Let's Play Violin

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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:

Greg's Factory Output Vol. II - Pool Shadow

MuRa's Meister - Copies and Perspective Tiling

Richard Rosenman - Lens FX (in zip)

You can download the plugins

 

Place or install the plugins in your Plugin folder.

 

you can download the materials.

It contains: 8 tubes - 1 color label - 1 background - 1 mask - 1 selection - 1 preset - 1 plugin.

Place the selection in your Selection folder.

Place the preset in your Preset folder.

Place or install the plugin in your Plugin folder.

 

Permission to use the tubes

 

The tubes are by Caro, Gini, MMDesignz and PSP Magnifique Gerrie.

The mask is by Nylam.

 

The other tubes are unknown to me.

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

I want to thank the makers of the beautiful tubes and mask.

Please don't remove the watermark.

The Copyright belongs to the original artist.

Let the credit to the maker.

 

Step 1

Open the materials in PSP - minimize them for now.

Set your foreground color to #d0c6b2 (or at your choice).

Set your background color to #43193d (or at your choice).

Open a transparent image of 1000 x 650 pixels.

Step 2

Copy tube 'AnaRidzi1454'.

Paste as a new layer on your working image.

Effects - Plugins - MuRa's Meister - Copies - Wallpaper - with these settings:

Effects - Image effects - Seamless tiling - default settings.

Layers - Merge - Merge all (Flatten).

Effects - Texture effects - Fine leather - foreground color - with these settings:

Step 3

Layers - New raster layer.

Flood fill this layer with color #b2919c.

Layers - New mask layer - From image -

find mask 'masque-nylam-noisette' - with these settings:

Layers - Merge - Merge group.

Image - Mirror.

Effects - Custom plugin - Emboss_3 - default settings.

Effects - 3D effects - Drop shadow:

Vert and Hor 0 - Opacity 70 - Blur 60 - color black.

Set the Blend mode of this layer to Hard light.

Step 4

Layers - New raster layer.

Selections - Load/save selection - Load selection from disk -

load selection 'Ger sel 23' - with these settings:

Copy image 'JHanna_123 background'.

Back to your working image.

Paste into the selection.

Selections - Modify - Select selection borders - with these settings:

Effects - 3D effects - Chisel - with these settings:

Selections - Select none.

Effects - Image effects - Seamless tiling - default settings.

Set the Blend mode of this layer to Screen.

Step 5

Effects - Plugins - MuRa's Meister - Perspective Tiling - with these settings:

Layers - Duplicate.

Layers - Merge - Merge down.

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

Effects - Plugins - Greg's Factory Output Vol. II - Pool Shadow - default settings.

Step 6

Copy tube 'Prisma_MistedByGini_12-03-05'.

Paste as a new layer on your working image.

Place it in the upper left corner.

Set the Blend mode of this layer to Luminance (L).

Step 7

Copy tube 'caro3067'.

Paste as a new layer on your working image.

Image - Resize - 130% - All layers not checked.

Place it in the upper left corner.

Set the Opacity of this layer to 38.

Step 8

Copy tube 'AnaRidzi1454'.

Paste as a new layer on your working image.

Image - Resize - 95% - All layers not checked.

Place her right below.

Effects - 3D effects - Drop shadow - at your choice.

Step 9

Open tube 'MMC_Bi270711_CG_02o'.

Copy layer 'tube_misted'.

Paste as a new layer on your working image.

Place her on upper left - see my example.

Set the Opacity of this layer to 30.

Step 10

Activate layer 1.

Copy tube 'vlinders'.

Paste as a new layer on your working image.

Place the butterflies at the bottom of your crea - see my example.

Layers - Merge - Merge all (Flatten).

Step 11

Selections - Select all.

Image - Add borders - Symmetric - 15 pixels - color #b2919c.

Effects - 3D effects - Drop shadow:

Vert and Hor 8 - Opacity 100 - Blur 40 - background color.

Repeat with Vert and Hor to -8 (minus 8).

Selections - Select none.

Step 12

 Add borders - Symmetric - 50 pixels - color #b2919c.

Select this border with your Magic wand.

Effects - Plugins - Richard Rosenman - Lens FX - with these settings:

Selections - Select none.

Activate your Magic wand.

Select the pink borders.

Effects - Plugins - Greg's Factory Output Vol. II - Pool Shadow - default settings.

Selections - Select none.

Step 13

Copy tube 'Element 1_music'.

Paste as a new layer on your working image.

Effects - 3D effects - Drop shadow:

Vert and Hor 10 - Opacity 100 - Blur 20 - background color.

Set the Blend mode of this layer to Multiply.

Step 14

Copy tube 'Viool'.

Paste as a new layer on your working image.

Image - Mirror.

Place the violin on the left side.

Step 15

Copy tube 'WortArd Magnifique Gerrie'.

Paste as a new layer on your working image.

Put it on a nice place.

Effects - 3D effects - Drop shadow - at your choice.

Step 16

Layers - New raster layer.

Add your name and/or watermark.

Image - Add borders - Symmetric - 1 pixel - background color.

Step 17

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 August 1, 2013.

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.

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Translated by Zial on June 30, 2015

 

 

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