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You may print out this tutorial by clicking the button above. "PLEASE DO NOT SAVE THIS HTML FILE TO YOUR HARD DRIVE" Scrap Blended Asian Beauty Tutorial by Marleschka. From our translators  
This tutorial was made in PSP 8.1 but I am sure could be done in any version. Tubes are from MistsofTime and Gerlinde Creations All of the embellishments are made by me. You can get them Here. Please Note: All LAYERS are turned off on all tubes. Bring up the tubes & the background I supplied in PSP. Go to your layers view all on all of the tubes. Take this arrow with you to keep your place in this tutorial. 
( 1 ) Open a new 800 x 600 Transparent Image. ( 2 ) In your foreground pattern, find scrap-blend8bg, set to Angle 0 & Scale 100. ( 3 ) New layer and flood fill with this pattern. ( 4 ) Copy the tube scrap-blend8-side-strips and paste as a new layer onto your image. Leave it there. ( 5 ) Copy the tube scrap-blend8-frame and paste as a new layer onto your image. Move it to the top of your image. Lower the opacity of this layer to 80. To highlight the bows on the frame, take your eraser at Size 9, Hardness 0, Opacity 50 and right click on the parts of the Bows you want to highlight. Keep this layer on top. ( 6 ) Click on the layer underneath the frame and add a new layer. With your selection tool set to Hexagon, start at the very left of your image and draw out a hexagon. Don't worry if it isn't over the frame properly, we will fix that shortly. Flood fill this layer with color #978558. Selections, select none. ( 7 ) Now with your Deform tool move it over the frame and fit it to the frame. ( 8 ) Copy the tube PH_Oriental_eight and paste as a new layer onto your image. Resize by 95% all layers unchecked. With your deform tool place her inside the frame. Erase the parts of the tube that are outside the frame with your eraser. Click on the frame layer. ( 8 ) Copy the tube scrap-blend8-name-plate and paste as a new layer onto your image. Place it at the bottom of the frame. (see my image) ( 9 ) Copy the tube PH_chinese_floral1 and paste as a new layer onto your image. Resize by 95% all layers unchecked. Place it to the left at the bottom. With your deform tool sqeeze it in and up so the birds head is sitting at the top of the name plate. (see my image) Lower the opacity to 90. Effects, 3D Effects Drop Shadow with these settings. V & H 0, Opacity 50 and blur 10. Duplicate this layer and image mirror. ( 10 ) Merge layers visible. ( 11 ) Image add borders, 15, white. Select this border with your magic wand and flood fill with color #978558. Keep selected. ( 12 ) Effects 3D Effects, Inner Bevel with these settings, Bevel 12, Width 2, Smoothness 25, Depth 20, Ambience 0, Shininess 0, Angle 0, Intensity 55, Elevation 90 and color #808080. Selections, select none. ( 13 ) Resize to your original size, sharpen and now you can put your text on the name plate. Save as a JPG and you are finished. I hope you have enjoyed this tutorial. If you would like to see how this image was utilized in a stationery, click Here |
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