New Year 2011

Filters
Mura's Meister - Copies
Red Paw Media RPM Fog

Install filters in their map
If you do not have this gradient, which is standard in PSP X3, then install in your map with gradients
Open or minimize font
Open PSP program
Open tubes in the program and minimize

Material
Foreground color #ebecec and background color #495781
Change material of the foreground into Corel 06_048 (Lucht2) gradient - with these settings


The lesson

1. Open tube 2161-luzcristina
   
2. Close watermark layer
3. Selection tool - Custom selection
   
4. Edit - Copy Special - Copy merged
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5. File - New - New Image - transparent checked
   
6. Selections - Select all
7. Edit - Paste into selection...
8. Layers - New Raster layer
9. Selection tool - Custom selection
   
10. Edit - Paste into selection (Image still in memory)
11. Selections- Modify - Select selection borders
    
12. Flood fill tool - fill with the gradient
13. Effects - 3D Effects - Inner bevel
    
14. Selections - Deselect all
15. Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow
    
16. Repeat Drop Shadow with horizontal en vertical op -5
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17. Layer palette - Make bottom layer active
18. Layers - New Raster layer
19. Flood fill tool - fill with the gradient
20. Layer palette - Blend mode = Soft light
21. Effects - Plugins - Red Paw Media RPM Fog
    
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22. Open tube di_tube1107
    
23. With tube layer active - Edit - Copy - Close
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24. on your working area - Edit - Paste as new layer
25. Image - Mirror
26. Move tool - move to left bottom corner
27. Selection Tool (fast key K on your keyboard) Make the tube higher en also a little wider to respect the proportions
28. Layers - Duplicate
29. Image - Mirror
30. Layer palette - decrease opacity 65%
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31. Layer palette -Activate top layer
32. Effects - Plugins - Mura's Meister - Copies
    
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33. Open the tube kittys-Maria Laxamana
    
34. With tube layer active - Edit - Copy - Close
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35. on your working area - Edit - Paste as new layer
36. Image -Resize
    
37. Move tool - to the left
38. Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow
    
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39. Open the tube kittys-champagne_by_darkmanmx_@el
    
40. Edit - Copy - Close
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41. on your working area - Edit - Paste as new layer
42. Image - Mirror
43. Image -Resize - 60%
44. Move tool - move to the right
45. Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow - same settings
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46. Open the text file 2011_Jille
47. Edit - Copy - Close
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48. on your working area - Edit - Paste as new layer
49. Move tool - see example
    
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50. Selections - Select all
51. Image - Add borders - symmetric NOT checked - background color
    
52. Selections - Invert
53. Effects - 3D Effects - Inner bevel
    
54. Selections - Deselect all
55. Image - Add borders - symmetric NOT checked - foreground color
    
56. Image - rotate right
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57. Text tool with these settings
    
    Write Happy New Year
    
58. Click the checkmark Apply (top menu)
59. Layer palette - Convert to raster layer
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60. Effects - Plugins - Mura's Meister - Copies
    
61. Move if necessary
62. Layers - Duplicate
63. Move tool - Drag into the white border at the bottom
64. Image - Rotate Left
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65. Image - Add Borders - Symmetric checked - 1 pixel background color
66. Selections - Select all
67. Image - Add Borders - Symmetric checked - 35 pixel foreground color
68. Selections - Invert
69. Adjust - Blur - Radial blur
    
70. Effects - 3D Effects - Cutout
    
71. And repeat - 3D Effects - Cutout - with these values
    
72. Selections - Deselect all
73. Image - Add Borders - Symmetric checked - 1 pixel background color
74. Add watermark
75. File -Save as Give_a_name.jpg

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

With a tube from Maxiram