CSI- Miami

 

This we're gonna create

Materials 

 

***Image   Brug - Miami

***Tube Mtm-Csi-Miami

***Font  Ginger

***Filter Eye Candy 3.01

***Filter  Penta.com - Color dot

*** Eye Candy 4000

*** Mura's Meister- Copies

***Teph's Tricks - Slide Y  Here

*** Brushes

*** Selections

*** Mask L&K

***Foreground/background file Here

*** Outlook Express script ==> Here

Materials  Here 

 Preparation ==> Read thoroughly please ==>

 

Extract your images and tubes in a folder of your choice font open en minimize

Extract the selections to your Corel selections folder.

Extract your brushes in your Corel brush folder


Extract your plug-in to your plug-in folder

Extract Masker L&K verticaal to your mask folder.


 

The foreground/background gradient in XI is named:

corel_06_029

The file foreground/background is included in the zip.

If necessary reboot PSP.

 

 The size of "Plaatje Miami" has to be the following size: 

 

Especially for this tut Annemarie wrote a beautiful script.

I would like to thank Annemarie for all this

You can find her beautiful script site Here

Thanks to L&K for granting me permission to use their mask.

Thanks to Mac for translating this tut into English

 

Open all your images tube in psp11

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1/ Materials - foreground colour = "FFFFFF =    Background colour  #41AED4 =

2/Activate image  Brug ====>        <===Edit - Copy

4/Activate image Miami   

5/ Layers - Promote background layer

6/ Adjust - Blur - Radial Blur

7/Layers - New raster layer

8/ Selections - Select all  ~~~~  Edit -Past into selection

9/ Selections - deselect

10/ Effects - Edge effects - Enhance

11/ Layers - Blend mode - Soft light - opacity 100%

12/ Activate your "gebouw" tube ==>      <=== Edit  - Copy

13/  Edit - Paste as new layer - Back to your working area

14/ Effects - Image effects - Offset

15/ Layers - New layer

16/ Flood fill  tool ( F ) - Flood fill with foreground colour = white

17/ Layers - Blend mode - Soft light - Opacity 100%   ====>    Layers - Duplicate

18/ Materials  - Gradient  background colour   - Linear==> corel_06_029

      

19/ Layers - New raster layer

20/ Text tool ( T )

21/ Type in upper case S

22/ Selections  - deselect

23/ Text Tool ( T ) ===>  Type in lower case CSI

24/ Move your text as in example given, use your move tool (M) ==>

25/ Selections - deselect

26/ Effects - 3 D effects - Drop shadow

27/ Layer - Blend mode - soft light - opacity 100%

28/ Effects - Penta.com - Color dot ,

29/  Effects - Edge effects - Enhance

30/Materials ----------Swap colours

31/ Layers - New layer

32/  Selection Tool  ( S )- Custom Selection

33/  Flood fill selection, use your foreground colour ======>   Selections - Deselect

34/ Layers - Blend mode - Burn - Opacity 100%

35/ Effects - Eye Candy 4000 - Jiggle- Brownian Motion

36/ Layers merge  - merge visible

37/ Materials- Foreground colour  - Gradient - Linear==> file corel_06_029

38/ Layers - New raster layer

39/  Selection  Tool - Custom selection

40/  Flood fill tool ( F ) - Flood fill with your gradient

41/ Selections  - deselect

42/ Pick tool -   ( K )

43/  Press your CTRL key and draw the node to the edge

=>

44/ Click on Pan Tool ( A)

45/ Adjust - Blur - Gaussian Blur

46/ Effects - Mura's Meister- Copies.

It can take a while, so be patient

47/ Effects  - Texture effects - Weave

Weave colour #FFFFFF Gap colour #0000FE

48/ Materials - Foreground colour white = #FFFFFF

49/ Layers - New layer

 
 

Attention!!

In psp 11 the brushes don't have a name anymore.

This way it is difficult to find the right brush.

We will name the brushes = we use Text

 

50/ Brush ( B )-Mtm-Biart 13

 51/Click on the blue icon and choose Text 

52/ Click on the brush as in example given  =====>

   => 

53/ Layers - Blend mode  - Dodge  - Opacity  32%

 
 

Attention !!

In psp 11 the selections don't have a name anymore.

this impedes finding a certain selection

We will rename the selection =  on Text

See step 51

 

54/ Layers - New raster layer

55/ Selections - Load/save selection - Load selection from disk - Mtm- Csi Miami 1

56/  Flood fill tool ( F ) - Flood fill with white    = #FFFFFF

57/ Selections - Modify - contract 1 pixel

58/ Hit your delete key on your keyboard

58/ Keep selected!!!

60/  Layers - new layer

61/ Flood fill tool ( F ) - Flood fill selection with colour white    = #FFFFFF

62/ Layers - blend mode -Normal - Opacity 32%

63/ Effects - Teph's Tricks- Slide Y 50%

64/ Keep selected!!

65/ Effects - blinds  - Colour  #8dc4d9

66/ Effects - edge effects -  enhance more

 

67/ Selections - deselect

68/ Layers - merge layers - merge down

69/ Activate your water image ==>       <====Edit  - Copy

 70/ On your working area ===>  Layers - New layer

 71/ Selections - Load/save selection - Load selection from disk - Mtm- Csi Miami 2

72/ Flood fill tool ( F ) - Flood fill the selection with your foreground colour

73/ Repeat steps 57-58-59-60-61-62==>

 

57/ Selections - Modify - contract 1 pixel

58/ Hit your delete key on your keyboard

58/ Keep selected!!!

60/  Layers - new raster layer

61/ Flood fill tool ( F ) - Flood fill selection with colour = #FFFFFF

62/ Layers - Blend mode  -Normal - Opacity 32%

74/ Selections - Modify - Contract by 10

75/ Layers - New layer

76/ Edit copy - Paste into selection  

77/ Effects - Eye candy 3.01 - Drop shadow

78/  Selections - Deselect

79/Layers - Blend mode - Hard Light - Opacity 100%

80/ Activate tube layer  Mtm-  Groups 9 Csi Miami 

81/  Edit - Copy ===> Edit -Paste as a new image !!!

82/  Layers - Load/save mask - Load mask from hard disk ~~   L&K _Verticaal_1

 83/  Layers - Merge - Merge group

84/ Edit  - Copy

85/  Activate your working area -- Edit - Paste as a new layer-

86/ Move your tube to the white edge

87/ Layers - Duplicate

88/ Adjust - Blur - Gaussian Blur

89/ Layers - Arrange - Move down

90/ Layers - Merge - Merge visible

91/ Activate  your image grootwater  

92/ Edit - Copy

93/ On your working area:

94/ Layers - New raster layer

95/ Selections -  Load/save selection - Load selection from disk - Csi Miami 3

96/ Flood fill selection with foreground colour white = #FFFFFF

97/ Repeat steps 57-58-59-60-61-62 ==>

57/ Selections - Modify - contract 1 pixel

58/ Hit your delete key on your keyboard

58/ Keep selected!!!

60/  Layers - new raster layer

61/ Flood fill tool ( F ) - Flood fill selection with colour = #FFFFFF

62/ Layers - Blend mode  -Normal - Opacity 32%

98/ Repeat steps 74-75-76-77-78-79 ====>

74/ Selections - Modify - Contract by 10

75/ Layers - New layer

76/ Edit copy - Paste into selection  

77/ Effects - Eye candy 3.01 - Drop shadow 

78/  Selections - Deselect

79/Layers - Blend mode - Hard Light - Opacity 100%

99/ Hide your merged layer ( activate your upper layer)==>

100/ Layers - Merge  - Merge visible.

101/ Effects - Mura's meister - Copies

102/  Layer palette - Blend mode - Hard light - Opacity 100%

 

103/  Effects - Eye  Candy - Drop shadow - as in step 83

104/ Image - add borders -  Symmetric unchecked!!   colour white =#FFFFFF

Background script

105/  Selections - Load/save selection - load selection from hard disk - Mtm-Csi-Miami 4

106/ Edit - copy - paste as a new image

107/  Effects - Image effects - Seamless Tiling

108/  Save as jpg for your script

109/  Activate your working area - Selections - deselect - Save as jpg

 

Explanation Outlook Express Script ==>

 
 

In the zip provided there is a gif file. This you will have to insert in the script.  Of course you can make your own gif file in your own foreground colour.

Image - New - New Image - Transparent 450/450 pixels

Foreground colour of your choice - hide your background

Preset shape tool ( P ) - Shape == to your liking

- Line width  2

This gif file is in the zip provided==>

 

Draw your preset shape-

Layers - convert to raster layer - Layers - merge visible

File -----> Export --> Gif optimizer

Consider your background colour !!

E.g. your tag's background is dark blue, use a colour matching your tag colour as blend colour  

 

 

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