Ballade

Written by Jille in the Dutch version from PSP XIII
August 3rd 2010
Any resemblance with an existing lesson is a coincidence

translations on this page


Filters
Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Impact: Glass
Filter page

Credits and Material: I used

  • calguisportrait2799.pspimage
  • colorful_desktop_candy_by_alsnd12.pspimage
  • dreamlover_bywilma_metaldeco.pspimage
  • Gold Fill.jpg
  • Font Marigold
  • Brush TD Studio @nn_260610_brush_008_set2_tdstudio.PspBrush
    Material: download here

Preparations
Install the filters, extract the selections into the Map Selections , extract the brushes into the map brushes

Install or minimize the font
Open PSP
Open the tubes and the images in the program and minimize

Material
Foreground - change to pattern Gold fill
Background color = White

The lesson

  1. File - New - New Image - Background color - transparent checked (800 - 600)
  2. Selections - Select all
  3. Open background colorful_desktop_candy_by_alsnd12.pspimage
  4. Edit - Copy and close
  5. On your working area - Edit - Paste into selection
  6. Selections - Deselect all
  7. Layers - Duplicate
  8. Image - mirror
  9. Effects - Edge effects- Enhance
  10. Layer palette - Arrange - send to bottom- Close this new bottom layer and activate the top layer
  11. Selections - load/save selection - load selection from disk and load
  12. Layer palette - Promote selection to layer
  13. Layer palette -Blend mode = Burn
  14. Layers - New Raster layer
  15. Selections - Modify - Select selection borders
  16. Flood fill tool - fill with the gold pattern
  17. Selections - Deselect all
  18. Layers - merge - merge down
  19. Effects - 3D Effects - Drop shadow

  20. Layers - Duplicate
  21. Image - mirror
  22. Layer palette - Opacity between 15 and 25 -Blend mode screen
  23. Layer palette - Activate copie from Raster1
  24. Effects - Illumination effects - Sunburst

    Result

    Make top later actif!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  25. Open the tube calguisportrait2799.pspimage
  26. Edit - Copy - do not close
  27. On your working area -Edit - Paste as new layer
  28. Image - mirror
  29. Move tool - place at the bottom left
  30. Effects - 3D Effects - Drop shadow

    Result

  31. Layers - New Raster layer
  32. Activate Brush tool and select brush @nn_260610_brush_008_set2_tdstudio.PspBrush
    with these settings!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Stamp with white (right mouse button) at the bottom on the right (see print screen)
  33. Layers - Duplicate
  34. Image - Flip
  35. Layers - merge - merge down
  36. Effects - 3D Effects - Drop shadow

  37. Open the tube dreamlover_bywilma_metaldeco.pspimage
  38. Edit - Copy and close
  39. On your working area - Layers new raster layer
  40. Selections - load/save selection - load selection from disk and load Ballade_2
  41. Edit - Paste into selection
  42. Selections - Deselect all
  43. Open the tube Calguisportrait2799.pspimage again
  44. Selections - load/save selection - load selection from disk and load Ballade_3
  45. Edit - Copy and close without saving
  46. On your working area - Layers - New Raster layer
  47. Selections - load/save selection - load selection from disk and load Ballade_4
  48. Edit - Paste into selection
  49. Effects - Plugins - Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Impact: Glass

  50. Selections - Modify - Select selection borders - same settings
  51. Flood fill tool - fill with the gold pattern
  52. Layers - merge - merge down
    Result
  53. Layers - New Raster layer - Activate Picture tube tool

    and place a yellow bullet on top of the chain (standard inPSP)
  54. Layers - merge - merge down
  55. Effects - 3D Effects - Drop shadow same settings
  56. Material palette - shut foreground material
  57. Activate text tool with these settings
  58. I wrote these sentences from a poem "Ballade des dames du temps jadis"from Fr Villon

    Who had a beauty too much more than human?
    Oh, where are the snows of yesteryear!
  59. Give it a nice place and convert to raster layer
  60. Effects- 3D Effects- Drop shadow
  61. Effects - Reflection effects - Feed back

  62. Layers - Merge - Merge visible
  63. Add Watermark
  64. Selections - Select all
  65. Selections - Modify - Select selection borders - same settings but now 4 pixels
  66. Flood fill tool - flood fill with white background color
  67. Selections - deselect all
  68. Image - Resize - 85% -Smart size- Resize all layers not checked
  69. Effects - 3D Effects - Drop shadow
  70. And repeat with Vertical = -9 and horizontal +15
  71. Open background layer and make it actif
  72. Layers - New Raster layer
  73. Brush tool - Same brush but with these settings

    Stamp 3 times on the right size

  74. Layers - merge - merge all (flatten)
  75. Image - Add Borders - Symmetric checked - 4 pixels white
  76. File - Save As- Give_a_name.jpg

    So this was it, I hope you enjoyed this lesson
    Hugs
    Jille
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