Tag Swans&Herons

©charlieonline graphics 2002-2008

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Tutorial written by 
©charlieonline graphics 2002-2008

Any resemblance to any other tutorial is purely coincidental.

Please feel free to print it out for your own personal use. 
But do not copy it in anyway to put on-line or re-write without permission.  

 
This tutorial was written using PSP9, 

but may be done with other versions,

and assumes you have a good working knowledge of PSP and its tools.

Herons tube is by ©rystal

I found the others on the net,

and I don't know who are the tubers, but the copyright belongs to him/her.

If you know who hi/she is, please, can you post a message in to my Contatti?!!

Supplies needed:

Plugins: Alien Skin Xenofex2 - Burnt Edge

You can find some Plugins  Here

Preparations:

Extract all the tubes to a folder of your choice, or in Psp and minimize them.

Extract texture to My Documents\My PSP Files\Textures folder.

Set the foreground to  #5c4d6f   
and the background to  #b2a4c6

Set the gradient as follows:

Remember to save often! 

When you do this tutorial, bring the follow arrow with you,
just not to lose your place!

Click below, if you want to print this tutorial:

Let's begin!

 Open a new image 570x450 px, transparent background;

Raster background checked; Color depth 16 million colors

Flood fill with the gradient

Effects - Plugins - Alien Skin Xenofex2 - Burnt Edge

click ok!

Open ©rystal_AMisted010706,

Copy, return to your working image, 

Edit - Paste as New Layer.

Place it as follows:

Duplicate 2 o 3 times

Layers - Merge - Merge Visible

Open again the Freehand Selection Tool with this settings

 and select a small portion of the water

as the following image

Copy

Selections - Select None

and paste as new layer for a lot of times till to cover the purple background

as the following:

or as you like!

Now you have to do the same with the tree

Copy

Add a new Raster Layer

and paste into selection

Selections - Select none

Image - Reflect

and place it as finished

Remember

You have to erase all parts off the background

Open  14-2-06swans_sw2 

Resize to 65%

Copy, return to your working image, 

and paste as New Layer.

Place it as finished

Duplicate twice

Layer - Merge - Merge Down

Open  swan tube

Copy, return to your working image, 

and paste as New Layer.

Place it as finished

Duplicate twice

Layer - Merge - Merge Down

Add your watermark

Layer - Merge - Merge Visible

Add a New Raster Layer

flood fill with the background

Effects - Texture Effects - Texture

On the drop list choose  brightfolds2.bmp and set as following:

click Ok!

Rename it as Sfondo

Be Carefull!

you have to activate the layer Uniti

(make sure it is select)

Selections - Select all

Selections - Float

Selections - Defloat

Now you have to activate the layer Sfondo

(make sure it is select)

Press the Delete Key

Selections - Select None.

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow:

Repeat but change Horizontal and Vertical to   -1

Add a border 1 px with the foreground

and save as  .jpg

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Done!

 I hope you have enjoyed this tutorial.

If you have any questions, please write a message in to my  Contatti

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