04 - Gothic Romanticism - English


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I made it with PSP: &

Supplies:

Filters / Plugins:
dsb flux / Linear Transmission:
Alien Skin Eye Candy 5: Impact:


You are welcome to take this nice sunflower with you,
it shows you always where you are

(just click and drag)

Have Fun!

tutorial tested by:

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.

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