• Preparation
  Foreground color = BLACK and background color = WHITE
  Attention: these colors are obligated. I will tell you at what point in the lesson you can give your own color accent. Using different colors from the beginning assumes that you have a very good knowledge of the program
• You may prepare the gradient we will use
  Change foreground color into Foreground-background gradient, with following settings.
  
  
  
  This is how we start the lesson
  
  
  Read the lesson carefully and pay attention to the following advise.
  
  PSP X2 users: A problem that did not occur in previous version needs your attention in PSP12. Merging a layer down gives a different result compared by merging two layers visibly. The difference between the two operations is visible when the two layers concerned have each a different opacity and/or a different blend mode. The print screen below shows you this difference. So to work correctly merge your layers visibly
  First print screen: layer merged down, 2d print screen  layers merged visibly. You see the difference!
  
  
  
  

  Feel free to change opacity and/or blend mode of the layers, if you work with different colors

  
  
  

  The lesson

1. File - New Image, color White
   
2. Layers - new raster layer
3. Activate your selection tool - custom selection with these settings:
   
   
   with these values:
   
4. Flood fill the selection with the black solid color
   
5. Selections - deselect
6. Effects - distortion effects – lens distortion with these settings::
   
7. Activate the magic wand with these settings:
   
   Click in the part on top:
   
8. Layers - new raster layer !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
9. Activate your image: Xanthe.jpg
   Edit - copy
   Activate your working area, edit - paste INTO SELECTION
10. Selections - deselect
11. Effects - plug-in - Stylize - Extrude with these settings:
    
    pay attention, the operation is ad random so the effect can be different from the print screen
    This is the result
    
12. Adjust - sharpen - sharpen
13. Adjust – add/remove noise – add noise::
    
14. Layers - duplicate
15. Effects - plug-in - 2Manekenai - Mezzoforce -Ice with these settings::
    
16. Activate your layer palette: opacity of the layer 100%, blend mode: Hard light
    
17. Activate this file: @nn_2202009_Xanthe_bg_white_lines_ds_tdstudio.jpg
    Edit - copy
    Activate your working area, edit - paste as a new layer
18. Effects – image effects – offset see settings:
    
    
    Result:
    
19. Adjust – hue and saturation -colorize, I have chosen this color :
    
    Feel free to use a color of your own.
20. Effects - plug-in - Stylize - Extrude: same settings
21. Layer palette: opacity of the layer: 100, blend mode: multiply
    
    
    Result:
    
22. Layers - new raster layer
23. Activate your selection tool - custom selection::
    
    With these values:
    
    
    
24. Flood fill your selection with WHITE
25. Selections - deselect
26. Effects - distortion effects – lens distortion same settings:
    
    
    THe little short border should be placed well now:
    
27. Layers - new raster layer
28. Change your solid black color into  gradient:
    
29. Flood fill your layer with the gradient
30. Layer palette:  decrease the opacity of the layer between 60 and 75
    
31. Activate this file: @nn_220209_Xanthe_cirkels_tdstudio.pspimage
    Edit - copy
    Activate your working area
    Paste as a new layer
32. Effects - plug-in - EC 5: Impact - Chrome and under tab SETTINGS choose my preset:
    
    
    Result:
    
33. Activeer je toverstaf met onderstaande instellingen:
    
    Select following parts of the circle: :
    
34. Selections -Modify - Expand the selection:
    
35. LAYERS - NEW RASTER LAYER !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
36. Flood fill with your foreground gradient
    pay attention match mode = none
    
    
    You should have this. Keep your selection active:
    
37. Effects - plug-in - EC5: Impact - Glass and under tab SETTINGS choose my preset: :
    
38. Selections - deselect
39. Layers – arrange – move down
40. Activate your TOP layer
    
41. Layers - merge – merge down
42. Effects - plug-in - EC 5: impact - backlight and under tab SETTINGS choose my preset:
    
    
    Result:
    
43. Activate your PSP image: @nn_220209_Xanthe_ovaal_tdstudio.pspimage (if you use different colors, use following image
    @nn_220209_Xanthe_ovaal_tdstudio_COLORIZE.pspimage (extra file attached in the zip file)
    Edit - copy
    Activate your working area, edit – paste as a new layer (DO NOT MOVE)
44. Effects - plug-in - EC5: impact - Extrude and under tab SETTINGS choose my preset :
    
    
    You have this result (It is important for the following steps that you do not move the image).
    
45. Layers - duplicate
46. Image - resize :
    
    
    Dit heb je dan en nog steeds niet verplaatsen:
    
47. This is the result – do not move!:
    
    
    Result
    
48. Layers - merge - merge down (both steps are merged)
    
49. Effects – image effects - offset with these settings:
    
50. Effects - plug-in - EC 5: impact - perspective shadow and under tab SETTINGS choose my preset:
    
    Result
    
51. Layers duplicate
52. Image - flip
53. With your move tool – move see print screen:
    
54. Decrease the opacity of the layer to +/- 30%
    
55. Layers - arrange – move down
56. Activate your top layer:
    
    
    Result
    
57. Change the foreground color into solid black
58. Layers - new raster layer (you may rename  the layer Brush)
59. Activate your brush tool and select my brush @nn_220209_brush_Xanthe_001_tdstudio
    
    Move exactly to this place (that is important for the following steps))
    
60. Layers duplicate
61. Image - mirror
62. Layers - merge - merge down
63. Layers -arrange – move down
    This is the result and this layer stays active:
    
64. Layers - duplicate (layer with the brush)
65. Image - resize:
    
    
66. with your move tool , move down a little see print screen:
    
67. Again: layer duplicate (copy from brush is activated)
    
    
    
68. Again: resize with 75%
    
    
    Result
    
69. Layers - merge - merge all layers and add a new layer for the next step
70. Activate your picture tube tool and select my file: @nn_030509_accent_Xanthe_tdstudio
    
    
    Place on top of the pillars with different scale
    
71. Activate your  lady tube, edit - copy
    Activate your working area, edit - paste as a new layer and give her a nice place
    
72. Effects - plug-in - EC 5 Impact - perspective shadow and under tab SETTINGS choose my preset:
    
73. Layers - merge - merge all layers
74. Effects - plug-in - Richard Rosenman - solid border:
    
75. Save as JPG

Translated by Jille