HAPPIEST BLUE TUTORIAL
Tutorial written by Marcia Salgado on March 14th, 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: "Miss Blue" by Danny Lee, you can purchase it here
do not use without the proper #license.
PTU Kit "Blue Love (In My Heart)" by Disturbed Scraps, you can purchase it here
Plugin: MuRa's Meister and Eye Candy 6
Font: KG Be Still & Know
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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.
2. Open DS - BLMY - Element (75). Copy and paste as new layer. Mover it up. Duplicate. Mirror. Flip. Merged down.
3. Open DS - BLMY - Element (9). Resize 45%. Copy and paste as new layer. Apply MuRa's Meister > Copies > Encircle with settings below:
4. Open DS - BLMY - Element (61). Resize 90%. Copy and paste as new layer.
5. Open DS - BLMY - Element (1). Resize 50%. Copy and paste as new layer. Apply MuRa's Meister > Copies > Encircle with settings below:
6. Open DS - BLMY - Element (2). Resize 40%. Copy and paste as new layer. Apply MuRa's Meister > Copies > Encircle with settings below:
7. Open DS - BLMY - Element (71), Resize 70%. Copy and paste as new layer.
8. Select inside the frame. Expand > 5. Add a new layer and move it below the frame layer. Open DS - BLMY - Paper 5. Copy and paste into selection. Invert selection.
9. Open your tube close up. Resize if wanted. Copy and paste as new layer. Place it inside the frame. Delete. Select all. Clip to canvas. Crop to selection. Blend Mode : Luminance (L). Low the layer opacity to 58. Duplicate. Gaussian Blur: 4. Blend Mode: Soft Light. Increase the layer opacity to 100.
10. Click on first layer, should be the dark frame. Open DS - BLMY - Paper 10. Use on the paper the Custom Selection shown below:
11. Copy and paste the selection as new image. Apply Canvas Size and use the following:
12. Apply Seamless Tiling as shown:
13. Finally apply Distortion > Polar Coordinates with the follow settings:
14. Resize it 80%. Copy and paste as new layer.
15. Apply Eye Candy 6 > Gradient Glow with the settings below:
16. Open DS - BLMY - Element (72). Resize 60%. Copy and paste as new layer. Use the Manual Color Correction as marked below and then apply the same Eye Candy 6 > Gradient Glow used before.:
17. Open DS - BLMY - Element (23). Resize 60%. Copy and paste as new layer. Move it down and to left.
18. Open DS - BLMY - Element (66). Resize 30%. Copy and paste as new layer. Move it down and to left.
19. Open DS - BLMY - Element (65). Resize 50%. Copy and paste as new layer. Move it up and to right.
20. Open DS - BLMY - Element (63). Copy and paste as new layer. Move it down and to right. Duplicate it twice and create a kind of semicircle around the right border of the frame. Mrege these 3 layers together.
21. Open your tube and resize it. I mirrored mine. Copy and paste as new layer and move it to left.
22. Crop > Merged Opaque and get rid of all extra space.
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