Babette


::: Update: 27 June, 2020 9:28 :::

INFO

This lesson was written by Ann on February 19th 2010 in the Dutch version from PSP X3

Any resemblance with an existing lesson is merely a coincidence.
Lessons translated in English by Jille.

::: Degree of difficulty: Level 1 -Items: 93 :::

  • Material:
      • 2 images: "easter.jpg" "easter_small.jpg"
        -- open in the PSP program
      • 2 pspimage files:"@nn_190211_Frame_Easter_tdstudio.pspimage" "@nn_190211_letter_H_Easter_tdstudio.pspimage"
        -- open in the PSP program
      • 1 tube: jet-eggtree-april-2009_small.pspimage
        -- open in the PSP program. Thank you Jet for this beautiful tube. I have permission to use the tubes from Jet. She stopped tubing and she doesn't have a website anymore

      • 4 Selections: "@nn_190211_Selectie_004_Easter_tdstudio.PspSelection" "@nn_190211_Selectie_001_Easter_tdstudio.PspSelection" "@nn_190211_Selectie_002_Easter_tdstudio.PspSelection" "@nn_190211_Selectie_003_Easter_tdstudio.PspSelection"
        ------- » C:\Users\YourName\Documents\My PSP-files\Selections

      • 3 brushes: "@nn_180211_brushes_Easter_004_tdstudio.PspBrush" "@nn_180211_brushes_Easter_001_tdstudio.PspBrush" "@nn_180211_brushes_Easter_002_tdstudio.PspBrush" "@nn_180211_brushes_Easter_003_tdstudio.PspBrush"
        ------- » C:\Users\YourName\Documents\My PSP-files\Brushes

      • 1 scripts-trusted: @nn_230111_randen_Easter_tdstudio.PspScript
        ------- » C:\Users\YourName\Documents\My PSP-files\Scripts-trusted

      • Preset EC 5: Impact - Perspective Shadow, click twice for an automatic installation in this map
        @nn_190211_Easter_EC5_PS_1.f1s

      • 1 Font: ElvenCommonSpeak.ttf
        ------- » minimize or install on the C-disc

        DOWNLOAD MATERIALS

  • 6 Filters:
      • Unlimited 2.0
      • Toadies (import in Unlimited 2.0)
      • Photo Aging kit
      • Tramages (Wood Grain)
      • Penta.com
      • Alien Skin Eye Candy 5: Impact

        Install the filters.
  • Preparation
    Foreground color = White, background color = #6b782a
    38A

    Attention Toolbar: Script checked.
    Image- Toolbars - Script (checked)

    Feel free to change the opacity and blend mode from the layers if you work with different colors. You can colorize if necessary


    The lesson

  1. Open the image: easter.jpg
  2. Window - duplicate, close the original and continue with the copy
  3. Image - Resize :
    1
  4. Adjust - Blur - Gaussian blur: Radius: 12
  5. Adjust - Blur - radial Blur:
    2
  6. Effects - Plugins - Unlimited 2.0 - Photo Aging kit:
    3
  7. Activate the file: @nn_190211_letter_H_Easter_tdstudio.pspimage
    Edit - Copy
    Edit - paste as new layer on your working area
  8. Effects - Image effects - Offset:
    4
  9. Activate the layer palette: Opacity 100, Blend Mode: Soft light
    Result:
    45
  10. Layers - new raster layer
  11. Selection - Load/Save selections - load selection from disk and choose@nn_190211_Selectie_001_Easter_tdstudio:
    7
  12. Flood fill selection with white
  13. Selections - Deselect all
  14. Effects - Distortion Effects - Wave:
    8
  15. Layer Palette: Opacity 100, Blend Mode: Soft light
    Result:
    46
  16. Window - Duplicate, minimize the copy (we need it to make our background) and continue with the original
  17. Selection - Load/Save selections - load selection from disk and choose@nn_190211_Selectie_002_Easter_tdstudio:
    5
  18. Activate the image: easter_small.jpg
    Edit - Copy
    Edit - paste as new layer
  19. Choose a nice detail
    6
  20. Delete on your keyboard
  21. Selections - Deselect all
  22. Layers - new raster layer
  23. Selection - Load/Save selections - load selection from disk and choose@nn_190211_Selectie_001_Easter_tdstudio (back to the first selection)
  24. Flood fill selection with white
  25. Selections - Deselect all
  26. Effects - Distortion Effects - wind:
    9
  27. Effects - Plugins - Unlimited 2.0 - toadies:
    10
  28. Effects - Edge Effects - enhance more
    This is the result up to now:
    11
  29. Activate the layer palette: Opacity 100, Blend Mode: Soft light
  30. Layers - Duplicate
  31. Activate the frame @nn_190211_Frame_Easter_tdstudio.pspimage
    Edit - Copy
    Edit - paste as new layer
  32. move with the move tool :
    12
  33. Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow:
    13
  34. Layers - new raster layer
  35. Selection - Load/Save selections - load selection from disk and choose@nn_190211_Selectie_003_Easter_tdstudio
  36. Flood fill the selection with white
    14
  37. Selections - Deselect all
  38. Effects - Plugins - unlimited 2.0 - toadies:
    15
  39. Effects - Edge Effects - enhance more
  40. decrease opacity towards 50%
    16
  41. Layers - new raster layer
  42. Activate brush tool and select the first brush:
    @nn_180211_brushes_Easter_001_tdstudio
    17
  43. Place your brush on the right with white foreground color:
    18
  44. Layers - Duplicate
  45. Move see example :
    19
  46. Activate the layer palette: Opacity 15%, Blend Mode: Dodge
    20
  47. Layers - new raster layer for the second brush
  48. Brush tool : Select second brush op: @nn_180211_brushes_Easter_002_tdstudio
    21
  49. Place with white foreground color:
    22
  50. Select the third brush : @nn_180211_brushes_Easter_003_tdstudio
    Rotation = 90:
    23
  51. Layers - new raster layer !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    Click twice with background color #6b782a
    24
  52. Layers - Duplicate
  53. Image - Mirror
  54. Layers - new raster layer for the third brush:@nn_180211_brushes_Easter_003_tdstudio
    25
  55. Place here with white foreground color:
    26
  56. Layers - Merge - merge all layers (flatten)
  57. Selections - Load/Save selections - load selection from disk and choose@nn_190211_Selectie_004_Easter_tdstudio
  58. Selections - Promote selection to layer
  59. Selections - Deselect all
    Your layer palette looks like this:
    27
  60. Effects - Plugins - Tramages - Wood grain:
    28
  61. Adjust - Blur - Gaussian blur: Radius: 3
  62. Effects - Plugins - Penta.com - Jeans:
    29
  63. Effects - Image - effects - Seamless tiling
    30
  64. Activate the layer palette:
    Opacity: 70%, Blend Mode: Hard light
    31
  65. Open the tube from Jet: jet-eggtree-april-2009_small.pspimage
    Edit - Copy
    Edit - paste as new layer
  66. Move a little see print screen
    32
  67. Effects - Alien Skin Eye Candy 5: Persp. shadow tab settings - choose my preset: @nn_190211_Easter_EC5_PS_1.f1s
  68. Layers - Merge - merge all layers (flatten)
  69. Layers - Duplicate
  70. Adjust - blur - Gaussian Blur: Radius: 12 (we will made a soft-effect - you may skip this step if you want to)
  71. Activate the layer palette, and decrease opacity towards +/- 30%
  72. Layers - Merge - merge all layers (flatten)
  73. Image - Picture Frame and choose this frame:
    standard frame in PSP X3 prog.
    49

    Extra 1
  74. Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow:
    50
  75. Decrease opacity to 30%
  76. Layers - Merge - merge all layers (flatten)
  77. Selections - select all
  78. Selections - modify - contract with 6PX
  79. Image - Crop to selection
  80. Activate tool bar script: select the file: @nn_230111_randen_Easter_tdstudio
    and click the little arrow:34
    If you want to use different colors? than you should replace toggle execution mode
    35 (edit selected script)
    This is the result:
    36
  81. You are free to put a text, BUT pay attention, we will use the function
    Convert text to curves (possibility to rotate the letters without quality loss)
  82. Activate text tool with these settings:
    37
    Material palette looks still like this:
    38

    Type the text: Happy Easter
  83. Click the check mark to apply
    39
  84. Objects - Convert texte to curves - As Character shapes
  85. Objects - Ungroup
  86. Activate the tool Object selection
    objectselectie (If you do not have this tool - go to View - Customize, search for the tool and drag it into your tool palette)
    40
  87. Click on a letter, that letter is selected now:
    41
    You can move and rotate each letter separately (turn the little handle)
    42
    Do the same with all the letters. It can take a while before you catch the procedure. Place the letters as you like best.
    43
    If you did all the letters you can do:
  88. Layers - Convert to raster layer
  89. Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow:
    44
    Now we make the background:
  90. Activate your minimized image, remove the layer with the letter H - you have this result:
    47
  91. Layers - Merge - merge all (flatten)
  92. Effects - Image effects - Seamless tiling
    48
  93. You may create a soft effect as you did before. Save both as a JPG file
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