03 - Felices Fiestas - English


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I made it with PSP: & &

Supplies:

Filters / Plugins:
Graphics Plus:
FM Tile Tools:
FunHouse1 / Loom:
Xeroset 1:



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 / 800 x 350 px / transparent

flood fill with this FGC: #1c1510

02) open the tube: soleil_felices_fiestas01.pspimage

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

Edit / Paste / Paste as new layer

place the tube as shown below:

Layers / Duplicate

place the tube as shown below:

 Layers / Merge / Merge Visible

03) Effects / Plugins / Graphics Plus / Emboss:

04) Layers / New Raster Layer

flood fill  this layer with your FGC: #1c1510

open the tube: soleil_felices_fiestas_dec03.pspimage

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

Edit / Paste / Paste as new layer

place the tube as shown below:

set the blend mode of this layer to: Exclusion

the opacity of this layer to: 48

Layers / Duplicate

Image / Mirror

place the tube as shown below:

05) make the bottom layer: invisible

top layer is activated:

Layers / Merge / Merge Visible

Effects / Plugins / Graphics Plus / Emboss:

06) Image / Resize 75% (all layers NOT checked)

Effects / 3D Effects / Drop Shadow:

Effects / 3D Effects / Drop Shadow:

make the bottom layer: visible again

minimize it for now

07) File / New / 275 x 150 px / transparent

flood fill with your FGC: #1c1510

open the tube: soleil_felices_fiestas02.pspimage

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

Edit / Paste / Paste as new layer

Image / Resize 40% (all layers NOT checked)

don't move it anymore

Layers / Merge / Merge Visible

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

Edit / Paste / Paste as new layer

Effects / 3D Effects / Drop Shadow:

Edit / Repeat Drop Shadow

Effects / Plugins / Graphics Plus / Emboss:

move it a bit downward like me here:

08) open the tube: soleil_felices_fiestas_dec04.pspimage

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

Edit / Paste / Paste as new layer

Image / Resize 60% (all layers NOT checked)

place the tube as shown below:

09) activate your selection tool

draw a selection like me here:

Edit / Cut

Deselect

Effects / Plugins / FM Tile Tools / Blend Emboss

10) open the tube: soleil_felices_fiestas_dec05.pspimage

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

Edit / Paste / Paste as new layer

Effects / 3D Effects / Drop Shadow: 

place the tube as shown below:

11) activate your selection tool

draw a selection like me here:

Edit / Cut

Effects / 3D Effects / Drop Shadow: 

Deselect

12) Layers / Duplicate

Image / Mirror

Image / Flip

Layers / Merge / Merge Visible

13) set the blend mode of this layer: Soft Light

Layers / Duplicate

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

Layers / Merge / Merge Visible

Edit / Copy

minimize it for now

14) File / New / 800 x 450 px / transparent

Selections / Select all

Edit / Paste / Paste into selection

Effects / Plugins / FunHouse / Loom:

Deselect

Effects / Distortion Effects / Wind:

Edit / Repeat Wind

Effects / Edge Effects / Dilate

you picture should look like this now:

15) activate your minimized picture:

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

Edit / Paste / Paste as new layer

Effects / 3D Effects / Drop Shadow: 
&

16) activate your text tool:

turn off your FGC / change your BGC to: #57413e

write: Felices Fiestas

or in English: Happy Holidays

Selections / Promote selection to layer

Deselect

Effects / 3D Effects / Drop Shadow: 

Edit / Repeat Drop Shadow

Layers / Duplicate

Layers / Merge / Merge Down

Layers / Duplicate

activate the layer under it: Promoted Selection

Effects / Distortion Effects / Wind:

Effects / Edge Effects / Enhance

change the opacity of this layer to: 46

17) Image / Add borders / 1 px / colour: #191613

Image / Add borders / 2 px / colour: #382424

Image / Add borders / 1 px / colour: #191613

Effects / Plugins / Xero / Mistifier:

add your watermark and name

File / Export / JPEG Optimizer

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

Waldgeists-Traumseiten

Copyright tutorial: Soleil
Copyright translation: Waldlichtelfe Sissy
Translation by Waldlichtelfe, November 26, 2008