This tutorial is my own design and any resemblance to any other tutorial is purely coincidental. It was created in Paint Shop Pro 8 Inspired by the poem entitled "Autumn Within" By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Read the full poem HERE © 2009 - Yvonne - Yorkshire Lass Designs - All rights reserved. ~ Revised September 2012 ~ You will need the following to complete this tutorial: Template No.79 by Designs by Ali Mask 190 jcw_prettymaiden.psp from Tubes by JCW Designs yp_wordart_autumn.psp yp_wordart_autumn2.psp Autumn Leaves.tub The above can be downloaded HERE Download and extract to a file on your computer. Place Autumn Leaves.tub in your PSP tubes folder. Open the rest in PSP and minimise. Plug Ins Penta.com - Dot and Cross Eye Candy 4000 - Corona Available here http://www.fleursauvage.be/utilitaire/filtres/filtres.htm Download and extract to your Plugins folder *********** Drag this arrow with you to mark your place in the tutorial Drag and Drop Script from Dynamic Drive ********** INSTRUCTIONS STEP 1 Open Template No.79. Window >> Duplicate Close original. STEP 2 Image >> Canvas Size Minimize. STEP 3 Maximise tube jcw_prettymaiden.psp and select four colours from it I selected #FCF3ED (cream), #B8AC8B (light green), #8D866C (dark green) and #9C6441 (brown) STEP 4 Maximise your working canvas (the duplicate copy of the template). In the Layers Palette delete the DBA layer. STEP 5 Highlight the CIRCLE layer and hide all the other layers In the Materials Palette load Foreground with Dark Green #8D866C With the Magic Wand Select the circle Floodfill circle with Foreground colour Effects >> Plug Ins >> Penta.com >> Dot and Cross Effects >> Plugins >> Eye Candy 4000 >> Corona Deselect STEP 6 Open and highlight SHAPE 4 layer. In the Materials Palette Load Foregound with Brown #9C6441 With the Magic Wand same settings as in STEP 5 Select the rectangle Floodfill rectangle with Foreground colour Effects >> Plug Ins >> Penta.com >> Dot and Cross Same settings as in STEP 5 Effects >> 3D Effects >> Drop Shadow Repeat Drop Shadow changing the Vertical and Horizontal Offsets to minus 2 (-2) Deselect STEP 7 Open and highlight SHAPE 3 layer With the Magic Wand same settings as in STEP 5 Select the rectangle Floodfill rectangle with Foreground colour (Brown #9C6441) Effects >> Plug Ins >> Penta.com >> Dot and Cross Same settings as in STEP 5 Effects >> 3D Effects >> Drop Shadow Same settings as in STEP 6 Deselect STEP 8 Open and highlight SHAPE 2 layer In the Materials Palette load Foreground with Light Green #B8AC8B With the Magic Wand same settings as in STEP 5 Select the rectangle Floodfill rectangle with Foreground colour Effects >> Plug Ins >> Penta.com >> Dot and Cross Same settings as in STEP 5 Effects >> 3D Effects >> Drop Shadow Same settings as in STEP 6 Deselect STEP 9 Open and highlight SHAPE 1 layer In the Materials Palette Load Foreground with Cream #FCF3ED With the Magic Wand same settings as in STEP 5 Select the square Floodfill square with Foreground colour Deselect STEP 10 Open and highlight FRAME layer In the Materials Palette load Foreground with Light Green #B8AC8B With the Magic Wand same settings as in STEP 5 Select the frame Floodfill frame with Foreground colour Effects >> Plug Ins >> Penta.com >> Dot and Cross Same settings as in STEP 5 Deselect STEP 11 Layers >> New Raster Layer Selection Tool >> Custom Selection with the following settings This is what you should have now STEP 12 Flood fill selection with Foreground colour (Light Green #B8AC8B) Effects >> Plug Ins >> Penta.com >> Dot and Cross Same settings as in STEP 5 Selections >> Select None Layers >> Merge >> Merge Down Effects >> 3D Effects >> Drop Shadow Same settings as in STEP 6 STEP 13 Maximise tube jcw_prettymaiden.psp Edit >> Copy Edit >> Paste >> Paste as New Layer Image >> Resize 85% Resize All Layers unchecked Adjust >> Sharpness >> Sharpen With the Move Tool re-position as below Effects >> 3D Effects >> Drop Shadow STEP 14 Maximise yp_wordart_autumn_within.psp Edit >> Copy Edit >> Paste >> Paste as New Layer With the Move Tool position as below Effects >> Plug Ins >> Eye Candy 4000 >> Corona STEP 15 Maximise yp-wordart-autumn2 Edit >> Copy Edit >> Paste >> Paste as New Layer With the Move Tool position as below Effects >> Plug Ins >> Eye Candy 4000 >> Corona Same settings as in STEP 14 STEP 16 Layers >> New Raster Layer In the Materials Palette load Foreground with White #FFFFFF Flood fill layer with Foreground colour Layers >> Arrange >> Send to Bottom Layers >> New Raster Layer In the Materials palette load Foreground with Brown #9C6441 Flood fill layer with Foreground colour Layers >> New Mask Layer >> From Image Select Mask 190 from the drop down list Layers >> Merge >> Merge Group In the Layer Palette lower opacity to 56% STEP 17 Layers >> New Raster Layer Make sure it is highlighted Select the Picture Tube Tool Select the Autumn Leaves tube Place leaves around the edge of the circle You can undo any your not happy with Lower the opacity of this layer to 44% STEP 18 Layers >> New Raster Layer Add your name and/or watermark Layers >> Merge >> Merge All Flatten Resize if desired. Save as a jpg and we're done. I hope you enjoyed this tutorial! If you have any questions or would like to show me your result EMAIL ME Return to Tutorials - Page 1