Heart Of Glass Tutorial

All the supplies you will need can be downloaded here.

Plug Ins Needed For This Tutorial

Graphics Plus - Cross Shadow - here

FM Tile Tools - Blend Emboss - here

Alien Skin Impact - Bevel - here

Mura's Filter Meister - Copies - here

IC Net Filters Unlimited - Buttons & Frames - here

Adjust Variations - here

Simple - Top Left Mirror - here 

Heart Of Glass 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.Background color #3d777f

4. Foreground color #62b5bf

5. Make a gradient with the two colors - Settings - Style - Linear - Angle - 45 - Repeats - 1 -
Invert - unchecked - should resemble image 1 - sample gradient

6. Flood fill transparent image with gradient

7. Adjust - Add Noise - Settings - Gaussian - Noise - 10 - Monochrome checked

8. Adjust - Blur - Gaussian Blur - Radius - 20

9. Adjust - Add Noise - Settings - Gaussian - Noise - 10 - Monochrome checked

10. Open image 2 - patry - heart of glass - Edit - copy and paste as a new layer. Blend Mode -
Luminance (Legacy). Adjust - Blur - Gaussian Blur - Settings - 15.

11. Effects - Graphics Plus - Cross Shadow - Settings - Default

12. Effects - Textures - Blinds - Settings - Width - 3 - Opacity - 25 - Light from left/top - checked
- Color - #62b5bf

13. Effects - FM Tile Tools - Blend Emboss- Settings - default.

14. Effects - Texture - Mosaic - Glass - Settings - Number of columns - 50 - Number of rows - 50 -
Glass Curvature - 50 - Edge Curvature - 0 - Grout Width - 2 - Grout Diffusion - 50

15. Effects - FM Tile Tools - Blend Emboss- Settings - default.

16. Layers - Duplicate layer - Image - mirror - move duplicate layer up and original layer down

17. Open image 3 - dream - heart of glass - Edit - copy and paste as a new layer. Blend Mode -
Luminance (Legacy). Opacity 72 - Move to left side - Effects - FM Tile Tools - Blend Emboss-
Settings - default. Layers - duplicate layer - Image - mirror (should be on right side)

18. Open image 2 - patry - heart of glass - Edit - copy and paste as a new layer. Blend Mode -
Luminance (Legacy). Opacity - 82 - Effects - FM Tile Tools - Blend Emboss- Settings - default.

19. Layers - merge all flat

20. Edit - copy - paste as a new image - minimize

21. Open image 4 - patry - heart of glass - Edit - copy and paste as a new layer. Blend Mode -
Luminance (Legacy). Opacity - 82 - Move to left side.

22. Open image 5 - patry - heart of glass - Edit - copy and paste as a new layer. Blend Mode -
Luminance (Legacy). Opacity - 52 - Move to upper right corner.

23. Open image 6 - graffix - heart of glass - Edit - copy and paste as a new layer. Blend Mode -
Luminance (Legacy). leave opacity at - 36 - Move to center bottom.

24. Open image 7 - patry - heart of glass - Edit - copy and paste as a new layer. Blend Mode -
Luminance (Legacy). Opacity - 100 - Move glass heart over couple .

25. Layers - merge all flat

26. Effects - Alien Skin - Impact - Bevel - Settings - Double Ripple Edge - Basic Settings - Bevel
Width - 5.55 - Smoothness - 21.31 - Round Corners - 0 - Bevel Placement - Inside - Darken Deep
Areas - 25 - Surface - None.

27. Image - Resize - 85 percent

28. Edit - copy - paste as a new layer onto the background saved in step 20.

29. Layers palette - highlight bottom or background layer.

30. Effects - Alien Skin - Impact - Bevel - Settings - Double Ripple Edge - Basic Settings - Bevel
Width - 5.55 - Smoothness - 21.31 - Round Corners - 0 - Bevel Placement - Inside - Darken Deep
Areas - 25 - Surface - None.

31. Layers - merge all flat

32. Open image 8 - patry - heart of glass - Edit - copy and paste as a new layer. Blend Mode -
Luminance (Legacy). Opacity - 100 - Move glass heart to left side .

33. Effects - Mura's Filter Meister - Copies - Settings - VTile - Line - VTile - Normal - Background
Color - #3d777f - Number - 1 - Shift X - 70 - Shift Y - 0 - Angle - 0 - Rotation - 0 - Attenuation - 100
- Scale - 0 - Tile Gap - 0 - Thru BG Range - 0 - Fade Out - 0

34. Layers - Duplicate layer - Image - mirror.

35. Layers - merge all flat

36. Open image 10 - sbg text - heart of glass. Edit - copy - paste as a new layer. Move to the left side
and between the couple in the glass heart. Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow - Settings - Vertical - 1,
Horizontal - 1, Opacity - 100, Blur - 2, Color - Black - Adjust - Sharpness - Sharpen - Layers - Duplicate
layer. You can also use the text tool and add your own text.

37. Layers - merge all flat.

38. Image - Add Border - 5 pixels. Flood - fill with Image 9 - sbg - gold pattern - heart of glass.
Effects - Drop Shadow - Settings - Vertical - 1, Horizontal - 1, Opacity - 100, Blur - 2, Color - Black -
Adjust - Sharpness - Sharpen - Selections - Select None.

39. Image - Add Border - 30 pixels. Magic wand - select border - Materials Palette - Pattern - select sbg frame
pattern - heart of glass. Flood Fill with pattern.

40. Adjust - Blur - Gaussian Blur - Radius - 15

41. Adjust - Add Noise - Settings - Gaussian - Noise - 10 - Monochrome checked

42. Effects - Graphics Plus - Cross Shadow - Settings - Default

43. Effects - Filters Unlimited - Buttons & Frames - 3D Glass Frame 1 - Settings - Frame Size - 30 -
Contrast - 128

44. Effects - Adjust Variations - Click darker twice. - Selections - Select none.

45. Image - Add Border - 5 pixels. Flood - fill with Image 9 - sbg - gold pattern - heart of glass.
Effects - Drop Shadow - Settings - Vertical - 1, Horizontal - 1, Opacity - 100, Blur - 2, Color - Black -
Adjust - Sharpness - Sharpen - Selections - Select None.

46. Open image 12 - patry - heart of glass. Edit - copy - paste as new layer. Move into left upper corner.
Adjust - Sharpness - Sharpen - Effects - Simple filter - Top Left Mirror, merge - all.

47.To add your name go to font - Vivaldi D - size 20 - stroke 1 - anti-alias - smooth. Use the color
or pattern or gradient of your choice. Effects - 3D effects - drop shadow - settings: vertical 1 - horizontal 1 -
opacity 100 - blur 2 - color black.

48. Position your name in the bottom right area where you would like to have it. Adjust - Sharpness -
Sharpen. Layers - Duplicate Layers

49. Layers - merge all flat

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

 

Credits
 
Tubes & Mists by Dream
 
Song Credit
Song is Heart Of Glass by Blondie.
 

Created July 27, 2006

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