03 - Invitation - English


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I made it with PSP: &

Supplies:

Filters / Plugins:
Sapphire Filter 03 / Sapphire Plugin_0238:

You are welcome to take this nice sunflower with you,
it shows you always where you are

(just click and drag)

Have Fun!

tutorial tested by:

Ok, let's start:

01) open the file: alpha-invitation-colombe.pspimage

Window / Duplicate

close the original

02) set your FGC to: white
and your BGC to: #bd89a0

set your FGC to this gradient:

flood fill your picture with the gradient

03) Adjust / Blur / Gaussian Blur: Radius 25

04) Effects / Plugins / Sapphire Filters 03 / Sapphire Plugin_0238:

05) open the tube: KaraT4882.psp

Edit / Copy
close the tube again; we don't need it anymore
back to your picture

Edit / Paste / Paste as new layer

06) change the blend mode of this layer to: Luminance (Legacy)

and the opacity to: 72

place it as shown below:

Layers / Merge / Merge Visible

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

08) Layers / New Raster Layer

flood fill selection with: white

Deselect

09) Effects / 3D Effects / Drop Shadow:
colour: #c191a7

change the opacity of this layer to: 70

Layers / Merge / Merge Visible

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

11) Layers / New Raster Layer

flood fill with this gradient:

12) Deselect

Effects / Edge Effects / Enhance

Effects / 3D Effects / Drop Shadow:
colour: #c191a7

13) change the opacity of this layer to: 75

Layers / Merge / Merge Visible

14) open the tube: Envelope-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:

15) Layers / Duplicate

Image / Mirror

Layers / Merge / Merge Down

16) Effects / 3D Effects / Drop Shadow:
colour: #67414c
&

17) Layers / Merge / Merge Visible

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

18) Layers / New Raster Layer

flood fill selection with: white

Selections / Modify / Contract to: 2

Edit / Cut

19) Layers / New Raster Layer

flood fill selection with gradient:

Adjust / Blur / Gaussian Blur:  Radius: 25

20) Effects / Plugins / Sapphire Filters 03 / Sapphire Plugin_0238:

21) Selections / Modify / Contract to: 15

Edit / Cut

22) Layers / New Raster Layer

flood fill selection with: white

Selections / Modify / Contract to: 2

Edit / Cut

23) flood fill selection with gradient:

Adjust / Blur / Gaussian Blur:  Radius: 25

24) Layers / New Raster Layer

open the tube: KaraT2945.psp

Edit / Copy
close the tube again; we don't need it anymore
back to your selection

25) Edit / Paste / Paste into selection

Deselect

change the blend mode of this layer to: Luminance (Legacy)

26) activate the layer: Raster 1 (first white border)

Effects / 3D Effects / Drop Shadow:
colour: #a3848e
&

activate the layer: Raster 3 (second white border)

Effects / 3D Effects / Drop Shadow:
colour: #a3848e
&

27) make the bottom layer: invisible

layer Raster 3 is activated

Layers / Merge / Merge Visible

28) make the bottom layer: visible again

29) top layer is activated

Effects / 3D Effects / Drop Shadow:
colour: #a68987
&

Layers / Merge / Merge Visible

30) open the tube: ruban.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 like me here:

Layers / Merge / Merge Visible

31) open the tube: elegance-037-tube-colombe.png

Image / Resize: 85%

Adjust / Sharpness / Sharpen

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:

I added this shadow:

Layers / Merge / Merge Visible

32) open the tube: elegance-036-tube-colombe.png

Image / Resize: 85%

Adjust / Sharpness / Sharpen

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:

I added this shadow:

Layers / Merge / Merge Visible

33) open the tube: deco-perle-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 Visible

34) Selections / Load/Save Selection / Load selection from Alpha-Channel:
Sélection #4

35) Layers / New Raster Layer

36) flood fill selection with: white

Effects / Modify / Contract to: 2

Edit / Cut

Layers / New Raster Layer

change your FGC with your BGC:

flood fill selection with your gradient:

37) Effects / Plugins / Sapphire Filters 03 / Sapphire Plugin_0238:

38) Adjust / Sharpness / Sharpen

Deselect

Layers / Merge / Merge Down

39) Effects / 3D Effects / Drop Shadow:
colour: #72475f
&

40) Image / Add borders / 2 px / colour: #bd89a0

41) Image / Add borders / 2 px / colour: white

42) Image / Add borders / 2 px / colour: #bd89a0

43) Image / Add borders / 25 px / colour: white

select the white border with your magic wand

Layers / New Raster Layer

flood fill selection with this gradient:

44) Adjust / Blur / Gaussian / Blur: 15

45) Effects / Plugins / Graphic Plus / Cross Shadow:

46) Selections / Invert

47) Effects / 3D Effects / Drop Shadow:
colour: #72475f
&

48) Deselect

49) open the tube: barre-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:

50) Image / Add borders / 2 px / colour: #bd89a0

51) Image / Add borders / 2 px / colour: white

52) Image / Add borders / 2 px / colour: #bd89a0

53) open the tube: texte-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:

add your watermark and name

I resided my picture to: 600 px width

File / Export / JPEG Optimizer


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

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Copyright tutorial: Colombe
Copyright translation: Waldlichtelfe Sissy
Translation by Waldlichtelfe, November 30, 2008