African Journey


This lesson was written by Jille in the Dutch version from PSP XIII
on February 24 2011.
I followed my own inspiration. Any connection with an existing lesson is merely a coincidence
It is possible to make this lesson in lower versions as well
2d example with tubes from Yoka and JHanna

Filters
Visual ManipulationX mirror
Flaming Pear - Transline
Virtual Painter 4
Page

Credits and Material: I used
- Tube - DBK AA ModelE-014.pspimage
- Background - jhanna-33 bground.jpg visit or join her tube group here)
- Mask - mask 317
- Images downloaded with BING (Masker 1, 2 en 3)
-Font Africa and Univox (in de zip)

I thank the makers from backgrounds, the mask and the tubes for their beautiful work. This lesson would not exist without their effort
Material:download here

Preparation
Install filters
Install or minimize the two fonts
Open PSP
Open tubes and images in the program and minimize
Open the mask in the program and minimize

Material
Foreground color #ddc9ca
Background color #95455e
Material foreground: Change into Foreground - background gradient with these settings

The lesson

  1. File - New - New Image - click with your right mouse button in the color box and choose the gradient
  2. Layers - New raster layer
  3. Flood fill with the gradient AGAIN
  4. Effects - Plugins - Visual Manipulation - X-mirror
  5. Layers - New raster layer
  6. Flood fill with the gradient AGAIN
    ....
  7. Layers - New raster layer -from Image and chose Mask317
  8. Layers - Merge - Merge group
  9. Effects - Edge Effects - Enhance
  10. Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow
  11. Layers - Duplicate
  12. Image - flip
  13. Layers - Merge - merge down
  14. Selections - select all
  15. Selections - float
  16. Selections - defloat
  17. Layers - New raster layer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    ...
  18. Open the background jhanna-33 bground
  19. Edit - Copy and close
    ....
  20. On your working area - Edit - Paste into selection
  21. Selections - Deselect all
  22. Layer palette- Arrange - move down
    ...
  23. Layer palette- Activate Raster 2
  24. Effects - Plugins - Virtual Painter - Virtual Painter 4

    Settings ADJUST: All = NORMAL except Rendering and deformation = Subtle
  25. Layer palette- Blend mode = Soft light
    Result
  26. Layer palette- Make top layer active and
    Effects -Distortion Effects - Warp with these settings

    Result
  27. Effects - 3D Effects - Cutout
  28. Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow

    Result

    ....
  29. Material palette - background color = White
  30. Layers - New rasterlayer
  31. Selections - Selections - Load/save selection - load selection from disk and load African_journey1
  32. Flood fill tool - fill with the white background color
    Layer palette-RENAME THIS LAYER KADERS
  33. Selections - Deselect all
  34. Magic wand tool - Tolerance and feather = 0
    click in every frame
  35. Edit -Copy special- copy merged
  36. Layers - New raster layer
  37. Edit - Paste into selection
    ....
  38. Layers - New raster layer
  39. Selections - Load/save selection - load selection from disk and load African_journey2
  40. Flood fill tool - fill with the white background color
  41. Selections - Modify -Contract with 2 pixels
  42. Click delete on the keyboard
    ...
  43. Layers - New raster layer
  44. Flood fill tool - fill with the white background color
  45. Selections - Deselect all
  46. Effects - Plugins - Flaming Pear - Transline
  47. Layer palette- Arrange - move down
    and again Layer palette- Arrange - move down
  48. Layer palette- Blend mode = soft light
  49. On this layer - Selections - Load/save selection - load selection from disk and load African_journey 3
  50. Layer palette -promote selection to layer - Blend mode = Normal
  51. Selections - Deselect all
    Result

    ....
  52. Layer palette- Make layer Kaders active and
    Magic wand tool -click in the middle of the left little frame to select it and
    Layers - New raster layer
    .....
  53. Activate the Image Masker 3
  54. Edit - Copy and close
    ....
  55. On your working area - Paste into selection
  56. Layer palette-Arrange - bring to front
  57. Selections - Deselect all
  58. Adjust - sharpness - sharpen
    ....
  59. Open the Image masker 1
    Edit - Copy and close
    ....
  60. On your working area - Make layer Kaders active and
    Magic wand tool - click in the frame see example

    Layers - New raster layer
  61. Edit - Paste into selection
  62. Selections - Deselect all
  63. Adjust - sharpness - sharpen
  64. Layer palette-Arrange - bring to front
    ...
  65. Open the Image masker 2
  66. Edit - Copy and close
    ....
  67. Do the same to fill the next little frame (53 till 58 included)
    Result

    ....
  68. Activate the tube DBK AA ModelE-014
  69. Edit - Copy and close
    ....
  70. On your working area - Activate Raster2

  71. Edit - Paste as new layer
  72. Image -resize
  73. With fast key K move to its place

    ....
  74. Preparation for the first text
    Layer palette- close foreground color - Make top layer active
    ....
  75. Image - Rotate right
  76. activate text tool with these settings
  77. With the Alt key on your keyboard pushed down write alt 52, alt 53, alt 52, alt 53...enz till you have 7 letters
  78. Click the check mark to apply
  79. Move if necessary
  80. Layer palette- Convert to raster layer and
    Layer palette- Blend mode = soft light
  81. Layers - duplicate
  82. Image - flip
  83. Image - Rotate left
    .......
  84. Material palette - foreground color = White and background color = #b74972
  85. Image - Add Borders - Symmetric checked - 1 pixel background color
  86. Image - Add Borders - Symmetric checked - 50 pixels white foreground color
    ...
  87. Preparation for the second text - close foreground color and
    activate text tool with these settings

    Write American Journey or your own text
  88. Click check mark to apply
  89. With the little nodes - press the text a little so that he fits under the image
  90. Layer palette- Convert to raster layer
  91. Image - Add Borders - Symmetric checked - 1 pixel background color
  92. Magic wand tool - Click in the white border to select
  93. Adjust - Blur - radial blur
  94. Selections - Deselect all
  95. Add watermark
  96. File -Save as Give_a_name.jpg

So we reached the end. I hope you enjoyed this lesson
Jille

with tubes from Lori Rhae and fly aeg