Soft Blue Beauty KR Creations Tutorial KR Creations Tutorial Web Site December 2008 Written on PSP 9 Skill Level: Beginners Supplies Needed Paint Shop Pro Tube of Choice or use mine ACherShare_11-18-08_softbluebeauty diamonteborder-teal sm square jeweled border Supplies Zip - Here Filters Needed Texturizer Simple Filters - Here Preparations Install filter if needed Open your PSP (Paint Shop Pro) Unzip supplies and open in PSP Using the tube you have chosen Duplicate tube (Shift + D) - close original Select a light color from the tube for your foreground color Select a dark color from the tube for your background color Resize tube to 400 High, Width will adjust Edit > Copy Click on your dark color and find the Hue and Saturation numbers for that color Select diamonteborder-teal Adjust - Hue and Saturation - Colorize Place your H & S color number here Minimize Select sm square jeweled border Repeat colorize Minimize All settings will remain the same unless new or revised ones are given Let's Begin! STEP 1 Using tube of choice Layers > New Raster Layer Layers > Arrange > Send to Bottom Flood Fill this layer with dark color Layers > Merge > Merge Visible Effects > Image Effects > Seamless Tiling > Default Adjust > Blur > Motion Blur Layers > New Raster Layer Flood Fill with light color Lower Opacity to 82 Layers > Merge > Merge Visible Effects > Plugins > Texture > Texturizer STEP 2 Edit > Paste > Paste as New Layer (should be your tube) Effects > 3D Effects > Drop Shadow Repeat Drop Shadow Layers > Merge > Merge All Selections > Select All Effects > 3D Effects > Cutout (if using PSPX or higher, I understand you have to add a layer to do the cutout,than merge the layers once done) Selections > Select None STEP 3 Image > Add Border > 13 > symmetric > light color Select border with Magic Wand Activate diamonteborder-teal Edit > Copy > Minimize Back to workspace Layers > New Raster Layer Edit > Paste > Paste into Selection Selections > Select None Image > Resize Adjust > Sharpness > Unsharp Mask Image > Add Border > 2 > symmetric > dark color Edit > Copy STEP 4 Image > Add Border > 35 > symmetric > light color Select border with Magic Wand Edit > Paste > Paste into Selection Selections > Invert Effects > 3D Effects > Drop Shadow Repeat Drop Shadow > H & V (minus) - 3 Selections > Select None Image > Resize > 90% Resize all layers CHECKED STEP 5 Change Foreground to Gradient Image > Add Border > 45 > symmetric > white Select border with Magic Wand Flood Fill with Gradient Effects > Plugins > Texture > Texturizer Repeat Texturizer Effects > 3D Effects > Inner Bevel Layers > New Raster Layer Activate sm square jeweled border Edit > Copy > Close Back to workspace Edit > Paste > Paste into Selection Selections > Select None Image > Resize > 98 % Resize all layers NOT CHECKED Adjust > Sharpness > Unsharp Mask Effects > 3D Effects > Drop Shadow Image > Add Border > 2 > symmetric > dark color Image > Resize > 90% Resize all layers CHECKED STEP 6 Image > Add Border > 15 > symmetric > light color Select border with Magic Wand Activate diamonteborder-teal Edit > Copy > Close Back to workspace Layers > New Raster Layer Edit > Paste > Paste into Selection Selections > Select None Image > Resize > 101% Resize all layers NOT CHECKED Adjust > Sharpness > Unsharp Mask Effects > 3D Effects > Buttonize Using your Dark Color Image > Add Border > 2 > symmetric > dark color STEP 7 Image > Resize to liking Layers > New Raster Layer Add your Watermark Layers > Merge > Merge All File - Export - as a jpg compression 25%. Any similarity to any other Tutorial is purely coincidental and unintentional. Please place a link to my group or Web Site in your footer with the links below. Karen's Treasure Trove / Yahoo Group Or Here KR Creations Tutorial Web Site Karen Rodway If you have any problem or questions contact me. HOME PAGE TUTORIALS INDEX