01 - Envole - English

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I made it with PSP:
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Filters / Plugins:
L en K landksiteofwonders / L en K's
Paris: ![]()
Graphic Plus / Cross Shadow: ![]()

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You are welcome to take this nice sunflower with you, (just click and drag) Have Fun! |

Ok, let's start:
01) open the file: alpha-dentelle-colombe.pspimage
Window / Duplicate
close the original

02) set your FGC to: #c19b89
and your BGC to: white
flood fill your picture with this gradient:

03) Adjust / Blur / Gaussian Blur: Radius: 25

04) Effects / Plugins / L en K landksiteofwonders / L en K's
Paris:


05) Adjust / Sharpness / Sharpen
Selections / Select all

06) Selections / Modify / Contract to: 40
Layers / New Raster Layer
flood fill with the same gradient
Adjust / Blur / Gaussian Blur: Radius: 25

07) keep selected
Layers / New Raster Layer

08) open the tube: texture-colombe.png
Edit / Copy
close the tube again; we don't need it anymore
back to your selection
Edit / Paste / Paste into selection
set the opacity of this layer to: 72
Adjust / Sharpness / Sharpen

09) Layers / Merge / Merge Down

10) Effects / 3D
Effects / Drop Shadow:
colour: #bd9e8f
& 
Deselect

11) open the tube: face-ss0l4-tube-colombe.png
Edit / Copy
close the tube again; we don't need it anymore
back to your picture

12) Edit / Paste / Paste as new layer

13) Image / Mirror
place it as shown
below:

Adjust / Sharpness / Sharpen
Layers / Merge / Merge Down

14) open the tube: coeur-perle-tube-colombe.png
Edit / Copy
close the tube again; we don't need it anymore
back to your picture
Edit / Paste / Paste as new layer
place it as shown
below:

Layers / Merge / Merge Down

15) open the tube: beauty-blonde-s3-tube-colombe.png
Edit / Copy
close the tube again; we don't need it anymore
back to your picture
Edit / Paste / Paste as new layer
place it as shown
below:

activate Layer: Raster 1
activate your
selection tool / custom selection:

Selections / Invert
activate the top layer again
Edit / Cut
Deselect

16) Layers / Merge / Merge Visible

17) open the tube: deco-bord-01-tube-colombe.png
Edit / Copy
close the tube again; we don't need it anymore
back to your picture
Edit / Paste / Paste as new layer
place it as shown
below:


18) set your FGC to
this gradient:

19) Selections /
Load/Save selection / Load selection from Alpha-Channel:
Sélection #1


20) Layers / New Raster Layer
flood fill selection with gradient

21) Effects / Texture
Effects / Blinds:
colour: FGC: #c19b89


22) Adjust / Sharpness / Sharpen
Deselect
Layers / Duplicate
Effects / Image
Effects / Offset:


23) Layers / Arrange / Move Down
Layers / Merge / Merge Visible

24) Layers / New Raster Layer

25) Selections /
Load/Save selection / Load selection from Alpha-Channel:
Sélection #2


26) flood fill
selection with your gradient:

Deselect
Effects / Edge Effects / Enhance

27) Effects /
Distortion Effects / Wind:


28) Selections /
Load/Save selection / Load selection from Alpha-Channel:
Sélection #3

Layers / Merge / Merge Visible

29) Selections / Invert
Effects / Plugins / Graphic Plus / Cross Shadow:

Deselect

30) open the tube: frame-colombe.png
Edit / Copy
close the tube again; we don't need it anymore
back to your picture
Edit / Paste / Paste as new layer

31) open the tube: texte-deco-colombe.png
Edit / Copy
close the tube again; we don't need it anymore
back to your picture
Edit / Paste / Paste as new layer
add your watermark and name
File / Export / JPEG Optimizer

You are done!
I hope you enjoyed doing this tutorial.

Copyright tutorial: Colombe
Copyright translation: Waldlichtelfe Sissy
Translation by Waldlichtelfe, November 26, 2008
