04 - Rainy Day - English

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I made it with PSP:
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Important:
01) put the: Raute.PspStyledLine in your PSP styled lines folder
02) put the rainyday.PspSelection in your PSP selection folder
Filters / Plugins:
Alf's Power Toys: ![]()

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(just click and drag) Have Fun! |

Ok, let's start:
01) open the mask: CrisTaylor_m12.PspMask
minimize it
take a light FGC and a darker one for your BGC
File / New / 580 x 450 px / transparent
flood fill with your dark BGC

02) Layers / New Raster Layer
flood fill this layer with your light FGC
Layers / New Mask Layer / From Image:
Invert: NOT checked!!!

Layers / Merge / Merge Group
Effects / Edge Effects / Enhance
Layers / Merge / Merge Visible

03) activate your selection tool / Custom selection:

Layers / New Raster Layer
minimize it for now

04) File / New / 580 x 450 px / transparent
flood fill with your dark BGC
Layers / New Raster Layer
flood fill this layer with your light FGC
Layers / New Mask Layer / From Image:
Invert: checked!!!!

Layers / Merge / Merge Group
Effects / Edge Effects / Enhance
Layers / Merge / Merge Visible
Edit / Copy
minimize it ; don't close it!!!
close the minimized mask (CrisTaylor_m12.PspMask); we don't need it anymore

05) back to your first picture / selection
Edit / Paste / Paste into selection
Deselect
your picture looks like this now:


06) Layers / New Raster Layer
activate your selection tool / Custom selection:

open a rainy picture
Layers / Load/Save Mask / Load Mask from Disk:

(or take the mask 20-20, it's on you)
Layers / Merge / Merge Group
Edit / Copy
close it again; we don't need it anymore
back to your selection
Edit / Paste / Paste into selection
Deselect
change the blend mode to: Luminance
and the opacity to: 60
Layers / Merge / Merge Down

07) activate the bottom layer
Effects / Image Effects / Seamless Tiling: default settings
your picture looks like this now:

activate the top layer again
Selections / Select All
Selections / Float
Selections / Defloat
Selections / Invert

08) activate the bottom layer again
Effects / Plugins / Alf's Power Toys / Split Distortion: 32
Deselect
activate your selection tool / Custom selection:


09) Layers / New Raster Layer
flood fill with this gradient:

Effects / Art Media Effect / Brush Strokes:
colour: your dark colour

Deselect
Layers / Duplicate
Image / Mirror
Layers / Merge / Merge Down
Adjust / Sharpness / Sharpen

10) activate the top layer
Effects / 3D Effects / Drop Shadow:
& 
Layers / Merge / Merge Visible
minimize it for now

11) activate your minimized mask picture:

Image / Resize:

activate your selection tool / Custom selection:

Layers / New Raster Layer
activate your minimized picture:

Edit / Copy
close it now, we don't need it anymore
back to your selection
Edit / Paste / Paste into selection
Selections / Modify / Expand: 4 px
Effects / 3D Effects / Drop Shadow:
& 
Deselect

12) Layers / New Raster Layer
Selections / Load/Save Selection / Load Selection from
Disk:

flood fill the selections with your gradient
Effects / Art Media Effect / Brush Strokes:
colour: your dark colour

Deselect
Adjust / Sharpness / Sharpen
Layers / Duplicate
Image / Mirror
Layers / Merge / Merge Visible

13) open your tube of your choice
Edit / Copy
close it again; we don't need it anymore
back to your picture
Edit / Paste / Paste as new layer
Effects / 3D Effects / Drop Shadow:


14) activate your text tool
font of your choice / Size: 72 / Stroke width: 2 / Line
style: Diamonds

FGC: gold or silver pattern / BGC: your gradient:

write your text
Effects / 3D Effects / Drop Shadow:

Image / Add borders / 2 px / your light colour
add your watermark and name
Image / Resize / 600 width (all layers checked)
Adjust / Sharpness / Sharpen
File / Export / JPEG Optimizer

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

Copyright tutorial: Mag
Copyright translation: Waldlichtelfe Sissy
Translation by Waldlichtelfe, November 16, 2008
