Happy Easter


This lesson was written by Jille in the Dutch version from PSP XIII
on February 25 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 JHanna and Juliette (Bodhi Creations)

No filters used

Credits and Material:
Tube: calguiscomic3039.pspimage
Tube: easter_29393_TbS.pspimage
Tube: EasterBunnyImposter-TYA.pspimage
Tube: hmo_fangst.pspimage
Tube: pton_april_tree.pspimage
Tube: pton_april_tulip.pspimage
Mask - Winter Cascade from Marga
Tube: text.pspimage (I used the Butterflyfont)
I thank the makers from the mask and the tubes for their beautiful work. This lesson would not exist without their effort

Material: download here

Preparation
Extract the mask into your map masks
Open PSP
Open your tubes in the program and minimize

Material
I took #ffffcc for the foreground and #fabd32 for the background
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. Material palette - replace gradient with the solid color
  4. Flood fill with the foreground color
  5. Layers-Load/save mask- Load mask from disk and choose WinterCascade-Conni...
  6. Layers - Merge - Merge group
  7. Effects - Edge Effects - Enhance

  8. Open the tube easter_29393_TbS
  9. Edit - Copy and close
  10. On your working area - Edit - Paste as new layer
  11. Effects - Image Effects - Offset
  12. Layer palette - Blend mode= Soft light
  13. Selections - Select all
  14. Selections - Float
  15. Selections - Defloat
  16. Selections - Modify - Select selection borders
  17. LAYERS NEW RASTER LAYER
  18. Flood fill tool - fill with the background color
  19. Selections - Deselect all

  20. Open the tube calguiscomic3039
  21. Edit - Copy and close
  22. On your working area - Edit - Paste as new layer
  23. Move see example
  24. Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow


  25. Open the tube pton_april_tree

  26. Edit - Copy and close
  27. On your working area - Edit - Paste as new layer
  28. Move see example
  29. Layer palette - Opacity 42

  30. Open the tube pton_april_tulip
  31. Edit - Copy and close
  32. On your working area - Edit - Paste as new layer
  33. Image - Resize
  34. Move tool - move to the left
  35. Effects - 3D Effects - Chisel
  36. Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow


  37. Open the tube EasterBunnyImposter-TYA
  38. Edit - Copy and close
  39. On your working area - Edit - Paste as new layer
  40. Move to bottom left
  41. Layer palette - Arrange - Move down
  42. Repeat - Arrange - Move down
    Result
  43. Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow

  44. Open the tube hmo_fangst
  45. Edit - Copy and close
  46. On your working area - Edit - Paste as new layer
  47. Move to bottom left
  48. Make a selection around cage and wires and push delete key on your keyboard
  49. Selections - deselect all
  50. Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow - same settings

  51. Open file "tekst"
  52. Copy both tube layers and paste them on your working area
  53. Move them to a nice place an layers - Merge - Merge down (both text layers are now on the same layer )
  54. Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow


  55. Image - Add Borders - Symmetric checked - 2 pixels background color
  56. Image - Duplicate
  57. Image - Resize - same settings but now with 90%
  58. Selections - Select all
  59. Selections Float
  60. Selections defloat
  61. Selections - Invert
  62. Effects - 3D Effects - Cutout
  63. and repeat with vertical en Horizontal = -5

  64. Make bottom layer active
  65. Adjust - Blur - Radial blur
  66. Selections - Deselect all
  67. Image - Add Borders - Symmetric checked - 1 pixel black
  68. Add watermark
  69. File -Save as Give_a_name.jpg

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