Choices

Filters Required:

Toadies

AP 01

Adjust Variations

If you need a filter..select the linked image below and scroll down the page.

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Tubes Required:

Joanie Main tube

elements

a Mask

Main Tube was created by Joanie. Thank you for the permission of using your tube in the tutorial. To receive her tubes
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Materials

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Preparation:

Look thru the list of filters and make certain you have them.
Open all tubes and mask in your psp program and minimize.
Place Selection File in your PSP Selection Folder

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Material Palette
Material Palette - Set foreground to #ba8e8f (a medium Colour) and background to #ffffff (white). Set Foreground to Gradient -
Style Rectangular, Gradient Foreground/Background, Angle 0, Repeats 0, Invert checked.

Colours Used

Lets Begin:

A)Distant Background

1)File, New Image, 800 w x 500 h, transparent.
2)Flood Fill with gradient

B)Mask Layer

1)Layers - New Raster Layer
2)Material Palette - Change foreground back to color - Change colour to Black (dark colour)
3)Layers - New Mask Layer - From Image - Mask: mask_choices_psppeg.jpg

4)Layers - Merge - Merge Group
5)Layer Palette - Blend Mode: Soft Light

C)Selection Layer

1)Layers - New Raster Layer
2)Selections - Load/Save Selection - Load psppeg_choices1.sel
3)Material Palette - Change Foreground colour to #f6dcdf - Change Colour to Gradient - The Gradient you created
4)Flood Fill Selection: With Gradient
5)Selections - Select None
6)Effects - Distortion Effects - Punch - Strength: 100%
7)Effects - Image Effects - Seamless Tiling

8)Effects - Plugins - Toadies - What are you?

9)Layer Palette - Blend Mode: Hard Light, Opacity: 32
10)Layers - Duplicate
11)Effects - Image Effects - Seamless Tiling - Same Settings
12)Layers - Merge - Merge Visable

D)Element Layer
1)Layers - New Raster Layer
2)Selection Tool - Custom Selection

3)Material Palette - Change Foreground to Colour and change colour to #f6dcdf
4)Flood Fill: Foreground Colour
5)Selections - Select None
6)Effects - Plugins - Toadies - What are you? - Same Settings
7)Effects - AP 01 Lines - Silver Lining

8)Selections - Select All - Select Float - Select Modify Selections - Select Selection Borders

9)Layers - New Raster Layer
10)Flood Fill: Black Selections - Select None
11)Layer Palette - Select Middle Layer - Blend Mode: Hard Light, Opacity: 70
12)Layer Palette - Select Top Layer
13)Layers - Merge - Merge Down
14)Layers - Duplicate
15)Image Flip

E)Main Tube
1)Maximize Joanie_Woman_31-03-2012.psp - Edit - Copy - Close image - Edit - Paste As a New Layer.
2)Mover Tool - Position: Bottom Right
3)Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow - 1, 1, 70, 50.00, black

F)Accent Tubes
1)Maximize balls_choices_pp.psp - Edit - Copy - Close image - Edit - Paste As a New Layer.
2)Effects - Image Effects - Offset - Horizontal: minus 165, Vertical: 135, transparent
3)Layer Palette - Select Layer Below (Your Main Tube)
3)Maximize VintageGarments_8_05_pjs.psp
4)Layer Palette - Select Top3
5)Edit - Copy - minimize image - Edit - Paste As a New Layer.
6)Mover Tool - Position hanger just under the ball to the furthest left ball
7)Repeat Steps 3 to 6 for Top2 then Top1

G)Framing
1)Layers - Merge - Merge All
2)(Optional) Effects - Plugins - Variations - We Selected Original then More Blue
3)Dropper Tool - Select a Colour from your new Image - We Selected #a47290
4)Image - Add Borders - 1 pixel symmetric border in black
5)Image - Add Borders - 30 pixel symmetric border in the Colour you Selected - We Used #a47290
6)Magic Wand Tool - Feather and Tolerance 0 - Select the last border
7)Effects - Plugins - AP 01 Innovations - Lines - Silver Lining - Same Settings

H)Text
1)Maximize text_choices_pp.psp - Edit - Copy - Close image - Edit - Paste As a New Layer.
2)Place wherever desired

J)Finalizing

1)Add your watermark
2)Layers - Merge - Merge All Flatten.

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