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This tutorial is made in PSP X2 but also can be made in early versions of PSP

I used in this tutorial the plug-in:

Alien Skin Xenofex 2

Materials

1 Open a new image – 650 X 450 pixels – transparant.

2 Fill the image with the color: #242424.

3 Layers – new rasterlayer.

4 Fill this layer with the color: #9f9f9f.

5 Effects – plug-ins - Alien Skin Xenofex 2 – Crumple with these settings:

6 effects – image effects – seamless tiling with these settings:

7 Layers – new rasterlayer.

8 Open your selectie-tool and click above on custum selections with these settings:

And fill in these settings:

9 Fill the selection with the color: #242424.

10 Layers – new rasterlayer.

11 Open the image with the dead tree, copy and paste into selection.

12 Selections – select none.

13 Put the blend mode of the layer (raster 4) on Luminantie Legacy and the opacity on 40%.

14 Effects – texture effects – blinds with these settings:

15 Layers - merge  - merge down

16 Effects – 3D effects – drop shadow with these settings:

17 Open the tube with the face, copy and paste as new layer.

18 Image - resize - 60% - bicubisch - all layers unchecked.

19 Move the face into the rectangle.

20 Open the tube with the hand and rose, copy and paste as new layer.

21 Image - resize - 75% - bicubisch - all layers unchecked.

22 Image - mirror.

23 Move the tube with the hand down and to the right. (see example)

24 Open your selection-tool with these settings:

25 Make a selection arround the rose.

26 Edit - copy.

27 Click once on the delete key.

28 Layers - new raster layer.

29 Edit - paste into selection.

30 Selections - select none.

31 Activate the right below.(raster 5) and put the blend mode on Luminance Legacy.

32 Effects – 3D effects – drop shadow with these settings:

33 Activate now the upper layer and repeats the drop shadow.

34 Layers - new raster layer.

35 Open your air-brush and search in the menu for: BJ_redrose.

(the settings are ok), put your foreground color on black.

36 Put the brush down to the left. (see example) and click onces.

37 Image - add borders - 1 pixel - color: #242424 - symmetric.

38 Image - add borders - 1 pixel - color: #9f9f9f - symmetric.

39 Image - add borders - 1 pixel - color: #242424 - symmetric.

40 Now only your water-mark and your finnished.

Voila !!

© Josi Jan, 2008

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This tutorial is tested by: Rita and Gothic Angel.

Thanks Rita                                                                                  Thanks Gothic Angel

The tube with the face is made by:

The tube with the rose is made by:

The image with the dead tree is made by: