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![]() 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 PSP Designer Studio 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 |