05 - Sentimental Melody - English

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I made it with PSP:
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Filters / Plugins:
L en K landksiteofwonders / L en
K's Zitah: ![]()
Fm Tile Tools / Blend Emboss: ![]()
Graphic Plus / Cross Shadow: ![]()

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Ok, let's start:
01) open the tube: alpha_y-love-colombe.pspimage
Window / Duplicate (Shift +D)
close the original
set your FGC to: #0c0ff8
and your BGC to: #000000
Layers / New Raster Layer
flood fill your picture with this gradient:

Adjust / Blur / Gaussian Blur: Radius: 35
Effects / Plugins / L en K landksiteofwonders / L en K's
Zitah:

Effects / Plugins / Fm Tile Tools / Blend Emboss: Default settings
Layers / Merge / Merge Visible

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

Layers / New Raster Layer
flood fill selection with your gradient
Adjust / Blur / Gaussian Blur: Radius: 35
Effects / Plugins / Graphic Plus / Cross Shadow:

Effects / 3D Effects /
Drop Shadow:
& 
keep selected

03) open the tube: KaraT4175.psp
Edit / Copy
close the tube again; we don't need it anymore
back to your selection
Edit / Paste / Paste as new layer
place it as shown
below:

Adjust / Sharpness / Sharpen
set the blend mode of this layer to: Hard Light
and the opacity to: 68
Selections / Invert
Edit / Cut
keep selected

04) open the tube: glas.png
Adjust / Hue and
Saturation / Colorize:
Hue: 165 / Saturation: 115
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:

Edit / Cut
keep selected

05) open the tube: 199-luzcristina.png
Edit / Copy
close the tube again; we don't need it anymore
back to your selection
Edit / Paste / Paste as new layer
place it as shown
below:

set the opacity of this layer to: 90
Edit / Cut
Deselect
Layers / Merge / Merge visible

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

Layers / New Raster Layer
flood fill selection with your BGC: #000000
Selections / Modify / Contract to: 2 px
Edit / Cut
flood fill the
selection with this gradient:

Adjust / Blur / Gaussian Blur: Radius: 25
Effects / Plugins / Graphic Plus / Cross Shadow:

Effects / Plugins / L en K landksiteofwonders / L en K's
Zitah:

keep selected

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

Deselect
activate your magic wand tool
and select these
areas like me here:

Selections / Modify / Expand to: 4
Edit / Cut
Deselect
Layers / Merge / Merge Down
Effects / 3D Effects /
Drop Shadow:
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08) Layers / Duplicate
Image / Flip
Effects / Image
Effects / Offset:

Layers / Merge / Merge Down
Layers / Duplicate
Image / Resize: 70% (all layers NOT checked)
Image / Flip
place it as shown
below:

Layers / Merge / Merge Visible

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

Layers / New Raster Layer
flood fill with your
gradient:

Adjust / Blur / Gaussian Blur: Radius: 10
Effects / Texture
Effects / Weave:

Deselect
Adjust / Sharpness / Sharpen
Effects / Image
Effects / Page Curl:

Layers / Duplicate
Image / Flip
Image / Mirror
place it as shown
below:

Layers / Merge / Merge Down

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

Layers / New Raster Layer
flood fill with your
gradient:

Effects / Plugins / Graphics Plus / Cross Shadow: same settings
Effects / Texture
Effects / Weave:

Effects / Edge Effects / Enhance
Deselect
Layers / Merge / Merge Down

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

Layers / New Raster Layer
flood fill with your light FGC: #0c0ff8
Deselect
Effects / Edge Effects / Enhance
Layers / Arrange / Move Down
Layers / Merge / Merge Down

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

set the blend mode of this layer to: overlay
Layers / Merge / Merge Down

13) activate the top layer
activate your pen
tool:

width: 3 / Line style: Diamond / FGC: silver pattern
paint these three lines like me
here:

Layers / Convert to Raster Layer
Adjust / Sharpness / Sharpen
Edit / Repeat Sharpen
Layers / Merge / Merge Down
Effects / 3D Effects /
Drop Shadow:
colour: #02022a
& 
Layers / Merge / Merge visible

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

Layers / Duplicate
add your watermark and name

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


15) Image / Add borders / 2 px / BGC: #000000
Image / Add borders / 2 px / FGC: #0c0ff8
Image / Add borders / 2 px / BGC: #000000
Image / Add borders / 20 px / colour: #ffffff
select the white border with your magic wand tool
flood fill selection
with your gradient:

Effects / Plugins / Graphic Plus / Cross Shadow:

Selections / Invert
Effects / 3D Effects /
Drop Shadow:
colour: black
& 
Deselect

16) Image / Add borders / 2 px / FGC: #0c0ff8
Image / Add borders / 2 px / BGC: #000000
Image / Add borders / 2 px / FGC: #0c0ff8
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 / update by Waldlichtelfe, February 24, 2009
