LAURA

Laura Lesson written by Ann in 2013 and updated and translated by Jille end October 2019 in version 16 from PSP
The original lesson was written in an early version from Word


Material - download here
Alies made ths beautiful tube


Filters Unlimited 2.0
Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Impact - Brushed Metal
Vanderlee - Unplugged-X
Simple - Zoom out and flip
Andrew's Filter 1



Foreground color= #ede6e0,
Background color=#55605a.



Change the material from the foreground into Foreground/background gradient with these settings




File - New - New Image and choose the gradient


Effects - Plugins - Simple - Zoom out and flip2.
Effects - geometric Effects - Skew



Activate Selection tool - Custom selection with these values



Selections - Promote selection to layer.
Selections - Deselect all
Effects - Plugins - Vanderlee - Unpluggd X- Defocus



Effects - Edge Effects - Enhance more
Result:



Effects - plugins - Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Impact - Brushed Metal.
choose my preset ann_030114_Laura_QandE_EC5_IBM.f1s and ok.



Effects - texture Effects -,Weave - color white



Adjust - Hue and saturation 255/65

Layer palette - Blend mode = hard light - opacity 70%

Layers - merge - merge all Layers (flatten)

Effects - IPlugins - Filters Unlimited 2.0 - Andrew's filters 1 - Blur up 135/61
Result

Layers - new raster layer
Material palette - foreground color = solid light color


Flood fill tool - fill with foreground color

Layers - new rasterlayer - from image

Layers - merge - merge group
Layer palette-Blend mode soft light and opacity 45%

Activate the file @nn_030114_misted_2020_Piano_tdstudio.pspimage
Edit - Copy
Edit -Paste as new layer on your image
Layer palette-Blend mode = normal - opacity = 40%

Layers - new rasterlayer
Flood fill tool - Fill the layer with the light color

Layers - new rasterlayer - from image

Layers - merge - merge group
Layer palette-Blend mode normal and opacity 60%
Result

Layers - new rasterlayer
Activate brush tool and select the file @nn_030114_brush_Laura_001_tdstudio.PspBrush
Custom settings - Apply with the light foreground color - see example


Layer palette - Blend mode Overlay and opacity 100%

Layers - new rasterlayer
Activate brush tool and select the file @nn_030114_brush_Laura_002_tdstudio.PspBrush
Custom settings
Apply with the light foreground color - see example

Layer palette:Blend mode Overlay and opacity: 70%

Layers - new rasterlayer
Activate brush tool and select the file @nn_030114_brush_Laura_003_tdstudio.PspBrush
Custom settings
Apply with the light foreground color - see example

Layers - new rasterlayer
Activate brush tool and select the file @nn_030114_brush_Laura_004_tdstudio.PspBrush
Custom settings
Apply with the light foreground color - see example


Layer palette: Blend Mode: Dodge; Opacity: 50%
. Layers - dulplicate.
Layer palette: Blend Mode: Soft light; Opacity: 75%
Layers - New Raster layer
Activate the Brush Tool, and select my file in the list: @nn_030114_brush_Laura_005_tdstudio.PspBrush, custom settings
Stamp the brush here with the light foreground color:

Activate the file: @nn_030114_deco-001_Laura_tdstudio.pspimage,
Edit - Copy.
Edit - Paste as new layer on your working area and move


Layers - Merge - Merge all layers (flatten)

Activate Selection tool - Custom selection with these values


Selections - Promote selection to layer (selection remains!!!)
Effects - Plugins - Unlimited 2.0 - Andrew's filter 1 - Blur up: 135/61
Effects - Plugins - unlimited 2.0 - Buttons & Frames - Rectangular button: custom settings
Selections - Deselect all
Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow: 3/3/40/8 color BLACK
Move to the right

Layers - dulplicate - repeat once more and put the little blocks in a row55

Activate the file: laura-001.jpg
Effects - Plugins - unlimited 2.0 - Buttons & Frames - Rectangular button: custom settings
. Edit - Copy
. Edit - Paste as new layer on your working area and move

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow: 3/3/40/8 color BLACK
Activate the tube from Alies,
Edit - Copy
Edit - Paste as new layer and move
Effects - - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow: 0/15/40/25 color: BLACK
Layers - Merge - Merge all layers (flatten)
Effects - 3D Effects - Buttonize: Color: Black

Save as a JPG file.

II hope you enjoyed this Quick & Easy tutorial - Q-Edition.
Hugs Ann - www.tdstudio.be - copyright 2014 - date: 28/12/2013

*All lessons are translated for free by Jille, Lorna & Marion. Simularities with other lessons are a coincidance .