01 - Flower Woman - English

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I made it with PSP:
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Filters / Plugins: 
Filter Factory Gallery N
Animation Shop

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You are welcome to take this nice sunflower with you, (just click and drag) Have Fun! |

Ok, let's start:
01) File / New / 600 x 450 px / transparent
change your FGC to: #d6b9a6
and your BGC to: #311d1d
change your FGC to gradient:

flood fill your picture with the gradient
Effects / Plugins / Filter Factory Gallery N /
Wee Scratches:
Amount: 255
grab your Selection Tool / Custom Selection:


02) Layers / New Raster Layer
flood fill the selection with your BGC: #311d1d
Selections / Modify / Contract: 3 px
keep selected

03) Layers / New Raster Layer
flood fill with your FGC: #d6b9a6
Layers / Load/Save Mask / Load Mask from Disk:

Layers / Merge / Merge Group
Deselect
your picture looks like this now:

Layers / Merge / Merge down
Effects / Edge Effects / Enhance
grab your Selection Tool / Custom Selection:


04) Layers / New Raster Layer
flood fill this layer with your BGC: #311d1d
Selections / Modify / Contract: 2 px
Edit / Cut
keep selected
Layers / Merge / Merge down
open the tube: lady-elegance-u17-tube-colombe.png
Edit / Copy
minimize it for now
back to your picture
Edit / Paste / Paste as new layer
grab your mover tool and
place it like me here:

Selections / Invert
Edit / Cut
Deselect
change the blend mode to: Luminance (Legacy)
Layers / Merge / Merge down

05) open the tube: Beads~Morning Glories~bam.png
Edit / Copy
close the tube again, we don't need it anymore
back to your picture
Edit / Paste / Paste as a new layer
move it like me here:

Effects / 3D Effects / Drop Shadow:
Colour: Black

change the blend mode of this layer to: Luminance (Legacy)

06) Layers / Duplicate
Image / Mirror
Image / Flip
move the tube like me here:

Layers / Merge / Merge down
and once again:
Layers / Merge / Merge down
Effects / 3D Effects / Drop Shadow:
colour: black


07) Image / Add borders / 2 px / FGC: #d6b9a6
Image / Add borders / 2 px / BGC: #311d1d
Image / Add borders / 2 px / FGC: #d6b9a6
Selections / Select all
Selections / Modify / Contract: 6 px
Selections / Invert
Effects / 3D Effects / Inner Bevel:

Selections / Invert

08) Layers / New Raster Layer
flood fill the selection with your BGC: #311d1d
Deselect
Layers / Load/Save Mask / Load Mask from Disk:

Layers / Merge / Merge group
Selections / Select all
Selections / Float
Selections / Defloat
Effects / 3D Effects / Inner Bevel:

Effects / 3D Effects / Drop Shadow:
colour: black

Deselect

09) open your minimized tube: lady-elegance-u17-tube-colombe.png
Image / Mirror
Edit / Copy
close it now, we don't need it anymore
back to your picture
Edit / Paste / Paste as new layer
Image / Resize: 85% (Resize all layers NOT checked)
move the tube like me here:

Effects / 3D Effects / Drop Shadow:
colour: black


10) activate your bottom layer: Background
add your watermark and name

11) activate the layer: Group - Raster 1
Adjust / Add/Remove Noise / Add Noise:

Layers / Merge / Merge visible
Edit / Copy
open your Animation Shop:
Edit / Paste / As New Animation

back to your PSP:
12) Edit / Undo Merge Visible
Edit / Undo Add Noise
activate the layer: Group - Raster 1
Adjust / Add/Remove Noise / Add Noise:

Layers / Merge / Merge visible
Edit / Copy

back to your Animation Shop:
14) Edit / Paste / After Current Frame
14) Edit / Select all
Animation / Frame Properties:

View / Animation
everything ok?
File / Save as... *.gif

subject line: 01 - Flower Woman - your name
You are done!
I hope you have enjoyed this tutorial
as much as I have enjoyed creating it
for you. I would love to see your results,
so if you would like, email it to me at:
waldlichtelfe@waldgeist.co.uk
with (Name of the tutorial) in the subject line.


Copyright tutorial: Bluefay
Copyright translation: Waldlichtelfe Sissy
Translation by Waldlichtelfe p.p. Estrella, September 08, 2008
