ASDwebdesigns - Apples - English translation of the original tutorial by Meetjes Plekje

~°~ Original by Meetjes Plekje ~°~

Sadly Meta past away in November 2013 We miss her beautiful tutorials terribly! She asked me at forehand to keep translating her tutorials

Unfortunately the originals are no longer online

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Materials:

This translation is written for PSP15 but can also be made with other PSP versions

Acknowledgements:

Woman Tube by Kitty from A&K Tubes unlimited. She shares her great tubes HERE

Apples Tube by Athe

Plugins:

FunHouse - Perverse

Neology - H/V Blender

Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Impact - Glass

MuRa's Meister - Copies

Flaming Pear - Flexify 2

MuRa's Seamless - Duplicate

Graphics Plus - Cross Shadow

Preparations:

Copy the Selection files to the Selections folder of PSP

Save the Flexify Preset to your Hard Drive

From PSP 14 and higher versions there is no option for Image - Mirror & Image - Flip There is a new option but this does not give the same result except when the tube/image covers the whole image from side to side There is a easy way to add the old Mirror and Flip options to the Image Menu I have written a tutorial you can find it HERE

Colors:

#213718 #9b9620 #ffffff #000000 #3e632f

Note: When working with your own colors, play with the Blend Mode and/or Opacity at your own discretion

Set your Foregroundcolor to #213718

Set your Backgroundcolor to #9b9620

Color Palette: Set your Foregroundcolor to Foreground/Background Gradient (Corel_06_029) - Style: Linear

The tutorial:

01

Open a new transparent image of 900 x 550 px

Fill with the Gradient

Selections - Select All

Open Tube "kittys-Karcia"

Note: If you are using tubes and colors of your own, it is best to use the tube provided in the Materials for this step, otherwise the result will be different You can colorize it to match your work

Edit - Copy

Minimize to tray , you need it again later

On your work image: Edit - Paste Into Selection

Selections - Select None

Effects - Image Effects - Seamless Tiling

Adjust - Blur - Radial Blur

Adjust - Blur - Gaussian Blur 15

02

Layers - Duplicate

Effects - Plugins - FunHouse - Perverse

Layer Palette - Double click on this Layer and set the Blend Mode to "Overlay" and the Layer Opacity to 55

Layers - Merge - Merge Down

03

Selection Tool - Rectangle - Custom Selection:

Selections - Promote Selection to Layer

Selections - Select None

Effects - Distortion Effects - Wind - From Right checked - Wind Strength: 100

Edit - Repeat Wind

04

Layers - Duplicate

Image - Mirror

Layers - Merge - Merge Down

Effects - Image Effects - Seamless Tiling

Layer Palette - Double click on this Layer and set the Blend Mode to "Soft Light" and the Layer Opacity to 52

05

Color Palette: Set the Foreground Gradient back to color

Layers - New Raster Layer

Selection Tool - Rectangle - Custom Selection:

Fill with the Foregroundcolor

Selections - Select None

Effects - Plugins - Neology - H/V Blender

Effects - Plugins - MuRa's Meister - Copies

Layer Palette - Double click on this Layer and set the Blend Mode to "Soft Light"

Your work and Layer Palette look like this now:

06

Color Palette:

Set your Foregroundcolor to #ffffff

Layers - New Raster Layer

Selection Tool - Rectangle - Custom Selection:

Fill the Selection with the Foregroundcolor

Selections - Modify - Contract - 2 px

Edit - Cut (Or hit the Delete Key of your Keyboard)

Selections - Select None

Effects - Image Effects - Seamless Tiling - Default Settings

07

Layers - Duplicate

Layer Palette - Click on the Second Layer from the Top

Effects - Reflection Effects - Kaleidoscope

Effects - Distortion Effects - Wind - From Left checked - Wind Strength: 50

Layer Palette - Double click on this Layer and set the Blend Mode to "Overlay" and the Layer Opacity to 72

Layer Palette - Click on the Top Layer

Layer Palette - Double click on this Layer and set the Blend Mode to "Dodge" and the Layer Opacity to 86

08

Color Palette: Change the Foregroundcolor to #213718 and set to the same Gradient as Before

Layers - New Raster Layer

Fill with the Gradient

Adjust - Blur - Gaussian Blur - 15

Effects - Plugins - Flaming Pear - Flexify 2 - Click on the Red Arrow and load Preset

Msb_Preset_FP_Flex_26-8-12

Or if this is not working for you with these settings:

09

Layers - Duplicate

Effects - Reflection Effects - Kaleidoscope

Effects - Texture Effects - Blinds - Color: Backgroundcolor #9b9620

Effects 3D Effects - Dropshadow - Color #000000

10

Layer Palette - Click on the Second Layer from the Top

Effects - Texture Effects - Blinds - Color: Foregroundcolor #213718

Layer Palette - Click on the Top Layer

Layers - Merge - Merge Down

Layer Palette - Double click on this Layer and set the Layer Opacity of this Layer to 37

11

Layers - Duplicate

Layer Palette - Click on the Second Layer from the Top

Effects - Reflection Effects - Kaleidoscope

Effects 3D Effects - Dropshadow - Color #000000

12

Layer Palette - Click on the Top Layer

Layers - Merge - Merge Down

Effects 3D Effects - Dropshadow - Color #000000

Layer Palette - Double click on this Layer and set the Layer Opacity of this Layer to 62

13

Selections - Select All

Selections - Float

Selections - Defloat

Layer Palette - Click on the Second Layer from the Top

Hit the Delete Key of your Keyboard

Layer Palette - Click on the Third Layer from the Top

Hit the Delete Key of your Keyboard

Layer Palette - Click on the Fourth Layer from the Top

Hit the Delete Key of your Keyboard 4 times

Selections - Select None

14

Layer Palette - Click on the Bottom Layer

Layers - New Raster Layer

Fill with the Gradient

Adjust - Blur - Gaussian Blur - 15

Your work and Layer Palette look like this now:

15

Layers - New Raster Layer

Selecties – Selections - Select All

Open Tube "deco Msb_Smoke_1"

Edit - Copy

On your work image: Edit - Paste Into Selection

Selections - Select None

Layer Palette - Double click on this Layer and set the Blend Mode to "Dodge" and the Layer Opacity to 30

16

Layer Palette - Click on the Top Layer

Layers - New Raster Layer

Selection Tool - Rectangle - Custom Selection:

Fill with the Gradient

Adjust - Blur - Gaussian Blur 15

Selections - Select None

Effects - Geometric Effects - Skew

Effects - Edge Effects - Enhance

Effects - Texture Effects - Blinds - Color: #3e632f

Effects - Plugins - Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 - Impact - Glass - Settings Tab: Preset Clear

Effects 3D Effects - Dropshadow - Color #000000

Effects - Plugins - MuRa's Meister - Copies

Image - Resize - 63% - Resize all Layers not checked

Effects - Image Effects - Offset

Layers - Duplicate

Image - Mirror

17

Open Tube "Athe-Div11"

Edit - Copy

On your work image: Edit - Paste As New Layer

Effects - Image Effects - Offset

Layer Palette - Click on the Second Layer from the Top

Selecties – Selections - Select All

Selections - Float

Selections - Defloat

Layer Palette - Click on the Top Layer

Edit - Cut (Or hit the Delete Key of your Keyboard)

Selections - Select None

Effects 3D Effects - Dropshadow - Color #000000

18

Open Tube "Athe-Div13"

Edit - Copy

On your work image: Edit - Paste As New Layer

Effects - Image Effects - Offset

Layers - Arrange - Move Down

Edit - Repeat Layer Move Down

Effects 3D Effects - Dropshadow - Color #000000

19

Layers - Duplicate

Image - Resize - 70% - Resize all Layers not checked

Effects - Image Effects - Offset

Layers - Merge - Merge Down

20

Layer Palette - Click on the Top Layer

Open Tube "Athe-Div12"

Edit - Copy

On your work image: Edit - Paste As New Layer

Image - Resize - 50% - Resize all Layers not checked

Effects - Image Effects - Offset

Layers - Arrange - Move Down

Effects 3D Effects - Dropshadow - Color #000000

21

Layer Palette - Click on the Top Layer

Layers - Merge - Merge Down - Repeat 3 times

Image - Resize - 40% - Resize all Layers not checked

Effects - Image Effects - Offset

Effects 3D Effects - Dropshadow - Color #000000

You fruit basket looks like this now:

22

Color Palette: Set the Foreground Gradient back to color and change to #000000

Layer Palette - Click on the Third Layer from the Bottom

Layers - New Raster Layer

Selections - Load/Save Selection - Load Selection From Disk - Msb_Sel_Apples_01

Fill the Selection with the Foregroundcolor

Layer Palette - Double click on this Layer and set the Layer Opacity of this Layer to 24

Effects 3D Effects - Dropshadow - Color #000000 - Shadow on new Layer checked!

Layer Palette - Double click on this Layer and set the Blend Mode to "Soft Light" and the Layer Opacity to 85

Selections - Select - None

Layers - Duplicate

Image - Mirror

23

Color Palette: Change the Foregroundcolor to #ffffff

Layer Palette - Click on the Top Layer

Layers - New Raster Layer

Selections - Load/Save Selection - Load Selection From Disk - Msb_Sel_Apples_01

Fill the Selection with the Foregroundcolor

Effects - Plugins - Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 - Impact - Glass - Settings Tab: Preset Clear

Selections - Select None

Effects 3D Effects - Dropshadow - Color #213718

Layer Palette - Double click on this Layer and set the Blend Mode to "Overlay"

24

Maximize Tube "kittys-Karcia" from Tray

Edit - Copy

On your work image: Edit - Paste As New Layer

Image - Resize - 63% - Resize all Layers not checked

Move to the Right like this:

Adjust - Sharpness - Sharpen

Effects 3D Effects - Dropshadow - Color #000000

25

Maximize Tube "Msb_Text_Apples" from Tray

Edit - Copy

On your work image: Edit - Paste As New Layer

Move to the Left like this:

Layers - Duplicate

Layer Palette - Click on the original text Layer

Effects - Distortion Effects - Wind - From Left checked - Wind Strength: 80

Layer Palette - Double click on this Layer and set the Layer Opacity of this Layer to 50

26

Color Palette: Set your Foregroundcolor to #213718 and set to the same Gradient we used before

Image - Add Borders - Symmetric checked - 1 px - #213718

Image - Add Borders - Symmetric checked - 2 px - #9b9620

Image - Add Borders - Symmetric checked - 1 px - #213718

Selections - Select All

Image - Add Borders - Symmetric checked - 50 px - #9b9620

Selections - Invert

Layers - New Raster Layer

Fill the Selection with the Gradient

Effects - Plugins - MuRa's Seamless - Duplicate

Keep selected

27

Layers - Duplicate

Image - Mirror

Selections - Defloat

Layer Palette - Double click on this Layer and set the Layer Opacity of this Layer to 50

Layers - Merge - Merge Down

Effects - Edge Effects - Enhance

Keep selected

28

Layers - New Raster Layer

Effects 3D Effects - Cutout - Color #000000

Layers - Merge - Merge all (Flatten)

Effects - Plugins - Graphics Plus - Cross Shadow - Default settings (6 x 50 & 2 x 128)

Selections - Modify - Expand - 4 px

Effects 3D Effects - Dropshadow - Color #000000

Selections - Select None

29

Image - Add Borders - Symmetric checked - 1 px - #213718

Image - Add Borders - Symmetric checked - 2 px - #9b9620

Image - Add Borders - Symmetric checked - 1 px - #213718

30

Image - Resize - Width 900 Pixels - Resize all Layers checked

Add your name or watermark, save as JPG file and you're done!

If you wish you can post your result on my Facebook Page

Extra Example:

Woman Tube by Kitty from A&K Tubes unlimited. She shares her great tubes HERE

With special thanks to my testers Chris and Martalip

Chris:

Martalip:

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