ASDwebdesigns - Zillah - Original by Meetjes

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Sadly Meta passed away November 2013. We miss her lovely personality and her beautiful tutorials!
I will still be translating her tutorials as a tribute to her, she told me she would love that and gave me permission to save them.Unfortunately the originals are no longer online

Translated by Chris for ASDWebdesigns

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Materials:

Disclaimer: Each Graphic is the property of the original artist to whom the copyright belongs and may not be placed in a collection or offered for sale on-line or otherwise.

This translation is written with PSP18, if you work with older versions some things might be different but the result will be the same.

Acknowledgements:

Tubes by Patries, Claudia Viza and Mary kTs

Plugins:

<I.C.NET Software> - Filters Unlimited 2.0

BorderMania

Two Moon - Balloons, Quilt, and Warm Cloth **

Toadies - Weaver

Graphics Plus - Cross Shadow

Nik Software - Color Effex Pro 3.0 Complete

** Import into Filters Unimited

Preparations:

Copy the Styled Line to the Styled Lines folder of PSP

Copy the Selection files to the Selections folder of PSP

Install the Font into the Windows Font folder

Open all other files in PSP, duplicate and minimize to tray. Close the originals. NOTE: If you are using different colors you might need to colorize some of the files.

From PSP 14, 15 AND 16 there is no option for Image - Mirror & Image - Flip There is a new option but this does not give the same result except when the tube/image covers the whole image from side to side There is a easy way to add the old Mirror and Flip options to the Image Menu I have written a tutorial you can find it HERE. From PSP 17 the option is back

Colors:

#a6a097 #ffffff #5153b #413629 #70665e #000000

Note: When working with your own colors, play with the Blend Mode and/or Opacity at your own discretion

Set your Foregroundcolor to #a6a097

Set your Backgroundcolor to #ffffff

Color Palette: Set your Foregroundcolor to Foreground/Background Gradient (Corel_06_029) - Style: Sunburst

The tutorial:

01

Open a new transparent image of 800 x 600 px

Fill the Layer with the Gradient

02

Selections - Select All

Maximize "Mary 0412-12" from tray

Edit - Copy

Minimize to tray we need it again later

On your work image: Edit - Paste - Paste Into Selection

Selections - Select None

03

Effects - Image Effects - Seamless Tiling

Adjust - Blur - Gaussian Blur

04

Layers - Duplicate

Effects - Plugins - Filters Unlimited 2.0 - Two Moon - Balloons

Layer Palette: Change the Blend Mode of this Layer to Luminance(Legacy) and lower the Opacity to 20

05

Effects - Plugins - Filters Unlimited 2.0 - Two Moon - Quilt

Window - Duplicate

Name and save this file for later in the tutorial

06

On your original work image: Still on the Top Layer

Layers - Duplicate

Image - Mirror - Mirror Vertical (Image - Flip in older versions of PSP)

Layers - Merge - Merge Down

07

Layers - New Raster Layer

Selections - Load/Save - Load Selection from Disk "Msb_Sel_Zillah_01"

Fill the Selection with the Gradient

Adjust - Blur - Gaussian Blur

Keep selected

08

Effects - Plugins - Filters Unlimited 2.0 - Two Moon - Warm Cloth

Layer Palette: Change the Blend Mode of this Layer to Soft Light

Layer Palette: Click on the middle Layer (Copy of Raster 1)

Edit - Cut - (or hit Delete on your keyboard)

Selections - Select None

09

Layer Palette: Click on the Top Layer

Layers - New Raster Layer

Selections - Load/Save - Load Selection from Disk "Msb_Sel_Zillah_02"

Fill the Selection with the Gradient

Adjust - Blur - Gaussian Blur

Effects - Texture Effects - Blinds

Effects - Edge Effects - Enhance

Selections - Select None

10

Selections - Load/Save - Load Selection from Disk "Msb_Sel_Zillah_03"

Edit - Cut (or hit Delete on your keyboard)

Selections - Select None

11

Materials Palette: Change the Foreground Gradient back to Color - #70665e

Change the Foreground to Gradient to (Corel_06_029) - Style:Linear

Layers - New Raster Layer

Selection Tool (S) Custom Selection

Fill the Selection with the Gradient

Selections - Select None

Layer Palette: Lower the Opacity of this Layer to 44

12

Layers - Duplicate

Effects - Distortion Effects - Wave

Layer Palette: Lower the Opacity of this Layer to 22

Layers - Duplicate

Effects - Plugins - Toadies - Weaver - Default Settings

Layer Palette: Raise the Opacity of this Layer to 60

Effects - Image Effects - Offset

13

Layer Palette: Click on the Top Layer

Maximize "bloemen-2" from tray

Edit - Copy

On your work image: Edit - Paste - Paste As New Layer

Image Resize - 45% - Resize All Layers - not checked

Effects - Image Effects - Offset

14

Layers - Duplicate

Layer Palette: Click on Raster 5

Adjust - Hue and Saturation - Hue/Saturation/Lightness

Adjust - Blur - Gaussian Blur

15

Layer Palette: Click on the Top Layer

Effects - Plugins - Nik Software - Color Efex Pro 3.0 Complete - Bi-Color User Defined

Adjust - Sharpness - Sharpen

Layers - Merge - Merge Down

Edit - Copy

16

Materials Palette: Change the Foreground Gradient back to Color - #70665e

Layers - New Raster Layer

Selection Tool (S) - Custom Selection

Fill the Selection with the Foregroundcolor

Selections - Modify - Contract - 10px

Keep selected

17

Change the Foregroundcolor back to Gradient (same settings)

Fill the Selection with the Gradient

Keep selected

Edit - Paste - Paste As New Layer (image is still in memory)

Image - Resize -37% - Resize All Layers - not checked

Move into the frame selection like this:

Adjust - Sharpness - Sharpen

Selections - Invert

Edit - Cut (or hit Delete on your keyboard)

18

Layers - Merge - Merge Down

Selections - Float

Effects - Plugins - BorderMania - Frame#2

Selections - Select None

19

Layers - Duplicate

Edit - Repeat Duplicate Layer

Arrange the two Duplicate Layers like this:

Layer Palette: Click on the Top Layer

Layers - Merge - Merge Down

Edit - Repeat Layer Merge Down (All three frames are now on one Layer)

20

Layers - Duplicate

Effects - Distortion Effects - Wave

Effects - Distortion Effects - Wind

Effects - Distortion Effects - Wind

Adjust - Sharpness - Sharpen

21

Layer Palette: Click on the Top Layer

Layers - Arrange - Move Up

Layers - Merge - Merge Down

Effects - Image Effects - Offset

22

Materials Palette: Change the Foreground Gradient back to Color - #ffffff

Close the Background color

Pen Tool (V) Styled Line - Corel_13_022 (Or Diamond in older versions of PSP)

Hold down the Shift key and draw a straight line like this:

Layer Palette: Right click and Convert to Raster Layer

Layers - Arrange - Move Down

23

Layers - Duplicate

Image - Mirror - Mirror Horizontal (Image - Flip in older versions of PSP)

Move like this:

Layers - Merge - Merge Down

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow

24

Maximize "tubeclaudiaviza-mix175" from tray

Edit - CopyOn your work Image:

Edit - Paste - Paste As New Layer

Image - Resize - 65% - Resize All Layers - not checked

Adjust - Sharpness - Sharpen

Move to the Right side of your work like this:

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow

25

Maximize "kTs_msk_26 copie" from tray

Edit - Copy

On your work image: Edit - Paste - Paste As New Layer

Image - Mirror - Mirror Horizontal ( Image - Mirror in previous PSP Versions)

Image - Resize - 125% - Resize all Layers - not checked

Move down to the Bottom edge of your work like this:

26

Adjust - Hue and Saturation - Colorize

Adjust - Brightness and Contrast

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow

27

Maximize "Mary 0412-12" from tray

Edit - Copy

On your work image: Edit - Paste - Paste As New Layer

Image - Resize - 65% - Resize All Layers - not checked

Move to the Left side of your work like this:

Effects - 3D effects - Drop Shadow

Layers - Merge - Merge All Flatten

28

Image - Add Borders - Symmetric checked - 1px - #70665e

Image - Add Borders - Symmetric checked - 2px - Foregroundcolor - #ffffff

Image - Add Borders - Symmetric checked - 1px - #70665e

Selections - Select All

Selections - Modify - Contract - 4px

Selections - Invert

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow

29

Selections - Select All

Image - Add Borders - Symmetric checked - 50px - #70665e

Selections - Invert

Open the image created in step#3

Layers - Merge - Merge All Flatten

Edit - Copy

On your work image:

Edit - Paste - Paste Into Selection

Adjust - Blur - Gaussian Blur

Selections - Promote Selection to Layer

Effects - Plugins - Graphics Plus - Cross Shadow

Selections - Invert

Layers - Merge - Merge Visible

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow

Selections - Select None

30

Image - Add Borders - Symmetric checked - 1px - #70665e

Text Tool (T) Font: Xenotron Size: 24px Foregroundcolor - #ffffff   Backgroundcolor - #70665e

Type the word "Zillah"

Layer Palette: Right click and Convert to Raster Layer

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow

Layers - Merge - Merge All Flatten

31

Optional: Image - Resize - Width 900 Pixels - Resize all Layers checked

Add your name or watermark, save as JPG file and you're done!

If you wish you can post your result on my Face book Page

Extra Example by Chris:

With special thanks to my testers Martalip and

Janice:

Martalip:

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