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This tutorial was made in PSP X2, but can also be made in the other versions.

For this tutorial you need the following plugins:

Filters Unlimited 2.0 - Paper Textures

FM Tile Tools - Blend Emboss

Greg's Factory Output Vol. II - Pool Shadow

You can download the plugins

Place or install the plugins in your Plugin folder.

you can download the materials.

It contains: 9 tubes - 1 brush - 2 masks - 1 pattern.

Place the patterns in your pattern folder.

Permission to use the tubes

The tubes are by Marif, Marion und Dieter and MMDesignz.

One mask is by Narah.

The other tubes and mask are unknown to me.

If they are yours, please let me know so I can give you the proper credit.

I want to thank all the makers of the beautiful tubes.

Please don't remove the watermark.

The Copyright belongs to the original artist.

Let the credit to the maker.

Step 1

Open the tubes and the masks in PSP - minimize them for now.

Open the brush in PSP.

File - Export - Custom brush - name it and click Save.

Set your foreground color to #f7ecdd (or at your choice).

Set your background color to #310f10 (or at your choice).

Set your background also to gold pattern 'Tuile-Motif' - Angle 0 - Scale 100.

Open a transparent image of 750 x 550 pixels.

Set your foreground to gradient 'Foreground-background' - Linear - with these settings:

Flood fill your image with your gradient.

Step 2

Layers - New raster layer.

Flood fill this layer with your background color.

Layers - New mask layer - From image - load mask '1217491287_masques' - with these settings:

Layers - Merge - Merge all (Flatten).

Step 3

Layers - New raster layer.

Flood fill this layer with your foreground color.

Effects - Plugins - Filters Unlimited 2.0 - Paper Textures - Canvas, Fine - default settings - see image below:

Layers - New mask layer - From image -

load mask 'Narah_mask_Esfera004' - with these settings:

Layers - Merge - Merge all (Flatten).

Effects - Plugins - FM Tile Tool - Blend Emboss - default settings.

Step 4

Open tube 'mds4840 Castle'.

Image - Resize - Width 370 pixels.

Edit - Copy.

Paste as a new layer on your working image.

Effects - 3D effects - Drop shadow:

Vert and Hor 5 - Opacity 65 - Blur 7 - color black.

Step 5

Open tube 'MMDesignz_109199'.

Image - Resize - Height 500 pixels.

Edit - Copy.

Paste as a new layer on your working image.

Place her on the right side - see main image.

Effects - 3D effects - Drop shadow - same settings as before.

Step 6

Copy tube 'Marif_2006_septembre_misted_fleurs067'.

Paste as a new layer on your working image.

Place the flowers in the lower left corner - see main image.

Effects - 3D effects - Drop shadow - same settings as before.

Step 7

Copy tube 'letters'.

Paste as a new layer on your working image.

Place the letters above the flowers - see main image.

Effects - 3D effects - Drop shadow - same settings as before.

Step 8

Copy tube 'fleur'.

Paste as a new layer on your working image.

Place the flower between the letters - see main image.

Effects - 3D effects - Drop shadow - same settings as before.

Step 9

Layers - New raster layer.

Activate your Brush tool - find brush 'wordart' - with these settings:

Stamp it in a dark color on top of your crea - see main image.

Effects - 3D effects - Drop shadow - same settings as before.

Step 10

Layers - New raster layer.

Add your name and/or watermark.

Layers - Merge - Merge all (Flatten).

Step 11

Image - Add borders - Symmetric - 2 pixels - background color.

Image - Add borders - Symmetric - 3 pixels - foreground color.

Select this border with your Magic wand - with these settings:

Flood fill the selection with your gold pattern.

Selections - Select none.

Image - Add borders - Symmetric - 10 pixels - background color.

Select this border with your Magic wand.

Effects - Texture effects - Blinds - foreground color - with these settings:

Selections - Select none.

Step 12

Image - Add borders - Symmetric - 2 pixels - background color.

Image - Add borders - Symmetric - 3 pixels - foreground color.

Select this border with your Magic wand.

Flood fill the selection with your gold pattern.

Selections - Select none.

Step 13

Image - Add borders - Symmetric - 40 pixels - background color.

Select this border with your Magic wand.

Effects - Plugins - Greg's Factory Output Vol. II - Pool Shadow - default settings - see image below:

Effects - Plugins - Filters Unlimited 2.0 - Paper Textures - Canvas, Fine - same settings as before.

Adjust - Sharpness - Sharpen.

Selections - Select none.

Effects - 3D effects - Drop shadow:

Vert and Hor 1 - Opacity 60 - Blur 1 - foreground color.

Layers - Merge - Merge all (Flatten).

Save your crea as a jpg file and you're done!

I hope you enjoyed making this tutorial :-)

If you want your crea in my Gallery:

Image - Resize - Width 800 pixels.

Save your crea as a jpg file and please send me an email with your crea.

This lesson was written by Gerrie on April 18, 2010.

This lesson is and remains the property of Gerrie.

You are not allowed to copy or distribute my lessons without my written permission.

All my lessons are self designed ... so any agreement is purely coincidental.

All my lessons are registered with TWI.

Translated by Zial on November 15, 2014

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