This
tutorial was written by me, Mary Oakes aka Ariez Moon, on September
4, 2014. Any similarity to any other tutorial is purely coincidental.
Please abide my TOU.
This
was written for PSP X4 but I am sure that it can be done in other
versions and/or programs.
Supplies:
Scrap
kit of choice: I am using the gorgeous kit Angel Rose by Scrappin
Krazy Designs and you can find it at
Elements
Used
papers
09 and 14
elements
01, 08, 09, 15, 23, 24, 38, 59, 67, 70, and 77
Tube
of choice: I chose the beautiful pinup art of Barbara Jensen..
You must have the proper license to use her art work. You can
purchase all her beauties at
ColorCop – No, this is not a filter, This
is a nifty light weight program that you select colors with and it
will give you RGB and Hex color values. Handy for color
correction.... etc.
Gradient:
I used Raeshena Batch 2 001
gradient from DeviantArt but you can use one of your own as well.
Filters:
Xero – SoftMood
AAA
Frames – Foto Frame
Fonts
of choice: I am using FFF
Harmony for the © and Billion Stars for the name.
I
wanted to animate this but my internet is being wacky and I wanted to get it finished, so I can't look for
any, and I didn't like the looks of the animations I have saved. I
know..... ya really didn't need to know that :)
Got
ya some goodies and something to wet your whistle? Alrighty then!
Let's
Begin!
Please
remember to save your work often!
Install
Color Cop and place your gradient into your Documents>My
PSP>Gradients folder. Do this before you open PSP.
I
needed to make some changes to my tube as far as color goes. That is
why I love Barb's tubes so much. There are not too many artists that
let you colorize their work. I want my tube to have a softer pink
with some peach in it. If you do not need to change any coloring,
then you can skip these steps.
First
we need to prepare the tube. Go ahead and open up your tube. Hold
Shift + D on your keyboard to duplicate the image. Close the
original. This is so we don't accidentally make permanent changes to
the original tube. Close off all layers of the tube that you do not
wish to use. On my tube I wanted a softer pink for her wings and
around her eyes, so the layers I chose were the pink wings, golden
hair, and pink with black shadow. Then I made sure the rest of the
layers are closed. We are going to use the Manual Correction Tool to
colorize.
Now
open an element from the kit you are going to be using, that has the
color of what you want your wings to be. In my case I used a rose,
ele04 to be exact. Open up Color Cop.
Click
and drag the eye dropper over a color of your element that you wish
to use and then click on that spot. This color is going to be your
Target color. Now with the eye dropper click on the color in the
wings that occurs most often. This is going to be your Source color.
Take a good look at Color Cop. Notice how it saved both of the colors
that you chose, with their color values? Pretty Nifty huh?
OK,
make sure your wing layer is active in the Layers Palette. Find your
Manual Color Correction Tool within your program. I only say this
because I don't remember which version they stopped adding it to
within the Tool Palettes. If you don't see it, never fear Mary is
here!! Go HERE to see a small tut to get it back :)
Now
you should have the Manual Color Correction Tool open in your
workspace. It looks like this
See
the little arrow where it says Preview? Click on that arrow so you
can see what you are doing :)
In
Color Cop, click on the first color you chose ( from wings ) and copy
the Hex code. Click on the box under Source in Color Correction and
when the Color window pops up paste the Hex code. Go back to Color
Cop, click on the your second color ( from element ), copy the Hex
code, then click on the Target color box and paste that Hex code.
Does
it look close or dead on to the color you wish them to be? Great!! If
not, you can further tweak the color using the Hue Saturation and
Lightness sliders there on the bottom. Click OK
Now
click on the Pink Black Shadow layer, to make it active. With your
Magic Wand Tool, Mode Add, Match Mode Color and Tolerance set at 30,
click on a little bit of the pink shadow on each eye to make a
selection. With Color Cop, grab the color. In the Manual Color
Correction paste the Hex code ONLY in the Source color, and hit OK.
We
are done preparing our tube.
Open
a New Image 600 x 200px, 72ppi, transparent background, and name your
file.
LAYERS>NEW
RASTER LAYER.
Open
paper 09, Right click on the top of the papers window and choose
Copy. Click on your working canvas to make it active and go to
SELECTIONS>SELECT ALL. Right click on the canvas window and choose
PASTE>PASTE INTO SELECTION. Double click on the is layer in the
Layer Palette, and Rename this layer Paper 1.
Create
a new layer, open and copy paper 14. On your working canvas Paste
Into Selection. Go to SELECTIONS>SELECT NONE. In the Blend Modes
within your Layer Palette choose Hard Light. Rename this layer Paper
2.
Create
a new layer, in your Materials Palette set your Forground/Stroke to
Gradient and choose the Raeshena_B2_001 Gradient.
Grab
your Paint Bucket Tool and Flood Fill the layer. Set the Blend Mode
to Overlay. Right click on the layer in the Layers Palette and choose
Duplicate. Right click and choose Merge>Merge Down. Rename this
layer Gradient.
Open,
Copy and Paste as a new layer ele70. With your Move Tool, position at
the bottom of the canvas, as if it were grass. Rename this layer
Grass.
STOP!! HIT SAVE!!
STOP!! HIT SAVE!!
Copy
and Paste as a new layer ele09. Go to IMAGE>RESIZE and resize by
30% making sure that Resize All Layers is unchecked. Go to
ADJUST>SHARPNESS>SHARPEN. Position it so that it sits at the
bottom left of the canvas. Rename the layer White Rose.
Copy
and Paste ele23 as a new layer. Resize by 20%, sharpen, and position
at the top left of the canvas. In the Layers Palette, drag this layer
under the White Rose layer. Rename this layer Lily.
Copy
and Paste as a new layer ele01. Resize by 20%, sharpen, and position
in the middle of the other two flowers and to the right a bit. Drag
this layer down in the Layers Palette so that it is under the Lily
layer. Rename this layer Pink Rose. Duplicate and drag the layer
above the Lily Layer. With your Eraser tool, erase a section of the
Pink Rose to make it look as if the Lily shows through on top of the
Rose and a little rose layer.
Copy
and Paste as a new layer ele24. Resize by 40%, sharpen, then
Duplicate twice. Position a leaf to the farthest left of the canvas,
and drag the layer under all the flower layers. Grab your Pick Tool,
Mode set to Free, and rotate the second leaf to your liking. Position
the leaf so that it is just peaking our from the white rose, and drag
the layer under all the flowers also. Do the same for the last leaf.
Hide all layers in the Layers Palette except the three leaves. Merge
Visible. Go to EFFECTS>3D EFFECTS>DROP SHADOW and add a soft
blurry Drop Shadow.
Now
un-hide the four flower layers. Add the same Drop Shadow to each
flower as you did the leaves EXCEPT the layer PINK ROSE COPY. If you
add a shadow to that layer you will see your eraser marks. Now Merge
Layers Visible. Duplicate, on the top layer go to
EFFECTS>PLUGINS>XERO>SOFTMOOD with these settings;
Lower
the opacity of the layer to 80 and Merge Visible. Then lower the
opacity just a tad bit more. Un-hide all layers. Rename this layer
Front Flowers.
STOP!! HIT SAVE!!
STOP!! HIT SAVE!!
Copy
and Paste as a new layer, your tube. Resize by 80% and position in
the middle of the canvas. Sharpen, Duplicate. On the top layer go to
ADJUST>BLUR>GAUSSIAN BLUR and blur by 5. Lower the opacity of
the layer to 60. On the bottom layer add the same blurry Drop Shadow
as before but change the opacity to 85. Hide all layers except your
two tube layers and Merge Visible. Rename this layer Tube. Un-Hide
all layers.
Copy
and Paste ele67 as a new raster layer. Resize by 30% and add the
blurry Drop Shadow. Position the bird so that it is behind the tubes
left wing a bit. Drag the layer under the tube layer and rename the
layer Bird. Close off all layers except Bird and Front Flowers and
Merge these two layers Visible. Un-hide layers.
Open
ele08 and Copy and Paste as a new layer. Resize by 60%. Grab your
Manual Color Correction Tool. With these settings
Drag
the layer under your tube layer and position behind the tubes right
wing. Add a slight Drop Shadow of choice but use a dark teal color for the shadow.
Name this layer Cloud. Hide all layers
except Cloud, Paper 1, Paper 2, Gradient, and Grass. Merge these
layers Visible. Rename this layer back to Background.
Copy
and Paster ele77. Resize by 40% then sharpen. Add this Drop Shadow.
Position
the bridge so that it is in the upper right hand corner and drag the
layer under your tube layer. Rename the layer Bridge.
Copy
and Paste ele38 as new layer, resize by 60% and sharp;en twice. You
will notice a little branch that sticks up on the blossom. Zoom in
and with your eraser tool erase that little branch, real close to the
larger branch so that it isn't noticeable. Add your blurry Drop
Shadow. Drag the layer under the tube but above the Bridge and
position to the right hand side of the canvas., slightly down from
the Bridge. Rename this layer Blossoms.
Copy
and Paste ele59 as a new layer, resize by 60%. Go to IMAGE>MIRROR.
Sharpen twice. Position the rose vine so that it sits just under the
Blossoms, then drag the layer in the Layers Palette under the
Blossoms layer. Add the blurry Drop Shadow. Rename to Roses.
STOP!! HIT SAVE!!
STOP!! HIT SAVE!!
Last
element. Copy and paste ele15. Resize by 40%. Mirror image, and free
rotate 40 degrees. Sharpen and add the blurry shadow. Positon near
the Roses and down just a bit. Drag the layer under the tube and the
blossoms, but above the roses. Rename this layer Heart.
Hide
all layers except Bridge, Blossoms, Roses, and Heart. Merge Visible.
Duplicate, gaussian blur by 5 and reduce opacity to 50. Rename the
layer back to Bridge.
Ok,
let's do the background of the Avatar before we go any further.
Un-hide all your layers except for you Tube layer ( unless you want
it to show in your AV Choose a spot on your tag that you want to use
as your AV. Got it? Awesome!
Click
on your Selection Tool. And set your settings at Preset- Rounded
Rectangle, Anti-Alias checked, and then click on the Custom Selection
Toggle. Should be the first Toggle Button under Create Selection
From. Settings – Top 0, Right 150, Bottom 150. Left 0.
Go
to SELECTIONS>EDIT SELECTIONS then with your Move Tool place the
selection where you want it. Then go back to Edit Selections. Right
click on the top of your canvas window and choose Copy Merged. Right
click on your Workspace and Paste as New Image.
Go
to your plugins and Apply AAA Frames>Foto Frame with the following
settings
Activate
your Text Tool. Font Billion Stars, size 48 points, Centered,
Anti-Alias Smooth, Stoke set to 2, and Create as Vector. In your
Materials Palette, set Forground/Stroke to a light pink and your
Background/Fill to a light yellow. Type out your name. Convert to
Raster, and add your favorite Drop Shadow. To soften it a bit I
reduced the opacity of the layer to 80, but you don't have to if you
don't want to. You can also add any effects to it that you wish to
add, before you add the shadow. Rename This Layer Name Do not place
it anywhere yet. Leave where it is. Hide the layer.
Now
with the same font, add your Initial to the AV only change the size
to 28 and add the same effects. Position where you want it. Merge your AV visible. At the end, after you export it as a JPEG or PNG, make sure you undo until you entered your initial. That way if you want to make gifts you can.
STOP!! HIT SAVE!!
STOP!! HIT SAVE!!
On
your main tag
Add
the copyright info with FFF Harmony. Size 8 pixels. Left. Anti-Alias
off, create as Vector. Whatever color you wish it to be, convert to
Raster. Add any effects you wish it have to make it stand out with
out taking away from the softness of the tag.
Rename
this Layer ©. Leave where it is and hide the layer.
Ok
Making sure that your Name and © layers are closed, and that the
rest of the layers are open, merge Visible and apply AAA Frames - Foto
Frame with the same settings as you did for your AV. Now open up your
text layers and position each one where you want them.
PHEW!!!
We are done!! Now all you have to do is save each one as JPEG or PNG,
Name it, store it!!!! Undo your effects until you get back to the Vector layer and then save, so you can make gifts.
I
hope you all enjoyed this tutorial, and I hope that I did not do too
bad of a job writing it. If you have any problems, questions. or
comments just give me a hollar and I will try to help you as fast and
as best as I can.
As
always, Happy PSPing...... and Photoshop too!!
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