Thursday, May 2, 2013

Midnight Storm


Supplies Needed

1 tube of choice – I used the wonderful artwork of Christina Lank which can be purchased from PSPTube Stop.  You must have a license to use.

Font of choice – I used Romance Fatal Serif here

My Supplies here
Which include template, elements, and mask
These supplies are to be used for this tutorial only.

PlugIns used:
VM Natural – Sparkle
Mura’s Meister - Copies

This tutorial was written assuming you have working knowledge of PSP. 

~~ Let’s get started ~~

Open up the template.
Shift + D.
Close out the original.
Delete the credit layer.

Highlight Raster 2 layer.
Click on it with your Magic Wand.
New Raster layer.
Flood fill with #333842
Adjust/Add Remove Noise/Add Noise:
Gaussian checked
Noise: 50%
OK
Deselect.
Delete the template layer.

Color Pallet:
Foreground: #83acc5
Background: #eaeef7
Gradient:
Style: Linear
Angle: 0
Repeat: 0
Invert checked

Highlight Raster 3 layer.
Click anywhere outside of it with your Magic Wand.
Selections/Invert
New Raster layer.
Flood fill with Gradient.
Lock the layer by clicking on the lock icon at the top of your layers pallet.
Adjust/Blur/Gaussian Blur:
Radius: 10
OK
Click the lock icon again to unlock the layer.
Duplicate
Change the Properties to Multiply
Apply VM Natural – Sparkle:
Use Default settings accept move the Random Seed button to get the star look you want.
Deselect.

Copy and paste your tube as a new layer.
If you’re using the same one as I did, Resize 65% and snug nicely into the bottom right corner of the gradient layer.

Add your elements I supplied and resize as follows:
Flower: Duplicate/Resize 85%/Duplicate/Resize 70%
Doodle:  Duplicate/Mirror/Flip

Highlight your white canvas (Raster 1)
New Raster layer.
Paste your tube as a new layer.  If you’re using the same tube as I did, resize to 65%.
Apply Mura’s Meister – Copies:
Choose Wallpaper – Rotate –
Change Number to 25.
OK
If you can see any of the white canvas after applying Mura’s Meister - Copies then duplicates the layer and move to cover the gap.
Merge Visible both Mura’s Meister Copies layers.
Apply the mask.
Merge Group.
Tap the letter K on your keyboard to activate the Pick Tool and pull the sides in – see my tag for reference.

Crop your image.

Add your copyrights.

Add your name.
Color Pallet:
Foreground:  #000000
Background: #44505d
Stroke: 1.0

Type your name.
Convert to Raster layer.
Give it a slight Inner Bevel:
 photo NameInnerBevel-1_zpse507dee6.jpg

Select All/Float/Defloat
Selections/Modify/Expand by 2.
New Raster layer below your name.
Flood fill with #e7edf3
Deselect.
Merge Visible both name layers.

Resize all layers 80%.
   
I’d love to see your results.
Email me!
Hugs,
Bev

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