Things I Can't Erase Tutorial

All the supplies you will need can be downloaded here.

Plug Ins Needed For This Tutorial

Adjust Variations - here

IC Net Filters Unlimited - Paper Textures - here

FM Tile Tools - Blend Emboss - here

Screenworks - Net Pattern - here 

Xero - Porcelain - here

Xero - Mistifier - here

IC Net Filters Unlimited - Color Filters - here

Graphics Plus - Cross Shadow - here

Simple - Top Left Mirror - here 

Things I Can't Erase 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 #000134

4. Background color #c2deee

6. Flood fill your transparent image with your foreground color.

7. Effects - Adjust Variations - click darker once.

8. Effects - Filters Unlimited - Paper Textures - Fibrous Paper - Coarse - Settings - Intensity - 80,
Lightness - 128

9. Layers - New Raster Layer

10. Flood fill new raster layer with your foreground color. Opacity - 40 - Layers - merge - merge down

11. Open image 1 - patry - things i cant erase - Edit - copy and paste as a new layer. Opacity - 42
Move into the center of the background.

12. Open image 2 - patry - things i cant erase - Edit - copy and paste as a new layer. Opacity - 82
Move into the left side and center. Image - mirror.

13. Open image 3 - sbg - things i cant erase - Edit - copy and paste as a new layer. Opacity - 22
Move into the right upper side and center with trees between eyes.

14. Layers palette - move image 3 (raster 4) under image 2 (raster 3) in your layers palette.

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

16. Layers - new raster layer

17. Flood fill with #c2deee (background color)

18. Effects - Screeworks - Net Pattern

19. Layer palette - Opacity 12 - Blend Mode - overlay

20. Layers - Merge - merge all flat

21. Effects - Xero - Porcelain - Settings - Softness - 50, Strength - 128, Brightness - 128,
Red Channel - 0, Green Channel - 0, Blue Channel - 255.

22. Effects - Xero - Mistifier - Settings - Haziness - 128, Strength - 128 - Red Mist - 0,
Green Mist - 0 - Blue Mist - 255. Repeat

23. Adjust - Softness - Soft Focus - Settings - Softness - 45, Edge - 15, check include scattered
light , amount - 52, size - 50, visibility - 50. Select none.

24. Effects - Filters Unlimited - Color Filters - Color Booster - Settings - Boost Factor - 25

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

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

27. Selections - Select all - Selections - Modify - Contract - 5 - Selection - Invert
Effects - FM Tile Tools - Blend Emboss - Default Settings

28. Image - Add Border - 40 pixels. Magic wand - select border - Materials Palette - Pattern - select sbg gradient
sample. Flood Fill with sbg gradient sample.

29. Effects - Filters Unlimited - Color Filters - Color Booster - Settings - Boost Factor - 25

30. Adjust - Add Noise - Gaussian - 10 - Adjust - Sharpness - Sharpen

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

32. Effects - Filters Unlimited - Paper Textures - Fibrous Paper - Coarse - Settings - Intensity - 80,
Lightness - 128

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

34. Adjust - Softness - Soft Focus - Settings - Softness - 45, Edge - 15, check include scattered
light , amount - 52, size - 50, visibility - 50. Select none

35. Effects - 3D Effects Inner Bevel - Settings - Smoothness - 0, Depth - 4, Ambience - 0,
Shininess - 0, Width - 4, Angle - 315, Intensity - 50, Elevation - 30, Color - White, Bevel - Round
Selections - Select None.

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

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

38. Selections - Select all - Selections - Modify - Contract - 5 - Selection - Invert
Effects - FM Tile Tools - Blend Emboss - Default Settings

39. Open image 4 - patry corner - things i cant erase. Edit - copy - paste as new layer. Move into left
upper corner.

40. Effects - Drop Shadow - Settings - Vertical - 1, Horizontal - 1, Opacity - 100, Blur - 1, Color - Black

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

42. Layers - Merge - merge all flat

43.To add your name go to font - P22 Imperial Script - 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 1 - color black. Adjust - Add Noise - Gaussian - 10 - Monochrome checked. Eliminating the
drop shadow, add noise and sharpen will soften the effect and is what I chose to do instead.
You can also use the text tool and add your own text. I used P22 Imperial Script font but you can use
whatever font you prefer.

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

45. Layers - merge all flat

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

Credits
 
Mists by Sabrina Buck Graphics
 
Song Credit
Song is Everybody Knows by The Dixie Chicks.

Created September 25, 2006

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