This tutorial is my own design and any resemblance to any other tutorial is purely coincidental. It was created in Paint Shop Pro X © March 2013 - Yvonne - Yorkshire Lass Designs - All rights reserved You will need the following to complete this tutorial: lizztish_magical-castle1.pspimage aaabibichechelook014.psp sf silverbead.jpg yp_quote-fairytales-dragons.pspimage Download and extract to a file on your computer. Open in PSP and minimise All the above can be downloaded HERE Plug Ins Mura Meister - Cloud The above can be downloaded HERE Download and extract to your Plug Ins folder. *********** Drag this arrow with you to mark your place in the tutorial Drag and Drop Script from Dynamic Drive ********** INSTRUCTIONS STEP 1 Open a new canvas 800 x 600 white background Layers >> Promote Background Layer STEP 2 In the Materials Palette load Foreground with White #FFFFFF and Background with Pale Green #C8E1BE STEP 3 Effects >> Plugins >> Mura Meister >> Cloud STEP 4 Maximise tube lizztish_magical-castle1.pspimage Edit >> Copy Minimise tube Edit >> Paste as New Layer Image >> Resize 140% Resize All Layers unchecked Image >> Mirror Move tube down slightly so that castle turret is at the top edge of the canvas Adjust >> Hue and Saturation >> Colorize In the Layers Palette reduce opacity of Raster 2 to 63 Effects >> Properties Adjust >> Sharpness >> Sharpen STEP 5 Maximise tube aaabibichechelook014.psp Edit >> Copy Minimise tube Edit >> Paste as New Layer Image >> Resize 85% Resize All Layers unchecked Adjust >> Sharpness >> Sharpen STEP 6 Select the Move Tool and position top of tube in the top left-hand corner of the canvas This is what you should have now STEP 7 Effects >> 3D Effects >> Drop Shadow Repeat Drop Shadow changing Vertical and Horizontal offsets to minus 2 (-2) STEP 8 Layers >> New Raster Layer Selections >> Select All Selections >> Modify >> Contract Number of pixels = 3 Selections >> Invert STEP 9 In the Materials Palette change Style to Pattern Select sf silver bead.jpg from the drop down list Select Flood fill tool and fill selection with silver bead pattern Image >> Resize 96% Resize All layers unchecked Do not de-select STEP 10 Layers >> New Raster Layer Select Flood fill tool and fill selection with silver bead pattern Image >> Resize 98% Resize All layers unchecked Do not de-select STEP 11 Layers >> New Raster Layer Select Flood fill tool and fill selection with silver bead pattern Selections >> Select None STEP 12 Maximise tube yp_quote-fairytales-dragons.pspimage Edit >> Copy Minimise tube> Paste as New Layer With the Move Tool position tube in top right-hand corner See finished image for placement STEP 13 Apply Drop Shadow as in STEP 7 STEP 14 Layers >> New Raster Layer Add your name and/or watermark STEP 15 Layers >> Merge >> Merge All (flatten) Resize if desire Save as a jpg 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 2