Xylia

 

 

 

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Thank you very much Diamonds for allowing me to translate your great tutorials.

Here is the URL to the original Tutorial

http://home.hetnet.nl/~diamonds2/Xyl/Xylia.html

 

 

With a click on Diamonds Banner you will come to her wonderful site

 just klick on

Lessens Diamonds

 

I made this tutorial with PSP 8

 

 

Diamonds´s  Zip File what includes the Font and the Selection Files here

Plugin:

Graphics Plus

 

1.

Resize both images from the Zip File to 172 X 130

2.

Choose 2 colors a light and a darker color I used #221813 and #8c5c44

klick on Gradient now - Foreground -Background with the following settings.

3.

Activate your first image - Selections - Select All - Selections - Modify - Contract by 2 pix

Selections - Invert - fill with your light color.

Repeat with your second image.

4.

Open a new Image - 400 X 309 - fill with your gradient.

Layers - New Rasterlayer - Selections - load - Sel - Dia 2 - fill with your gradient.

Effects - Texture Effects - Blinds - for the color use your light color

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow

5.

Reduce the Opacity from this Layer to 55%

Selections - Select None -

6.

Layers - New Rasterlayer - Selections - Load from Disk - Load Dia 1

fill with your Gradient - I had to klick 5 times to fill it.

Effects - Plugins - Graphics Plus - Cross Shadow with the Standart settings.

Repeat - the Blinds and the Drops Shadow from step #4

Reduce the Opacity of this Layer to 40%

7.

Activate one of your images - Edit - copy - back to your working area - edit past as a new layer -

Layers - Arrange - Move down - repeat Move down.

Repeat the Drop Shadow - Reduce the Opacity of this Layer to 28 % and set it to Luminace

8.

Layers - New Rasterlayer - Load the Sel - Dia 4 from the Zip File -

fill the 1 pix Selection with your light color.

9.

watch the Layers are Arranged like my see my screencopy

10.

Selections - Select None - klick with your Magic Wand in the Middle

of the Rectangle- Activate your second Image - use your Selection Tool and crop a Rectangle

see my Screencopy

back to your working Area - Edit Past as a new Layer -

place it with your Mover Tool in the Rectangle -

Selections - Invert - klick on your Del Key on your Keyboard

11.

Selections - Invert - Effects - Distortionseffects - Wind -

12.

Keep Selected - your copy of the image should still be in your chache - Edit - past as a new Layer

Place it with your Mover Tool - Selections - Invert - hit the Del Key again.

13.

Aktivate your Smodge Tool with the following settings

soften the parts from wind and image -

14.

Layers - Merge visible - Repeat the Drops Shadow -

Layers - View All -

15.

Layers - Duplicate - Image - Mirror - Move with your Mover Tool

16.

Open the Font from the Zip File - so you can use it in PSP - Write your Name

and Repeat the Drops Shadow

Layers - Merge - Merge All -

Selections - Select All - Selctions - Modify - Contract by 2 -

Selections - Invcrt - Effects - 3D Effects Inner Bevel - use the Preset Metalic

 

That was it I hope you liked this tutorial if you have questions feel free to mail me

mary@psp-traumland.info

 

 

 

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