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Tut #6


 

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Chopping Block?SB
By ? April Hunt

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Hearts Full Of Love??
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Supplies Needed:
Tube of Choice
Accent of choice, or favorite brush of choice
Penta.Com, ?&
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Preparation:
Open tube and accent in PSP,
Duplicate both, close originals
Place Heart 1 preset shape tool in your preset shapes folder in PSP
Open heart tile, duplicate, close original
Place Color?Dot filter in your PSP plugins folder
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All settings remain the same unless otherwise stated
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1) Dropper tool??Left click on tube choose a medium-dark color set it to your foreground, right click choose a lighter hue of foreground, set it to your background
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2) Materials Palette, click on your foreground color and mark down Hue and Saturation Info for later use:)
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3) Image resize
Settings:
Width =200-250 pixels length will adjust itself
Resample using smart size checked, lock aspect ratio =checked, resize all layers =checked??
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4) File, new image
325 x 300, transparent checked
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5) Preset shapes tool
Settings:
Heart 1, retain style =unchecked,
Anti-alias & Create as vector =?checked, dot =Checked, line width =2
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6) Starting from the left side draw out your heart leaving enough room on both sides to rotate
?like so
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7) Layers, convert to raster layer
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8) Image, rotate, free rotate
Settings:
Left =checked, free =checked,
put 10 in the space next to "Free"
All layers =unchecked,
Rotate single layer around canvas center =unchecked
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9) Adjust, sharpness, sharpen
:If Needed:
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10) Layers, duplicate
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11) Image resize
Settings:
85%, resample using =bicubic, resize all layers =unchecked,
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12) Hide top layer
Highlight raster layer 2
(This should be your middle layer)
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13) Effects,Plugins,Penta.com,
Color dot at default settings
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14) Layers, view all
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15) Highlight top layer
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16) With magic wand ?click inside the heart
Settings:
Mode =Add(Shift), match mode =RGB value, tolerance =0, sample merged and contiguous checked, feather =0,?outside checked
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17) Effects, plugins, Penta.com,Jeans at default settings
Select none
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18) Effects 3-D effects, Inner Bevel
Settings:
Bevel =2, width =20, smoothness =20, depth =1, ambience & shininess =0, color =white, angle =315, intensity =50, elevation =30
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19) Effects, 3-D effects, drop shadow
Settings:?
Vertical?& Horizontal =checked,
both set to =0,
Opacity =25, blur =13, color =black, shadow?on new layer =unchecked??
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20) Layers, merge visible
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21) Repeat drop shadow
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22) Edit, copy tube, paste as new layer onto your working canvas
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23) Place to your liking
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24) Effects, 3-D effects, drop shadow of choice?
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25) Edit, copy & paste?your accent onto your heart, or apply your favorite brush:)
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26) Layers, merge visible
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27) Image, canvas size
Settings:?
1280 x 325, middle left arrow checked
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28) Layers, new raster layer
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29) Layers, arrange, send to bottom
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30) Flood fill ?with white
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31) Highlight your heart tile
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32) Adjust,?Hue and Saturation, colorize, type in the?info you marked down ealier from your foreground color
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33) Set this tile to your foreground
Settings:
Angle =0, Scale =100, texture unchecked
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34) Layers, new raster layer
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35) Fill this layer with your pattern
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36) On layer palette, lower the opacity to 10
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37) Hide top layer, highlight bottom layer.
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38) Layers, merge visible
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39) Effects,?texture effects, Blinds
Settings:
Width =2, Opacity =35, color =background color, horizontal unchecked, Right from left/top checked
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40) Layers, view all
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41)?Add your text? to your background if you wish
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42) Add your water mark
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43) File, export JPEG optimizer with compression value set to 25
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Running your background through Xfader
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Open Pegtop Xfader
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File open, browse to where you saved your image, Open
Click on the?
?icon, another smaller window will open up with your slider settings,
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?Fade?Vert checked, static area checked.
You can follow my settings only as a?guideline, you will probably have to adjust the static?Y slider, depending on your image.
Once you are satisfied, hit the green check mark to apply the settings.
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Next click on this??icon,
Again, follow these settings only as a guideline, you will probably have to adjust the Edge?Y slider, depending on your image.
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File, save,? save as type in drop down arrow, Jpeg(*.jpg)
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We're?finished!!
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