Flora


	Flora This tutorial was written by, and is copyright to, Kia ~ 31st July 2007. Please refer to my TOU The image used in this tutorial is © Johnnie Grez. Please do not use his art unless you have a license to do so. License/Tubes can be purchased at CILM. This was written in psp 8 but should work in any version. For this tutorial you will need: Paint Shop Pro Plugins Redfield -> Craquelure 3D (Freeware) Supplies created by Kia Image and Font of your choice This tutorial assumes you have a working knowledge of your psp program and working with layers. Remember to save often. You can use this arrow to help you keep your place =) Open a new canvas 500 x 500 pixels; 72ppi; transparent background. Flood fill your canvas with white. Rename this layer 'background'. open your chosen image. Hit Shift:D to copy. close original. Image -> Resize -> lock aspect ratio:UNcheck; resize all layers:check; height:500 px; width250px; smartsize. Copy -> paste as new layer onto your canvas. Move to left side of canvas. Duplicate. Image -> Mirror. Layers -> Merge -> Merge down. Rename this layer 'shape fill'. Back on the image hit undo. Back to your canvas. Set foreground to dark color from tube. I used #7A1766. Set background to null. Select your 'preset shape' tool and select the 'flora_back' shape. Settings as shown. Draw out your shape to fit your canvas. Objects -> Align -> Center in canvas. Convert to raster layer. Rename this layer as 'shape'. Use your 'magic wand' tool to click inside the shape. Selections -> Modify -> Expand -> 2px. Make 'shape fill' the active layer. Selections -> Invert (Ctrl:Shift:I). Hit delete on the keyboard. Selections -> Select None. Make 'shape' the active layer. Layers -> Merge -> Merge Down. Rename this layer as 'shape'. Change opacity to 60%. Duplicate. Adjust -> Blur -> Gaussian Blur -> 25. Effects -> Plugins -> Redfield -> Craquelure 3D -> as shown. Change opacity to 75%. Image -> Picture Frame -> as shown. Image -> Canvas Size -> 500 x 500 px -> Center. Back to your image. Image -> Resize -> lock aspect ratio:check; resize all layers:check; height:375 px (width will change by itself); smartsize. Image -> Add Borders -> symmetric; 2px; dark color from tube. Copy -> paste as new layer onto your canvas (above 'picture frame'). Position as desired - refer to my tag for reference. Duplicate. Image -> Resize -> lock aspect ratio:check; resize all layers:UNcheck; height:75% (width will change by itself); smartsize. Position as desired. Duplicate. Image -> Resize -> lock aspect ratio:check; resize all layers:UNcheck; height:75% (width will change by itself); smartsize. Position as desired. Add a drop shadow to each. I used V=0; H=0; O=88; B=10; color=#4E0A40. I chose to add a couple of Butterfly Doodles that I purchased from Digi Scrapkits Now is a good time to apply the copyright information, your license number, watermark, etc. The copy right symbol is created by holding alt and pressing 0169 on the number pad. I use pixelette set at size 6, stroke and anti alias off. For the name I used Pad Thai size 72; Foreground = #7A1766; Background = off; stroke 3 Then applied Eye Candy 4000 -> gradient glow. I'd love to see your creations, you make from this tut, so send them to me HERE, remove the [nospam] and I will display them in my gallery. Remember to be copyright safe. Here is another version using the art of Anthony Guerra Return To Tut Index