Footprints Tutorial

All the supplies you will need can be downloaded here.

Plug Ins Needed For This Tutorial

Mura's Seamless - Shadow - here

Xero - Seasons - here

Xero - Mistifier - here

ECWS - Engrave Vertically - here

FM Tile Tools - Blend Emboss - here

Footprints Tutorial

Open up all the materials and place them in the right places. Font to fonts, gradient to gradients,
images to psp file and so on. This tutorial was written for PSP 9.

1. Open a transparent image 640 x 480.

2. Go into your material properties and bring up the materials palette.

3. Foreground color #24d4f9 or choose your own

4. Background color #131c17 or choose your own

5. Materials Palette - make a gradient with your two colors - Settings - Angle - 45, Repeats - 0,
Style - Linear, Invert - unchecked.

6. Flood fill your transparent image with your gradient color or the gradient sample
in the supplies.

7. Layers - New Raster Layer

8. Selections - Select All

9. Open Image 1 - marastina - footprints. Edit - Copy - Paste into selection. Opacity - 100.
Blend mode - Luminance (Legacy). Selections - Deselect.

10. Paint Brush Tool - Select sbg footprints brush - set at 500 - Color - #131c17 or choose your own -
stamp 4 times all over layer. Opacity - 20 - Blend Mode - Normal

11. Effects - 3D effects - drop shadow - settings: vertical 1 - horizontal 1 - opacity 100 - blur 1 - color black.

12. Effects - Edge Effects - Enhance

13. Open Image 2 - dieter - footprints. Edit - Copy - Paste as new layer. Move to the upper right corner
and position above the moon. Opacity - 20. Blend mode - Luminance (Legacy).

14. Open Image 3 - sorenson - footprints. Edit - Copy - Paste as new layer. Move to the bottom right corner
and position over the water. Opacity - 100. Blend mode - Luminance (Legacy).

15. Open Image 4 - ice - footprints. Edit - Copy - Paste as a new layer. Move to the center left side
and position centered over the water. Opacity - 80. Blend mode - Luminance (Legacy).

16. Selection Tool - Settings - selection - rectangle, mode - add, feather - 0 , anti-alias - checked. Draw a
rectangle inside the scroll.

17. Layers - New Raster Layer

18. Open Image 5 - sbg text - footprints. Edit - Copy - Paste into selection. Move to the center left side
and position centered over the water. Opacity - 100. Blend mode - Normal.

19. Selections - Select None

20. Effects - 3D effects - drop shadow - settings: vertical 1 - horizontal 1 - opacity 100 - blur 1 - color black.

21. Layers - Duplicate Layer

22. Layers - Merge Down

23. Alternatively you can decide not to use the scroll and just follow steps 17 through 22. You would
simply paste the text as a new layer. I did this one both ways.

24. Open Image 6 - dieter - footprints. Edit - Copy - Paste as a new layer. Move to the center right side
and position centered over the water. Opacity - 60. Blend mode - Luminance (Legacy).

25. Materials Palette - move image 6 down the materials palette until it is just above image 1.

26. Layers - Merge all flat

27. Effects - Mura's Seamless - Shadow - Settings - Offset X - 132, Offset Y - 132, Color R - 0,
Color G - 0, Color B - 0, Effects - 255.

28. Effects - Xero - Seasons - Settings - Red Cut/Boost - 0, Green Cut/Boost - 5, Blue Cut/Boost - 5,
Effect Strength - 255.

29. Effects - Xero - Mistifier - Settings - Haziness - 128, Strength - 128, Red Mist - 255,
Green Mist - 255 - Blue Mist - 255

30. Layers - Duplicate Layer

31. Effects - 3D Effects - Cutout - Settings - Vertical - 35, Horizontal - 35, Shadow Color - black, Opacity - 75,
Blur - 100.

32. Effects - 3D Effects - Cutout - Settings - Vertical - -35 (minus 35), Horizontal - -35 (minus 35) , Shadow
Color - black, Opacity - 75, Blur - 100.

33. Layers - Merge all flat

34. Image - Add Border - 2 pixels. Flood - fill with sbg gold pattern sample or color of your choice.

35. Adjust - Sharpness - Sharpen. Selections - Deselect.

36. Image - Add Border - 1 pixels. Flood - fill with #131c17 or color of your choice.

37. Adjust - Sharpness - Sharpen. Selections - Deselect.

38. Image - Add Border - 2 pixels. Flood - fill with sbg gold pattern sample or color of your choice.

39. Adjust - Sharpness - Sharpen. Selections - Deselect.

40. Selections - Select All, Selections - Modify - Contract - 5 pixels. Selections - Invert.

41. Effects - 3D Effects - Inner Bevel - Settings - Bevel - Straight (1), Width - 20, Smoothness - 2, Depth - 2,
Ambience - 8, Shininess - 18, Color - white, Angle - 315, Intensity - 37, Elevation - 37.

42. Image - Add Border - 40 pixels. Flood - fill with sbg gradient sample or color of your choice.

43. Effects - ECWS - Engrave Vertically - Settings - Black Hatch White - 115 - 20, Line Separation - 4.

44. Layers - New Raster Layer

45. Flood - fill with sbg gradient sample or color of your choice. Opacity - 100. Blend Mode - Multiply.

46. Layers - Merge All Flat

47. Selections - Select None.

48. Magic Wand - Settings - Mode - Replace, Match - RBG Value, Tolerance - 22, Cotigious - checked,
Feather - 0, Anti - alias - checked, Outside.

49. Select bottom left corner with magic wand up to the engraved part of the frame.

50. Layers - New Raster layer.

51. Flood fill with sbg gold patter or color of your choice.

52. Effects - 3D Effects - Inner Bevel - Settings - Bevel - Straight (1), Width - 20, Smoothness - 2, Depth - 2,
Ambience - 8, Shininess - 18, Color - white, Angle - 315, Intensity - 37, Elevation - 37.

53. Selections - Select None.

54. Magic Wand - Settings - Mode - Replace, Match - RBG Value, Tolerance - 22, Cotigious - checked,
Feather - 0, Anti - alias - checked, Outside.

55. Select top right corner with magic wand up to the engraved part of the frame.

56. Layers - New Raster layer.

57. Flood fill with sbg gold pattern or color of your choice.

58. Effects - 3D Effects - Inner Bevel - Settings - Bevel - Straight (1), Width - 20, Smoothness - 2, Depth - 2,
Ambience - 8, Shininess - 18, Color - white, Angle - 315, Intensity - 37, Elevation - 37.

59. Selections - Select None.

60. Layers - Merge All Flat

61. Selections - Select All - Selections - Modify - 40 - Selections - Invert

62. Effects - FM Tile Tools - Blend Emboss - Default settings

63. Selections - Select None.

64. Image - Add Border - 2 pixels. Flood - fill with sbg gold pattern sample or color of your choice.

65. Adjust - Sharpness - Sharpen. Selections - Deselect.

66. Image - Add Border - 1 pixels. Flood - fill with #131c17 or color of your choice.

67. Adjust - Sharpness - Sharpen. Selections - Deselect.

68. Image - Add Border - 2 pixels. Flood - fill with sbg gold pattern sample or color of your choice.

69. Adjust - Sharpness - Sharpen. Selections - Deselect.

70. Selections - Select All, Selections - Modify - Contract - 5 pixels. Selections - Invert.

71. Effects - 3D Effects - Inner Bevel - Settings - Bevel - Straight (1), Width - 20, Smoothness - 2, Depth - 2,
Ambience - 8, Shininess - 18, Color - white, Angle - 315, Intensity - 37, Elevation - 37.

72.To add your name go to font - Settings - Create as - vector, Direction - up and down, Font - English111
Vivace BT, Size - 16, Stroke width - 0, Font Style - Italic, Alignment - center, Anti-alias - sharp, Line style -
solid. Type in your name or initials and position it where you normally like to place it.

73. Layers Palette - Select Vector layer and click on the plus sign in front of it. Click on the text and right
click your mouse. A menu will open up. Scroll up to properties and click on it. Stroke should be checked
and the little box should have your gold pattern in it. Fill should also be checked and should have your
black background color in it. Stroke width should be 1 and the line style should be solid. Visible
should be checked. Anti-alias should be checked. Once all these are correct click okay.

74. Layer Palette - Highlight your vector layer, right click on your mouse and convert to raster layer.

75. Effects - 3D effects - drop shadow - settings: vertical 1 - horizontal 1 - opacity 100 - blur 1 -
color black.

76. Adjust - Sharpness - Sharpen

77. Layers - Duplicate Layer.

78. As an alternative you may use your watermark.

79. Layers - Merge all flat

80. Save your work. You're all done.

 

Here is a second version with no scroll.

Credits
 
Mists by Sabrina Buck Graphics
 
 
Mists & Tubes by Maria Anna Astorino
 
Mists & Tubes by Angie - ArtInfinity Tubes
 
Mists & Tubes by Dieter - For Your Eyes Only Sweety
 
Song Credit
Song is Footprints In The Sand by Leona Lewis.

Created December 2, 2007

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