03 - Invitation - English

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I made it with PSP:
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Filters / Plugins:
Sapphire Filter 03 / Sapphire Plugin_0238: ![]()

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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-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.

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