June 27, 2015

Smile

BEAUTIFUL TUTORIAL



Tutorial written by Marcia Salgado on June 10th, 2015
for those who have a working knowledge of PSP.
Any resemblance to any other tutorial is coincidental.
Do not copy and paste this tutorial anywhere on the net.
If you want to translate please ask first. 

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Material:

Tube: "Smile" by Danny Lee, you can purchase it here
do not use without the proper #license.
PTU Kit "Smile" by Whisper in the wind,
you can purchase it here 
Plugin: OPTIONAL - Eye Candy 6
Font: KG Shake it Off

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--> Remember to save often and use my tag as reference if necessary. Used the Drop Shadow: 1-1-50-5 in most layers. 

--> The elements placements are chosen to be used with my tube, if you are using a different one you may want to arrange them to better fit yours.

1. Create a new image 700x700. Open WITWSmile El 53. Resize 70%. Copy and paste as new layer. Move it to top left corner.

2. Open WITWSmile El 51. Resize 70%. Mirror. Copy and paste as new layer. Move it to top left.

3. Open WITWSmile El 65. Resize 70%. Flip. Copy and paste as new layer. Move it up and left.

4. Open WITWSmile El 30. Resize 80%. Copy and paste as new layer.

5. Open WITWSmile El 20. Resize 60%. Copy and paste as new layer. Move it up and right.

6. Open WITWSmile El 17. Resize 70%. Copy and paste as new layer. Move it up and left.

7. Open WITWSmile El 8. Resize 50%. Copy and paste as new layer. Move it to top right corner. Duplicate. Mirror. Flip. Merge down.

8. Open WITWSmile El 77. Resize 70%. Free Rotate: Right-30. Copy and paste as new layer. Move it a little up and to right. Select inside the frame. Look to see if all space inside the frame is selected. Expand > 5. Add a new layer and move it below the frame layer.

9. Open WITWSmile Paper 1. Copy and paste into selection. Add a new layer. Open WITWSmile Paper 6. Copy and paste into selection. Blend Mode: Screen. Add a new layer. Open WITWSmile Paper 11. Copy and paste into selection. Blend Mode: Multiply. Deselect.

10. Click on first layer, should be the frame layer. Open WITWSmile El 72. Resize 45%. Copy and paste as new layer. Move it up and place it over the frame at top.

11. Open WITWSmile El 39. Resize 30%. Copy and paste as new layer. Move it to bottom right.

12. Open WITWSmile El 91. Resize 60%. Copy and paste as new layer. Place it over the frame bottom, on right side.

13. Open WITWSmile El 79. Resize 30%. Copy and paste as new layer. Move it to right and place over the frame border on left.Duplicate. Move it up and more to right. Duplicate. Resize 80%. And place it over the previous flowers on the middle.

14. Open WITWSmile El 87 and WITWSmile El 85. Resize 15%. Copy and paste as new layer. Place the smilies over the big daisies center (stamens).

15. Open WITWSmile El 37. Resize 30%. Free Rotate: Left-15. Copy and paste as new layer. Move it to top. 

16. Open WITWSmile El 56. Resize 40%. Copy and paste as new layer. Place it hanging on element smile over the letter "e".

17. Open WITWSmile El 50. Resize 40%. Copy and paste as new layer. Place it over the black pearl circle on the bottom at left. Duplicate and move it to right keeping it over the black pearl circle.

18. Open WITWSmile El 12. Resize 40%. Copy and paste as new layer. Move it to bottom right corner. Add a yellow border using Eye Candy 6 > Gradient Glow (Use the preset Simple Thin > Black and change the Glow Radius (%) to 1 and the color to #f8c93e) or just select the wordart and expand > 2.

19. Open your tube. Resize if needed. Copy and paste as new layer. Move it to left. Add a suitable shadow.

--> Resize if wanted. Add your copyright info and license#. Add your name and save as PNG.