You will need
Simple, Top Left Mirror
My zip file HERE
Please respect those who made the contents and do not change file names
1: Set your foreground to #f4f5fc and your background to #b4bddc.
Now change your foreground to the foreground/background gradient with the following settings. Angle 45, repeats 1, style linear. Invert is checked.
Settings will remain the same unless noted.
Place the purpl168 from the zip into the textures folder within PSP.
2: Open the dmssofttouchalpha. Shift D to duplicate. Close the original.
Fill with the gradient.
3: Layers new raster layer.
Selections, load/save selection, load selection from alpha channel, selection 1. Fill with the gradient changing the angle to 133.
Selections, select none.
4: Effects, geometrical effects, perspective horizontal with the following settings.
5: Effects, texture effects texture, locate the purpl168 and apply with the following settings.
6:Effects, 3D effects, drop shadow with the following settings.
Repeat drop shadow changing vertical and horizontal to - (minus) 7
Rename this layer left.
7: Laywers duplicate, image mirror, image flip.
Rename this layer right.
8: Layers new raster layer.
Selections, load/save selection, load selection from alpha channel, selection 2. Fill with the gradient changing the angle back to 45.
Leave selected.
9: Layers new raster layer.
Open the GoldnDiamondDivider-KRC2010. Shift D to duplicate, close the original.
Adjust, hue and saturation, colorize with the following settings.
Click on the bar at the top copy. Back to working canvas. Paste into selection. Selections, select none.
Adjust, sharpness, sharpen more.
Lower the opacity to 40%.
Layers, merge, merge down.
Add both drop shadows as in 6.
10: Click on the layer we named right to make it active.
11: Open the bijoux_11(1) tube. Shift D to duplicate. Close the original. Colorize as in 9.
Click on the bar at the top, copy. Position as in the main graphic with the longer dangler lined up at the top. I know the others will be above the top of the box. We will put that right later.
Layers, duplicate, image mirror. Line up to the left side of the same box but this time line up the shorter dangler at the top.
Layers, merge, merge down.
11: NOTE: If you hide the top layer it will make the next step a little easier.
With the lasso tool outline the layer we named right but staying on the layer with the danglers select around the right box inside the drop shadow. Make sure you are pretty precise at the top, bit the rest of the selection does not really matter as long as you are below the danglers.
Selections, invert. Hit delete once. Selections, select none.
Take the X off the top layer to make it visible but click on the right layer to make it active once more.
13: Open the touchofpink_colorel tube. Shift D to duplicate. Close the original.
Image resize 60% bicubic.
Adjust, hue and saturation, colorize with the same settings as in 9.
Click on the bar at the top, copy. Back to working canvas. Paste as a new layer. Position as in the main graphic.
14: Click on the top layer to make it active.
15: Open the white haired lady tubed by Liza 7-4-2010 tube. Making sure the tube layer is active click on the bar at the top, copy. Back to working canvas. Paste as a new layer.
Image resize 60% bicubic making sure all layers is not checked.
Position as in the main graphic.
16: Add both drop shadows as in 6.
17: When you are happy where everything is, merge all, flatten.
18: Image add borders 2 background colour.
19: Image add borders 50 white.
20: Select the white border with the magic wand feather and tolerance set at zero and fill with the gradient changing angle to 133 and the repeats to 7.
Leave selected.
21: Layers, new raster layer.
Open the Natural_Beauty_Overlay. Shift D to duplicate. Close the original. Colorize with the same settings as in 9.
Click on the bar at the top, copy. Back to working canvas. Paste into selection.
Selections, select none.
Layers, duplicate. Image mirror.
Making sure the top layer is active, layers, merge, merge down.
22: Click inside the frame layer we have just made with the magic wand. Selections invert.
Layers new raster layer and apply the following cutout.
Repeat the cutout changing the vertical and horizontal to - (minus) 5.
Selections, select none.
23: Open the dmsdiamond1 tube. Making sure the tube layer is active click on the bar at the top, copy. Back to working canvas. Paste as a new layer. Position in the top left corner.
Adjust, hue and saturation, colorize as in 9.
Apply both drop shadows as in 6.
Effects, plugins, Simple, Top left mirror.
Merge all, flatten.
24: Image add borders 2 background colour.
25: Apply your watermark and any text you may require.
Merge all flatten.
Save as a jpg. You are all done.
This tutorial was written by Diane M. Stanley on September 3,, 2011
No copyright infringement is intended as this is purely for the learning experience gained through creating this tag.
This tutorial must not be passed through e-mail, groups or by any other method without written permission from myself.
Thank you to Pam for testing this tutorial.
© D.M.S Creations 2011