Newfoundland

A beginner blend tutorial

This lesson was written for PSP 9 but can be done in any other version of PSP.
This tutorial assumes you have a basic working knowledge of PSP.

Materials needed:

Font of your choice.
Tubes and images are provided in the zip file below.

Zip file to download

I would like to thank Leo de Groot for the use of his photographs which were misted by myself.

Before we start:

Unzip your materials to a folder of your choice.  Open the tubes and images in your PSP program and minimize these files for now. 

Step 1) Open a New Transparent Raster Image size 640 x 480 pixels. This is now your Main Image.

Step 2) Set your foreground colour to a dark colour to match your tubes, I used #5f322f.  Set your background colour to a contrasting colour to match your tubes, I used #efb813.

Step 3) Restore image Else49_NFL_Background.jpg. Click on Edit -Copy (CTRL-C).

Step 4) Go to your Main Image and click on Edit-Paste As A New Layer (CTRL-L).

Step 5) Restore Else49-NFL_Greenspond.psp. Click on Edit -Copy (CTRL-C).

Step 6) Go to your Main Image and click on Edit-Paste As A New Layer (CTRL-L). Move this tube to the right and up.  See image:

Step 7)  Restore Else49-NFL_StJohns.psp. Click on Edit -Copy (CTRL-C).

Step 8)  Go to your Main Image and click on Edit-Paste As A New Layer (CTRL-L). Move this tube to the left and up.  See image:

Step 9)  Restore Else49-NFL_Greenspond_2.psp. Click on Edit -Copy (CTRL-C).

Step 10)  Go to your Main Image and click on Edit-Paste As A New Layer (CTRL-L). Move this tube to the right and down.  See image:

Step 11)  Restore Else49-NFL_Greenspond_3.psp. Click on Edit -Copy (CTRL-C).

Step 12)  Go to your Main Image and click on Edit-Paste As A New Layer (CTRL-L). Move this tube to the left and down.  See image:

Step 13) Restore Else49-NFL_Humpbackwhale.psp. Click on Edit -Copy (CTRL-C).

Step 14) Go to your Main Image and click on Edit-Paste As A New Layer (CTRL-L). Move this tube just down and a little to the right.  See image:

Step 15) Click on your Text Tool and with your background colour set to #efb813 and using the following settings:
Create as: Vector, Font of your choice (I used Brockscript), Size to your setting (I used 54), Stroke width (pixels): 0.0, Alignment: Center, leave the rest of the settings to the default settings.  Now type in the word 'Newfoundland'. Size may vary with different versions of PSP so you may have to adjust the settings accordingly.

Step 16) Convert your text layer to a Raster Layer by Clicking on Layers-Convert to Raster Layer. Move the word to the bottom left.  See sample above.

Step 17) Add a Drop Shadow to your text by Clicking on Effects-3D Effects-Drop Shadow with the following settings: Vertical/Horizontal: 1, Opacity: 100, Blur: 1.00, Color: Black

Step 18) Again click on your Text Tool and using the same settings as before type in the word 'Canada'. Size may vary with different versions of PSP so you may have to adjust the settings accordingly.

Step 19) Convert your text layer to a Raster Layer by Clicking on Layers-Convert to Raster Layer. Move this word below the word 'Newfoundland'. See sample above.

Step 20) Add a Drop Shadow to your text by Clicking on Effects-3D Effects-Drop Shadow with the following settings: Vertical/Horizontal: 1, Opacity: 100, Blur: 1.00, Color: Black

Step 21) Merge all layers and add a 2 pixel symmetrical border in your background colour (#efb813) to your image by Clicking on Image-Add Borders.

Step 22) Again add a 25 pixel symmetrical border in your foreground colour (#5f322f) to your image by Clicking on Image-Add Borders.

Step 23)  With your magic wand set to: Mode: replace, Match Mode: RGB Value, Tolerance: 0 (null) the rest to default settings, click on your 25 pixel border to select it.

Step 24)  Click on Effects-Texture Effects- Weave with the following settings:

Step 25)  Click on Selections - Select None.

Step 26) Add a 2 pixel symmetrical border in your background colour (#efb813) to your image by Clicking on Image-Add Borders.

Step 27) Add a New Raster Layer and place your watermark. Merge your Layers again by Clicking on Layers-Merge-Merge All(flatten).

Step 28) You may want to resize your image by clicking on Image - Resize to the size you want. You may also want to sharpen your image at this point by clicking on Adjust - Sharpness - Sharpness.

Step 29) Save your image by Clicking on File-Export-JPEG Optimizer.

Thank you for showing interest in this tutorial. Hope you enjoyed doing it.

I hereby like to thank the following ladies for the testing of this lesson.

Silvia, Tetsje, Sonja and Jeanne thank you so much!

Here some of their results.

Tetsje

Jeanne

Sonja

Should you have any questions please contact me here

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© Else49 - February 3, 2010