Beneath the Sands of Time

 

Sarah's orginal Dutch tutorial can be viewed here

 

MATERIALS NEEDED

Download the supplies here

 

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FILTERS NEEDED:

Xero's Tekstya

Download the filters here

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Save the gradient in your PSP Gradient file.

If the gradient is not visible, find the 'duotone ivoor' gradient.

 

Open the rest of the tubes in PSP.

Please keep the filenames of the tubes intact

to give proper credit to the tubsters if you share it.

 

Okay, we're ready to begin ;-)

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1.Open a new transparent canvas, size 600 x450 px.

 

2.Set your color on a foreground/background standard

gradient ( everything on 0).

Fill the background with it.

 

3. Layers -- Load/Save Mask -- Load Mask from Disk

Find the 'lightning'- mask and apply.

Merge group.

Go to Effects -- 3D Effects -- Drop Shadow

and apply with these settings:  1-1-100-1.

Merge all layers.

 

4. Change the opacity of this layer to 50 %

in your Layers palette.

Merge layers again.

 

5. Go to Effects -- Image Effects -- Seamless Tiling

Edge: checked

Bidirectional - checked

Curve - checked.

 0-0-50.

 

6.Go to Effects -- Filter Effects -- Xero -- Tekstya

and apply with these settings:

 

7.Open the 'PatryTubes_OldBOOK.psp'-tube.

Copy and paste as a new layer onto the canvas.

Change the opacity of this layer to 35%

in your Layers palette.

Change the Blend mode to 'Luminance(Legacy)'

in your Layers palette.

Drag the tube more to the top

but keep 0.5cm away from the canvas edge.

 

 

8. Open the 'glas.pspimage'.

Copy and paste as a new layer onto the canvas.

Drag it with your Mover tool to the bottom left.

Change the opacity of this layer to 80%

in your Layers palette.

 

9.Open the 'vrouw.pspimage'.

Copy and paste as a new layer onto the canvas.

Reduce the image size of this layer to 85%.

Drag it with the Mover tool to the bottom right of the canvas.

 

10. Merge all layers.

 

11. Selections -- Select All.

Selections -- Modify by 10 px.

 

12. Selections -- Modify -- Select Selection Borders

- both sides checked

3 px.

 

 

13. Fill the selections with the 'duotone ivoor' gradient.

 

14. Effects -- 3D Effects -- Drop Shadow.

Apply with these settings: 1-1-10-1.

 

15. Repeat the drop shadow but change the settings to -1,-1,100,1.

 

16.Selections -- Select None ( Ctrl + D ).

 

17. Add a 2 px black border.

 

18. Adjust -- Add/Remove Noise -- Despeckle.

( or psp 8 and 9 : Adjust -- Photo Fix -- Digital Camera Noise Removal)

 

18. Effects -- Filter Effects -- Xero-- Porcelain - standard.

 

19. Open the 'tekst.pspimage'.

Copy and paste as new layer onto the canvas.

Drag it with the Mover tool to the top

as seen in the example above.

 

20. Add your watermark.

Merge all layers.

 

21. Resize the image to 85% - "Resize All Layers" must be checked.

You're finished !!

Have fun :)

 

 

©Sarahdesign november 2005

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Translated 2nd March, 2006.

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