Paint Shop Pro - My translations - Hiver 2 (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 blogs,  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 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 here.

 This tutorial was made by Valérie on December 6, 2016, with PSPX9.
I used PSP9 to make my translation; you can follow this tutorial with any other versions of PSP, but the result might be slightly different.

 

Preparation
Decompress the zip file, make duplicate copies of the originals. Never work on the originals. Once you have made a duplicate of the alpha channel file, save it in a PSPimage format so that you can save your work with its multilayers later on. Save often, to avoid loss of time and efforts in case of a PSP crash of some sort. Save the selection in your My PSP files Selections folder.

Plugins
Alien Skin Xenofex 2  - Constellation
Carolaine and Sensibility  - CS-LDots
Mehdi  - Wavy Lab 1.1
In Filters Unlimited:
VM Distortion  - Tilomat 2000
VM Toolbox  - Dynamic Diffusion

Colors
Color 1 #e5e5e7
Color 2 #808080
Color 3 #8bae09
Color 4 #ffffff

Let's begin!!

1
Open Layer Alpha-Winter-VSP
Window - Duplicate and work on this duplicate. Close the original
Effects - Plugins - Mehdi - Wavy Lab 1.1

Effects - Image Effects - Default Seamless Mosaic

Adjust - Blur - Radial Blur with these settings:

Effects - Plugins - <ICNET Software> - Filters Unlimited 2.0 -
VM Distortion - Tilomat 2000 with these settings:

Effects - Edge Effects - Enhance

2
Layers - New Raster Layer
Flood fill with color 2 #808080
Layers - New Mask Layer - From image and select 'masker39-mpd©designs'

Layers - Merge - Merge group
Effects - Edge effects - Enhance more
Image - Mirror

3
Activate the bottom layer
Selections - Load/Save Selection - Load Selection from Alpha Channel - Selection#1

Selections - Promote selection to layer 
Effects - Plugins - <ICNET Software> - Filters Unlimited 2.0 - VM Toolbox - Dynamic Diffusion

 
Selections - Select None
Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow 0 / 50 / 50 / 75 with color black

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow 0 / -50 / 50 / 75 with color black 

4
Activate the bottom layer 
Selections - Load/Save selection - Load selection from alpha channel - Selection#2

Layers - New Raster Layer 
Flood fill with the following halo gradient

Note from the translator: For some reason, when I compare the screenshot images from the original tutorial and my image in PSP, for gradients, I have to check 'Invert' instead of as prescribed in the original  to obtain the expected result. I made the screenshot like I made my image but it is for you to select to check 'Invert' or not in order to obtain the result that you want. See original.

 Keep selection active 

5
 Activate the image 'mistedVSP'
Edit - Copy and Activate the top layer 
Edit - Paste as a new layer 
Activate the Move tool
Place the misted landscape on the left like this:


Selections - Invert
Hit your Delete key or use the Scissors
Selections - Select None
Layers Arrange - Move down
Repeat Layers Arrange - Move down a second time
Layers - Properties - Opacity to 75
Layers - Merge - Merge down
Your layers palette looks like this:

6
Activate the top layer
Selections - Load/Save Selection - Load selection from alpha channel - Selection#3


Layers - New Raster Layer 
Flood fill with color 2 #808080
Effects - Plugins - Carolaine and Sensibility - CS-LDots

Layers - New Raster Layer 
Selections - Modify - Contract by 1 
Flood fill with color 3 #8bae09
Selections - Modify - Contract by 1 again 
Hit your Delete key or use the Scissors
Selections - Select None 
Layers - Merge - Merge down
Layer Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow 0 / 0 / 75 / 25 with black 

7
Activate 'deco1-VSP' tube 
Edit - Copy/Paste as a new layer in your image 
Effects - Image Effects - Offset

8
Activate the 'deco2-VSP' tube
Edit - Copy/Paste as new layer in your image
Effects - Image Effects - Offset 

9
Activate the Title 'Winter-VSP' tube
Edit - Copy/Paste as new layer in your image
Place at the top left as in the final image 
Layers - Duplicate 
Effects - Distortion Effects - Wind

Layers - Reorder - Move down 
Activate the top layer
Layers - Merge - Merge down
Your layers palette looks like this:

10
Activate raster layer 3 (4th from the top)

Layers - New raster layer 
Flood fill with color 4 #ffffff
Layers - New mask layer - From image and select mask 'masker34 mpd©'
 Layers - Merge - Merge group 
Effects - Edge effects - Enhance 
Selections - Load/Save selection from alpha channel and select selection#2 again
Hit your Delete key or use the Scissors 
Selections - Select none 

11
Image - Canvas size with these settings

Layers  - New raster layer 
Layers - Arrange - Send to bottom 
Flood fill with color 1 #e5e5e7
Layers - New raster layer 
Selections - Select all 
Selections - Modify - Contract by 24 
Flood fill with color 3  #8bae09
Selections - Select none 

12
 Activate tube 'C.Evers_woman_66'
Take the visibility out for the watermark and the background color
Edit - Copy/Paste as new layer in your image
Layers - Arrange - Bring to top
Image - Resize to 91% uncheck 'Resize all layers'
Image - Mirror
Effects - Image effects - Offset

Adjust - Sharpness - Sharpen 
Effects - 3D effects - Drop shadow 0 / 50 / 50 / 75 with black

13
Layers - New raster layer
Sign your image and if you don't want to go on with the Animation Shop process, you can add borders and finish your image as you like.
 You are done if you plan to terminate your image at this point but,
if you want to go further into an animated result,
but if you want to try to make an animation
with this gorgeous image, proceed as follows

 14
Activate landscape layer (4th from bottom)

Selections - Load/Save selection from the disk Select-Hiver-VSP
(in the Materials, saved in your My PSP Files under Selections)

Effects - Plugins - Alien Skin Xenofex 2 - Constellation with these settings:

Selections - Select none
Edit - Copy special - Copy merge

Work in Animation Shop
Open your Animation Shop program
Edit - Paste as new animation

15
Return to your PSP
   Undo last command twice
(this will bring back your image without the first Constellation effect)
Now:  Effects - Plugins - Alien Skin Xenofex 2 - Constellation and for the settings, 
they stay the same except for Random Seed - click on Random Seed to obtain a different number then OK

Selections - Select nothing 
Edit - Special copy - Copy with merge 
Return to your animation shop 
Edit - Paste after active image 
(this is your 2nd Constellation effect)

16
Still in your Animation Shop 
Edit - Select all

Animation - Frame Properties
In the window that opens, select between 18 to 25 to your liking
Animation - Resize animation
While all your frames are still selected, open your watermark png image,
place your animation at frame 1 and paste it your watermark in all selected frames exactly where you want to see it

17
Save as a gif
 That's it, we are done.

Thank you very much for your achievement. If you wish to do so, you can send your result to Valérie here and I know that she will add it in her gallery with pleasure!!

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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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