Its A Kinda Magic
This tutorial is solely my own creation any similarities to another is purely coincidental
Remember to Save Often.
SUPPLIES - HERE
Psp_JULIETTE 2BunniesRun~Arduinna
Cg-spadecorner
4MagicDNA Font
Vix_Mask228
Toadies - Picasso's Another World
VM Tool box - Instant Tile VM Distortion - Flip Chop
All the Plugins can be found HERE
NOTES
Open all your tubes in PSP and minimize
Open Font and minimize to your desktop (Windows 7 users will need font viewer)
Save your Plugins to your plugins folder BEFORE opening PSP
Save Vix_Mask228 to your masks folder BEFORE opening PSP
Feel free to add your own supplies and colours
Tubes were shared through sharing group
Vix_Mask228 was one of a set of masks from Vix
Take a look and see all the wonderful masks she has but please make sure you Read the TOU.
STEP 1
Open a new canvas
400, 500, 200.00, Raster Background, Transparent ticked. OK
Make your foreground colour #6064ad And flood fill your canvas
Effects, Toadies, Picasso's Another Word
Cell Width 112, Cell Height 146, I-Dependence 0, OK
A Select Selections tool Rectangle, Add (shift) Feather 0, Anti-alias ticked, Custom Selection
Top 0, Bottom 167, Left 0, Right 101, This is what you will have now
Adjust Add/Remove Noise, Add Noise Gaussian, 30%, Monochrome
B Select Selection tool again, Same settings as Step A, Custom Selection, Top 0, Bottom 167, Left 205, Right 305, Adjust Add/Remove Noise, Add Noise, Same settings as Step A, OK
C Select Selection Tool, Same settings as Step A, Custom Selection, Top 167, Bottom 335, Left 101, Right 205, Adjust Add/Remove Noise, Add Noise, Same settings as Step A, OK
D Select Selection Tool, Same setting as Step A Custom Selection, Top 167, Bottom 335, Left 305, Right 400, Adjust Add/Remove Noise, Add Noise, Same settings as Step A OK
E Select Selection Tool, Same settings as Step A Custom Selection, Top 334, Bottom 500, Left 0, Right 101, Adjust Add/Remove Noise, Add Noise, Same settings as Step A OK
F Select Selection Tool, Same settings as Step A Custom Selection, Top 334, Bottom 500, Left 205, Right 305 Adjust Add/Remove Noise, Add Noise, Same settings as Step A OK Selections, Select none
STEP 2
Change Foreground colour to #c8242c
Add New Raster Layer Flood fill with foreground colour
Layers, Load/Save Mask Look for Vix-Mask228
Source Luminance selected, Fit to layer selected, Hide all masks selected Load
Layers, Merge, Merge Group,
Adjust Add/Remove Noise, Add Noise Gaussian, 60%, Monochrome ticked,
Effects 3D Effects, Drop Shadow
1, 1, 80, 1.00, Black
STEP 3
Maximize psp-JULIETTE Edit Copy,
You can close this now Back to your canvas Edit Paste as new layer Image,
Resize 70%, Bicubic, Resize all layers Not ticked,
Layers, Duplicate,
Highlight Raster 2 layer
Effects, toadies, Blast em
Diffuse 77, Transparency 211 OK
Highlight copy Raster 2
Effects, 3D effects, Drop Shadow
5, 5, 60, 5.00, Black
Repeat the drop shadow, Changing Vertical and Horizontal to -5 (minus)
STEP 4
Maximize 2BunniesRun~Arduinna Edit Copy,
You can close this now
Back to your canvas, Edit Paste, as new layer Image,
Resize 50%, Bicubic, Resize all layers Not ticked.
Repeat the resize at 50% once more.
Image, Mirror, Move to bottom, Right hand side
Effects, 3D effects, Drop shadow
2, 2, 50, 2.00, Black.
Repeat Drop Shadow, changing Vertical and Horizontal to -2 (minus)
STEP 5
Highlight Copy Raster 2,
Selection Tool Rectangle, Add (shift) Feather 0, Anti-alias, Select around the tubes head, (I used the boxes as a guide)
Edit, Copy, Edit Paste as new Layer,
Selections select none,
Image Resize 85%, Bicubic, Resize all layers Not ticked, (if you have any of the little dove in your image, then just get your eraser too, and erase it)
Drag this layer underneath the mask layer.
Change blend mode to Luminance (Legacy) Opacity to 50
Move the small image to the middle square on the left, as in header image above.
Layers, Merge, Merge All (flatten)
STEP 6
Image, Add border 2, Symmetric ticked, Colour #c8242c
Image Add border 40, symmetric ticked, Colour #8f7088
Select Magic Wand Add (shift), Tolerance 10, Feather 0, Anti-alias ticked, Outside
Click in the large border to select it
Effects, VM Distortion, Flip Chop Horizontal and Vertical 65
Effects VM tool box, Instant tile X-flip 77, Y-flip 31,
Repeat this 2 times more, (making a total of 3 times)
Adjust Sharpness, Sharpen
Effects 3D Effects, Inner Bevel
#2, 15, 0, 10, 0, 20, 315, 30, 50 OK
Selections Invert,
Effects, 3D Effects, Drop Shadow
5, 5, 50, 5.00, Black
Image Add border 2, Symmetric ticked, #c8242e OK
Selections, Select all,
Contract, 2,
Effects, 3D Effects, Cutout
5, 5, 50, 5.00
Repeat cutout changing Vertical and Horizontal to -5 (minus)
Selections Select None,
STEP 7
Change Foreground colour to #c8242e and Background colour to #251322
Select your text tool, 4MagicDNA, size 40, Bold highlighted, Anti-alias Sharp, Stroke 1.0, Vector, Solid line style,
Type Its A Kinda -Using nodes pull out if you want this a little higher, or wider,
Convert to Raster Layer
Selections, Select all, Selections Float, Selections Defloat
Selections, Modify Contract 1
Effects, 3D effects, Inner Bevel
#2, 15, 0, 10, 0, 45, 315, 30, 50 Colour White
Adjust Sharpeness, Sharpen ,
Selections, Select None,
Move this to the top left, Inside of your borders,
With your text tool again, all setting remain the same,
Type Magic,
Again use the nodes to pull this out and up a little if required. Convert to Raster Layer.
Selections, Select all, Selections Float, Selections Defloat Selections, Modify, Contract 1
Effects 3D effects, Inner Bevel, Same settings as above, (these should already be stored in your inner bevel) #2, 15, 0, 10, 0, 45, 315, 30, 50 Colour White
Adjust Sharpness, sharpen Selections, Select None,
Move to the bottom right, keeping this inside your borders,
Layers, Merge, Merge Down,
Effects, 3D effects, Drop Shadow
2, 2, 80, 2.00 Black
Add your watermark as a new layer, Layers,
Merge, Merge all (flatten)
Image Resize Height 500 Pixels, Width will adjust automatically,
Bicubic, Resize all layers ticked.
Save as JPEG We are finally done,
Hope you enjoyed this tutorial as much as I did writing it.
Remember to Save Often.
SUPPLIES - HERE
Psp_JULIETTE 2BunniesRun~Arduinna
Cg-spadecorner
4MagicDNA Font
Vix_Mask228
Toadies - Picasso's Another World
VM Tool box - Instant Tile VM Distortion - Flip Chop
All the Plugins can be found HERE
NOTES
Open all your tubes in PSP and minimize
Open Font and minimize to your desktop (Windows 7 users will need font viewer)
Save your Plugins to your plugins folder BEFORE opening PSP
Save Vix_Mask228 to your masks folder BEFORE opening PSP
Feel free to add your own supplies and colours
Tubes were shared through sharing group
Vix_Mask228 was one of a set of masks from Vix
Take a look and see all the wonderful masks she has but please make sure you Read the TOU.
STEP 1
Open a new canvas
400, 500, 200.00, Raster Background, Transparent ticked. OK
Make your foreground colour #6064ad And flood fill your canvas
Effects, Toadies, Picasso's Another Word
Cell Width 112, Cell Height 146, I-Dependence 0, OK
A Select Selections tool Rectangle, Add (shift) Feather 0, Anti-alias ticked, Custom Selection
Top 0, Bottom 167, Left 0, Right 101, This is what you will have now
Adjust Add/Remove Noise, Add Noise Gaussian, 30%, Monochrome
B Select Selection tool again, Same settings as Step A, Custom Selection, Top 0, Bottom 167, Left 205, Right 305, Adjust Add/Remove Noise, Add Noise, Same settings as Step A, OK
C Select Selection Tool, Same settings as Step A, Custom Selection, Top 167, Bottom 335, Left 101, Right 205, Adjust Add/Remove Noise, Add Noise, Same settings as Step A, OK
D Select Selection Tool, Same setting as Step A Custom Selection, Top 167, Bottom 335, Left 305, Right 400, Adjust Add/Remove Noise, Add Noise, Same settings as Step A OK
E Select Selection Tool, Same settings as Step A Custom Selection, Top 334, Bottom 500, Left 0, Right 101, Adjust Add/Remove Noise, Add Noise, Same settings as Step A OK
F Select Selection Tool, Same settings as Step A Custom Selection, Top 334, Bottom 500, Left 205, Right 305 Adjust Add/Remove Noise, Add Noise, Same settings as Step A OK Selections, Select none
STEP 2
Change Foreground colour to #c8242c
Add New Raster Layer Flood fill with foreground colour
Layers, Load/Save Mask Look for Vix-Mask228
Source Luminance selected, Fit to layer selected, Hide all masks selected Load
Layers, Merge, Merge Group,
Adjust Add/Remove Noise, Add Noise Gaussian, 60%, Monochrome ticked,
Effects 3D Effects, Drop Shadow
1, 1, 80, 1.00, Black
STEP 3
Maximize psp-JULIETTE Edit Copy,
You can close this now Back to your canvas Edit Paste as new layer Image,
Resize 70%, Bicubic, Resize all layers Not ticked,
Layers, Duplicate,
Highlight Raster 2 layer
Effects, toadies, Blast em
Diffuse 77, Transparency 211 OK
Highlight copy Raster 2
Effects, 3D effects, Drop Shadow
5, 5, 60, 5.00, Black
Repeat the drop shadow, Changing Vertical and Horizontal to -5 (minus)
STEP 4
Maximize 2BunniesRun~Arduinna Edit Copy,
You can close this now
Back to your canvas, Edit Paste, as new layer Image,
Resize 50%, Bicubic, Resize all layers Not ticked.
Repeat the resize at 50% once more.
Image, Mirror, Move to bottom, Right hand side
Effects, 3D effects, Drop shadow
2, 2, 50, 2.00, Black.
Repeat Drop Shadow, changing Vertical and Horizontal to -2 (minus)
STEP 5
Highlight Copy Raster 2,
Selection Tool Rectangle, Add (shift) Feather 0, Anti-alias, Select around the tubes head, (I used the boxes as a guide)
Edit, Copy, Edit Paste as new Layer,
Selections select none,
Image Resize 85%, Bicubic, Resize all layers Not ticked, (if you have any of the little dove in your image, then just get your eraser too, and erase it)
Drag this layer underneath the mask layer.
Change blend mode to Luminance (Legacy) Opacity to 50
Move the small image to the middle square on the left, as in header image above.
Layers, Merge, Merge All (flatten)
STEP 6
Image, Add border 2, Symmetric ticked, Colour #c8242c
Image Add border 40, symmetric ticked, Colour #8f7088
Select Magic Wand Add (shift), Tolerance 10, Feather 0, Anti-alias ticked, Outside
Click in the large border to select it
Effects, VM Distortion, Flip Chop Horizontal and Vertical 65
Effects VM tool box, Instant tile X-flip 77, Y-flip 31,
Repeat this 2 times more, (making a total of 3 times)
Adjust Sharpness, Sharpen
Effects 3D Effects, Inner Bevel
#2, 15, 0, 10, 0, 20, 315, 30, 50 OK
Selections Invert,
Effects, 3D Effects, Drop Shadow
5, 5, 50, 5.00, Black
Image Add border 2, Symmetric ticked, #c8242e OK
Selections, Select all,
Contract, 2,
Effects, 3D Effects, Cutout
5, 5, 50, 5.00
Repeat cutout changing Vertical and Horizontal to -5 (minus)
Selections Select None,
STEP 7
Change Foreground colour to #c8242e and Background colour to #251322
Select your text tool, 4MagicDNA, size 40, Bold highlighted, Anti-alias Sharp, Stroke 1.0, Vector, Solid line style,
Type Its A Kinda -Using nodes pull out if you want this a little higher, or wider,
Convert to Raster Layer
Selections, Select all, Selections Float, Selections Defloat
Selections, Modify Contract 1
Effects, 3D effects, Inner Bevel
#2, 15, 0, 10, 0, 45, 315, 30, 50 Colour White
Adjust Sharpeness, Sharpen ,
Selections, Select None,
Move this to the top left, Inside of your borders,
With your text tool again, all setting remain the same,
Type Magic,
Again use the nodes to pull this out and up a little if required. Convert to Raster Layer.
Selections, Select all, Selections Float, Selections Defloat Selections, Modify, Contract 1
Effects 3D effects, Inner Bevel, Same settings as above, (these should already be stored in your inner bevel) #2, 15, 0, 10, 0, 45, 315, 30, 50 Colour White
Adjust Sharpness, sharpen Selections, Select None,
Move to the bottom right, keeping this inside your borders,
Layers, Merge, Merge Down,
Effects, 3D effects, Drop Shadow
2, 2, 80, 2.00 Black
Add your watermark as a new layer, Layers,
Merge, Merge all (flatten)
Image Resize Height 500 Pixels, Width will adjust automatically,
Bicubic, Resize all layers ticked.
Save as JPEG We are finally done,
Hope you enjoyed this tutorial as much as I did writing it.