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Team Spirit Tutorial

Team #2

Maureen, Pat, Linda and Ravena

For this tutorial you will need

PSP  You can download a 30 day trial copy here

Super Blade Pro  you can download a 30 day trial copy here

1d-etchedorange super blade pro preset you can get that here

Unzip into your Environment and Textures for Super Blade Pro folder.

Emboss Works you can get it here

Unzip into your Plugin folder

Texturizer plug in filter you can get it here

Unzip into your Plugin folder

Crystallize texture file you can get here

Unzip into your Plugin folder

Borderbats Fleur2 font file you can get here

This Image

Click to get the full size for your project.

JacobBogdani_BlueAndYellowMacawAndStillLifeOfFruit_ec.jpg (75258 bytes)

 Okay here we go!

Right click on the blue and gold macaw image and save it to your hard drive.  Now open that image in PSP.  Press Shift + D twice to duplicate the image twice.

Now minimize one of the images we will be working on that later.

Now go to Image/Resize/Pixel Size 315 x 315 - Uncheck the Maintain Ration Aspect box.
Now go to Effects/Artistic Effects/Brush Strokes.

In the preset box select Impasto.  Select a color from the image...   I chose #C1AB85.

Go To Edit/Copy.  Then Press Shift + D to duplicate the image again:)

Now go To Image/Mirror and then Image/Flip.  Now go to Image/Arithmetic.  Select both the images with the following settings:

  Function = Add
All Channels ticked
Divisor = 1
Bias = -3
Clip Color checked

Save as Curtains.psp

You can close the two images now that you did the arithmetic with.

Now go to Effects/Texture Effects/Blinds with these settings

Width = 30
Opacity = 44
Color #5A3221 (dark brown)
Uncheck Horizontal & Light from left/top
Click OK

Now Save again and then Edit/Copy then Shift + D and minimize curtain.psp on your desktop.

Working on the new image right click and Promote to Layer.
Image/Rotate - Left 90 degrees
Effects/Geometric Effects/Circle
Set Selection Tool to Rectangle
Double click on the Selection Tool icon and enter the following settings:
Left = 0
Right = 315
Top = 0
Bottom = 160

Hit Delete button to remove the top portion of the circle.
Select Deformation Tool and move the swag to the top of the screen.
Choose the center bottom handle and using the ruler on the left hand side as a guide, push the base line up to 100.
Use the Selection Tool to draw a rectangle around the swag.
Image/Crop to Selection.
Save As - Swag.psp

 

Now open the minimized image of the Macaw parrot the second one that we minimized at first.  Image /resize/ percent of original  Enter 75% in both boxes. Then to Effects/Sharpen/Sharpen.

Now to Effects/Emboss Works/Soft Glass.  Use the default settings.

Now go to Effects/Geometric/Pinch and set the degree at 99%.  Now add a new layer.  Select your draw tool with these settings. Foreground White,  Background null

Now holding down your shift key starting at 293,0 draw a straight line down to the bottom of the graphic.  Then at coordinates 0,156 hold down your shift key and draw a straight line across your graphic.  

Select Your Magic Wand Settings feather 0 Tolerance 0 and select the white lines. Now go to Effects/Texture/Sculpture.  Use the Mahogany preset with the default settings.

Now activate your First layer again and add a new layer.  Now with your air brush at these settings

Spray some white around in the "panes" to add highlights to the glass.

Now go to Effects/Blur/Gaussian Blur and set it at 15. Merge All Layers and name it Window.

Add a border of 5 color of choice - I choose blue #7F95E3

Select your magic wand and select the boarder.

Go to Effects/3D Effects/Inner Bevel and use the pillow preset.

Now add another boarder of 10 color white.  Using your magic wand select it and then go to Images/Effects/Other Filters/Flaming Pear/Super Blade Pro  and apply the 1d etched orange preset. Now is a good time to save this as Bird.psp.

 

Now to add the curtains to our window. Restore Curtain.psp image.

Set Selection Tool to Rectangle Double Click on the Selection Tool icon and enter the following settings:

 Left = 90 Right = 180 Top = 0 Bottom = 315

Edit/Copy (Ctrl+C)

Click on the Bird.psp to make it the active image and then Paste as New Layer (Ctrl+L) Move the curtain to the bottom left hand corner. Rename layer - left curtain. Right click on left curtain layer and duplicate - Rename new layer - right curtain. Image/Mirror. Save Bird.psp and then close Curtain.psp image.

Restore Swag.psp image. Edit/Copy (Crtl+C)

 

Click on Bird.psp to make it the active layer and then Paste as New Layer (Ctrl+L) Move swag to the top of the screen, using the ruler to position the left hand side at 150.

Rename layer - center swag

Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow with the following settings: Vertical = 10 Horizontal = 0 Opacity = 58 Blur = 21.2

 

Duplicate center swag layer and move the swag to the left with the right hand side positioned at 305 on the ruler.

Re-name this layer - left swag.

Duplicate left swag layer and re-name - right swag. Image/Mirror. Save then close Swag.psp.

 

Add new raster layer and name curtain deco. Select Text Tool with color white for both Stroke & Fill. Select Bold, Floating and Antialias checked. I used Borderbats Fleur2, size 40 - letters uppercase Y, Z

 Move decoration to center top of the swags. Keep selected. Effects/Plugin-Filters/Flaming Pear/Super Blade Pro - select Candy Wrapper Yellow from the Flaming Pear Presets. Save.

Select the Lasso Tool/Point to Point/Feather 0/Antialias Unchecked.

Trace around the inside of the curtains until you have the marching ants all around. This does not have to be perfect.

 Do Not Deselect.

 On Toolbar go to Selections/Modify/Contract 3/Ok.

Do Not Deselect.

Go the the Birds layer on the Layer Palette and Duplicate. Toolbar Effects/Texturizer/crystalize and set at 100 and 17. Light Direction/Top Left. Invert unchecked. Tool Options/Eraser. Shape/Round Size 5 Hardness 13 Opacity 100 Step 25 Density 100 Buildup/unchecked

 

*Hint-*

-Zoom up the size of the image for better detail on your erasure work. Clean up those areas of image that you want to stand out, to emphasize. Try to stay in the lines of those areas for nice crisp edges. Now you may Deselect. Merge All Layers and then save as a .jpg image.

   That is it you are done.

 We hope you enjoyed this tutorial.

 

 

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