amanda

Amanda

This tutorial is dedicate to Vinnie. Thank you Vinnie for your general permission using your poser tubes.

This tutorial was written using PSP X3 but should work
in other versions with just a few adjustments.

Supplies:
Stones image
Pattern Diamantklappe
Tube vp-Amanda1-looking up - ©Vinnie's Creation
Tube vp-Amanda2-looking up - ©Vinnie's Creation
Font Valorie

If you like to use Vinnies tubes, please link them to her website http://www.vinnies-teeny-tuts.com - thank you.

The supplies you will find here.

Open the font and minimize it.
Put the pattern in your PSP patterns folder

Set your foreground to a light color. I used #ffffff
Set your background to a medium color. I used #516c93

Set your foreground to the gradient foreground-background with these settings:

Repeats 0; Invert not checked;
Center Point: Horizontal 100; Vertical 50;
Focal Point: Horizontal 100; Vertical 50;
Link center and focal points not checked

Open a new transparent canvas, 640 x 480 pixels
Flood fill it with the gradient.

Effects > Texture Effects > Sculpture with these settings:

Pattern Diamantklappe; Size 100
Image: Smoothness 0; Depth 20; Ambience 0; Shininess 0
Light: Color white; Angle 315; Intensity 50; Elevation: 30

Adjust > Blur > Radial Blur with these settings:

Blur type: Twirl
Blur: Strength 65; Twirl degrees 40; Elliptical checked
Center: Horizental offset 0; Vertical offset 0; Profect cente 50

Effects > Edge effects > Enhance

Effects > Artistic Effects > Colored Edges with these settings:

Luminance 31; Blur 7
Color: your background color; Intensity: 13

Effects > Distortion Effects > Displacement Map with these settings:

Displacement map: Zoom
Stretch map to fit image checked
Blur: 56
Displacement properties: 3D surfaxe checked; Intensity 85,00; Rotation 210
Edge mode: Wrap

Effects > Image Effects > Seamless Tiling
Default settings

Layers > New Raster Layer
Selections > Select all
Open stones.pspimage
Edit > Copy and close
Edit > Paste Into Selection
Keep selected

Layers > New Raster Layer
Flood fill this layer with your background color

Selections > Modify > Contract - 1 Pixel
Hit the delete key on your keyboard
Selections > Modify > Contract - 2 Pixel
Flood fill the selection with your background color
Selections > Modify > Contract - 1 Pixel
Hit the delete key on your keyboard
Selections - Select none

Layers > Duplicate
Activate the orignal layer of the border (Raster 3)

Effects > Distortion Effects > Warp with these settings:

Center Offset: Horizontal -44; Vertical 92
Settings: Size 87; Strength -99

Effects > 3D Effects > Drop Shadow with these settings:

Offset: Vertikal 1; Horizontal 1
Attributes: Opacity 75; Blur 1,00; Color: your background color
Lower the opacity to 30

Activate your top layer
Open the tube vp-Amanda1-looking up
Edit > Copy and close
Edit > Paste As New Layer

Effects > Image Effects > Offset with these settings:

Offset: Horizontal offset -140; Vertical offset -73
Edge mode: Transparent

Effects > 3D Effects > Drop Shadow with these settings:

Offset: Vertical 0; Horizontal 18
Attributes: Opacity 20; Blur 20: Color: your background color

Change the blend mode to Overlay

Selections > Select all
Selections > Float
Selections > Defloat
Activate layer Raster 3
Hit the delete key on your keyboard
Activate layer copy from Raster 3
Hit the delete key on your keyboard

Activate your top layer

Open the tube vp-Amanda2-looking up
Edit > Copy and close
Edit > Paste As New Layer

Effects > Image Effects > Offset with these settings:

Offset: Horizontal offset 188; Vertical offset -16
Edge mode: Transparent

Effects > 3D Effects > Drop Shadow with these settings:

Offset: Vertikal 1; Horizontal 1
Attributes: Opacity 75; Blur 1,00; Color: your background color

Close your foreground
Activate your text tool with theese settings:

Write your text in the upper left area - see example for placement

Layers > Convert to Raster Layer
Effects > 3D Effects > Drop Shadow - same settings as before

Layers > Duplicate
Effects > Image Effects > Offset with these settings:

Offset: Horizontal offset 14; Vertical offset 20
Edge mode: Transparent

Lower the opacity to 30

Layers > Merge > Merge All (Flattern)

You are done! Please add your watermark.
I hope you enjoyed this tutorial.