Stranded

Stranded

Filter Play

Please experiment with the following suggestions, feel free to use your own supplies
and play with the filters, blend modes and opacity settings.
Tutorials are not written in stone but simply a guide.
Do your own thing and most of all have fun.
Note: Some of these filters will not work using Vista

Filters Used
A google search will locate the current links for the filters you don't have

Filters Unlimited 2 - VM Toolbox - Crystal Ball
Filters Unlimited 2 - Lens Flare Mirror Rave - Quadrant Tile - http://www.sandyncandy.com/filters/ravers.html
Fotomatic - Skygrad (In supplies)
Final Impact - HotShot
Flaming Pear - Flood
Adjust - Variations
Xero - Deochrome
Graphics Plus - Cross Shadow (Optional) Supplies HERE Unzip & Extract the filter included in the supplies to your plugins folder
Open the other supplies in PSP (3 tubes 1 mask) Foreground Color - #c9d8df - light
Background Color - #000000 - dark

New Transparent Image 650 x 500
Fill with dark color (black- background)
Right click on layer palette - New Raster Layer
Fill with light color (foreground)
Layers - New Mask Layer - from Image - Apply

Right Click on Group - Raster 2 Layer - Merge Group
Adjist Brightness & Contrast B93 C0

Effects - Plugins - Mirror Rave - Quadrant Flip
133 120 125 122

Activate Bottom Layer - Raster 1

Effects - Plugins - Fotomatic - Skygrad
157 130 142 157

Effects - Plugins - Filters Unlimited 2 - VM Toolbox - Crystal Ball

Effects - Plugins - Final Impact - Hot Shot

Effects - Adjust - Variations
Check Midtones - Show Clipping
Click on Original Image then click Darker Once

Effects - Plugins - Filters Unlimited 2 - Lens Flare
Lens Flare 10 - Intentsity 37 - Flip Horizontal Checked
You wont be able to see this effect but it adds some light reflections after the next step

Effects - Plugins - Flaming Pear - Flood

Effects - Plugins - Adjust - Variations
Click on Original Image, Click once on More Cyan, Click once on Darker

Before adding tubes, save in PSP format so that if you want to use this as a template at some point in time, you will have it with all layers intact

Adding tubes - see completed sample at the top for suggested placement

Activate the DR2Mai tube - c&p as new Layer
Effects - Plugins - Xero - Duochrome

Activate the Monique tube - c&p as new Layer

Activate the md52989 bird tube - c&p as New Layer
Image resize 25 or 35% bicubic - all layers unchecked
Effects - Plugins - Xero - Duochrome using previous settings

Activate the Bottom Layer
Selections - Select All
Selections Modify - Contract 20
Effects - 3D Effects - Inner Bevel

Selections Modify - Expand 5
Repeat Inner Bevel changing Only the Width to 5

Selections Modify - Expand 5
Repeat Inner Bevel - Width 5

Selections Modify - Expand 5
Repeat Inner Bevel - Width 5

Selections Modify - Expand 5
Repeat Inner Bevel - Width 5

If you would like to add more light reflections as per the completed sample
Activate the bottom layer
Effects - Plugins - Graphics Plus - Cross Shadow

Add your watermark and/or text then save in jpg format