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Made in PSPX.

No outside filters needed.

Supplies - my 3 selection files, waves.bmp, 2 tubes - used with permission from Brigitte Mtm

Download supplies **Here**


Save the 3 selections files to your Selections folder and save the as-waves.bmp to your Displacement Map folder. Open both tubes in PSP

Open a new transparent image 650x500

In the Materials palette, set the colours to

foreground #fff2f5

background #fe7c87

then click on gradient and in the dropdown menu choose foreground/background

Linear
Angle 0
Repeats 0
Invert - checked

Floodfill layer with gradient

Effects, Distortion Effects, Displacement Map

Settings below



Layers, New raster layer

Selections

Load selection from disk

In the dropdown select annesska-watching1, load

Click on the Mtm_bomen 25_28 okt 2007.pspimage, Edit, Copy

On your working image, Edit, Paste into selection

Selections, Select None

Effects, 3D Effects, Drop Shadow

4, 4, 30, Blur 18.84, Colour #404040

Layers, New Raster Layer

Selections, Load selection from disk

Select annesska-watching2, load

Edit, Paste into selection

Selections, Select None

Apply the same Drop Shadow as before

Layers, New raster layer

Selections, Load selection from disk

Select annesska-watching, load

Click on the Mtm_Face 115-31okt 2007.pspimage

Edit, copy

On your working image, Edit, paste into selection

Selections, select none

Apply the same drop shadow as before

Layers, Arrange, Move down

Layers, Merge visible

Image, Picture Frame

In the dropdown menu, select Edge Fringe 4
Frame canvas checked
Frame inside of image checked
Nothing else checked

Image, Resize 110% bicubic, all layers unchecked

Adjust, Sharpness, Sharpen more

Effects, 3D Effects, Drop Shadow

4, 4, 100, Blur 13.04, Colour #d22639

Image, Add border, 4, symmetric, colour #d22639

With the magic wand, click in the white space

Selections, Modify, contract 15

Effects, 3D Effects, Drop Shadow

2, 2, 100, Blur 2.90, Colour #d22639

Repeat using -2, -2

Selections, Select none

Click on the picture tube tool and select Arachnophobia

Your choice of spider and size :-) Place on leaf.

Click on text tool and add text and font of your choice.

Layers, Merge all, flatten

Resize if you wish and Save as a jpg

Tutorial written by Annesska- November 2007

Tested by Silvia, thank you.


  

  

Anne aka Annesska

February 2008