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What level of difficulty is your tutorial? it's pretty basic, but you must know how to create a PNG in PSP9 using the point-to-point tool.
First off, if you do not have Paint Shop Pro, the full version, you may want to invest in it.
Now, onto the good stuff.
Step OneOpen your PSP9 (after you download it if you're downloading it) and open a new document (
File > New). Set the width to 500px and the height to 200px and the background should be white.
Step TwoTake the
whiteflower image and past it three times (or once and then duplicate twice) into your new document. Blend the three images together, so it should look something like
this.
Step ThreeTake the
birdcage image, and paste it as a new layer (
edit > paste > paste as new layer). Now click on your eraser tool, click on the circle and set your settings to mine:
size: 55, hardness: 43, step: 32, density: 100, thickness: 100, opacity: 57. Now carefully erase the image, only leaving behind the bird cage, you can make it messy it doesn't really matter. When you're done, move it to the left, and a little down. Set the
opacity to
50. It should look like
this now.
Step FourNow you're going to choose your image. I'm using Emma Watson, but you can use whoever you want. Paste it as a new image (
edit > paste > paste as new image) and then click on the lasso tool (freehand selection tool). Its green and is the fifth icon on the bar. Once there, click the dropdown button and use the
point-to-point tool. Set your settings according to mine:
mode: add, opacity: 10, smoothing: 10. Now carefully click around the person so it should look like
this.
Tip!: Do not rush when doing this, take your time, if you have to, zoom in.
Tip!: When you're finished, make sure you connect the two lines.
Okay, now that you've done that, hold
ctrl + x and then press
ctrl + v That should create a new image with your person in it. It should look like
this.
Step FivePaste your photo into your previous document with the background, and move it to your liking. I put my photo to the close right of the bird cage. Now take your second photo, I'm using the EmmaWatson2 photo, and repeat step four on it. Then paste it onto your document, and move it to the right of the first image. Then proceed to click on your eraser tool, and change the
opacity to
35. Then erase away the dress of EmmaWatson2 if you're using that photo blending it into EmmaWatson1 to look like
this.
Step SixNow paste the
icontextures under the two images (
paste as new layer > move it down twice on layer panel). Double click on the layer in the layer panel so the
properties pops up, and set it to
soft light. Erase the image in the places you don't like it, so it should look somewhat like
this.
Step SevenNow we're going to begin the coloring. Create a new
raster layer (
layers > new raster layer) and fill it with
#300707 set to
exclusion at
20%. Create another new
raster layer (
layers > new raster layer) and fill it with
#616EBE set to
normal at
12% opacity. Create another new
raster layer (
layers > new raster layer) and fill it with
#E0DED7 set to
multiply at
15% opacity.
Create one last
raster layer (
layers > new raster layer) and fill it with
#D6B281 set to
multiply at
11% opacity. It should now look similar to
this.
Step EightCreate a new raster layer and fill it with
#051037 on
exclusion with an opacity of
100%. Go to
layers >
new adjustment layers >
levels and in the
RGB input put 26 - 1.3 - 231. It should look similar to
this.
Step NineGo to
layers >
new adjustment layers >
color balance. Do this:
SHADOWS: 0 0 -39
MIDTONES: 0 +11 -16
HIGHLIGHTS: 0 0 +40
It should look similar to this
this now.
Step TenGo to
layers >
new adjustment layers >
color balance and in the
midtones put +24, -32, -14. Then go to
channel mixer and put under
Reds: +100, 0, -32. Set this layer to
26 in
Opacity. Then go to
channel mixer and put under
Reds +122, -20, -22 and under
Greens +10, +78, +6. Set this layer to
50 in
Opacity.
Step ElevenNow go to
layers > merge > merge all. You can add any text you want, I used
JaneAusten for the top line, and
Arial for the bottom line.
Your final image should look something like
this. Hope you enjoyed the tutorial! :D
Please credit to me if you use this tutorial in any way shape or form. Thanks.