This tutorial was created on January 17, 2003 and is of my own doing, any likeliness to other tutorials on the Internet is purely coincidental. This tutorial was created using PSP 7.04, and assumes you have a working knowledge of PSP. The tutorial may work with previous editions with a few adjustments, but I cannot guarantee the same results. My tutorials are only basic guidelines to help you achieve a certain effect, please feel free to any creative liberties to achieve your effects.
You will need:
JASC's PSP (30 day free trial)- HERE
Andrews Filter 21- You can get it HERE
IMPORTANT NOTE: After you download this filter and put it in your plug-in folder you will need to convert it using PlugIn Commander.
My WarmGlow Preset File for Lights: HERE
Download and extract to your preset folder within the JASC program files.
Graphic of your choice
This tutorial will work best if your graphic has a centered image.
Many thanks go out to Alan Ayers who so graciously has given me permission to use his artwork. Visit Mr. Ayers wonderful artwork HERE
To use this graphic right click on the graphic and save to your hard drive.
Step 1:
Open the graphic of your choice, duplicate it by selecting the Shift plus D key and close your original graphic. Minimize one of the graphics, we'll be using it later.
Step 2:
Resize your image to 350 Width on Longest side. Then go to Effects/Sharpen/Sharpen.
Step 3:
Duplicate your image and minimize for now. We're going to need this later.
Step 4:
On your first copy of the image, go to layers and select "Promote to Layer".
Step 5:
Go to Effects/Plug-in Filters/Andrew's Filter's 21 and select the "Unreal Glow". For the purpose of this tutorial the following settings were used:
Red Plus = 11; Green Plus = 42; Blue Plus = 32; Red Mult = 17; Green Mult = 19; Blue Mult = 13; Zap = 81, Mix = 79
Select OK.
Note you may need to play with your "Mult" sliders to get the effect you want. I like to keep it close to the main colors in the graphic, but this is your creation, so take your liberties.
Step 6:
Activate your minimized graphic, and Select Edit/Copy, returning to your working graphic, Select Edit/Paste/Paste as New Layer. Selecting your Layer Palette, lower the Opacity to 50.
Step 7:
Go to Layers/Merge/Merge Visible.
Step 8:
Step 8:
Go to Effects/Illumination/Lights, click on your presets drop down menus and select the "WarmGlow" preset. Click Ok.
Step 9:
Go to Layers/Merge/Merge Flatten.
Step 10:
Making sure your background is set to white, go to Image/Add Borders and add a Symmetrical 10 border. Select the border with your magic wand, and flood-fill with a complimentary color from your graphic. Do NOT Deselect.
Step 11:
Go to Effects/3D Effects/Inner Bevel with the following settings:
Bevel = 1/4 pie shape; Width = 10; Smoothness = 25; Depth = 1, Ambience = 13, Shininess = 4; Color = White; Angle = 315; Intensity = 50, Elevation =30.
Step 12:
Next go to Selections/Invert, then select Effects/3D Effects/Cutout with the following settings:
Horizontal and Vertical = 1; Opacity = 62, Blur = 37, Color = Lighter shade of your border, Fill interior with color = UNchecked. Repeat Cutout, only this time change your Vertical and Horizontal to a minus 1. Selections/Select None.
Step 13:
Go to Image/Add Borders and add a Symmetrical 30 Border. Select border with your magic wand.
Step 14:
Select your Flood Fill icon, and change your foreground to pattern selecting your minimized image with Scale = 100 and
Angle = 0. Do NOT Deselect.
Step 15:
Selecting your "Airbrush" Tool with the following settings:
Shape = Round; Size = 40; Hardness = 10; Opacity = 100; Step = 22; Density = 44, with your foreground set to a light complimentary color from your graphic, spray lightly within the selected border.
Step 16:
Go to Effects/Blur/Motion Blur with the following settings:
Angle = 117; Pixels = 40. Deselect
Step 17:
Making sure your background is white, go to Image/Add Borders and add a Symmetrical 10 border. Repeat Steps 10 and 11.
Step 18:
At this point you can dress it up with corners or brushes.
Step 19:
Resize for Group requirement postings, Sharpen/Sharpen and your done. :))
