11 - Shine - English


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I made it with PSP: &

Supplies:

Filters / Plugins:
FM Tile Tools / Blend Emboss:
Alien Skin Xenofex 2 / Constellation:
Graphics Plus / Cross Shadow:
Animation Shop:


 

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:

Thank you Margit for your wonderful tubes:

Ok, let's start:

01) File / New / 700 x 600 px / transparent

set your FGC to: light colour
and your BGC to: dark colour

flood fill your picture with dark colour

02) Layers / New Raster Layer

Selections / Select all

open tube: summer-bgr6.pspimage

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

Edit / Paste / Paste into selection

Deselect

set blend mode of this layer to: Luminance (Legacy)

03) Layers / New Raster Layer

Selections / Select all

open tube: KLstockVectorBrushes_36.pspimage

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

Edit / Paste / Paste into selection

Deselect

set blend mode of this layer to: Overlay

Effects / Plugins / FM Tile Tools / Blend Emboss:
default settings

04) open tube: 54.pspimage

Image / Resize: 70%

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

Edit / Paste / Paste as new layer

position as shown below:

set opacity of this layer to: 65

05) open tube: MMDesignz_Si 234219.pspimage

Image / Mirror

Image / Resize: 70%

Adjust / Sharpness / Sharpen

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

Edit / Paste / Paste as new layer

position as shown below:

Layers / Duplicate

activate layer under it: Raster 5

Adjust / Blur / Gaussian Blur: Radius 20

activate layer over it: Copy of Raster 5

Layers / Merge / Merge down

06) open tube: kTs_CornersSet2-2.pspimage

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

Edit / Paste / Paste as new layer

position as shown below:

light colour:

Ajdust / Hue and Saturation / Colorize:

Effects / 3D Effects / Drop Shadow:
colour: dark colour

07) Layers / Duplicate

Image / Mirror

Image / Flip

Layers / Merge / Merge Down

08) Layers / New Raster Layer

Selections / Select all

flood fill with this gradient:

Selections / Modify / Contract by: 5

Edit / Cut (Delete key)

Selections / Invert

Effects / Plugins / Graphics Plus / Cross Shadow:
default settings

Effects / 3D Effects / Inner Bevel:

Deselect

09) open file: aRavenBrush - Shine2.PspBrush

File / Export / Custom brush:

close file again; back to your image

10) Layers / New Raster Layer

activate your brush tool

find brush: aRavenBrush - Shine2

apply the brush to your liking

Effects / 3D Effects / Drop Shadow:
colour: dark colour

add your watermark and name

11) activate layer: Raster 3

Effects / Plugins / Alien Skin Xenofex 2 / Constellation:

Edit / Copy Merged

open your Animation Shop

Edit / Paste / As new animation

back to PSP

12) Edit / Undo Constellation

Effects / Plugins / Alien Skin Xenofex 2 / Constellation:
hit once on Random Seed

Edit / Copy Merged

back to your Animation Shop

Edit / Paste / After Current Frame

13) back to PSP

repeat last step 12

Animation Shop:

File / Save as... *.gif

You are done!

 I hope you enjoyed doing this tutorial.

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Copyright tutorial: Sille
Copyright translation: Waldlichtelfe Sissy
Translation by Waldlichtelfe, September 27, 2009