Creative Discovery in PaintShop Pro
Project 10

Including content to Lesson 24

You will need these supplies:-
PSP Image & Corner

Project 10 Zip File

Download, then unzip to a folder where you store your psp images & Corners.
You will also need this Image from Pixabay

I have also used the Gold Corners that were supplied in Project 7

First - Wait for the Video player to load
Then - You need to watch the video before doing lesson below - it has a lot more important information and explanations for you
You may do the lesson as you watch the video though
Also - Click the full screen button on the player to watch it full screen or you may not see all of the settings properly

1. PREPARE

Browse for the Beach Image - open in PaintShop Pro
Duplicate - Shift + D and MINIMIZE the original - we need it later

Browse for Autumn_Whispers.psp Image - Open in PSP
Browse for a-dozi's-210-photocorner-23.psp - open in PSP
Open the Gold Corners - I supplied these in Project 7
Duplicate and minimize for now - close the originals

2. ADD LADY

Resize the Beach Image to 35% & Sharpen
Bring up the image of the Girl and Copy and Paste as a New Layer
Resize this Layer by 75%
Lower the Opacity to around 60
Shift her to the Top Right Corner

3. FROSTED GLASS

Activate the Text Tool Activate the Background Layer
Click roughly halfway between the girl and the left edge of the image and just above the horizon
See the image below where the RED dot is

Type your Text and click Apply Changes if you are happy
You should just have the selection on your background layer


Click on the Gaussian Blur icon
Set the Radius at 3
Click OK

Right click on the Background layer
Promote Selection to Layer - That Selection is now on it's own layer
Duplicate this layer and keep activated

Apply a Cutout to this Copy of Promoted Selection Layer
Click OK

Now Activate the Layer below - Promoted Selection Layer
Apply the same Cutout but change the Vertical and Horizontal to Negative 5
Click OK


Close the Lady Layer (should be top layer)
Merge Visible Layers - The background, and 2 Promoted Layers with Cutout effect
Deselect
Open the Lady Layer

4. BORDERS

With your Dropper tool choose a Dark Brown colour for the Foreground Box and a Light Cream for the Background Box
- you may need to lighten it even more in the Material Properties box with the slider

Add a Light Cream border of 3 pixels
Add a Dark Brown border of 3 pixels
Add a Light Cream border of 3 pixels

Select All - use the icon OR Ctrl+A
Contract the Selection by 9 pixels (the amount of the borders)
Invert the Selection

Click OK

Click OK
Reapply the Drop Shadow with Negative 5 in both Vertical and Horizontal
Deselect - Ctrl + D


Add a Border of 20 pixels in any colour except the Light Cream (use a Recent Colours box Colour)

Activate the magic wand with the following settings:-
Click in the 20 Pixel Border
Click on the Pattern in the Foreground box and locate the original Image we minimized at the start (it will say Sunset)

~ Angle - 0
~ Scale - 25
Click OK

Flood Fill the Border with this pattern
Click on Gaussian Blur
Set Radius to 6
Click OK

Click on the Blinds Icon