BLOSSOM TUTORIAL
Tutorial written by Marcia Salgado on May 18th, 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: "Individual Tube 76-3" by Anna Liwanag, you can purchase it here,
do not use without the proper #license.
PTU Kit "Down Home" by Hungry Hill,
you can purchase it here
Plugin: Eye Candy 6 and MuRa's Meister
Font: Southern Aire Personal Use Only
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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 chickenwire. Resize 75%. Copy and paste as new layer. Move it up. Duplicate. Mirror. Flip. Merge down.
3. Open flower-fall. Resize 75%. Copy and paste as new layer. Move it to left. Keep it over the wire border. Duplicate. Mirror. Merge down.
4. Open veggie-2. Resize 40%. Copy and paste as new layer. Apply MuRa's Meister > Copies > Encircle as I show below:
5. Open pitcher-1. Resize 30%. Copy and paste as new layer. Apply MuRa's Meister > Copies > Encircle with the same settings used before.
6. Open ivy-3. Resize 70%. Copy and paste as new layer.
7. Open flower-1. Resize 20%. Apply MuRa's Meister > Copies > Encircle with the same settings used before.
8. open frame-2. Resize 50%. Copy and paste as new layer.
9. Select inside the frame. Expand > 5. Add a new layer and move it below the frame layer. Open paper-6. Copy and paste into selection. Invert selection.
10. Open your tube close up. Resize if needed. I mirrored mine. Copy and paste as new layer. Place it inside the frame. Delete. Select all. Clip to canvas. Crop to selection. Colorize: 0-0. Low the layer opacity to 54.
11. Click on frame layer. Apply Eye Candy 6 > Gradient Glow using the color #81040f aborder with the settings below, twice (the effect is different when you apply the filter twice with this settings, but if you prefer just change from 1 to 2 on the first option):
12. Open flower-2. Resize 35%. Copy and paste as new layer. Move it down and to right. Place it over the bottom quarter of the frame.
13. Open daisy-2. Resize 30%. Copy and paste as new layer. Move it to right and a little down. Place it over the frame's border.
14. Open pitcher-1. Resize 30%. Copy and paste as new layer. Move it down and to right. Place it over the yellow flower.
15. Open berry-deco-3. Resize 35%. Copy and paste as new layer. Move it down and to left.
16. Open your tube. Resize. Copy and paste as new layer. Move it down and to right.
17. Open WA-2. Resize 65%. Apply Eye Candy > Gradient Glow using color Black with the same settings before, but only once this time. Copy and paste as new layer.
18. Use Crop > Merged Opaque and get rid of all extra spaces.
--> Resize it if wanted. Add your copyright info and license#. Add your name and save as PNG.
