~*~ Glamour ~*~


Gerrie's original Dutch tutorial can be viewed here


Download the supplies here


This is a long tutorial :)

Save the 'Script LineGD'in your PSP - Restricted Scripts folder.
Save the brushes in your PSP - Brushes folder.
Save the Selections in your PSP-Selections folder.


FILTERS NEEDED:
Alien Skin Splat Demo 1.0
FM Tile Tools
Find it here


Open your image and resize it to 400 pixels - longest side.
Choose a dark en light color from your image.
The colors  #f1eee9 (light foreground)
and
 #040404 (dark background)
have been used in the tag example.

Add a border: 2 pixels light color.
Add a border: 2 pixels dark color.
Add a border: 2 pixels light color.
Reduce the image to 75%.

Open a new transparent canvas, size 500 x 500 pixels.
Fill with the light color.
Activate the Rulers:


Edit - Copy your image.
Edit - Paste as a new layer onto the canvas, BUT
position it as follows:
20 pixels from the left;
50 pixels from the top
50 pixels from the bottom
as seen below:



Add a new raster layer.
Selections - Load/Save - Load Selection from Disk.
Find the 'GD-Cirkel14'- selection and load.

Change the colors in the Color palette around so that
the dark color is in the foreground,
light color is background.
Make a gradient with these settings:
Note: The Center - and Focal points of the
sunburst gradient should all be on 50.





Fill the cirkel with the color.
Deselect.


Effects -Filter Alien Skin Splat Demo - Edges:





Effects - Filter FM Tile Tools - Blend Emboss: standard.

Duplicate this layer twice.

Load the circel selection 'GD Cirkel14ab'.
This is to position the circles nicely.
Now move the two duplicated layers
in the selection.


You can use the arrows on your keyboard to do that.
Just click on the circle you wish to move.
Deselect.


Set the layer opacity of all three circles layers on 50%
in the Layers palette.
Click on each layer to activate it first.
Drag both the circle layers below your image layer
in the Layers palette.

Activate layer 3 in the Layers palette.
That is the first circle.

Add a new raster layer.
Load the 'GD-Cirkel14a'- selection.


Activate your first image with the borders again.
Use your Selection Tool (circle preset) to select a
part of the image to copy.
The face was selected in the tag example.




Edit - Copy.
Edit - Paste into the selection on the canvas.
Set the layer opacity on 22% in the Layers palette.
Deselect.

Effects - Texture Effects - Blinds
with these settings:



Drag your image layer to the top
in the Layers palette.


Add a new raster layer.


Go to File - Script - Run.
Find the script 'Line'sGD' that was provided
in the zip file and click on 'play'.



Duplicate this layer.
Image - Rotate - 90 degrees to the left.
Move it to the left.



Apply a drop shadow: 1-1-25-1 color black
to both these layers.

Activate the image layer again.
Duplicate this layer and resize 2x to 75%, make sure
'Resize all layers' is not checked.
Move it to the bottom right.
Duplicate this layer 1x.
Resize to 75% and drag it to the top
as seen in the example below:


Use Layers - Arrange - Move Down to
move these 2 layers to the bottom.
The smallest image should be moved 4x
and the other 3x.
This way they are below the circle in the Layers palette.

Activate each of these 3 images in the Layers palette
when your apply the following drop shadow:
2 / 2 / 40 / 18 / color black to each layer.

Activate the image layer again in the Layer palette: it should be raster 2.

Add a new layer.

Load the selection 'Joyce52a'.
Fill with your gradient with these settings:
Note: set the opacity of the gradient
by clicking on the 'edit' button
in the gradient window
as seen below:




Change the gradient opacity in the window
that opens up - as seen below:


Click on 'close' and 'save'.

Apply the gradient 2 or 3x.

Deselect.

Duplicate this layer.
Image - Mirror.

Apply a drop shadow to both layers:
1-1-25-1 color black.

Activate the top layer in the Layers palette.
Add a new raster layer.

Activate the Brush Tool.
Find the ' "aRavenBrush!poem!childofdarkerskies" - brush
Change the brush rotation to 90 degrees.
Apply it in your dark color 1x next to the
smallest image on the canvas.

Find the ' "lyndiebrush304 007"- brush.
Keep the settings unchanged
and apply it in your light color in the circle.


Apply a drop shadow: 1-1-40-2 color black.

Merge all layers.

Effects - Bordermania Frame 2  - top 2 slidebars on 3.

Add your watermark and resize it.

I hope you enjoyed the long tutorial :)

Have fun!

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Translated 20th May 2007