02 - My Reflection - English

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I made it with PSP:
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note:
01) put the files: ©aditascreations_4.PspMask & maskcameron102.jpg into your PSP folder: Mask
02) put the file: ©aditascreations_selection_MyReflection.PspSelection into your PSP folder: Selection
Filters / Plugins:
Alien Skin / Xenofex 2.0: ![]()
Graphics Plus / Cross Shadow: ![]()
Flaming Pear / Flood: ![]()
AP 16 (Power Blend) / Distort - GridEdge: ![]()
Two Moon / Paper Fold: ![]()
Xero / Soft Vignette & SuperSmooth: ![]()
Xero XL / Porcelain: ![]()
VM Distrotion / Radiator II: ![]()
AAA Frames / Foto Frame: ![]()

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(just click and drag) Have Fun! |

Ok, let's start:
01) File / New / 800 x 500 px / transparent
set your FGC to: #404040 (dark colour)
and your BGC to: #d5c8c7 (light colour)
flood fill your picture with this gradient:

02) Selections / Select all
open the tube : @nn_060309_photos_Sarah_tdstudio.pspimage
Edit / Copy
minimize it
back to your selection
Edit / Paste / Paste into selection
Deselect

03) Effects / Image Effects / Seamless
Tiling:

Adjust / Blur / Gaussian Blur: Radius 40
Effects / Plugins / VM Distortion / Radiator II:


04) Layers / Duplicate
put this layer invisible
activate layer under it: Raster 1
Effects / Plugins / Two Moon / Paper Fold:


05) Layers / New Raster Layer
flood fill this layer with this colour: #d9dbd3
Layers / Load/Save Mask / Load Mask From
Disk:
Layers / Merge / Merge Group
Effects / 3D Effects / Drop Shadow:


06) activate top layer
make it visible again
Layers / New Raster Layer
flood fill this layer with your light colour: #d5c8c7
Layers / Load/Save Mask / Load Mask From
Disk:

Layers / Merge / Merge Group
Effects / Edge Effects / Enhance
set the opacity of this layer to: 69
Layers / Merge / Merge Down

07) Image / Resize: 85% (all layers NOT checked)
Selections / Select all
Selections / Float
Selections / Defloat
Layers / New Raster Layer
flood fill selection with this colour: #404040
Selections / Modify / Contract to: 1 px
Edit / Cut
Deselect
Layers / Merge / Merge Down
Effects / 3D Effects / Drop Shadow:
colour: #5c5755

Effects / Plugins / Xero / Soft Vignette:

minimize this picture for now

08) File / New / 800 x 500 px / transparent
flood fill it with this gradient:

09) Selections / Select all
activate your minimized Tube: @nn_060309_photos_Sarah_tdstudio.pspimage
Edit / Copy
minimize it
back to your selection
Edit / Paste / Paste into selection
Deselect

10) Effects / Image Effects / Seamless
Tiling:

Adjust / Blur / Gaussian Blur: Radius 40
Effects / Plugins / AP 16 (Power Blend) / Distort - GridEdge:

Effects / Edge Effects / Enhance more
Effects / Distortion Effects / Warp:

11) open the tube: fashion-ss4d45-tube-colombe.pspimage
Edit / Copy
close the tube again; we don't need it anymore
back to your picture
Edit / Paste / Paste as new layer
Effects / Plugins / Xero / Porcelain:

Layers / Merge / Merge Visible

12) Effects / Plugins / AAA Frames / Foto Frame:

Image / Resize: 75%
Edit / Copy
close it again; we don't need it anymore
back to your minimized picture
Edit / Paste / Paste as new layer
you picture should look like this now:
Effects / 3D Effects / Drop Shadow:
colour: #5c5755


13) Effects / Geometric Effects /
Perspective - Horizontal:
Image / Rotate / Free Rotate:
Effects / Plugins / Flaming Pear / Flood:

14) Layers / New Raster Layer
Selections / Load/Save Selection / Load
Selection From Disk:
flood fill selection with your light BGC: #d5c8c7
Deselect

15) Effects / Distortion Effects / Wave:

Image / Mirror
Effects / Image Effects / Offset:

set the blend mode of this layer to: Soft Light
and the opacity to: 85
Layers / Duplicate
Image / Flip
Layers / Merge / Merge Visible

16) open the tube: @nn_090209_tube-made-by-@nn_blauweballen_tdstudio.pspimage
Image / Resize: 55%
Adjust / Hue and Saturation / Colorize:

Edit / Copy
close the tube again; we don't need it anymore
back to your picture
Edit / Paste / Paste as new Layer
position it to the lower, right corner:
Effects / 3D Effects / Drop Shadow:
Effects / Plugins / Flaming Pear / Flood:

17) Image / Add borders / 1 px / colour: #404040
Image / Add borders / 40 px / colour: #d9dbd3
activate minimized tube again: @nn_060309_photos_Sarah_tdstudio.pspimage
Image / Resize: 53%
Edit / Copy
close it now; we don't need it anymore
back to your picture
Edit / Paste / Paste as new Layer
position it as shown below:

18) Layers / New Raster Layer
open the file: adita'screations_brush_MyReflection.PspBrush
File / Export / Custom Brush:
close the file again; we don't need it
anymore
back to your picture

19) activate your paint brush tool:
apply the brush as shown below
use this colour: #f3f3f4

Effects / 3D Effects / Drop Shadow:

20) activate bottom layer: background
Effects / Plugins / Xero / SuperSmooth:

Image / Add borders / 1 px / colour: #404040
Image / Resize: width: 650 px (all layers checked)
Adjust / Sharpness / Sharpen
add your watermark and name
File / Export / JPEG Optimizer

You are done!
I hope you enjoyed doing this tutorial.

Copyright tutorial: Adita
Copyright translation: Waldlichtelfe Sissy
Translation by Waldlichtelfe, June 28, 2009
