43 - Petits garçons heureux - Happy Little Boys - English


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I made it with PSP: &

Supplies:

Filters / Plugins:
MuRa's Meister / Cloud:
Graphics Plus / Cross Shadow:
I.C.NET Software / Filters Unlimited 2.0:


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) File / New / 700 x 550 px / transparent

 et your FGC to: #a1b7dd (light colour)
and your BGC to: white

 Effects / Plugins / MuRa's Meister / Cloud:

02) Layers / New Raster Layer

activate your freehand selection tool

draw a selection as shown below:

set your FGC to: #7d7f3e (dark colour)
and your BGC to: #c1c16b (light colour)

flood fill selection with this gradient:

Effects / Plugins / I.C.NET Software / Filters Unlimited 2.0:
Paper Texture / Cotton Paper, Fine:

Deselect

03) open tube: Japanese_Foliage_34.pspimage

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

Edit / Paste / Paste as new layer

position it as shown below:

04) Selections / Select all

Selections / Float

flood fill selection with this colour: #4c521c

Deselect

Effects / 3D Effects / Drop Shadow:

05) open tube: cadre2.pspimage (keep selected)

open your photo

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

Edit / Paste / Paste into selection

Deselect

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

 Edit / Paste / Paste as new layer

your picture should look like this now:

Effects / 3D Effects / Drop Shadow:
&

07) Layers / Duplicate

activate layer under it: Raster 4

Image / Rotate / Free Rotate:

activate top layer again: Copy of Raster 4

08) open tube: coin_scrap36_DianeCreations.pspimage

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

Edit / Paste / Paste as new layer

position it in the right, lower corner

Effects / 3D Effects / Drop Shadow:

09) open tube: mod_article518181_94.pspimage

Image / Resize: 45%

Image / Mirror

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

Edit / Paste / Paste as new layer

Image / Rotate / Free Rotate:

position it as shown below:

Effects / 3D Effects / Drop Shadow:

10) open tube: soleil_scrap36_DianeCreations.pspimage

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

Edit / Paste / Paste as new layer

position it as shown below:

Effects / 3D Effects / Drop Shadow:

11) open tube: fleurs_2.pspimage

Layer: Raster 2 is activated

Edit / Copy
back to your picture 

Edit / Paste / Paste as new layer

position it as shown below:

12) back to your tube: fleurs_2.pspimage

activate layer: Raster 1

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

Edit / Paste / Paste as new layer

position it as shown below:

layers palette:
move the layer: Raster 9 under the layer: Raster 5

13) open tube: fleurs_scrap36_Dianecreations.pspimage

decorate your picture with the flowers

my picture looks like this now:

14) open tube: velo.pspimage

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

Edit / Paste / Paste as new layer

activate top layer again

Effects / 3D Effects / Drop Shadow:

position it to your liking

15) set your FGC to: #1758b6 (blue)
and your BGC to: #747c2f (green)

Image / Add borders / 3 px / colour: white

Image / Add borders / 25 px / FGC: #1758b6

select the blue border with your magic wand

flood fill selection with this gradient:

Effects / Plugins / Graphics Plus / Cross Shadow:

Deselect

Image / Add borders / 3 px / colour: white

16) open tube: coin2.pspimage

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

Edit / Paste / Paste as new layer

position it to your liking

Effects / 3D Effects / Drop Shadow:

17) Layers / Duplicate

Image / Mirror

Layers / Merge / Merge Down

Layers / Duplicate

Image / Flip

Layers / Merge / Merge Down

18) open tube: label_scrap36_DianeCreations.pspimage

activate your text tool

Font: Bed ttnorm / size: 48 / vector

write: Petits garçons heureux (Happy Little Boys)

Layers / Convert to Raster Layer

Effects / 3D Effects / Drop Shadow:

Layers / Merge / Merge visible

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

Edit / Paste / Paste as new layer

Image / Rotate / Free Rotate:

Layers / Arrange / Move Down

position it as shown below:

Effects / 3D Effects / Drop Shadow:

Image / Resize: width: 600 px (all layers checked)

Adjust / Sharpness / Sharpen

add your watermark and name

File / Export / JPEG Optimizer

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

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Copyright tutorial: Diane B.
Copyright translation: Waldlichtelfe Sissy
Translation by Waldlichtelfe, August 29, 2009