I Swear Tutorial

All the supplies you will need can be downloaded here.

Plug Ins Needed For This Tutorial

FM Tile Tools - Blend Emboss - here

Xero - Porcelain - here

Adjust Variations - here

Graphics Plus - Cross Shadow - here

Graphics Plus - Quick Tile II - here

Simple - Top Left Mirror - here 

I Swear 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. Flood fill your layer with #45959e or whatever color you choose.

4. Open image 1 - patry - i swear - Edit - copy and paste as a new layer. Blend Mode -
Luminance (Legacy). Move towards the left corner.

5. Effects - FM Tile Tools - Blend Emboss - Default Settings

6. Layers - Duplicate layer - Image - Flip

7. Open image 2 - patry - i swear - Edit - copy and paste as a new layer. Blend Mode -
Luminance (Legacy). Move towards the left between the two layers of flowers.

8. Effects - FM Tile Tools - Blend Emboss - Default Settings

9. Open image 3 - patry - i swear - Edit - copy and paste as a new layer. Blend Mode -
Luminance (Legacy). Move towards the side making it look seamless with image 2.

10. Effects - FM Tile Tools - Blend Emboss - Default Settings

11. Open the doveletter brush by swede and set your foreground to #c3f6fe or any light
color you choose. Start brush in the right bottom corner and stamp once. Move up towards
the left corner but center and stamp again. move brush to upper left corner and stamp one
more time.

12. Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow - Settings - Vertical - 1, Horizontal - 1, Opacity - 100,
Blur - 1, Color - Black

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

14. Open image 4 - patry - i swear - Edit - copy and paste as a new layer. Blend Mode -
Luminance (Legacy). Move towards the side making it look seamless with images 2 & 3.

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

16. Open image 5 - patry - i swear - Edit - copy and paste as a new layer. Blend Mode -
Luminance (Legacy). Move this image behind the fountain with his leg resting on the fountain
Layers palette - move down under fountain layer. Opacity 26.

17. Open image 6 - patry - i swear - Edit - copy and paste as a new layer. Blend Mode -
Luminance (Legacy). Move this image behind the fountain close to the man but not on him.
Layers palette - move down under fountain layer. Opacity 32.

18. Open image 7 - patry - i swear - Edit - copy and paste as a new layer. Blend Mode -
Luminance (Legacy). Image - resize - 50 % - uncheck resize all layers. Move this image to
the lower right corner.

19. Effects - FM Tile Tools - Blend Emboss - Default Settings

20. Layers - Merge all flat.

21. Effects - Xero - Porcelain - Settings - Softness - 50, Strength - 128, Brightness - 128, Red
Channel - 0, Green Channel - 90, Blue Channel - 90.

22. Layers - New Raster Layer

23. Open the agi beautiful day brush and set your foreground and background to the ww gold
pattern - i swear or any light color you choose. Brush Settings - Size - 200, Step - 32, Density -
100, Rotation - 0, Opacity - 100, Blend Mode - Normal, Stroke - Continuous and stamp 3 times.
Effects - Drop Shadow - Settings - Vertical - 1, Horizontal - 1, Opacity - 100, Blur - 1, Color - Black.
Adjust - Add Noise - Settings - Gaussian - 10. Adjust - Sharpness - Sharpen. Layers - Duplicate
layer.

24. Layers - Merge all flat

25. Image - Add Border - 5 pixels. Flood - fill with ww gold pattern - i swear.
Effects - Drop Shadow - Settings - Vertical - 1, Horizontal - 1, Opacity - 100, Blur - 1, Color - Black
Adjust - Add Noise - Settings - Gaussian - 10. Adjust - Sharpness - Sharpen. Selections - Select
None.

26. Image - Add Border - 40 pixels. Magic wand - select border - Materials Palette - Pattern - select ww frame
pattern - i swear. Flood Fill with pattern.

26. Effects - Adjust Variations - click darken once.

27. Effects - FM Tile Tools - Blend Emboss - Settings - Default

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

29. Effects - Graphics Plus - Quick Tile II - Settings - Default

30. Adjust - Softness - Soft Focus - Repeat twice more.

31. Effects - Texture - Winni Texture 9 - Settings - Size - 75, Smoothness - 0, Depth - 1, Ambience - 0,
Shininess - 0, Angle - 315, Intensity - 53, Elevation - 29, Color - White

32. Effects - FM Tile Tools - Blend Emboss - Settings - Default

33. Effects - 3D Effects - Inner Bevel - Settings - Smoothness - 19, Depth - 2, Ambience - 0,
Shininess - 0, Width - 1, Angle - 315, Intensity - 50, Elevation - 30, Color - White, Bevel - Round.
Selections - Select None.

34. Image - Add Border - 5 pixels. Flood - fill with ww gold pattern - i swear.
Effects - Drop Shadow - Settings - Vertical - 1, Horizontal - 1, Opacity - 100, Blur - 1, Color - Black
Adjust - Add Noise - Settings - Gaussian - 10. Adjust - Sharpness - Sharpen. Selections - Select
None.

35. Open image 8 - patry corner - i swear. Edit - copy - paste as new layer. Move into left upper corner.
Effects - Drop Shadow - Settings - Vertical - 1, Horizontal - 1, Opacity - 100, Blur - 1, Color - Black -
Adjust - Add Noise - Settings - Gaussian - 10. Adjust - Sharpness - Sharpen

36. Effects - Simple filter - Top Left Mirror, merge - all.

37.To add your name go to font - P22 Imperial Script - size 20 - stroke 1 - anti-alias - sharp. Use the color
or pattern or gradient of your choice. Effects - 3D effects - drop shadow - settings: vertical 1 - horizontal 1 -
opacity 100 - blur 1 - color black. Adjust - Add Noise - Settings - Gaussian - 10. Adjust - Sharpness -
Sharpen.

38. Position your name in the bottom right area where you would like to have it.

39. Layers - merge all flat

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

 

Credits
 
Mists by Sabrina Buck Graphics
 
Song Credit
Song is I Swear by John Michael Montgomery.

Created August 12, 2006

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