04 - Gothic Romanticism - English

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I made it with PSP:
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Filters / Plugins:
dsb flux / Linear Transmission: ![]()
Alien Skin Eye Candy 5: Impact: ![]()

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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) open the tube: alpha-face-lace-colombe.pspimage
Window / Duplicate
close the original
set your FGC to: #ffffff
and your BGC to: #a6a9ab
flood fill your
picture with this gradient:

Adjust / Blur / Gaussian Blur: Radius 25
Effects / Texture
Effects / Weave:
Weave colour: BGC: #a6a9ab


02) open the tube: fond-1897-colombe.png
Edit / Copy
close the tube again; we don't need it anymore
back to your picture
Edit / Paste / Paste as new layer
Layers / Duplicate
Layers / Merge / Merge Visible

03) open the tube: face-lace-tube-colombe.png
Edit / Copy
close the tube again; we don't need it anymore
back to your picture
Edit / Paste / Paste as new layer
set the opacity of this layer to: 90
Selections / Load/Save
Selections / Load Selection from Alpha-Channel:

activate your mover
tool and place the tube into the selection:

Selections / Invert
Edit / Cut

04) Selections / Invert
Layers / Duplicate
Layers / Merge / Merge Down
Layers / New Raster Layer
Effects / 3D Effects /
Cutout:
Layers / Merge / Merge Down
Layers / New Raster Layer
Effects / 3D Effects /
Cutout:

Layers / Merge / Merge Down

05) Selections / Modify / Contract to: 10
Layers / New Raster Layer
Effects / 3D Effects /
Cutout:
Layers / Merge / Merge Down
Layers / New Raster Layer
Effects / 3D Effects /
Cutout:

Layers / Merge / Merge Down
Deselect

06) Image / Resize: 90% (all layers NOT checked)
Adjust / Sharpness / Sharpen
Layers / Duplicate
Image / Resize: 30% (all layers NOT checked)
make this layer: invisible

07) open the tube: fond-bijoux-colombe.png
Edit / Copy
close the tube again; we don't need it anymore
back to your picture
Edit / Paste / Paste as new layer
place it at the left side
Layers / Merge / Merge visible

07) Selections /
Load/Save Selections / Load Selection from Alpha-Channel:

Layers / New Raster Layer
flood fill the
selection with this gradient:

Deselect
Effects / Edge Effects / Enhance
Effects / Plugins / dsb flux / Linear Transmission:

Effects / Plugins /
Alien Skin Eye Candy 5: Impact / Perspective Shadow:

08) open the tube: lace-022-tube-colombe.png
Edit / Copy
close the tube again; we don't need it anymore
back to your picture
Edit / Paste / Paste as new layer
place it as shown
below:

Layers / Merge / Merge visible

09) open the tube: bijioux-gothique-tube-colombe.png
Edit / Copy
close the tube again; we don't need it anymore
back to your picture
Edit / Paste / Paste as new layer
place it as shown
below:

Layers / Merge / Merge visible
make this layer: invisible

10) activate the bottom layer
Layers / Arrange / Bring to top
make it visible again
Layers / Duplicate (twice)
Layers / Merge / Merge visible
Image / Rotate / Free
Rotate:

Image / Mirror
make the bottom layer visible again
place the little image
like me here:

Effects / Plugins /
Alien Skin Eye Candy 5: Impact / Extrude:

Layers / Merge / Merge Visible

11) Selections /
Load/Save Selections / Load Selection from Alpha-Channel:

Layers / New Raster Layer
flood fill the selection with: black
Deselect

12) Selections /
Load/Save Selections / Load Selection from Alpha-Channel:

Layers / New Raster Layer
flood fill the
selection with this gradient:

Adjust / Blur / Gaussian Blur: Radius: 10
Effects / Texture
Effects / Weave:
Weave colour: BGC: #a6a9ab

Adjust / Sharpness / Sharpen
Deselect
Layers / Merge / Merge Down
Effects / 3D Effects /
Drop Shadow:
colour: #484848
& 
Layers / Duplicate
Effects / Image
Effects / Offset:

Layers / Merge / Merge Down

13) open the tube: 01_perles-tube.png
Edit / Copy
close the tube again; we don't need it anymore
back to your picture
Edit / Paste / Paste as new layer
place it as shown
below:


14) open the tube: 02_perles-tube.png
Edit / Copy
close the tube again; we don't need it anymore
back to your picture
Edit / Paste / Paste as new layer
place it as shown
below:


15) open the tube: texte-colombe.png
Edit / Copy
close the tube again; we don't need it anymore
back to your picture
Edit / Paste / Paste as new layer
place it as shown
below:


16) open the tube: deco-rose-noir-colombe.png
Edit / Copy
close the tube again; we don't need it anymore
back to your picture
Edit / Paste / Paste as new layer
place it into the lower, right corner

17) open the tube: deco.png
Edit / Copy
close the tube again; we don't need it anymore
back to your picture
Edit / Paste / Paste as new layer
place it as shown
below:

Layers / Merge / Merge visible

18) Layers / New Raster Layer
Selections / Select all
flood fill with your BGC: #a6a9ab
Selections / Modify / Contract to: 2
Edit / Cut
flood fill selection with your FGC: #ffffff
Selections / Modify / Contract to: 2
Edit / Cut
flood fill selection with your FGC: #a6a9ab
Selections / Modify / Contract to: 2
Edit / Cut
Deselect
add your watermark and name
Layers / Merge / Merge Visible
File / Export / JPEG Optimizer

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

Copyright tutorial: Colombe
Copyright translation: Waldlichtelfe Sissy
Translation by Waldlichtelfe, February 05, 2009
