Fading Raindrops

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By © Marie Ott(PSP Magic) May 22, 2008
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What you will need:
Plugins: Supplies
Crescent Moon - FadeOut (HERE) Texture = ddbgfillm12
Graphics Plus - Quick Tile 1(HERE) Gradient = an3blu
VM Natural - Lightburst(HERE) raindrop accents
Eyecandy 3.1 - Motion Trail( HERE) Gold Pattern or gradient of choice
Eyecandy 3.1 - Glass ( HERE) Tube of choice size around 500 pixels in height
Supplies Here (Texture, gradient, and raindrop accents)
Written for PSP X

Skill Level:Intermediate

Preparation:
Open the accents provided and the
tubes you will use.
Minimize all except your header tube.
Place the gradient (an3blu.jgd) into your gradient folder .
Place the texture ddbgfillm12 into your textures folder.

Performance Notes:
All settings will remain the same unless otherwise specified.

Okay, let's have fun

Header

1. File > Open
Graphic of choice

2. Windows > Duplicate (Shift D)
Close the Original

3. Activate main canvas

4. Layers > Duplicate

5. Activate duplicate copy

6. Image > Resize
Settings:
Width = 85%
Height=85%
Resample using Bicubic = Checked
Lock aspect ratio = Checked
Resize all layers = Unchecked

7. Activate bottom layer

8. Effects > Plugins > Crescent Moon > FadeOut
Settings:
Red Amount = 153
Green Amount = 210
Blue Amount = 149
Transparency = 42
Note* You may need to adjust the settings to match your image

9. Layers > Opacity > 60%

10. Layers > New Raster Layer
Presets = Default
Settings:
Blend Mode = Normal
Opacity =100
Link set = 0
Layer is visible = Checked
Lock transparency = Unchecked

11. Layers > Arrange > Send to Bottom

12. Materials > Foreground > Gradient
Find gradient an3blu
Settings:
Angle = 45
Repeats = 1
Invert = Unchecked
Style = Linear
Right click to fill with gradient

13. Effects > Plugins > Crescent Moon > FadeOut

14. Activate raindrop2 tube

15. Edit > Copy

16. Activate main image

17. Edit > Paste as New Layer
Raindrops should be between your main images

18. Layers > Merge > Merge Visible

19. Activate raindrop3

20. Edit > Copy

21. Activate your main canvas

22. Edit > Paste as New Layer

23. Image > Resize
Settings:
Height = 50% Percent
Width = 50% Percent

24. Mover Tool
Move raindrops a little to the left
so that most of the raindrops are
to the left of your image
Leave a few raindrops on your image

25. Effects > Plugins > Eyecandy 3.1 > Motion Trail
Settings:
Length = 52
Opacity = 81
Direction = 283

26. Activate raindrop2

27. Edit > Copy

28. Activate main canvas

29. Edit > Paste as New Layer

30. Image > Resize

31. Layers > Opacity
Settings:
Opacity = 50
Blend Mode = Multiply

32. Layers > Merge > Merge Visible

33. Layers > New Raster Layer

34. Layers > Arrange > Send to Bottom

35. Flood Fill Tool
Right click to fill with gradient

36. Activate top image

37. Image > Resize
Settings:
Height = 85%
Width = 85%

38. Selections > Select All

39. Selections > Float

40. Selections > Defloat

41. Selections > Modify > Select Selection Border
Settings:
Outside = Checked
Anti-Alias = Checked
Border width = 10

42. Flood Fill Tool
Right click to fill with Gradient

43. Selections > Select None

44. Layers > Duplicate

45. Effects > Plugins > VM Natural > Lightburst
Settings:
Center X = 128
Center Y = 128
Frequency = 12
Ray Length 1 = 18
Ray Length 2 = 36

46. Effects > Plugins > Graphics Plus > Quick Tile 1
Settings:
Quadrant Scale = 128
Horizontal Scale = 128
Vertical Scale = 128

47. Layers > Arrange > Move Down

48. Layers > Merge > Merge All (Flatten)

49. Dropper Tool
Choose 3 colors from your image A dark, medium, ,and light color Right click to choose a light color from your image Left Click to choose a medium color from your image Right click again to choose a dark color

50. Image > Add Border
Settings:
Border width = 1
Color = #d4c69c
Symmetric = Checked

51. Image > Add Border
Settings:
Width = 5
Color = light color from image
Right click in colored box to
choose your light color
It will be saved in memory

52. Image > Add Border
Settings:
Border width = 1
Color = #d4c69c

53. Image > Add Border
Settings:
Width = 8
color = medium color from image

54. Image > Add Border
Settings:
Border width = 1
Color = #d4c69c

55. Image > Add Border
Settings:
Width = 10
Color = dark color from image

56. Image > Add Border
Settings:
Border width = 1
Color = #d4c69c

57. Selection Tool > Magic Wand
Settings:
Mode = Add
Match Mode = RGB Value
Tolerance = Unchecked
Use All Layers = Unchecked
Contiguous = Checked
Feather = 0
Anti-alias = Unchecked
Select the light tan borders

58. Selections > Promote Selection to Layer

59. Materials
Set foreground to a gold pattern or gradient

60. Flood Fill Tool
Right click to fill with gold pattern

61. Effects > 3D Effects > Inner Bevel
Settings:
Bevel = 2
Width = 15
Smoothness = 15
Depth = 9
Ambience = -15 (Minus)
Shininess = 6
Color = White
Angle = 315
Intensity = 33
Elevation = 90

62. Effects > 3D Effects > Drop Shadow
Settings:
Vertical = 4
Horizontal = 4
Opacity = 90
Blur = 5
Color = Black
Shadow on New Layer = Unchecked


63. Selection Tool > Magic Wand
Select the three different colored borders

64. Effects > Plugins > Eye Candy 3.1 > Glass
Settings:
Bevel Width = 8
Bevel Shape = Button
Flaw Spacing = 999
Flaw Thickness = 20
Opacity = 100
Refraction = 3 Color = White
Hightlight Brightness = 100
Highlight Sharpness = 100
Direction = 127
Inclination = 39

65. Effects > 3D Effects > Dropshadow
Settings:
Vertical = 4
Horizontal = 4
Opacity = 90
Blur = 5
Color = Black
On New Layer = Unchecked

66. Effects > 3D Effects > Dropshadow
Settings:
Vertical = -4 (Minus)
Horizontal = -4 (Minus)

67. Selections > Select None

68. Layers > Merge > Merge Visible

69. Image > Resize
Settings:
Height = 90%
Width = 90%

70. Layers > Duplicate

71. Activate Raster 1 (Bottom Copy)

72. Effects > Plugins > Graphics Plus > Quick Tile 1

73. Layers > Merge > Merge Visible

74. Image > Resize
Settings:
Resample using = Bicubic
Lock Aspect Ratio = Checked
Resize All Layers = Checked
Width = Will automatically resize
Height = 500 Pixels

75. Selection > Selection Tool
Settings:
Left 0
top 50
right 50
bottom 450

76. Edit > Copy Merged

77. Edit > Paste as New Image

78. Image > Canvas Size
Settings:
Width = 72
Height = 400
Placement = Right Center

79. Image > Duplicate

80. Image > Merge > Merge Down

81. Minimize for later use

82. Activate Main Canvas

83. Effects > 3D Effects > Dropshadow
Settings:
Vertical = 4

Horizontal = 4 84. Layers > New Raster Layer

85. Layers > Arrange > Send to Bottom

86. Flood Fill Tool
Left click to flood fill with medium color

87. Effects > Texture Effects > Texture
Settings:
Texture = ddbgfillm12
Size % = 50
Smoothness = 0
Depth = 1
Ambience = 0
Shininess = 0
Color = White
Angle = 315
Intensity = 50
Elevation = 30

Optional* Activate raindropsaccent2

Edit > Copy

Edit > Paste as new layer

Image > Resize
Width = 75% Percent
Height = 75% Percent

Resize All Layers = Unchecked

Move Tool
Move raindrop accent to left edge of image

Layers > Duplicate

Image > Flip
87. File > Export > JPEG Optimizer
Settings:
Set compression value to = 20

Side Border & Background

1. Activate raindropsaccent2

2. Edit > Copy

3. Activate your side border image

4. Edit > Paste as new layer

5. Image > Resize
Settings:
Height = 30%
Width = 30%
Resize All Layers = Unchecked

6. Move Tool
Move raindrop accent to bottom left of border

7. Layers > Duplicate

8. Image > Flip

9. Layers > Merge > Merge Down

10. Layers > Duplicate

11. Image > Mirror

12. Layers > Merge > Merge Down

13. Layers > Duplicate

14. Layers > Merge > Merge Down

15. Effects > 3D Effects > Drop Shadow
Settings:
Vertical = 2
Horizontal = 2
Opacity = 68
Blur = 6.20
Color= Black
Shadow on new layer = Unchecked

16. Image > Canvas Size
Settings:
Width = 1280 (or your preference)
Height = 400
Placement = Left Center

17. Layers > New Raster Layer

18. Layers > Arrange > Send to Bottom

19. Flood Fill Tool
Left click to flood fill with medium color

20. Effects > Texture Effects > Texture
Settings:
Texture = ddbgfillm12
Size = 50%
Smoothness = 0
Depth = 1
Ambience = 0
Shininess = 0
Color = White
Angle = 315
Intensity = 50
Elevation = 30

21. Activate main tube image
Note* If your image will not
fit or look right on the border
you can use a complimentary
image or choose to skip the
below directions

22. Image > Resize
Settings:
Height = 60%
Width = 60%

23. Move Tool
move image to left of canvas under your border so that you can see part of the image through the square

24. Layers > Opacity
Settings:
50

25. Effects > Image Effects > Seamless Tiling
Settings:
Tiling Method = Edge
Direction = Vertical
Width = 54
Transition = 50
26. File > Export > JPEG Optimizer
We are finished. Thank you for trying my tutorial. If you have any questions please email me here.
Thank you: Marie AKA Destiny
Please link this tutorial back to my website: @ http://pspmagic.us PSP Magic