Creative Discovery in PaintShop Pro
Project 14

Including content to Lesson 30

You will need these supplies:-
Corner, Flower, Word Art and Mask

Project 14 Zip File

Download, then unzip to a folder where you store your supplies

I have used the Fine Canvas Texture - If you don't have this you can find it on the Level 2 Downloads Page You will also need this Piano Keyboard Image from Pixabay

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

Open the Piano Keyboard Image - Duplicate and Resize by 35% and Sharpen
Also open the mask, floral pspimage and corner - duplicate and close the originals.


2. BACKGROUND

RRight click on the Background layer of the Piano image and Promote Background to Layer
Lower the Opacity of this layer to 30
Load the colour #63859e into your foreground box - mid blue
Load the colour # d29f6e into your Background box - tan/apricot

Click on Gradient and in the foreground box and locate the Foreground-Background gradient - Select it
    Settings of:-
  • Style = Linear
  • Angle = 0
  • Repeats = 0
  • Invert = Ticked

Click OK

Add a New Raster Layer
Flood Fill the New Layer with the Gradient


Change the Blend Mode to Hard Light


    Go to Texture and use these settings:-
  • Texture = Fine Canvas
  • Size = 25
  • Smoothness = 2
  • Depth = 1
  • Ambience = 0
  • Shininess = 0
  • Colour = White
  • Angle = 315
  • Intensity = 50
  • Elevation = 30
Click OK

3. MASK LAYER

Add a New Raster Layer
Flood Fill this layer with the Blue
Go to Mask from Image (Icon on Tool Bar) OR Layers > New Mask Layer > From Image
Locate the Mask you have opened and select it

~ Source Luminance = Selected
~ Invert mask data = Unticked

Click OK
Merge Layer Group


    Go to Texture and use these settings:-
  • Texture = Plaid
  • Size = 250
  • Smoothness = 15
  • Depth = 1
  • Ambience = 0
  • Shininess = 0
  • Colour = White
  • Angle = 315
  • Intensity = 50
  • Elevation = 30
Click OK

    Apply Drop Shadow
  • Vertical = 1
  • Horizontal = 1
  • Opacity = 100
  • Blur = 5
  • Colour = Black
  • Shadow on New Layer = Unticked
Click OK



4. FLORAL IMAGE

Bring up the floral image
Copy & Paste OR Drag it from the Layer Palette to the image
Change the Blend Mode to Luminance
Shift the flower over to the left and line the centre long pearl coming straight up out of the left flower over the top of the left edge of the mask
The swirl will be off the image to the left, but all the pearls are still in the image at the bottom.


Copy & Paste OR Drag another flower from the Layer Palette to the image
Resize by 75% and Sharpen
    Go to Image > Free Rotate
  • Direction = Left
  • Degrees = Free = 25
  • All Layers = Unticked
  • Rotate Single Layer around canvas centre = Unticked
Click OK


Mirror Horizontal & Mirror Vertical
Shift it up to the top Right corner, but with all of the flower still within the image
Change the Blend Mode to Luminance Legacy



5. WORD ART

Bring up the Word Art
Copy & Paste OR Drag it from the Layer Palette to the image
Position it with the Move Tool to place the word 'Music' in the centre, just above the wide V of the mask
Change the Blend Mode to Soft Light



6. BORDERS

Add Border of 2 pixels in the tan colour
Add Border of 2 pixels in the blue colour
Add Border of 2 pixels in the tan colour
Select all - Ctrl+A
Contract Selection by 6 pixels
Invert the Selection
    Apply an Inner Bevel
  • Bevel = #2
  • Width = 5
  • Smoothness = 0
  • Depth = 1
  • Ambience = 82
  • Shininess = 42
  • Colour = White/li>
  • Angle = 315
  • Intensity = 41
  • Elevation = 20
Click OK

Invert the Selection

    Apply A Cut Out
  • Vertical = 3
  • Horizontal = 3
  • Opacity = 50
  • Blur = 25
  • Colour = Black
  • Fill interior with Colour = Unticked
Click OK

Repeat the Cutout changing both the Offsets to Negative 3
Click OK & Deselect

Add Border of 20 pixels in any colour
    Activate the magic wand with the following settings:-
  • Mode =Replace
  • Match Mode = RGB Value
  • Tolerance = 0
  • Use all Layers = Unticked
  • Contiguous = Unticked
  • Feather = 0
  • Anti-alias = Ticked
  • Outside = Selected
Click somewhere in the last border

Go to the Foreground-Background Gradient

    Use these settings
  • Style = Linear
  • Angle = 45
  • Repeats = 20
  • Invert = Ticked
Click OK

Flood Fill with the Gradient


Go to Kaleidoscope and use the default settings, but change
~ The Number of Petals = 2
~ Scale Factor = -75

Click OK

Go to Adjust > Softness > Soft Focus
Use the Slight Glow From the Presets Settings Drop down menu


Click OK & Deselect


Add Border of 2 pixels in the tan colour
Add Border of 2 pixels in the blue colour
Add Border of 2 pixels in the tan colour
Select all - Ctrl+A
Contract Selection by 6 pixels
Invert the Selection
Apply an Inner Bevel - the same we used before - Click OK
Invert the Selection
Apply the same cutout we last used - these will be negative 3 - Click OK
Repeat the Cutout changing both the Offsets to Positve 3
Click OK & Deselect



7. CORNERS

Bring up the corner
Copy & Paste OR Drag it from the Layer Palette to the image
Shift it with the move tool to the top left corner sitting the straight edge pieces of the corner just inside and touching the edge of the border
Change the Blend Mode to Luminance Legacy & Change the Opacity to 80


Duplicate that corner
Mirror Horizontal & Mirror Vertical
Merge All (Flatten)



Save this as YourName-Project14a

Now create another one - your choices of Image, Effects, Mask, Corner, Decor, Text & Colours to match
NOTE - If you use a different one, it must be very similar in style and look, otherwise use the set one for this lesson
  • Image for the Background with texture
  • Mask with Effects OR Texture
  • Borders - Use effects in them
  • Corners & PSP Images
Save this as YourName-Project14b

Here is another example that I have done.



You can go straight to the forum to post your lessons Click HERE



LESSON REQUIREMENTS

1. Piano Image - YourName-Project14a

2. Your Own Choice - YourName-Project14b



Your PDF file is HERE



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