Presenting The Rose by Mary Dog
Tutorial for PSP 8


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Tutorial written by Larry
Copyright © PSP Larry & Mary Dog 2003
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  1. Obtain the materials needed. Download the zip file by Clicking Here! Open the MD-rosetut.pspimage file. Activate the Background Layer and flood fill with white.

  2. Activate the Outline Layer. Go to Selections - Load from Alpha Channel - and open the selection titled Outline. Flood fill the selection with black - deselect.

  3. Activate the Rose Flower Layer. Go to Selections - Load from Alpha Channel - and open the selection titled Rose Flower. Flood fill with color #FF8080.

  4. Staying on the same layer, Go to Selections - Invert. Go to Effects - 3D - Drop Shadow - Settings: V&H 5, Opacity 65, Blur 40, Color #800000.

  5. Selections - Invert. Effects - Textures - Fine Leather - More Cracks Preset.

  6. Leave area selected and activate the Flower 2 Layer - Flood fill with color #C00000. On the layer palette (Flower 2) change the Blend Mode to Soft Light.

  7. Activate the Leaves & Stem Layer - Go to Selections - Load from Alpha Channel - and open the selection titled Leaves & Stem. Flood fill with color #7AAB59 - Apply the same Fine Leather preset. Selections - Select None.

  8. Activate the Details Layer. Set foreground color to #2A4717 and turn off the background color. Use the draw tool with a solid line width of 1 to draw lines on your leaves.

  9. Same Layer - Use the Paint Brush to touch up any areas of demarcation on either the rose or the greenery.

  10. Same Layer - Go To Adjust - Blur - Gausian Blur - Setting: 2.00.

  11. Activate the Leaves & Stem Layer - Use the Darken & Lighten Brush to add shadows and highlights to your greenery.

  12. Now do the same on both the Flowers 2 Layer and the Rose Flower Layer. Use Mary Dog's image at the top of the page as a guide as to where you darken and lighten.

  13. In the Layers Palette, delete the background layer. Now merge layers visible. Apply a Gausian Blur of 1.00.

  14. Go To Image - Resize - Setting: 60%. Go to Adjust - Add Noise - 12% Uniform - Monochrome Checked. You may now tube your image or follow the optional step which follows.

  15. Optional: Make a new layer to Add Text to your image as Mary Dog did in her image at the top of the page. Make the text as a Vector so you can rotate it into the position you want. Once you have the text placed where you want it, go to Layers - Convert to Raster. Merge Layers Visible and tube the final result. If you used your name as the text, you could use this image as a Signature Tag.