July 27, 2015

Summer Wine

BUTTERFLIES TUTORIAL



Tutorial written by Marcia Salgado on July 27th, 2015
for those who have a working knowledge of PSP.
Any resemblance to any other tutorial is coincidental.
Do not copy and paste this tutorial anywhere on the net.
If you want to translate please ask first. 

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Material:

Tube: "After Dusk" by Vinegar, you can purchase it here,
do not use without the proper #license.
PTU Kit "Summer Wine" by Hungry Hill,
you can purchase it here
Mask: Vix's Mask, Vix_Mask363, here
Font: Monsieur La Doulaise 

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--> Remember to save often and use my tag as reference if necessary. Use a Drop Shadow of your preference on layers.

1. Create a new image 650x650. Add a new layer. Create a Rectangular Gradient using #dd2d01 in foreground color and #491f27 in background color. Style: Rectangular, Angle: 45 and Repeat: 0. Fill the layer with the gradient and apply Vix's mask. Merge group.

2. Open vine-heart. Resize 70%. Copy and paste as new layer. Move it up and right.

3. Open glitter. Resize 70%. Copy and paste as new layer. Move it down.

4. Open oak-leaves. Resize 50%. Copy and paste as new layer. Move it up left.

5. Open petals-2. Resize 50%. Mirror. Copy and paste as new layer. Move it to left.

6. Open doodle-3. Resize 40%. Mirror. Copy and paste as new layer. Move it down left.

7. Open frame-3. Resize 60%. Copy and paste as new layer. Move it to right. Rename it FRAME. Select inside the frame. Expand > 5. add a new layer. Move this layer below frame layer.

8. Open paper-3. Copy and paste into selection. Deselect. Apply Blinds: 3-20-Black-Light from left/top marked. Duplicate. Blend Mode: Soft Light. Rename it BACK.

9. Click on FRAME layer. Open flower-4. Resize 30%. Mirror. Copy and paste as new layer. Move it down. Place it over bottom frame border at left.

10. Open grapes. Resize 35%. Mirror. Copy and paste as new layer. Move it down and place it over the frame border at right.

11. Open vine-1. Resize 60%. Copy and paste as new layer. Place it over the frame left border, a little up.

12. Open flutterby-2. Resize 30%. Mirror. Copy and paste as new layer. Place it over the grapes. Duplicate. Mirror. Resize 80%. Move it up left, place it over the frame top left corner.

13. Open flutterby-1, Resize 25%. Copy and paste as new layer. Place it over the green vine top.

14. Click on BACK layer. Open your tube. Resize if needed. Copy and paste s new tube and place it inside your frame, exactly where you want it, don't mind about the head. Rename this layer TUBE. Duplicate it. Rename it COPY. Move COPY layer above FRAME layer. Erase the bottom part of the tube. Add a suitable shadow.

15. Now you may want to rearrange all elements to better fit your tag.

--> Resize it if wanted. Add your copyright info and license#. Add your name and save as PNG.