Valyspionne
This tutorial is a personal creation from Valérie Savary, better known as
You can find the original here
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This tutorial was made in 2014 with an earlier PSP version.
I have used PSPX5 to make my translation;
you can follow this tutorial with any other versions of PSP, but the result might be slightly different.
Download the zip file containing the materials, decompress, copy the originals and close them.
Work with the copies.
For fonts and presets, double-click on them and they will install themselves.
For gradients, masks, selections, textures, etc, simply place in your appropriate PSP folders.
Filters used
Graphics Plus - Cross shadow (could also be in Filters Unlimited 2.0)
Jeux de lignes - Entrelacement (could also be in Filters Unlimited 2.0)
In Filters Unlimited 2.0 - Lens effects - Fisheye tiler
User defined filter Emboss 3
Let's go!!
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Open the mask vsp1.jpg and minimize it in your workspace
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File - New image of 650 x 500 pixels, transparent and Flood fill with color #acb838
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Layers - New raster layer; Flood fill with color #e6fc90
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Layers - New mask layer - From image and select 'mask vsp1.jpg'
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Effects - Edge effects - Enhance
Layers - Merge - Merge visible layers
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Effects - Plugins - Filters Unlimited 2.0 - Lens effects - Fisheye tiler at default setting
Effects - Edge effects - Enhance more
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Effects - User defined filter - Emboss 3
Adjust - Blur - Gaussian blur at 10
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Layers - New raster layer
Selections - Load/Save selection from disk and select selection vsp1.PspSelection
Verify that your Flood fill tool is at Match mode None, Tolerance 0, Opacity 100
Flood fill the selection with a gold linear gradient, Angle at 45, Repetitions at 1
Selections - Select none
Effects - 3D effects - Drop Shadow with these settings: 2/2/55/6 with color black
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Layers - New raster layer
Selections - Load/Save selection - From the disk and select 'vsp2.PspSelection'
Flood fill with this Radial gradient Angle at 45 and Repetitions at 2
Click 4 or 5 times in the selection
Image - Duplicate - Image Flip (the old Flip)
Effects - Edge effects - Enhance more
Selections - Select none
Merge - Merge visible
You should have this result now:
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Copy the woman tube and paste it in your image as a new layer
Adjust - Sharpness - Sharpen
Place the tube on the right side as shown in the tutorial image
Effects - 3D effects - Drop shadow 4/4/50/20 with the color black
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Image - Add symmetric borders of 3 pixels color #6c2930
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Image - Add symmetric borders of 5 pixels color #e6fc90
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Image - Add symmetric borders of 15 pixels with color white
With the Magic Wand, select the white border
Flood fill with a linear gradient Angle 45 with 2 repetitions:
Effects - Plugins - Graphic Plus - Cross shadow with default settings:
Effects - Plugins - Jeux de ligne - Entrelacement with default settings
Selections - Invert
Effects - 3D effects - Drop Shadow -4/-4/60/10 with color black
then repeat Drop Shadow with its positives 4/4/60/10
Image - Add symmetric borders of 5 pixels with color #e6fc90
Select - Select none
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Click on your Text tool, select the font included in the Materials, Size 20, with these settings:
With your background color #6c2930 and the same gradient in your foreground, write Valyspionne
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Image - Free rotation Left, Free 15 left uncheck All layers
With your Move tool, place on the upper left corner of the image, as shown in the tutorial image
Effects - 3D effects - Drop Shadow 4/4/60/20 with color black
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Sign your image and save as a jpg or File - Export as a jpeg optimized image.
Thank you for this beautiful tutorial, Valérie.
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Update on November 14, 2023