Sarah

Sarah's original Dutch tutorial can be viewed here.

MATERIALS NEEDED:

Download the supplies here

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FILTERS NEEDED:

Xero.

PhotoEffex

(You can also use Richard Rosenmann's Scanlines for the same effect)

Fm tile tools

Border mania

Download the filters here

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Please keep the filenames of the tubes intact

if you want to share them.

Thank you.

We're ready to begin :)

1. Open all the images in PSP.

Save the gradient in your PSP Gradient folder.

2.Open a new transparent canvas, size 550 x 450px.

Flood fill with the gradient provided.

Angle - 90.

Repeats - 0.

3. Selections -- Select All.

Selections -- Modify -- Contract by 25px.

4. Add a new raster layer.

Flood fill with the gradient.

Keep selected.

5. Apply Effects -- Filter Effects -- Xero -- Soft Vignette

with these settings:

( make sure your background color is white

in your Layers palette! )

6. Apply a drop shadow with settings:

1,1,100,1.

Repeat the drop shadow

but change both the V&H values to minus 1.

Keep selected.

7. Selections -- Modify Contract by 25 px.

8. Add a new raster layer.

Flood fill with the gradient.

9. Apply Effects -- Filter Effects -- PhotoEffx - Scanlines

with the default settings.

10. Repeat the same drop shadow as before.

Deselect ( Ctrl+D).

11. Open the flower tube.

Copy and paste as a new layer onto the canvas.

Position it to the right of the canvas.

Reduce the opacity of this layer to 50%

in your Layers palette.

Change the Blend Mode to 'Luminance(Legacy)'.

12.Open the lady tube.

Copy and paste as a new layer onto the canvas.

Position it in the lower left corner.

13. Add a new raster layer.

Apply a nice text to the image.

Merge all layer.

14.

Apply Effects -- Filter Effects -- Bordermania --

Frame 2, with these settings: 4,4,110,110

Add your watermark.

Merge all layers.

Your blend tag is finished :)

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Translated 5th March 2006.

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