Golden Bough written by Sherry
November 16, 2008
This tutorial was written in PSP 9
Also tested in X2
Material supplied here
Filters needed
Alien skin Eye Candy 5
Impact
Perspective & Blurry Shadow
FM Tile Tools here
Xenofer 1.0 - Distress
Add the presets to
Alien skin Eye Candy 5 Impact
Perspective Shadow
Add the filters to the PSP filter folder
Foreground #0a0804
Background #9e8e31
1. New transparent image 800 x 750
2. Open
bgforest.jpg
3. Edit copy - close original image
4. Selections - select all
5. Edit paste - into selections
6. Selections - select none
7. Open forest.pspimage
8. Edit copy - close original image
9. Edit paste - new layer
10. Image - mirror
11. Move to the right side - line up the trees
12. Effects - Xenofer 1.0 - distress - decomposed
13. Effects - FM Tools - warp
14. Open plantage_Sylwiaa.pspimage
15. Edit copy - close original image
16. Edit paste - new layer
17. Image - resize 87% all layer unchecked
18. Place on the left side
*I placed the window over the star*
19. Layers - duplicate - close this layer
20. Raster layer
21. Effects - Distortion Filters - Whirl - 32
22. Image - mirror
23. Image - Flip
24. Move to the bottom
25. Effects - texture effects - P1010793_object.png
26. Opacity - 82%
27. Open G-letter.pspimage
28. Edit copy - close original image
29. Edit paste - new layer
30. Place on the bottom left on the tree
31. Opacity - 28%
32. Open - closed layer
33. Make sure the house on the left is visible
34. Open fairy.pspimage
35. Edit copy - close original image
36. Edit paste - new layer
37. Image - resize - 35% all layers unchecked
38. Move her to the left
*See main image for placement*
39. Blend mode - hard light
40. Opacity - 70%
41. Open Eye.pspimage
42. Edit copy - close original image
43. Edit paste - new layer
44. Image - resize 65% all layer unchecked
45. Opacity - 70%
46. Image - mirror
47. Place upper right side
48. Open helmet.pspimage
49. Edit copy - close original image
50. Edit paste - new layer
51. Image - resize 65% all layer unchecked
52. Blend mode - luminance
53. Place on the upper right over the eye
54. Opacity - 38%
55. Effects - Alien skin Eye Candy 5 - Impact
Perspective Shadow
Select - dartysplace-goldenbough preset
56. Open helmet.pspimage again
57. Edit copy - close original image
58. Edit paste - new layer
59. Image - resize 65% all layer unchecked
60. Blend mode - luminance
61. Image - free rotate
62. Place on the bottom right
63. Effects - Alien skin Eye Candy 5 - Impact
Select - dartysplace-goldenbough-blurry preset
64. Opacity - 90%
65. Open medievalsword_sea.psp
66. Edit copy - close original image
67. Edit paste - new layer
68. Image - resize 65% all layer unchecked
69. Layers - arrange - move down
70. Place behind the helmet - lining the centers
71. Open - goldenboughtext.pspimage
72. Edit copy - close original image
73. Edit paste - new layer
74. Place on the bottom left
75. Effects - Alien skin Eye candy 5 - Impact
Select - dartysplace-goldenbough-blurry preset
76. Image - add borders 35 px - #030303
77. Open bgforest.jpg
78. Edit copy - close original image
79. Edit paste - into selection
80. Effects 3D - dark shadow
81. Effects - texture effects - P1010793_object.png
*Same settings as step #25*
82. Open - goldenframeletter.pspimage
83. Edit copy - close original image
84. Edit paste - into selection
85. Effects - 3D - dark shadow
86. Selections - select none
87. Layers - merge all - flatten
88. Add watermark & resize
89. Save as JPEG
I hope you have enjoyed this tutorial
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Many thanks to Sylwiaa for the use of her wonderful images
http://sylwia-stock.deviantart.com/gallery
Many thanks to Dennis for the use of his wonderful horns_and_towers (helmet) image
If I haven't acknowledge someone for the use of their graphics
please let me know.