letter or stat in Letter Creator of choice

1. File>New: Width & Height: 350, Pixels: selected, Raster & Transparent: Checked

2. Flood fill tool

Settings:

Match Mode: None

Sample Merged/Use all layers: Unchecked

Blend mode: Normal

Opacity: 100

Flood fill image with FG (Gradient)

3. Selections>Select All

Selections>Modify>Contract: 65

Edit>Paste into Selection (this is your JC_ DGelsinger-Santa tube image. It should still be in your clipboard, if not, re-maximize and Edit>Copy. Minimize. Then do this step)

Selections>Select None

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

5. Adjust>Blur>Gaussian Blur: 15

6. Effects>Plugins>Simple>Diamonds

7. Effects>Plugins>Simple>Pizza Slice Mirror

8. Effects>Texture Effects>Soft Plastic: 100, 97, 128, 45, FG (light color)

9. Effects>Plugins>Simple>Diamonds

10. Effects>Plugins>Simple>Pizza Slice Mirror

11. Effects>Plugins>Greg's Factory Output II>Pool Shadow: 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 135

12. Selections>Select All

13. Layers>New raster layer

14. Edit>Paste into selection

15. Layers>Properties

Change Blend Mode: Luminance (Legacy)

Change Opacity: 35

16. Layers>Merge>Merge Visible

17. JPEG optimizer, and save to location of choice

CORNER Accent

1. File>New

Width & Height: 350, Pixels: Selected, Raster & Transparent: Checked

2. Activate Text tool

Font: krcorners

Size: will depend on your version PSP, I used 400, Pixels: Selected

Font Style: B selected

Stroke width: 1.0

Create as: Vector

3. Material Palette, switch FG & BG colors

4. Type in " b" (lower case b without the quotes) and apply

5. Objects>Align>Center in Canvas

6. Layers>Convert to raster layer

7. The brick area will be open and needs to be filled in.

Activate your Magic Wand Tool

Settings:

Mode: Add (Shift)

Match mode: RGB Value

Tolerance: 0

Sample Merged/Use All layers: Unchecked

Contiguous: Checked

Feather: 0

Antia-alias: Checked

Outside: Selected

8. Apply magic wand inside each empty brick area

9. Activiate bottom layer in layer palette

10. Flood fill with FG (gradient)

11. Adjust>Add/Remove Noise>Add noise

Gaussian: Checked

Noise: 30

Monochrome: Checked

12. Selections>Select All

13. Adjust>Sharpen>Sharpen if desired

14. Activate top layer in layer palette

15. Selections>Select All

Selections>Float

Selections>Defloat

16. Effects>3D Effects>Inner Bevel: #2, 3, 0, 2, 0, 0, White, 315, 50, 30

17. You can add noise to this if you want, and sharpen as before, if desired

18. Layers>Merge>Merge visible

HOLLY ACCENT

1. Still working on the brick image, we will add holly to it.

Activate the Text Tool again.

Font: KR Lots Of Holly

Size: 300 pixels, again size will depend on the version of PSP you are using.

2. Material palette; change BG to a green color of choice (I used #414f3f)

3. Apply the holly image you wish to use (I used f (Lower case))

Layers>Convert to raster layer

Then I resized the layer 80% so it would fit where I wanted to place the holly on the corner image

Once I resized, I Sharpened it (Adjust>Sharpness>Sharpen)

4. Effects>Plugins>Greg's Factory Output II>Pool Shadow: same settings as before

5. Adjust>Add/Remove Noise: Same settings as before

6. Move Tool, move the holly image to position in the corner of the brick accent

7. To finish the holly on the corner, let's add some berries.

Maximize !!!dkj_10_holly_berries

To activate the size of holly you wish to use, activate the Move Tool

Click on the berry image you want to activate the layer

Edit>Copy

Close original

8. Back to corner image

Edit>Paste as new layer

9. Move Tool, move the berry to position on the holly

10. To add more berries

Layer>Duplicate

11. Move to position where desired

12. Repeat Steps 10 & 11 above to add as many as you want in your corner

13. When all berries are positioned

Layers>Merge>Merge visible

14. Save this image as a .pspimage or .png to folder of choice

Our corner accent is ready. On to the tag/header

TAG/HEADER

1. Maximize JC_ DGelsinger-Santa

2. Edit>Copy

3. Edit>Paste as new image

4. Image>Resize: Longest side: 450

Pixels: selected

Lock Aspect Ratio: Checked

Resize all layers: Checked

5. Image>Canvas Size

Width: 450

Height: 450

Center: Selected

6. Layers>New raster layer

7. Layers>Arrange>Send to bottom

8. Material palette: Change FG & BG to original color choices

Change FG back to gradient

9. Flood fill tool

Flood fill with FG (gradient)

10. Activate top layer in layer palette

Layers>Duplicate

11. Turn off (click on eye icon) top layer (duplicate layer)

12. Activate middle layer (original mist layer)

13. Image>Resize

Percent: Selected

Width & Height: 125

Resize all layers: UNchecked

14. Layers>Properties; Change Blend mode: Screen

15. Effects>Edge Effects>Enhance

16. Activate bottom layer in layer palette

17. Adjust>Blur>Gaussian Blur: 35

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

19. Open top layer (click on eye icon)

Click on layer to activate

20. Effects>Image Effects>Offset: 15, -10, Custom: Checked, Transparent: Checked

21. Adjust>Add/Remove Noise>Add noise

Gaussian: Checked

Noise: 15

Monochrome: Checked

22. Layers>Merge>Merge All (Flatten)

23. Image>Add borders:

Symmetric: Checked

Left: 2, Top, Right & Bottom will self adjust

Color: BG

24. Image>Add borders

Same settings, only change color: FG

25. Image>Add borders

Same settings, only change color: BG

26. Effects>Plugins>Bordermania>Frame #2: 6, 6, 29, 87, Bevel: Checked, Notch Corners: Checked

27. Image>Add borders:

Symmetric: Checked

Left: 35, Top, Right & Bottom will self adjust

Color: FG

28. Magic Wand inside new border

29. Material Palette: Change BG to pattern, then select the pattern we created at the start of the tutorial.

Angle: 134, Scale: 57

30. Flood fill the selection with BG (pattern)

31. Selections>Float

32. Effects>3D Effects>Cutout: 0, 0, 90, 15, black, Unchecked

33. Selections>Defloat

34. Selections>Contract: 14

35. Effects>Plugins>Bordermania>Frame #2: same settings as before

36. Effects>3D Effects>Drop Shadow: 2, 2, 65, 1, Black, Unchecked

37. Repeat Drop shadow, changing the Vertical & Horizontal: -2 (minus 2)

38. Selections>Select None

39. Image>Add borders:

Symmetric: Checked

Left: 2, Top, Right & Bottom will self adjust

Color: BG

40. Image>Add borders

Same settings, only change color: FG

41. Image>Add borders

Same settings, only change color: BG

42. Effects>Plugins>Bordermania>Frame #2: 6, 6, 29, 87, Bevel: Checked, Notch Corners: Checked

43. Maximize Corner Accent we created before

Edit>Copy

If you have not saved at this point, this image, and wish to use for future items, do so now

Close original

44. Back to Tag/Header image

Edit>Paste as new layer

45. Image>Resize

Percent: Selected

Width & Height: 60

Resize all layers: Unchecked

46. Move tool, move to position in top left corner of inner frame

47. Effects>3D Effects>Drop Shadow: 2, 2, 65, 1, Black, Unchecked

48. Effects>Plugins>Simple>Top Left Mirror

49. (Optional) I added a 2nd set of corners to the outer frame, which I resize 35%

50. Layers>New raster layer

51. Add watermark

52. Add any text you wish to add

53. Layers>Merge>Merge all (flatten)

54. Image>Resize to desired use (ie., Header around 500 pixels, and tags around 350 pixels)

55. Jpeg optimize and save. Compression at 20 works fine.

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.

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