Triptych

Miriam, thank you very much for your permission that I may translate your tutorials.

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

 

you can download the materials.

It contains: 1 tube - 1 shape - 1 gold pattern.

Place the shape in your Preset shape folder.

 

The tube is by Gismo Dezign.

Thank you for the beautiful tube.

 

Please don't remove the watermark.

The Copyright belongs to the original artist.

Let the credit to the maker.

 

Take a nice cup of tea or coffee so you can relax started.

Do you have everything?

Oké, you can start now -:)

 

Step 1

Open the tube and the gold pattern in PSP - minimize them for now.

Open a transparent image of 300 x 400 pixels.

Set your foreground color to #ffffff (or at your choice) and to the gold pattern - Angle 0 - Scale 100.

Set your background color to #bcc6ca (or at your choice) and to gradient 'Foreground-background' - Linear - with these settings:

Flood fill your image with this gradient.

>Step 2

Layers - New raster layer.

Selections - Select all.

Flood fill the selection with your gold pattern.

Selections - Modify - Contract - 2 pixels.

Press Delete.

Selections - Modify - Contract - 3 pixels.

Flood fill the selection with your gold pattern.

Selections - Modify - Contract - 2 pixels.

Press Delete.

Selections - Select none.

Step 3

Copy tube 'Mirabelle Gizmo Dezign'.

Paste as a new layer on your working image.

Image - Resize - 2x 80% - All layers not checked.

Lower the Opacity of this layer to 74.

Step 4

Activate your Preset shape - see image below:

Find shape 'AltemusBordersFour-2' - with these settings:

Set your background back to color.

Your foreground is still on the gold pattern.

Make a shape in the corner, the size is up to you.

From right to left - turn it a little.

Layers - Convert to raster layer.

Lower the Opacity of this layer to 74.

Step 5

Layers - Duplicate - Image - Mirror.

Layers - Merge - Merge down.

Layers - Duplicate - Image - Flip.

Layers - Merge - Merge all (Flatten).

Minimize this image for now.

Step 6

Open a new transparent image of 150 x 400 pixels.

Set your background back to gradient Linear - Angle 270 - Repeats 0.

Flood fill your image with this gradient.

Step 7

Layers - New raster layer.

Selections - Select all.

Flood fill the selection with your gold pattern.

Selections - Modify - Contract - 2 pixels.

Press Delete.

Selections - Modify - Contract - 3 pixels.

Flood fill the selection with your gold pattern.

Selections - Modify - Contract - 2 pixels.

Press Delete.

Selections - Select none.

Step 8

Set your background back to color.

Your foreground is still on the gold pattern.

Activate your Preset shape - find shape 'AltemusBordersFour-2' - same settings.

>Draw the leaf from upper left to the lower right corner.

If you are satisfied: Layers - Convert to raster layer.

Effects - 3D effects - Drop shadow:

Vert and Hor 2 - Opacity 80 - Blur 6 - color #62757e.

Layers - Merge - Merge all (Flatten).

Step 9

Open a new transparent image of 900 x 500 pixels.

Activate your crea with the tube - Edit - Copy.

Paste as a new layer on your new working image.

Step 10

Activate the layer with the leaf - Edit - Copy.

Paste as a new layer on your new working image.

Zoom in very well so you can see if they are on the same level.

Don't let too large space between the 2 images.

Make sure your on the shape layer.

Activate your Distortion tool.

There are all squares around the picture.

Hold the Shift key and drag the square a little down - see image below:

Step 11

Click on the right square and push it a little to the left (to the tube image).

If you are satisfied, click on an other tool and the squares are gone.

Layers - Duplicate - Image - Mirror.

Add your name and/or watermark.

Layers - Merge - Merge visible.

You can resize it if you want.

Save your crea as a gif file and you're done (you best can save it as a gif file in AS)!

 

I hope you enjoyed making this tutorial :-)

 

This lesson was written by and is and remains the property of Goldielock.

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.

 

Translated by Zial on February 26, 2014

 

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