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This lesson was written by Ann on February 19th 2010 in the Dutch version from PSP X3

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Any resemblance with an existing lesson is merely a coincidence.

Lessons translated in English by Jille.

Lorna translates in French

Bhyma Web (Maria) translates in Spanish.

Marion translates in German.

::: Degree of difficulty: Level 1 -Items: 93 :::

● Material:

■ 2 images: "easter.jpg" "easter_small.jpg"

-- open in the PSP program

■ 2 pspimage files:"@nn_190211_Frame_Easter_tdstudio.pspimage"

"@nn_190211_letter_H_Easter_tdstudio.pspimage"

-- open in the PSP program

■ 1 tube: jet-eggtree-april-2009_small.pspimage

-- open in the PSP program. Thank you Jet for this beautiful tube. I have permission to

use the tubes from Jet. She stopped tubing and she doesn't have a website anymore

■ 4 Selections: "@nn_190211_Selectie_004_Easter_tdstudio.PspSelection"

"@nn_190211_Selectie_001_Easter_tdstudio.PspSelection"

"@nn_190211_Selectie_002_Easter_tdstudio.PspSelection"

"@nn_190211_Selectie_003_Easter_tdstudio.PspSelection"

------- » C:\Users\YourName\Documents\My PSP-files\Selections

■ 3 brushes: "@nn_180211_brushes_Easter_004_tdstudio.PspBrush"

"@nn_180211_brushes_Easter_001_tdstudio.PspBrush" "@nn_180211_brushes_Easter_002_tdstudio.

PspBrush" "@nn_180211_brushes_Easter_003_tdstudio.PspBrush"

------- » C:\Users\YourName\Documents\My PSP-files\Brushes

■ 1 scripts-trusted: @nn_230111_randen_Easter_tdstudio.PspScript

------- » C:\Users\YourName\Documents\My PSP-files\Scripts-trusted

■ Preset EC 5: Impact - Perspective Shadow, click twice for an automatic installation in

this map

@nn_190211_Easter_EC5_PS_1.f1s

■ 1 Font: ElvenCommonSpeak.ttf

------- » minimize or install on the C-disc

DOWNLOAD MATERIALS

● 6 Filters:

■ Unlimited 2.0 - here

■ Toadies - here (import in Unlimited 2.0)

■ Photo Aging kit - here

■ Tramages (Wood Grain) - here

■ Penta.com - here

■ Alien Skin Eye Candy 5: Impact - here

Install the filters.

● Preparation

Foreground color = White, background color = #6b782a

Attention Toolbar: Script checked.

Image- Toolbars - Script (checked)

Feel free to change the opacity and blend mode from

the layers if you work with different colors. You

can colorize if necessary

The lesson

1. Open the image: easter.jpg

2. Window - duplicate, close the original and continue with the copy

3. Image - Resize :

4. Adjust - Blur - Gaussian blur: Radius: 12

5. Adjust - Blur - radial Blur:

6. Effects - Plugins - Unlimited 2.0 - Photo Aging kit:

7. Activate the file: @nn_190211_letter_H_Easter_tdstudio.pspimage

Edit - Copy

Edit - paste as new layer on your working area

8. Effects - Image effects - Offset:

9. Activate the layer palette: Opacity 100, Blend Mode: Soft light

Result:

10. Layers - new raster layer

11. Selection - Load/Save selections - load selection from disk and

choose@nn_190211_Selectie_001_Easter_tdstudio:

12. Flood fill selection with white

13. Selections - Deselect all

14. Effects - Distortion Effects - Wave:

15. Layer Palette: Opacity 100, Blend Mode: Soft light

Result:

16. Window - Duplicate, minimize the copy (we need it to make our background) and continue with the

original

17. Selection - Load/Save selections - load selection from disk and

choose@nn_190211_Selectie_002_Easter_tdstudio:

18. Activate the image: easter_small.jpg

Edit - Copy

Edit - paste as new layer

19. Choose a nice detail

20. Delete on your keyboard

21. Selections - Deselect all

22. Layers - new raster layer

23. Selection - Load/Save selections - load selection from disk and

choose@nn_190211_Selectie_001_Easter_tdstudio (back to the first selection)

24. Flood fill selection with white

25. Selections - Deselect all

26. Effects - Distortion Effects - wind:

27. Effects - Plugins - Unlimited 2.0 - toadies:

28. Effects - Edge Effects - enhance more

This is the result up to now:

29. Activate the layer palette: Opacity 100, Blend Mode: Soft light

30. Layers - Duplicate

31. Activate the frame @nn_190211_Frame_Easter_tdstudio.pspimage

Edit - Copy

Edit - paste as new layer

32. move with the move tool :

33. Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow:

34. Layers - new raster layer

35. Selection - Load/Save selections - load selection from disk and

choose@nn_190211_Selectie_003_Easter_tdstudio

36. Flood fill the selection with white

37. Selections - Deselect all

38. Effects - Plugins - unlimited 2.0 - toadies:

39. Effects - Edge Effects - enhance more

40. decrease opacity towards 50%

41. Layers - new raster layer

42. Activate brush tool and select the first brush:

@nn_180211_brushes_Easter_001_tdstudio

43. Place your brush on the right with white foreground color:

44. Layers - Duplicate

45. Move see example :

46. Activate the layer palette: Opacity 15%, Blend Mode: Dodge

47. Layers - new raster layer for the second brush

48. Brush tool : Select second brush op: @nn_180211_brushes_Easter_002_tdstudio

49. Place with white foreground color:

50. Select the third brush : @nn_180211_brushes_Easter_003_tdstudio

Rotation = 90:

51. Layers - new raster layer !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Click twice with background color #6b782a

52. Layers - Duplicate

53. Image - Mirror

54. Layers - new raster layer for the third brush:@nn_180211_brushes_Easter_003_tdstudio

55. Place here with white foreground color:

56. Layers - Merge - merge all layers (flatten)

57. Selections - Load/Save selections - load selection from disk and

choose@nn_190211_Selectie_004_Easter_tdstudio

58. Selections - Promote selection to layer

59. Selections - Deselect all

Your layer palette looks like this:

60. Effects - Plugins - Tramages - Wood grain:

61. Adjust - Blur - Gaussian blur: Radius: 3

62. Effects - Plugins - Penta.com - Jeans:

63. Effects - Image - effects - Seamless tiling

64. Activate the layer palette:

Opacity: 70%, Blend Mode: Hard light

65. Open the tube from Jet: jet-eggtree-april-2009_small.pspimage

Edit - Copy

Edit - paste as new layer

66. Move a little see print screen

67. Effects - Alien Skin Eye Candy 5: Persp. shadow tab settings - choose my preset:

@nn_190211_Easter_EC5_PS_1.f1s

68. Layers - Merge - merge all layers (flatten)

69. Layers - Duplicate

70. Adjust - blur - Gaussian Blur: Radius: 12 (we will made a soft-effect - you may skip this step if

you want to)

71. Activate the layer palette, and decrease opacity towards +/- 30%

72. Layers - Merge - merge all layers (flatten)

73. Image - Picture Frame and choose this frame:

standard frame in PSP X3 prog.

74. Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow:

75. Decrease opacity to 30%

76. Layers - Merge - merge all layers (flatten)

77. Selections - select all

78. Selections - modify - contract with 6PX

79. Image - Crop to selection

80. Activate tool bar script: select the file: @nn_230111_randen_Easter_tdstudio

and click the little arrow:

If you want to use different colors? than you should replace toggle execution mode

(edit selected script)

This is the result:

81. You are free to put a text, BUT pay attention, we will use the function

Convert text to curves (possibility to rotate the letters without quality loss)

82. Activate text tool with these settings:

Material palette looks still like this:

Type the text: Happy Easter

83. Click the check mark to apply

84. Objects - Convert texte to curves - As Character shapes

85. Objects - Ungroup

86. Activate the tool Object selection

(If you do not have this tool - go to View - Customize, search for the

tool and drag it into your tool palette)

87. Click on a letter, that letter is selected now:

You can move and rotate each letter separately (turn the little handle)

Do the same with all the letters. It can take a while before you catch the procedure. Place the

letters as you like best.

If you did all the letters you can do:

88. Layers - Convert to raster layer

89. Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow:

Now we make the background:

90. Activate your minimized image, remove the layer with the letter H - you have this result:

91. Layers - Merge - merge all (flatten)

92. Effects - Image effects - Seamless tiling

93. You may create a soft effect as you did before. Save both as a JPG file

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