Lord of the Rings

Sarah's original Dutch tutorial can be viewed here.

MATERIALS NEEDED:

Download the supplies here

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FILTERS NEEDED:

NVR's Bordermania

L&K's Raisia

Download the filters here

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The images was tubed by Sarah - please keep

the filename intact when you share it.

Open all the images in PSP.

Okay, let's begin :)

1. Open a new transparent image, size 600x450px.

Selections -- Select All.

2. Open the *.jpg image.

Copy and paste into the selection.

3. Adjust -- Blur -- Gaussian Blur - 36.

4. Adjust -- Add/Remove Noise - 10

'Monochrome'must be checked.

5. Apply Effects -- Filter Effects --

L&K -- Raisa with these settings:

33-204.

6. Change the opacity of this layer to 60%

in your Layers palette.

Change the Blend Mode to 'Overlay'.

Your image should still be selected.

Otherwise select it again.

Selections -- Modify -- Contract by 15px.

8. Apply Effects -- 3D Effects -- Chisel:

size - 2

Sold color - checked.

Keep selected.

9. Add a new raster layer.

Paste the image (still in memory)

again into the selection.

The Blende Mode of this layer should be

'Luminance(Legacy)'.

Opacity should be 40%.

Deselect ( Ctrl +D).

10. Merge all layers.

11. Open tube 62.

Copy and paste as new layer.

Position it a bit to the left as seen in the example.

Change the opacity of this layer to 38%.

12. Open tube 147.

Copy and paste as new layer.

Position it in the bottom right corner.

Don't let it touch the frame.

Opacity on 60%.

13. Open the ring tube.

Copy and paste as a new layer.

Position it in the bottom left corner.

Opacity on 40%.

Blend Mode 'Luminance(legacy)'.

14. Open the text, or write your own.

Copy and paste as new layer.

Drag it to the top.

Opacity on 30%.

Blende Mode on 'Luminance(Legacy)'.

15. Merge all layers.

16. Apply Effects -- Filter Effects -- Bordermania -- Ripple

with these settings:

17. PSP X: Adjust -- One Step Noise Removal.

18. Reduce the image size to 75% with

'Resize all Layers' checked.

I hope you had fun ! :)

It becomes more difficult for Sarah to write these tutorials

since so many other people are using the same concept now

in their tutorials.

Sarahdesign november 2005

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Translated 3rd March 2006.

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