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Beauty in Flowers
Written on August 13, 2007 by me (Kris)
This tutorial was written by me and solely me. Any similarity of this one and another is purely a coincidence. You may print this tutorial out if need be, you may share this tutorial with friends, but only if they come and join the board and share their results with me. Please do NOT claim this tutorial as your own. There are too many people out there nowadays who think that it's funny to just take someones work and claim it as their own, well it's not funny! It's plain stupid, so I would appreciate it for people to respect my wishes and not take and claim my work as their own. Thank you for understanding.
NOTE:
Any setting I don't mention for tools or effects will be default settings.
'What We'll Make'
'Supplies Needed'
PSP (Any Version should work)
Patience with me, LOL
3 small Flowers
3 Gradients ( 1 to go with each flower)
Eye Candy 4000-Gradient Glow (Optional)
You can drag this arrow down the page with you to keep your place in the tut.
Script provided by Dynamic Drive.
"Lets Get Started!"
1. Open a new canvas, 400x400 pixels, transparent
2. Open all 3 flowers. Click on flower 1.
Copy (CTRL C) & Paste as a new layer (CTRL L)
3. Layers/New Raster Layer, drag this layer below your flower
Grab your Selection tool
Set the Settings as shown below:
Draw a small circle out around your flower; you may need to use your mover tool to move the flower to the center of your circle.
Like!. (Click to enlarge)
4. Choose your gradient that will go with the flower.
Grab your flood fill tool and fill the circle with the gradient.
Use any effect on this gradient. Lower the opacity on your gradient layer to 65%. Selections/Select None; Layers/Merge/Merge Visible.
5. Click on Flower 2
Copy (CTRL C) and Paste as a new layer (CTRL L)
Repeat steps 3 & 4 with this flower.
When done with the gradient layer, X out your 1st flower/gradient layer. Click on your 2nd flower, Layers/Merge/Merge Visible.
Un-X your 1st flower
6. Click on Flower 3
Copy (CTRL C) and Paste as a new layer (CTRL L)
Repeat steps 3 & 4 with this flower too.
X out your 2nd flower/gradient layer. Click on your 3rd flower, Layers/Merge/Merge Visible.
Un-X your 2nd flower
Layers/Merge/Merge Visible
Move to the center of your canvas.
7. Grab your selection tool. Change the selection type to rectangle.
Draw a square around your flower/circles
Like so… (Click to enlarge)
Set your foreground/stroke to a light color from 1 of your flowers.
Layers/New Raster Layer, drag this layer to the bottom.
Fill your square with the light color.
Crop to Selection (SHIFT R)
Use some effects on your color;
I used Effects/Texture Effects/Blinds-
Settings are; width: 3, opacity: 20,
Horizontal unchecked, light from left/top
Repeat the blinds again,
But check the horizontal and uncheck light from left/top
Lower the opacity of this layer to 77%
Selections/Select All/Modify/Contract by 9
Layers/New Raster Layer
Choose a darker color from 1 of your flowers for your foreground/stroke and fill your selection
Selections/Select None
X out your top layer
Click on the middle layer
Layers/Merge/Merge Visible
8. Effects/Image Effects/Page Curl
With these Settings (Click to Enlarge):
Un-X your first layer
Add text that you'd like
Add eye candy 4000/gradient glow
Gradient width 3- in color tab, choose a light color of choice, I chose white, click ok.
Add eye candy again, except change the color to a dark color of choice, click ok.
Add your watermark and any copyright info you may have.
Layers/Merge/Merge All Flatten
Save As JPEG
Thank you, for trying my tutorial!
If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask
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