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Team #3 ~~ Challenge 8

Pat(LL); Linda R; CW(Ginny)

~*~In Like A Lion, Out Like A Lamb~*~

*The Shepherdess*

This Tutorial was written using PSP8, but you should have no problem using PSP7 if you are familiar with the changes.

*This Tutorial features the Ommadawn Filter*

For this Plug-In go to:

http://www.photoshop-filters.com/html/toadies.htm

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Right-click on the Gold-Ca image and save it to your Patterns folder.

( ECWS Halftone~ filter found here and it's free ~)

https://www.angelfire.com/ok4/7SynZAV/filters.htm

Flaming Pear Super Blade Pro Free Trial Download here:

http://www.flamingpear.com/download.html#sbp

The following zips:

The following zips: Original Image; HERE;

Simple Plug-In; HERE;

FMTile Tools; HERE;

Cotton Candy Texture; HERE;

Super BladePro Preset; HERE;

(SBP Preset--Download to your Environments and Textures Folder in SBP)

(Simple and FMTile Tools -- Download to your PSP Plug-Ins Folder)

Duplicate the background layer. ( Layers/Duplicate)

In the layer palette, click on the "Copy of Background" layer.

Go to Effects/ECWS Halftone/Hex Order 2. Move the sliders to 209 and 59. Click OK.

Now go to Adjust/Blur/Gaussian Blur of 4, click OK. On your layer palette, change the

blend mode on this layer to "multiply".

Duplicate "copy of background" layer. ( Layers/Duplicate) Change the blend mode of

this layer to screen and lower the transparency to 60.

Layers/Merge/Merge Visible.

Go to Effects/Illumination Effects/Sunburst.

::use these settings::

Color #F6E5CF

"Light Spot" brightness 44, Horizontal 7, Vertical 5.

"Rays" Density 20 Brightness 40 "Circle" Brightness 50.

Choose a lighter color from the image and apply that to your foreground color. I used

#DED1BF. This will be your first frame color.

Add Border/Symetric .. 24

Select the frame with your Magic Wand and leave the Marching Ants active. Make sure

that your Magic Wand settings are 0 Tolerance and 0 Feather.

Apply the Texture, "Cotton Candy" to your frame with the Scaling set at 100% and the

the Relief at 1 or 2. Light Direction - Top Left

Leave the Marching Ants active

Effects/3D Effects/Cutout with these settings:

Effects/3D Effects/Cutout but this time use the following settings:

Vertical and Horizontal..2

Opacity..43 Blur..3.00

Change the shadow color to your Frame Color, #DED1BF

Repeat the above steps but change your Vertical and Horizontal to.. -2

Deselect.

Choose a darker color from your image, I used #898A85

Add border/Symetric .. 10

Select this border with your Magic Wand.

Super Blade Pro/SNTwist03.q9q Default Settings

Selections/Invert

Effects/Cutout

Vertical and Horizontal..1

Opacity..75 Blur..1

Shadow Color..Black

We have been working on a full size image and adding borders

and it is rather large so let's

Resize the Image to W 350 x H 328 (approximately)

Just click on Image/Resize/ and make your adjustments

Make sure that you have merged all layers and have saved your work

Add Border .. Symmetric .. 10 Color .. White

Select the white border with your magic wand and apply the same

Blade Pro setting you used previously.

Keep Selected and Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen

Add Symmetric Border .. 3 Color .. #716C64

Select with magic wand. Apply Effects/Inner Bevel/Metallic default

Repeat the 3 pixel Border and Bevel again

Now we are done

Add your water mark and corner decorations of your choice if you wish to.

Now if you want to make a seamless background for your image, we will

continue on, using the Ommadawn Filter.

Resize main image to 175x175

Effects/FMTile Tools/Collage-Circular with these settings:

XOffset 0.402 YOffset -0.168 Operation 5; OK

Effects/FMTile Tools/Seamless Tile with the default settings both

Vertical and Horizontal.

In the Layer Palette, duplicate this layer.

Apply Ommadawn Filter with these settings:

Magic Wand/Tolerance set at 9 and click on one of the black cell lines

Leave the Marching Ants

In your Patterns choose the "gold-ca" pattern and flood fill inside the lines.

Selections/Select None

Effects/Simple/Quick Tile and this is what you will have now.

Layers/Merge/Merge All

Save your file as a .jpg

There you have a beautiful background to use in frames, backgrounds, etc.

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