Valentine Card
(PSP 7, 8 & 9 - no filters)
A tutorial by Mar © 2005.

What you need:
PSP 7, 8 or 9. Download a 30 day trial of V9 here.
What you need:
ZIP with materials: Download here.
Unzip images and tubes and open in PSP.
Open the font and minimize.
It will show in your text tool in PSP.

Save often.
Let's go. Good luck.....

Open MD-Rosebase.jpg in PSP.
Promote background to layer.

Open  MD-Rosemask.jpg in PSP and go back to your first image.

Layers > New mask layer > From image.

Find MD-Rosemask.jpg.

Apply .
Layers > Merge > Merge group.

Foreground style to pattern and find MD-greypattern.psp.

Selections > All. Selections > Float.
Selections > Defloat (seems a bit strange but it is the right way).
Selections > Modify > Expand 1 pixel.

New raster layer.
Fill with grey pattern.

Selections > None.

Move this layer to the bottom in your layer palette.

Merge visible layers.
Copy.

Open a new image 500 X 500. We like some work space.
Paste as a new layer.
Move a little to the left.

New image 300 X 350 fill with grey pattern.

Repeat the steps with the mask on this layer.
Don't forget to merge group.

Copy and go back to your original image.
Paste as a new layer.

Effects > Geometric effects > Skew -10.

Place   the right top corners on top of each other.

Select  with your lasso tool the part between the dotted line.
I did remove the middle part in the screenshot to show it better.

Set your pattern to grain2.bmp (ZIP) and fill selection.
Selections > None.

Move this layer to the bottom in your layer palette.
Check if it fits.
Zoom in and check if you can see through the right corner.

Activate your top layer (= blue).

Use deformation .
You see the red nodes.

Hold Shift-key down and move the middle node
at the bottom to the left (=blue hand).

 

Merge visible layers.

Text tool .
Find Rothenburg Decorative.
Setting: Vector > Size  26 > Stroke 0.0 > Align left.

Type your text.

Convert to raster.
Use deformation .
The red nodes are around your text.
Pull over to the left again so it aligns with your card.

Merge visible layers.

Crop your image.
In PSP 8 and 9 you can work very precise.

Save as gif or place it on a background layer.
This is how to save as a gif.
Follow the screens and tabs.

Your blend color is your background color.
I used pink so I used #e0bab9.
You can use a light grey most of the times.

Your Valentines Card is done.
I hope you liked it and learned something.
Thanks for trying my tutorials.
Happy Valentine!

This tutorial is written and designed by Mar and therefore her property.

This tutorial may not be downloaded for any purpose other than
 to follow the tutorial. If your a Moderator of a group,
please e-mail me before adding this tutorial to any lessons.. etc.
This tutorial may NOT be copied in part or whole without my permission.

Translation into English by my best friends, Trudie.
 



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