Dancing Dervish


This lesson was written by Jille on Tuesday, October 27, 2009 in the English version of PSP XII.

Credits
To design this tag I used a tube from Patries.
The tube is for personal use only. Please do not share it in any group.

I downloaded the texture here . It is due to copyright read the TOU here
My thanks for the lovely material, this picture would not exist without it.

Supplies

You will need: 1 tube and 1 texture.
You can download the supplies here
You will need 2 Filters

  • FM Tile Tools – Blend Emboss here
  • Vanderlee UnPluggedX here

Preparation

Install the filters in your filter map.
Open your PSP program after installation and open the texture (Stock_photo_DSC_0089) and the tube (1patries_ds54-slowdance2-emine_mira_hunter-18-10-09.pspimage) in your program. Minimize them.

 Materials :

  • Foreground color: #ffffff
    Background color: #4e4e4e
  • Foreground Properties : Change your foreground color into the gradient Grey (standard in PSP XII) with these settings


The lesson

Step 1

File – New – New Image: transparent checked

Activate your Flood Fill Tool: flood fill the layer with the gradient

Step 2

Layers – New Raster Layer
Activate your Selection Tool: Custom Selection


with following values



Step 3
Open the texture Stock_photo_DSC_0089 and maximize.
Edit – Copy.
You may close the texture.
Return to your working area.
Edit – Paste Into Selection
Selections : Select None.

Step 4
Effects: Plug-in – FM TileTools – Blend Emboss

Effects – Edge Effects – Enhance More.
Layer Palette – Lower the opacity of this layer to 66
Layer Palette: change blend mode to Luminance (Legacy)

Step 5
Effects – Plug-in – Vanderlee UnpluggedX – Defocus


Effects – 3D Effects – Drop Shadow
Repeat this shadow with Vertical and Horizontal Offset = -4

Step 6
Effects – Distortion Effects – twirl - with these settings


Move to the right, see example


Layers – Duplicate
Image – Mirror
Move the layer till it looks like the example below


Layers – Merge – Merge Down
Place the merged layer in the middle of your image


This is the result


Step 7
Open the tube 1patries_ds54-slowdance2-emine_mira_hunter-18-10-09 and maximize
Edit – Copy
You may close this tube
Back to your working area
Edit – Paste As New Layer
Effects – 3D Effects – Drop Shadow


Add your watermark
Layers – Merge – Merge All (Flatten)

Step 8
Image – Add Borders – symmetric checked - 1 pixel with the background colour (click your right mouse button to use that color)
Selections – Select All
Image – Add Borders – symmetric checked - 30 pixel with the white foreground colour
Activate your Flood Fill Tool – flood fill the selection with your gradient
The selection stays active

Step 9
Effects 3D Effects – Cutout


and repeat


Selections – Select None
Image – Add Borders - symmetric checked - 1 pixel with the background colour

Step 10
File – Save as – give-it-a-name.jpeg

So we are done. I hope you enjoyed this lesson

Hugs

Jille

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