Becka's-Tutz-N-Resultz

Notes:

This tut was done in PSP 10 but should work as well in other versions.
Some knowledge of, and experience with, PSP is required.
A trial version of PSP can be downloaded from here.
You are welcome to use my images, or use your own
If any filters are used, please note that if you don't already have them installed that you will have to close PSP, Install, then start PSP again.

Advance

Supplies:

receptionist of the future

Two Moon
Simple Filter

gfthcorner

Preparation:

Open the Tube and the corner in PSP
Duplicate and close the original
Re-size the corner to: 25%
Pick 2 colors from your tube and make a gradient using those colors
Angle: 60
Repeats: 2
Invert: Checked
Linear

Step 1:

Open the tube
Layers/Duplicate
Image/Flip
Effects/Image Effects/Seamless Tiling/Default
Effects/Reflection Effects/Kaleidosocope

Lower the opacity to: 40

Step 2:
Close off your bottom layer
With your top layer selected, activate your Selection Tool:
  Selection Type: Circle
  Mode: Add
  Feather: 0
  Anti Alias: UNchecked
Start from the center of the inner circle and draw a circle around...DO NOT go past
the spikeys

Hit the Delete key on your keyboard
Selections/None
Open your bottom layer
With your bottom layer highlighted, Move the girl down until her head is within the deleted selection

Layers/New Raster Layer
Layers/Arrange/Send to Bottom

Flood fill with your gradient
Select your middle layer
Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow
  Vertical: 2
  Horizontal: 2
  Opacity: 50
  Blur: 4
  Color: Black

Highlight your Raster 1 Layer again
Layers/Merge/Merge Down
Repeat Drop Shadow - Except change the Vertical/Horizontal to: -2
Layers/Merge/Merge Visible
Image/Add Borders/1 px Black
This is what you should have to this point:

Step 3:

Image/Add Borders/10 px/White
Select this border

Effects/Reflection Effects/Pattern

Effects/3D Effects/Inner Bevel

Selections/All
Selections/Modify/Contract/11

Effects/3D Effects/Cutout

Step 4:

Image/Add Borders 1 px Black
Image/Add Borders 20 px White
Highlight this border
Flood Fill with your gradient

Effects/Plugins/Two Moon/Swirler/Default

Effects/3D Effects/Inner Bevel

Image/Add Borders 1 px Black
Deselect

Step 5:

Open your corner
Edit/Copy
Edit/Paste as a new Layer onto your main Image
Move this corner to the upper left side
Effects/Plugins/Simple/Top Left Mirror
Layers/Merge/Merge Visible
Take the 2 colors that you made into a gradient and make them solid colors
Type a Caption - Font, Settings - your choice
Options/Align/Horizontal Center in Canvas
Add Drop Shadow - Your choice of settings
Layers/New Raster Layer
Add watermark
Add Your Name your settings
Layers/Merge/Merge Visible
Re-size to 300 on the longest side

Voila!!

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