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True Blue Love

This tutorial was written by me on June 07,2014, using my own ideas. Any resemblance to others is coincidental and accidental. This tutorial assumes you have a working knowledge of psp and is written in PSPX.

Please leave some love when downloading supplies. The artists/creators work hard to make/share their work with us, so let's be appreciative. Please use all correct copyright information and follow all TOU’s. Let’s give credit where credit is due.

As always, tutorials are only a guideline. If you don't have the exact supplies, use ones you have or ones you choose.

Supplies:

“Feathers” tube by Tiffany Guinn – tube/license available at AIL  

Template 55 by Scrap Rebellion  

Mask 63 by Insatiable Dreams  

Eye Candy 4000_Gradient Glow

Toadies_What Are You?

Xenofex 1_Baked Earth

Fonts_ Galadriel Antique (wording) and Copper Alt Caps Expert (name)

Abbreviations:

EC = Eye Candy

GG = Gradient Glow

DS = Drop Shadow

C/P = Copy and Paste

FF = Flood Fill

ANL = Add New Layer

AS = Animation Shop

When working with templates, always Shift+D to duplicate, close original, then on each layer, select with magic wand (or Select All, Float, De-float), ANL, close/delete the original, do steps required in tutorial, select none.

Open template

Re-size 600x500 pixels

Starting at bottom:

ANL_FF with a gradient made with #76e2e8 and #634bef_Linear_45_1 repeat

Apply mask

Bottom Rectangle_FF #76e2e8

Effects_Texture Effects_Fine Leather_White_210_5_255_18_10

Select none

DS_0_0_75_10_Black

Bottom Frame_ DS_0_0_100_5_Black (I left all the frames colored as is since they matched my tube, but you can change them to match yours)

Circle_FF #634bef

Effects_Texture Effects_Blinds_2_100_Black_Light from left/top

Select none

EC 4000_GG_3_25_100_ #634bef

DS_0_0_75_10_Black

Circle Frame_ DS_0_0_100_5_Black

Tall Rectangle_FF with gradient_same settings

Select none

DS_0_0_75_10_Black

Rectangle Frame_ DS_0_0_100_5_Black

Oval_FF #75ba54

Effects_Artistic Effects_Halftone:

                                                                                                                                                                                             

EC 4000_GG_3_25_100_ #634bef

DS_0_0_75_10_Black

Clear Rectangle_leave as is

Text tool_ Galadriel Antique_30_Black

Type out wording to match tube (I typed “True Blue Love”)

Convert to raster

Blend mode_Overlay

Oval Frame_ DS_0_0_100_5_Black

Close off background and mask layer

Merge all others visible

Copy

Un-do merge

Highlight mask layer_Paste as new layer

Toadies_What Are You_20_20

Effects_Distortion Effects_Pixelate_10_10

Effects_Edge Effects_Enhance

Effects_Art Media Effects_Colored Chalk_90_30

Adjust_Blur_Gassian Blur_3

C/P tube as new layer to top

Mirror

Duplicate

On original_Gaussian Blur_5

Xenofex 1_Baked Earth:

Click your Left arrow 10 times_click Down Arrow 5 times (Baked Earth layer should move)

On duplicate tube_Xero_Porcelain_50_128_128_0_0_255

Adjust_Sharpen

DS_0_0_50_5_Black

Repeat DS

Add all correct copyright/license information

Name_Copper Alt Caps Expert_72_stroke1 #391bdf_Fill Black

Sharpen

DS_2_5_50_5_Black

Save!!