Used plug-ins:
Simple - Blintz
Screenworks - Graph Paper
VM Distortion - Smallpox
Redfield++ - Bas relief
AAA Frames - foto frame
Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 - Nature
Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Impact
Eye Candy 3.1

Click here for an other example with other tubes

Materials:

1e Preparation:

Foreground color:f5fdf1
Background color: a28299
Or choose a light and a dark color from your picture
Make a gradient



2e Preparation.
For this script you need your mask 20/20,
Make sure it’s in your folder.

Open your bloemen.jpg (flowers)
If you’re using a picture of your own the size must be 420x290
Put your scripts toolbar open = View - toolbars - scripts
Find Presets gerryles flowerart – click on the arrow on the right


click every time OK except when you use different colors,
then you must adjust

OK.. minimise this picture for later use
Or better save it.


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Let’s begin. Have fun with the lesson!

1.
Open a transparent image  700x525
Flood fill with your gradient
Gaussian blur 20
Effects  - edge effects  enhance

2.
Adjust – Brightness and Contrast - curves
choose these Presets

If you use different colors,
use the Shift button and L ( colorize) with your dark color

effects - Simple - Blintz

3.
Load selection from disk - gerryles_flowerart1
Selection –Promote selection to layer  
Effects - Screenworks - Graph Paper
Select none
Effects – edge effects - erode
Layer opacity 24 – Blend mode Burn
image – duplicate
Image-Mirror
Layers-merge visible layers

4.

Load selection from disk - gerryles_flowerart2
Selection –Promote selection to layer  
Select none
Effects - Alien Skin Nature - Ripples
Find Preset Gerry_ flowerart
If you can't find it, click Manage-Import
and select the folder where you placed the Preset 
Effects - Edge effects enhance
Layer opacity 42
Drop shadow

Repeat -5 -5

5.
New Raster layer

Selection tool - Rectangle - Custom Selection.


Flood fill selection with your fore ground color: f5fdf1
Select none
Effects - VM Distortion - Smallpox


Effects Redfield++ - Bas relief


Selection tool - Rectangle - Custom Selection.

Edit - cut
New raster layer
Edit – paste in to selection- select none

Effects – image effects - offset

 Merge- Merge down
Blend mode soft light

6.
Select your flowerpicture you’ve saved
 Copy and paste as new layer on your image
Resize 90 %
All layers not checked – bicubic checked

Image – image effects - offset


Effects - Alien Skin - Eye candy 5 Impact - Perspective Shadow
Preset Gerrylesflowerart

7.
Copy tube Gerry Bloemen 63
and paste as new layer
Resize 75 % bicubic checked – not all layers
Colorize  your Tube 224 - 38
Move the tube to the left side – see example
duplicate the tube – select the original tube layer
Gaussian blur 15

8.
Merge all layers (flatten)
Effects - AAA Frames - foto frame

9.
Foreground color White
New Raster layer
Select brush gerrylesflowerart
Zoom a bit so you can see the brush
brush in the middle of your workspace
pull it down like the example
Effects eye candy 3.1 -  glow

Select your back ground color: a28299
Blend mode soft light
Add your watermark and your done

I hope you enjoyed this lesson.




Rita, thanks for the translation in English
You are great
here an example Rita made

¤¤ ¤¤  Gerry`s PSP Design oktober 2008 ¤¤ ¤¤