ASDwebdesigns - Precious Mmeory - English translation of the original tutorial by Meta

Sadly Meta had to leave this earthly world November 2013, Meta was ill for a long time. We will honour her by her beautiful tutorials!

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Materials:

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

Plugins:

<I.C.NET Software> Filters Unlimited 2.0

It@lian Editors effect - EEffeto Fantasma

Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 - Impact - Bevel, Backlight & Glass

Alien Skin - Xenofex 2 - Burned Edges

MuRa’s Meister - Copies

Carolaine and Sensibility - CS-HLines

&<Bkg Designer sf 10 I> - Blinds Vertical **

Graphic Plus - Cross Shadow

** Import into Filters Unlimited

Preparations:

Open the Pattern in PSP and minimize to tray

Copy the Selection files to the Selections folder of PSP

Double Click on the Eye Candy Presets, they will be imported automatically

Copy the Pick Tool Preset to the Preset folder of PSP

In PSP 14 & 15 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:

Set your Foregroundcolor to #7b2502

Set your Backgroundcolor to #f9b44c

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

Used Colors

#7b2502
#f9b44c #000000

Color Palette: Double click on your foregroundcolor set to Pattern and select the "Msb_Pattern_Autumn" pattern:

Acknowledgements:

WomanTube by Guismo You can find her her tubes HERE

Scenery tube by Lore, she shares them HERE

The tutorial:

01

Open a new transparent image of 900 x 600 px

Selections - Select all

Open image "Msb_Background_21-7-13"

Edit - Copy

On your work image: Edit - Paste Into Selection

Selections - Select None

02

Layers - New Raster Layer

Fill with the Pattern

Layer Palette - Double click on this Layer and set the Blend Mode to "Soft Light" and the Layer Opacity to 60

03

Selections - Load/Save Selection - Load Selection From Disk - Msb_Sel_ Precious-Memory_01

Selections - Promote Selection to Layer

Selections - Select None

Effects 3D Effects - DropShadow - Color: #000000

04

Color Palette: Set your Foregroundcolor back to color and swap materials:

Effects - Plugins - It@lian Editors effect - EEffeto Fantasma - Sposta-X 41 - Sposta Y 41

Effects - Plugins - It@lian Editors effect - EEffeto Fantasma - Sposta-X 10 - Sposta Y 0

Effects - Edge Effects - Enhance

05

Layers - Duplicate

Effects - Image Effects - Seamless Tiling

Effects 3D Effects - DropShadow - Color: #000000

Layers - Arrange - Move Down

06

Layer Palette - Click on the top layer

Layers - Duplicate

Image - Free Rotate - Right checked - Free checked - 25°

Image - Resize - 60% - Resize all layers not checked

Effects - Image Effects - Seamless Tiling

07

Open Tube "calguisportraitautomnal18109"

Edit - Copy

Minimize to tray, you need it later.

On your work image: Edit - Paste as New Layer

Image - Resize - 30% - Resize all layers not checked

Image - Free Rotate - Right checked - Free checked - 25°

Selections - Load/Save Selection - Load Selection From Disk - Msb_Sel_ Precious-Memory_02

Move the tube into the Selections like this:

Selections - Invert

Edit - Cut

Selections - Select None

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

   08

Open Tube "Nov-Falls-By-Lory"

Edit - Copy

On your work image: Edit - Paste as New Layer

Image - Resize - 80% - Resize all layers not checked

Effects - Image Effects - Offset

Effects 3D Effects - DropShadow - Color: #000000

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

09

Layer Palette - Click on the Second layer from the bottom

Selection Tool - Rectangle - Custom Selection:

Selections - Promote Selection to Layer

Layers - Arrange - Bring to Top

Effects - Plugins - Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 - Impact - Bevel - Settings Tab: Preset: Msb_AS_Bevel_Precious Memory

Keep selected

10

Layers - Duplicate

Effects - Plugins - Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 - Impact - Backlight- Settings Tab: Preset: Msb_AS_BL_Precious Memory_01

Layers - Arrange - Move Down

Selections - Select None

Note: If you are using colors of your own, colorize now.

Effects 3D Effects - DropShadow - Color: #000000

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

Your work and Layer Palette look like this now:

11

Layer Palette - Click on the top layer

Effects - Plugins - Alien Skin - Xenofex 2 - Burned Edges - Select the Backgroundcolor

Effects - Distortion Effects - Warp

Image - Resize - 70% - Resize all layers not checked - REPEAT ONCE

Effects - Image Effects - Offset

Layer Palette - Double click on this Layer and set the Layer Opacity of this layer to 56

12

Layers - Duplicate

Effects - Plugins - MuRa’s Meister - Copies. NOTE: If you can not get the same result play with the settings until you have a pile of leaves.

Image - Resize - 45% - Resize all layers not checked

Image - Mirror

Image - Flip

Effects 3D Effects - DropShadow - Color: #000000

Move to the Left like this: (yours could look different because of the copies effect, mine is also a little different then Meta's original)

13

Color Palette: Swap materials:

Layers - New Raster Layer

Selection Tool - Rectangle - Custom Selection:

Fill with the Backgroundcolor (Right Mouse Click)

Selections - Select None

Effects - Plugins - Carolaine and Sensibility - CS-HLines

Effects - Edge Effects - Enhance

Effects - Plugins - <I.C.NET Software> Filters Unlimited - &<Bkg Designer sf 10 I> - Blinds Vertical

Image - Free Rotate - Right checked - 90°

Image - Resize - 86 %. Resize all layers not checked

Effects - Image Effects - Offset

Effects - Distortion Effects - Warp

Effects - Image Effects - Offset

14

Layers - Duplicate

Image - Mirror

Layers - Merge - Merge Down

Layer Palette - Double click on this Layer and set the Layer Opacity of this layer to 55

Effects 3D Effects - DropShadow - Color: #000000

15


  Selection Tool - Rectangle - Custom Selection:

Edit - Copy

Selections - Select None

Edit - Paste as New Layer

16

Layers Duplicate

Layer Palette - Close this layer by clicking on t e little eye

Click on the second layer from the top

Image - Resize - 56% - Resize all layers not checked

Adjust - Sharpness - Sharpen

Effects - Plugins - Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 - Impact - Glass - Settings Tab: Preset Msb_AS_IMP_Glass_ Precious Memory

Effects - Plugins - Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 - Impact - Backlight - Settings Tab: Preset Msb_AS_BL_ Precious Memory_01

Note: If you are using different colors, colorize now, the same as you did before

17

Layers - Duplicate

Image Mirror

Layers - Merge - Merge Down

Effects - Image Effects - Offset

Layers - Arrange - Move Down.

Layer Palette - Double click on this Layer and set the Blend Mode to "Dodge" and the Layer Opacity to 70

18

Layers - Duplicate

Image - Mirror

Layers - Duplicate

Image Flip

Image - Mirror (There will be nothing in the right corner)

19

Layer Palette - Click on the top layer and open it again

Image - Resize - 56% - Resize all layers not checked

Effects - Image Effects - Offset

Layers - Duplicate

Image - Mirror

Layers - Duplicate

Image Flip

Image - Mirror

Layers - Merge - Merge all (Flatten)

Your work looks like this now:

(yours could look different because of the copies effect, mine is also a little different then Meta's original)

20

Layers - Duplicate

Effects - Geometric Effects - Perspective Horizontal - Distortion 25 - Transparent checked

Hit the K Key of your Keyboard, click on Presets and load preset "Msb_Preset-Selecteren_Autumn_2013"

If this is not working for you? Activate the ruler (View - Rulers) and pull the middle node to the right until 555 px

Hit the M key of your keyboard

Effects 3D Effects - DropShadow - Color: #000000

Effects - Plugins - Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 - Impact - Backlight - Settings Tab: Preset Msb_AS_BL_ Precious Memory_02

21

Open Tube "Msb_Deco_Precious-Memory_02"

Edit - Copy

On your work image: Edit - Paste as New Layer

No need to move

Effects 3D Effects - DropShadow - Color: #000000

Layers - Merge - Merge all (Flatten)

22

Color Palette: Change your Foregroundcolor to #000000 and your Backgroundcolor to #7b2502

Set your Foregroundcolor to the same pattern as before but with these settings

23

Image - Add Borders - Symmetric checked - 1 px - Foregroundcolor

Image - Add Borders - Symmetric checked - 2 px - Backgroundcolor

Image - Add Borders - Symmetric checked - 1 px - Foregroundcolor

Selections - Select all

Image - Add Borders - Symmetric checked - 50 px - Backgroundcolor

Selections - Invert

Fill the Selection with the Pattern

Note: Colorize if you are using your own colors

Adjust - Blur - Gaussian Blur - 15

Effects - Plugins - Graphic Plus - Cross Shadow

Selections - Invert

Effects 3D Effects - DropShadow - Color: #000000

Selections - Select None.

24

Open Tube "fallleavescorner"

Edit - Copy

On your work image: Edit - Paste as New Layer

Effects - Image Effects - Offset

Effects 3D Effects - DropShadow - Color: #000000

Layer Palette - Double click on this Layer and set the Layer Opacity of this layer to 84

25

Open Tube "Msb_Deco_Precious-Memory"

Edit - Copy

On your work image: Edit - Paste as New Layer

Effects - Image Effects - Offset

Effects 3D Effects - DropShadow - Color: #000000

26

Open Tube "Msb_Text_Precious-Memory"

Edit - Copy

On your work image: Edit - Paste as New Layer

Colorize if you are using your own colors

Effects - Image Effects - Offset

Effects - Edge Effects - Erode

Effects 3D Effects - DropShadow - Color: #000000

27

Go back to Tube "calguisportraitautomnal18109"

Edit - Copy

On your work image: Edit - Paste as New Layer

Image - Resize - 78 %. Resize all layers not checked

Effects - Image Effects - Offset

Effects 3D Effects - DropShadow - Color: #000000

28

Layers - Duplicate

Layer Palette - Click on the original tube layer

Adjust - Blur - Gaussian Blur - 75

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

29

Layer Palette - Click on the top layer

Layers - Duplicate

Layer Palette - Click on the original tube layer

Effects - Plugins - Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 - Impact - Backlight - Settings Tab: Preset Msb_AS_BL_ Precious Memory_03

Colorzie if you are using your own colors

Layer Palette - Double click on this Layer and set the Blend Mode to "Dodge" and the Layer Opacity to 50

30

Image - Add Borders - Symmetric checked - 1 px - Foregroundcolor

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

31

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: Tube by Annelies from A&K Tubes unlimited. She shares her great tubes HERE

With special thanks to my testers, this is what they made:

Chris:

Martalip:

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