February 15, 2016

IB-EdwardReed-48-2

DAISY DAY TUTORIAL



Tutorial written by Marcia Salgado on February 15th, 2016
for those who have a working knowledge of PSP.
I'm using PSP9 to create my tuts.
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: "Shady" by Keith Garvey, you can purchase it here,
do not use without the proper #license.
PTU Kit "IB-EdwardReed-48-2" by Gimptastic Scraps,
you can purchase it here 
Mask: Squirrely Mask, SquirrelyMask60, here 
Plugin: MuRa's Meister
Font: SNF So Sweet

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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 700x700. We will crop the extra space later.

2. Open GS-Reed_48-2_ele5. Copy and paste as new layer. Move it down.

3. Open GS-Reed_48-2_ele21. Copy and paste as new layer. apply MuRa's Meister > Copies > Encircle, with the following settings:


4. Open GS-Reed_48-2_ele14. Resize 75%. Copy and paste as new layer. Use MuRa's Meister > Copies > Encircle with settings below:


5. Open GS-Reed_48-2_frame1. Resize 75%. Copy and paste as new layer. 

6. Select inside the frame. Expand > 5. Add a new layer. Move this layer below frame layer. Open GS-Reed_48-2_paper4. Copy and paste into selection. Keep selected.

7. Invert selection. Open your tube close up. I mirrored mine. Copy and paste as new layer. Place it inside the frame. Delete. Deselect. Blend Mode: Luminance (Legacy). Low the opacity to 50. Duplicate: Gaussian Blur: 4. Blend Mode: Soft Light. Increase the layer opacity to 100.

8. Open GS-Reed_48-2_ele3. Copy and paste as new layer. Place it on the right side of the frame.

9. OPen GS-Reed_48-2_ele8. Copy and paste as new layer. Place it on the left side of the frame.

10. Open GS-Reed_48-2_ele10. Copy and paste as new layer. Place it over the tall grass on the right side of the frame.

11. Open GS-Reed_48-2_ele15. Copy and paste as new layer. Move it way down and a little to right.

12. Open GS-Reed_48-2_ele17. Resize 70%. Copy and paste as new layer. Move it down and to right. Place it over the tall grass and spring plaque at the bottom.

13. Apply shadow on all layers you wanted and then Use Crop > Merged Opaque to get rid of all extra space.

14. Click on bottom layer (layer 1). Add a new layer. Select all. Open GS-Reed_48-2_paper1. Copy and paste into selection. Apply Squirrely mask. Merge group. Stretch the mask a little bit on all sides. 


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