You Saved Me Tutorial

All the supplies you will need can be downloaded here.

Plug Ins Needed For This Tutorial

Adjust Variations - here

FM Tile Tools - Blend Emboss - here

Mura's Filter Meister - Copies - here

IC Net Filters Unlimited - Color Filters - here

Xero - Mistifier - here

Graphics Plus - Cross Shadow - here

Simple - Top Left Mirror - here 

You Saved Me 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 #489fa9 or choose your own

4. Background color #000000 or choose your own

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

7. Layers - New Raster Layer

8. Flood fill new layer with your foreground color.

9. Layers - Load/Save Mask from disk - load ao_37 mask - check fit to canvas, source luminance
and hide all mask.

10. Layers - Merge group

11. Open image 1 - ann - you saved me - Edit - copy and paste as a new layer. Opacity - 100
Move into the center. Flood fill sides and diagonal parts with your foreground color. Blend Mode -
Soft Light.

12. Effects - Adjust Variations - click on current pick and then click on darken.

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

14. Open image 2 - patry - you saved me - Edit - copy and paste as a new layer. Opacity - 100
Move into the center and up. Blend Mode - Soft Light.

15. Open image 3 - patry - you saved me - Edit - copy and paste as a new layer. Opacity - 100
Move into the center and blend seamlessly with image 2. Blend Mode - Soft Light.

16. Open image 4 - patry - you saved me - Edit - copy and paste as a new layer. Opacity - 80
Move into the center of the background. Blend Mode - Luminance (Legacy).

17. Adjust - Softness - Soft Focus - Settings - Softness - 45, Edge - 15, check include scattered
light , amount - 52, size - 50, visibility - 50.

18. Open image 5 - patry - you saved me - Edit - copy and paste as a new layer. Opacity - 30
Move into the second strip on the left side. Blend Mode - Luminance (Legacy).

19. Effects - Mura's Filter Meister - Copies - Settings - VTile - Line - VTile - Normal - Background
Color - #489fa9 - 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

20. Adjust - Add Noise - Gaussian - 30

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

22. Adjust - Softness - Soft Focus - Settings - Softness - 45, Edge - 15, check include scattered
light , amount - 52, size - 50, visibility - 50.

23. Layers - Duplicate - Layer

24. Image - Mirror.

25. Layers - Merge all flat

26. Effects - Filters Unlimited - Color Filters - Color Booster - Settings - Boost Factor - 40

27. Effects - Xero - Mistifier - Settings - Haziness - 130, Strength - 130, Red Mist - 255,
Green Mist - 255 - Blue Mist - 255

28. Image - Add Border - 5 pixels. Flood - fill with sbg gold pattern - you saved me.
Effects - Drop Shadow - Settings - Vertical - 1, Horizontal - 1, Opacity - 100, Blur - 1, Color - Black -
Adjust - Add Noise - Gaussian - 30 - Adjust - Sharpness - Sharpen - Repeat - Selections - Select None.

29. Image - Add Border - 40 pixels. Magic wand - select border - Materials Palette - Pattern - select ww border
pattern - you saved me. Flood Fill with sbg border pattern.

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

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

32. Adjust - Add Noise - Gaussian - 30

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

34. Effects - Adjust Variations - click on original pick and then click on darken.

35. Adjust - Sharpness - Sharpen

36. Effects - Filters Unlimited - Color Filters - Color Booster - Settings - Boost Factor - 40

37. Effects - 3D Effects Inner Bevel - Settings - Smoothness - 1, Depth - 8, Ambience - 0,
Shininess - 4, Width - 4, Angle - 315, Intensity - 50, Elevation - 30, Color - White, Bevel - Round
Selections - Select None.

38. Image - Add Border - 5 pixels. Flood - fill with sbg gold pattern - you saved me.
Effects - Drop Shadow - Settings - Vertical - 1, Horizontal - 1, Opacity - 100, Blur - 1, Color - Black -
Adjust - Add Noise - Gaussian - 30 - Adjust - Sharpness - Sharpen - Repeat - Selections - Select None.

39. Open image 6 - patry corner - you saved me. Edit - copy - paste as new layer. Move into left
upper corner.

40. Adjust - Sharpness - Sharpen

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 - 30 - Monochrome checked.
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 You Saved Me by Kenny Chesney.

Created October 5, 2006

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