SPECIALBLENDS PART 2/ LES 002: MAYLIN

This lesson has been written by Ann on the 17th of April 2009 in the Dutch version of PSP X2 Copyright©2009

 

Material download here

 

Plugins:

• Mura's Meister - copies:
• Penta.com - Dot and cross
• Unlimited 2.0:
• Neology - Vasarely Mosaic
• Richard Rosenman - solid border
  

Preparations: None needed.
TIP: play with the opacity of the layer and the blend mode Try other colors. Use a ColorShemer if
needed to find matching colors.

The lesson:

• Activate the background @nn_170409_bg_maylin_SB2_tdstudio.jpg
• Shift + d, close the original – proceed with the copy
• Activate the file: @nn_170409_bg_sketcher_SB2_tdstudio.jpg
• Edit - copy
• Activate your working area. Edit - paste as a new layer
  
• Activate the layer palette:
  
• Activate the image: maylin.jpg
• Layers – load mask from disk and select the 2020 mask:
  
• Layers - merge - merge group
• This image (edit with 2020), edit - copy
• Activate your working area, edit - paste as a new layer
• Activate the layer palette:
  
• Layers - merge - merge all layers
• Layers - duplicate
  
• Effects - plug-in - Neology - Vasarely mosaic:
  
• Selections –load/save selection- load selection from disk and choose:
  @nn_180409_Selection001_Maylin_tdstudio
  
• Edit - delete
• Selections - deselect all
• Effects - 3D Effects - drop shadow with settings shown below:
  
  
  This is the result:
  
  
• Activate the selection tool -: custom selection with these settings:
  
  
  
• Selections – promote selection to layer
• Selections - deselect all
• Effects - reflection Effects - rotating mirror:
  
  
  This is the result:
  
  
• Activate the layer palette:
  
  
• Layers - new raster layer
• Foreground color = white
• Activate the brush tool and choose: @nn_brush_SF_500_tdstudio
  
  
• Place as follows:
  
  
• Activate the layer palette, opacity of the layer: 100, blend mode: Dodge
  
• Layers - new raster layer
  
• Again brush tool and choose file: @nn_wasco_500_1348
  
• Place as follows:
  
• layer palette: opacity of the layer: 100, blend mode: Dodge
• Activate the PSP image file: @nn_180409_tekst_Maylin_SB2_tdstudio.pspimage Edit - copy
• Activate your working area, edit - paste as a new layer and move a little:
  
• Activate the layer palette, opacity of the layer: 100, blend mode: Dodge
• Layers - merge - merge all layers
  
• Activate the freehand selection tool with settings shown below (point to point – add – feather):
• Select this part:
  Close the selection (the area becomes larger due to feather 40)
• The result must be similar to this o

• Effects - plug-in - Penta.com - Dot and cross with settings shown below:
• 
  
• Selections - deselect all (blur will be just on one part of the image)
  
  
• Selections - select all
• Selections - modify - contract 25 px
• Selections - invert
• Selections – promote selection to layer
• Selections - deselect all
• Effects - plug-in - Mura's Meister - Copies:
  

• COLOR: BLACK
  

• Activate the layer palette: opacity of the layer: 100, blend mode: Hard light
• Effects - 3D Effects - drop shadow with settings shown below
  
  

• COLOR: WHITE
  
  

• Lock FG color and BG color = white
• 
  
• Activate text tool with settings shown below:
  
  
• write a text of your choice
• Effects - 3D Effects - drop shadow:
• 

• COLOR: BLACK
  

• Move your text if necessary
• Layers - merge - merge all layers
• Effects - plug-in - Unlimited 2.0 - Buttons & Frames - Mirrored frame:
  
• Effects - plug-in - Richard Rosenman - solid Border:

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