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Monday, August 17, 2009

Autumn Delight


Tutorial by Jcuttlebear01 aka JoAnn
8/17/2009

I do these tutorials for fun and not
for any profit. I use them also as a learning tool to
help others learn the fun and art of paint shop pro.
All things I use are collected, the only thing I claim
Is the tag I make with these as my work.
Feel free to share my tutorials, but link them back
to my site please.

Supplies needed
Template
HERE
Supplies I used HERE
Graphic of choice
Filters Unlimited
HERE
Font of choice
PSP 9
or any other will work.


Open Template
Shift D to duplicate it, close the
original.

Delete the copy write layer
Frame 3 and frame 3 background.

1. Clip on the circle 1 layer and activated it.
Flood fill with color of choice, from your graphic.
Selection and none......or ctrl + D

2. Clip on circle 2 and make it active.
Flood fill with another color of choice from your graphic.
Add some texture to this layer, I added eye candy 4, weave
with these settings.

Settings
Canvas apply and if happy with what
you have then deselect

3. Add a drop shadow to this layer.



4. Repeat but this time change the V, and H to -1

5. Activate the rectangle layer 1 and add outer bevel to this one.
I used the same color I used for circle 1


Ok and Deselect.

6. Select and activate rectangle 2
Flood fill with a color of choice.
If you wish you can add a different texture to this layer,
it is all up to you.......I used filter unlimited paper texture,
rag paper.
deselect

7. Select and activate rectangle 3
and flood fill it with color of choice.
You can add a texture to this layer also.
Play around and see what you like.
I added filters unlimited paper texture Papyrus.
Deselect

8. Add a drop shadow to each of the last 2 layers.
I used
-1, 1, 50 and 5 color black.

9. Activate the rectangle back
and copy and paste your graphic
into the selection.

10. Selection float and add a cut out.


repeat but change the V and H to -2
Deselect

11. Select and activate the frame layer
Flood fill with color of choice.

12. Add the same weave as you did in step 4.

13. Add the same outer bevel, as in step 5.
If your happy with it then deselect.

14. Add same drop shadow as you did earlier in
step 8.

15. Close off your background layer and if your happy
with everything you see, then layer, and merge all visible.
This is what I have so far.







You can now add any accents you wish to add.
Add water mark and your ready to save your work of art.

Would love to see what you do with this.
Thank you for giving my tutorial a try.
I do hope you have enjoyed this tutorial, and learned
something new.
Have any questions or need help.
Just let me know, I'm always happy to help any way I can.
Jcuttlebear01@aol.com


Here is another one I made.








Friday, August 14, 2009

Thursday, August 13, 2009

Fisheye frame


Tutorial by Jcuttlebear01 aka JoAnn
8/13/2009
I do these tutorials for fun and not
for any profit. I use them also as a learning tool to
help others learn the fun and art of paint shop pro.
All things I use are collected, the only thing I claim
Is the tag I make with these as my work.
Supplies I used HERE
Graphic of choice
Filters Unlimited HERE
Font of choice
PSP 9

1. Open graphic of choice and duplicate twice.
Close the original.
Remember ~ save often in case you psp shuts down.

Minimize one of the graphics for now, we will use later.

2. Add a 3 pixel border color that isn't in the graphic your using.

3. Click on it and add gold bead pattern or one of choice.

4. Selection invert, effects 3D cut out with these settings

5. repeat but this time change the Vertical, and Horizontal to -2
deselect.

6. Add another 3 pixel border using a dark color from your graphic.

7. Add another 3 pixel border another color and select and fill with the gold patter.
deselect.

8. Add a 20 pixel border using the dark color you used earlier, selection
contract by 3 add new layer and flood fill with the gold pattern.

9. Layer load saved mask, delete mask in your layer pallet,
and layers merge group.
deselect

10. Add a drop shadow.

11. repeat but this time change the Vertical and Horizontal to -1

12. Select your background layer and effects filters unlimited glass
frame 1 with default settings.
deselect.


13. add a 1 pixel border, a color from your graphic.

14. add a 3 pixel border using the dark color.
Select and flood fill with the gold pattern.
deselect.

15. Add a 20 pixel border color don't matter, select it and find the
other graphic we saved earlier, and copy and paste it into the selection.

16. Keep selected and filters unlimited
Lens effects, fisheye tiler ad apply.
Add same frame you did earlier.
and deselect.

17. Add 3 pixel border and select and flood fill with the gold pattern.
deselect.

18. Add a 30 pixel border and select, effects filter unlimited with the glass
frame 1 again but change the settings to 20 and 80 deselect and
select the inside of the frame where it is flat
add graphic plus cross shadow to your liking.
deselect.

19. Add a 1 pixel border of the light color

20. Add 3 pixel border dark color, select and flood fill with the gold.

You can now add any accents you wish to add.
Add water mark and your ready to save your work of art.

Would love to see what you do with this.
Thank you for giving my tutorial a try.
I do hope you have enjoyed this tutorial, and learned
something new.
Have any questions or need help.
Just let me know, I'm always happy to help any way I can.
Jcuttlebear01@aol.com


(OTHER EXAMPLES BY ME)



Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Time of your life


Tutorial by Jcuttlebear01 aka JoAnn
7/20/2009
I do these tutorials for fun and not
for any profit. I use them also as a learning tool to
help others learn the fun and art of paint shop pro.
All things I use are collected, the only thing I claim
Is the tag I make with these as my work.

Supplies

Tube of choice or ones I used
here
Font of choice
Filters unlimited
HERE

Open new image 600 x 400

1. Open tube of choice and
pick 2 colors you wish to use for your
tag. Light for foreground and dark for background.

2. Flood fill new image with color of choice.

3. Selection tool draw a square out
250 x 250
You can use your ruler or just
watch the bottom of the psp screen.

4. Add a new raster layer and flood fill with another color
of choice from your tube.
Deselect.

5. Move the square to the center for now. Select, modify
expand by 1 selections, and go to select, selections border

6. Layer new raster layer and flood fill with gold,
or one of choice.
Deselect.

7. Select the inside of the frame
Layer new raster layer effects 3 D cutout


8. Add a new raster layer and repeat cut out
except change the V and H to -1


9. This is what you should have now, I rename my layers
as I go to keep me straight.
Deselect and close off the bottom 2 layers, then
merge all visible. Make sure you are on one of the
layers that you don't have closed before you merge.
Keep selected.

10. Layer new raster layer, call it tube, find the
tube you want to use and copy and paste into
your selection.
Deselect.

11. Add a drop shadow



12. Activate your dark layer with in the frame and give it
some kind of effect.
I used filters unlimited special effects aged film.
If your happy with the way everything looks so far merge
visible layers, you should of still had the bottom one closed off.

13. Open the bottom layer now and activate it.
Now effects and I used

14. Then effects and texture effects mosaic antique effects.


15. Selection tool and draw a line down one side of your tag


16. Layer new raster layer and flood fill with the gold or color of choice.
Deselect

17. Repeat this but this time don't make it as wide.
Add a new raster layer and flood fill this one.
Deselect.


18. Place them how you want them, then close off all layers except for the 2 lines.

and merge these together.

19. Effects 3 D inner bevel



20. Add the same drop shadow as you did earlier, but change the
blur amount to how you like it........I used 2

21. Duplicate this layer and then image rotate 90 degrees.
Make sure that you don't have all layers checked.

22. Get your

22. Get your
and pull out this one tell it touches the other side of your tag.
Arrange these lines like you want them.

23. I used a couple of brushes to make some accents and added
brush butterflies, and words to my tags.
Its all up to you what you would like to add.

24. Once your done adding what you wish, then
merge all layers.

25. Crop tool and get rid of what you don't want around your edges



I saved enough room to add a name down the side or anything else I wanted to.

26. Add a 1 pixel white border or one of your choice.

27. Add a 3 pixel border light color, or what ever you want to use.

28. Add a 10 pixel border and select it and filters unlimited special effects 1
aged film.......effects blinds, then repeat same bevel as we used earlier.
Deselect.

29. Add a 2 pixel border select and flood fill with the gold pattern.
Deselect

30. Add a 1 pixel border color of your choice.

Wow now we are done.
Add your watermark and anything else and save your work of art.



Would love to see what you do with this.
Thank you for giving my tutorial a try.
I do hope you have enjoyed this tutorial, and learned
something new.

Have any questions or need help.
Just let me know, I'm always happy to help any way I can.
Jcuttlebear01@aol.com


Examples by me





Monday, July 20, 2009

Frame 3

This tutorial was inspired by me, I was making a tag
for my daughter, she loves bull dogs.
Tutorial by Jcuttlebear01 aka JoAnn
7/20/2009
I do these tutorials for fun and not
for any profit. I use them also as a learning tool to
help others learn the fun and art of paint shop pro.
All things I use are collected, the only thing I claim
Is the tag I make with these as my work.

Supplies

Filters Unlimited
HERE
Graphic plus HERE
Eye candy Impact HERE
PSP your choice did this in 9

Open graphic of choice
Duplicate it and close the original.

Remember to save often in case your psp closes.

1. Image add border 3 pixel color that isn't in your graphic.

2. Select and flood fill with gold bead, or one of choice.
Adjust sharpen, selection invert.

3. Add cut out using these settings.

4. then repeat but change the V and H to -4
Then selection and none.

5. Add another 3 pixel border using a color from your graphic.

6. Add another 3 pixel border using a different color and select
and flood fill with the gold beads,
then adjust sharpen, and deselect.

7. Add a 20 pixel border, and select. Then I used
eye candy 5 Impact brushed metal. With these settings.
There is a lot of different options.
just play around until you get what you like
depending on your graphic of choice.



8. Add another 3 pixel border and select, flood fill with the gold beads.
Adjust sharpen then deselect.

9. Add another 3 pixel border using the same color you did earlier.

10. repeat step 8.

11. Add a 30 pixel border and select.........Graphic plus
quick tile 2 with default settings.

12. Keep selected and filters unlimited with button frame glass 1
change the top setting only
to 20 apply, deselect.

13. Repeat step 8 and 9.........now your done.

14 Add your water make and any thing else you wish to your finished tag.

Would love to see what you do with this.
Thank you for giving my tutorial a try.
I do hope you have enjoyed this tutorial, and learned
something new.

Have any questions or need help.
Just let me know, I'm always happy to help any way I can.
Jcuttlebear01@aol.com


This beautiful one done by
GGMOM9 Aka MaryThanks Mary.


This beautiful one done by
GGMOM9 Aka MaryThanks Mary.


These 3 below are my examples:




Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Frame Tutorial

Tutorial by Jcuttlebear01 aka JoAnn
7/14/2009
I do these tutorials for fun and not
for any profit. I use them also as a learning tool to
help others learn the fun and art of paint shop pro.
All things I use are collected, the only thing I claim
Is the tag I make with these as my work.

Supplies
HERE
Filter factory F HERE
Filters Unlimited HERE
Penta filter HERE
Graphic plus HERE

Open graphic of choice
Duplicate it and close the original.

This is the one I'm using for this tutorial.
Don't know who it is by.
NOTE
Before you start edit and copy, will use in a few.

resize to your liking.
Adjust brightness and contract



1. Add a 3 pixel border a color that isn't in your graphic.
Click on it with magic wand. Flood fill with gold bead pattern.
Or one of choice.

2. Adjust sharpen, invert
Effects cutout.



repeat but this time change V and H to -3
Selection and none.

3. Add a border of 2 pixel of a dark color from your graphic.

4. Add another 3 pixel border and select and flood with the bead pattern.
Sharpen, and deselect.

5. Add border 15 color not important.
Select, then graphic plus
Quick tile 2 with default settings.

6. With it still selected, the filters unlimited
Buttons and Frame.....Glass glass frame 1
Change just the top number to 20
If happy with it then deselect.

7. Add another 3 pixel border, of any color other then what
you have in your graphic.....select flood fill with the gold bead pattern.

8. Adjust sharpen, and deselect.

9. Add another 2 pixel border of the dark color you have used in the other one.

10. Add 3 pixel border and select, and flood fill with gold beads.

11.Adjust sharpen and deselect

12. Add border 20 pixel and select...copy and paste your graphic into

13. selection, image mirror,
effects Penta dots and cross use default settings.

14. Keep selected, go to effects filter factory F morie blocks
Use default setting, or play around its all up to you.

15. With it still selected, the filters unlimited
Buttons and Frame.....Glass glass frame 1
and change the top setting to 20.
Then deselect.

16. Add 3 pixel border and flood fill with the gold beads
adjust sharpen
Deselect

17. Add 2 pixel border of dark color you used earlier.

18. Add 3 pixel border and flood fill with the gold beads
adjust sharpen.
Deselect.

19. Add 25 pixel border with the dark color and select.

20. Effects graphic plus cross shadow, I used default settings.

21. Then filters unlimited button frame, glass 1
I went down to 20 on the top slider.
Deselect

22. Add 3 pixel border, and flood fill with the gold beads
Adjust sharpen and deselect.

23. Now you can add corner accents or what ever you wish its,
all up to you.

24. When finished merge all layers and resize to your liking.
Add your watermark and you done and ready to
share your work of art.

Would love to see what you do with this.
Thank you for giving my tutorial a try.
I do hope you have enjoyed this tutorial, and learned
something new.

Have any questions or need help.
Just let me know, I'm always happy to help any way I can.

Another Example by me




This beautiful one done by
GGMOM9 Aka Mary
Thanks Mary.


This one is done by me


Monday, July 13, 2009

NEW TUTORIAL FROM CHRIS

NEW TUTORIAL FROM CHRIS
These are my samples I did with it.
Fun great tutorial.