Paint Shop Pro - My translations - Isa (valyscrappassion)

 

This tutorial is a personal creation from Valérie Savary - better known as valyscrappassion.com
You can find the original here.
Any resemblance with another one would be only pure coincidence.  It is strictly forbidden to modify tubes - to change their name or take off the watermarks - to present them on your sites or blog - to share them in groups - to make a bank of images or to use them on lucrative purposes.
Thank you to respect Valérie’s work and other artwork creators'work mentioned in the original tutorial.

Don’t hesitate to warn me if you have any trouble with this translation and I’ll try to fix the problem as quickly as I can.  You can reach me at here. This tutorial was originally made on March 29, 2016 - with an earlier PSP version.  I have used PSPX to make my translation; you can follow this tutorial with any other versions of PSP - but the result might be slightly different.

For presets - double-click on them and they will install themselves.

For gradients - masks - selections - textures - simply place in your appropriate PSP folders.

Let's start!

Colors
Foreground color 1  #3b0128
Background color 2  #ecdfde
Additional color 3  #171614

Plugins
AP [Dots] - Dots -  DotFlow
AP 01 [Innovations] -  Lines -  SilverLining
Crescent Moon -  CutGlass
It@lian Editors Effect -  Effetto Fantasma
Filters Unlimited 2 - Special Effects 1 - Square Bumps

Preparation
Place the script in your Scripts -  Restricted of your PSP files. 
Open the tubes, duplicate them and close the originals. Minimize them for later use. 

Prepare a Sunburst gradient as follows:
Color 1 in Foreground - Color 2 in Background
Repeats 4 - Invers checked
Centre H 93 - V 81
Focal point H 46 - V 56
'Link Centre and Focal point' unchecked

1
Open alpha-Isa-VSP layer - Window - Duplicate and
close the original image; work on the duplicate only. If anything should occur, you can open the unmodified original again.
Flood fill with gradient just created
Effects -  Texture effects -  Weave with Color #3 (#171614) for Weave color - Fill gaps unchecked

Effects -  Plugins -  Crescent Moon -  CutGlass with these settings

2

Layers -  New raster layer

Flood fill with color 1 (#3b0128)

Layers -  New mask layer -  From image and select mask Narah_mask_0677 - Invert mask data unchecked

Layers - Merge - Merge group

Effects - Edge effects - Enhance

Effects - Plugins - AP [Dots] - Dots - DotFlow...

Effects - 3D effects - Drop shadow with color #2

3

Activate bottom layer (1st from bottom)

Selections - Load/Save selection - Load selection from alpha channel - Selection #1

Selections - Promote selection to layer

Effects - Plugins - AP 01 [Innovations] - Lines- SilverLining - Dotty Grid

Selections - Select none
Effects - Plugins - <ICNET Software> - Filters Unlimited 2.0 - Special Effects 1 - Square Bumps

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow with color black

Repeat Drop Shadow a second time

4
Layers - Duplicate
Image - Flip
Highlight the layer below (2nd from the bottom) Effects - Plugins - It@lian Editors Effect - Effetto Fantasma

5
Layers - New Raster Layer
Selections - Load/Save Selection - Load Selection from alpha channel - Selection#2

Fill with Color 1 (#3b0128)
Selections - Select none
Layers - Properties - Opacity at 50
Layers - Duplicate

6
Highlight the layer below (3rd from the bottom)
Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow

Highlight the layer just above (4th from the bottom)
Same shadow but Horizontal at -22

Layers - Merge - Merge down
Layers - Properties - Opacity at 54
Layers - Arrange - Bring to top

Move the shadow palette (the one with visibility at 54%) between the 2 layers with visibility at 50%.

Your layers palette looks like this :

7
Open the 'decoIsaVSP' tube
Edit - Copy
Return to your image and highlight the top layer
Edit - Paste as new layer
Effects - Image effects - Offset with checks at Custom and Transparent

Effects - 3D effects - Drop shadow

8
Open the 'decoIsa2VSP' tube
Edit - Copy
Back to your image - Paste as new layer
Effects - Image effects - Offset with checks at Custom and Transparent

9
Open the 'FB0109' tube - Delete the watermark
Edit - Copy
Return to your image and Paste as new layer
Image - Resize to 83% - Resize all layers unchecked
Place at the left of the image as shown
Adjust - Sharpness - Sharpen
Effects - 3D effects - Drop shadow

10
Open the 'titleIsaVSP' tube
Edit - Copy
Return to your image and Paste as new layer
Place at the bottom right

11
File - script - run in the Scripts folder -  Regulated by Script-Isa-VSP
(change your colors if necessary then ok)
If this Script Detail window appears,

click on OK and it will run anyway.  Simply click OK at all the windows that constitute the script.
The last window is a selection.

If you have a problem running it, here it is: 
Image - Add borders of 1 - color 2 (#ecdfde)
Image - Add borders of 10 - color 1 (#3b0128)
Image - Add borders of 1 - color 2 (#ecdfde)
Image - Add borders of 2 - color 3 (#171614)
Image - Add borders of 1 - color 2 (#ecdfde)
Image - Add borders of 35 - color 1 (#3b0128)
The script ends with the last border of 35 px and stays selected
so simply do a last 1 px border with color 2

Remember that when you run a script for borders, you can usually change the colors in the script for your own colors

12
Keep selection
Open mask LF-Mask-207 (in the zip)
Edit - Copy
Return to your image
Layers - New raster layer
Edit - Paste into selection
Layers - Properties - Blend mode on Soft Light
(Note from the translator: I put mine at Screen instead of Soft Light)
Layers - Merge - Visible layers

13
Selections - Select all
Selections - Modify - Contract by 36
Effects - 3D effects - Drop shadow

Edit - Repeat Drop shadow
Selections - Select none

14
Image - Resize to 900 pixels wide - Resize all layers checked
Adjust - Sharpness - Unsharp mask

15
Sign and save as jpg or File - Export - as an optimized jpeg file

There you go - it's done.  Thank you very much for your achievement. Valérie loves to add your creations in her gallery so do not hesitate to send her your version here.

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Paint Shop Pro - My translations - Hiver (valyscrappassion)

 

This tutorial is a personal creation from Valérie Savary, better known as

valyscrappassion.com

I have her written authorization to translate her tutorials and you can find the original here. She made it on November 18, 2014.  Any resemblance with another one would be only pure coincidence. It is strictly forbidden to modify tubes, to change their name or take off the watermarks, to present them on your sites or blog, to share them in groups, to make a bank of images or to use them on lucrative purposes.

Thank you to respect Valérie’s work and other artwork creators' work.
Don’t hesitate to warn me if you have any trouble with this translation
and I’ll try to fix the problem as quickly as I can.  You can reach me here.

 

Colors
Color 1 #a4a4a4
Color 2 #ffffff

1
Open all the images, make duplicates and close the originals

2
Open the image 'Alpha_Hiver_VSP', make a duplicate and close the original; work on the duplicate only
Selections - Select all
Open, Copy/Paste inside the selection your duplicate of 'fond neige'
Selections - Select none

3

 Effects - Geometric effects - Vertical perspective -80 check Wrap

View - Rulers
With your Pick tool, lower the top of your image to 500

4
Layers - New raster layer
Selections - Select all
Copy/Paste in the selection your duplicate of 'Paysage hivernal'
Selections - Select none
Adjust - Blur - Gaussian blur at 25

5
Copy/Paste as a new layer your duplicate of 'flocon'
Effects - Image effects - Seamless tiling

Selections - Load/Save selection from the alpha channel and select Selection 1

Selection invert
Hit the Delete key or use Scissors
Selection - Select none
Layers - Merge - Merge down
Layers - Arrange - Move down

You should have this now:

6
Highlight the top layer
Layers - New raster layer
Selections - Load/Save from the alpha channel and select Selection 2

Copy/Paste in the selection your duplicate of 'Paysage hivernal'
Selections - Modify - Select selection borders - Both sides checked and enter 3 for the width

Layers - New raster layer
Flood fill the selections with color 1 #a4a4a4
Adjust - Add noise - Uniform and Monochrome checked at 45%

Effects - 3D effects - Drop shadow 0 / 0 / 60 / 20 with color black

Layers - Merge - Merge down
Repeat the Drop shadow effect
Selections - Select none

7
Open, Copy/Paste as a new layer your duplicate of 'maelledreams-femme124'
Image - Resize at 80% uncheck 'Resize all layers'

Effects - Image effects - Offset Horizontal -166 and Vertical -50

Adjust - Sharpness - Sharpen
Effects - 3D effects - Drop shadow 0 / 15 / 60 / 40 with color black

8
Open, Copy/Paste as a new layer your duplicate of 'ours blanc VSP'
Image - Resize at 80% uncheck 'Resize all layers'
Repeat the resize a second time
Effects - Image effects - Offset Horizontal 273 and Vertical at -128

Adjust - Sharpness - Sharpen
Effects - 3D effects - Drop shadow 0 / 15 / 60 / 40 with color black same as before

9
 Open, Copy/Paste as a new layer your duplicate of 'déco Hiver VSP'
Effects - Image effects - Offset Horizontal 15 and Vertical 247

10
Image - Add symmetric borders of 3 px with color 2 (black)
 Image - Add symmetric borders of 3 px with color 1 #a4a4a4
Selections - Select all
Image - Add symmetric borders of 15 with color 1 #a4a4a4
Selections - Invert
Adjust - Add noise with same settings as before

Selections - Invert
Effects - 3D effects - Drop shadow 0 / 0 / 60 / 20 with color black

Selections - Select none

11
 Edit - Copy
Selections - Select all
Image - Add symmetric borders of 40 px with color 1 #a4a4a4
Selections - Invert
Edit - Paste in the selection
Adjust - Blur - Gaussian blur at 10%

Selections - Invert
Repeat the Drop shadow effect
Selections - Select none

12
 Image - Add symmetric borders of 3 px color 2 #ffffff
 Selections - Select all
Image - Add symmetric borders of 15 px with color 1 #a4a4a4
Selections - Invert
Adjust - Add noise with the same settings as before
Selections - Invert
Effects - 3D effects - Drop Shadow with the same settings as before
Selections - Select none

13
Open, Copy/Paste as a new layer your duplicate of the title 'titre'
It is well placed
Layers - Merge - Merge all (Flatten)
Image - Resize your image at width of 900 'Resize all layers' checked
The height will adjust automatically

Adjust - Sharpen - Unsharp mask 2 / 60 / 4 check Luminance only

14
Sign your image and save it as a jpg or File - Export as an optimized jpeg

We are done!

I hope that you enjoyed making this tutorial. 
Valérie has a gallery of all the results that she receives
from all over the world and she loves to see your creations and include  them in her gallery. Click here to send yours!!

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Paint Shop Pro - My tutorials - Transparent Letters

This tutorial is a personal creation. Any resemblance with another one would be only pure coincidence. It is strictly forbidden to modify my images, to change their name or take off the watermarks in order to present them on your sites or blog, to share them in groups, to make a bank of images, or to use them on lucrative purposes. You can write to me here if you need.

I made this tutorial for PSPX but you can use any version of PSP; the results might be slightly different.

PLUGINS

Alien Skin Eye Candy which every body has already

and if not, go here under Eye Candy

Thank you Créaline!

MATERIALS

You will need an image

A font that can be large in width

(I have chosen Times New Roman for this tutorial

because everybody has it in its computer)

Let's start!!

1

Open your image

Window - Duplicate

Close the original - always work on the duplicates so that you

can have an intact original in case you encounter a problem with your PSP

2

Layers - Promote Background raster layer

3

Layers - New raster layer

Now, click on your Text tool

In your Materials, you can make your Foreground and Background with

the same color or a gradient in one of them or no color in your Foreground

but select light colors

Select your font

I selected these for the purpose of the tutorial but feel free to change the size and the sroke width

Size 72, Stroke width at 3.0 and Create as 'Selection'

4
Write your text which is transparent.
Apply the changes; now your letters are transparent but can't be moved where you want them but wait, we will change this

5

Selection - Promote as a layer
Your letters are still selected but on a layer of its own
Flood fill the selection with a light color
Zoom in if you need to see the inside of your letters
Reduce the Opacity of this layer to 40 (may vary according to your color)

Effects - 3D effects - Drop Shadow 1/1/50/2 with color black

6

You can repeat the drop shadow effect twice or even more but

remember that those letters are supposed to be transparent

Do not deselect your letters yet because you can move them in some other place, if you want to

7

With your Move tool, click in one of your letters and place the whole selection where you want to; the original place are still selected

Selections - Select none

Adjust the opacity to your taste by playing with the slider

8

If you want to write another text line in your image, repeat starting from step 3 and either write with the same font or select another font, like I did in my final image
Don't forget to modify the size and other settings if necessary

9

When it is to your liking,

Layers - Merge - Merge all (Flatten)

10

Sign your image or File - Save as an optimized jpeg

You are done! I hope that you enjoyed this tutorial.
Originally made on December 5, 2013 

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Paint Shop Pro - My tutorials - Autumn Princess

This tutorial is a personal creation.
Any resemblance with another one would be only pure coincidence.
It is strictly forbidden to modify my images, to change their name or take off the watermarks in order to present them on your sites or blog, to share them in groups, to make a bank of images, or to use them on lucrative purposes.

I have made this tutorial with PSPX on March 26, 2024.
Thank you to respect my work and the creators work.
Don’t hesitate to write to me here if you have any trouble with this tutorial and I’ll try to fix the problem as quickly as I can. 

Decompress the zipped Materials file, open the files and save them in their respective My PSP files folder. For png and other images, duplicate them after taking away my watermark. Work with your duplicates to preserve originals. Open the masks and minimize them to tray. Copy/Paste the gradient into your PSP files in the Gradients folder. Double-click on the font, click on Install and it will install itself in its right place. Double-click on the preset and it will be saved automatically in its right place. 
Save your work often as pspimage with all your layers just in case your PSP crashes!!

 Materials
1 Alien Skin Eye Candy preset
1 selection
1 mask
1 png image

Plugins

Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Impact - Perspective shadow
Dragonfly - Sinedots II

Colors
Foreground color #b8946d
Background color #dfccac

1
Create a New transparent image 900 x 700 px
Flood fill this image with the 'crème caramel' gradient furnished in the Materials Angle 250 - No repeats

 If you prefer to make this gradient, here are the settings:

It has 7 paint pots and you only have to click in the color in the paint pot to make it. 100% opacity.
Layers - New raster layer
Flood fill this layer with the color black

 2
Layers - Load/Save Mask layer from image
Select mask '303'
Layers - Merge - Merge group
Properties of this layer opacity at 60%

 

3
Layers - New raster layer
Selections - Load/Save selection 'lc-autumn'
Flood fill with Foreground color #b8946d
Effects - Texture effects - Weave with your Background color #dfccac in the Weave color and black in the Gap color

Properties of this layer opacity at 56%
Effects - User defined filter - Emboss_3

4
Selections - Modify - Select selection borders

Zoom to see the selected border
Flood fill with your Foreground color #b8946d
Effects - 3D effects - Inner bevel

Selections - Select none

5
Layers - New raster layer
Effects - Plugins - Dragonfly - Sinedots II with these settings:

Properties of this layer opacity at 30%

6
Open, Copy/Paste as a new layer the image 'lc-autumn-princess'
Use your Move tool to place your png image as the center of attraction
Effects - Plugins - Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Impact - Perspective shadow

You should have this in your layers palette:

7
Layers - Merge all (Flatten)
Edit - Copy
Image - Add borders 40 px with color #dfccac
Using your Magic wand, select this border
Copy/Paste into the selection
Effects - Plugins - Fotoframe

Effects - Textures effects - Blinds with color #a1815b and these settings:

8
Selections - Promote selection to layer
Repeat the Textures effects - Blinds uncheck Horizontal

Layers - Merge - Merge down
Keep selected
Effects - 3D effects - Buttonize

Selections - Select none
Image - Add a 2 px border with color black

9
Add a text of if you want
Sign your result
Save as a jpg or File - Export - As an Optimized jpg
We are done!!

I hope that you liked this tutorial and I would be so happy if you would send me your version here; I would add it below.

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