Tutorial "Portrait of Love"

This tutorial was written by me on 11th February 2010. It was done with PSP9 but it might work with other versions, too. This tutorial is copyrighted to me, any resemblance is purely coincidental and not intentional!

You need: "Bed of Roses" PTU Tagger Kit by Designed by Stina which you can purchase at Just4Taggers and Becky_Mask022

1. Open a new transparent canvas 650x650px, flood fill with white, new rasterlayer, select all, open DBS_Paper14.jpg, copy and paste into selection, select none, layers - new masklayer - from image, load Becky_Mask022, source luminance checked, merge group, image - resize - Width 100%/Height 90% (Aspect Ratio and Resize all layers not checked), Edit - Cut, Edit - Paste as new layer

2. Selection, Custom Selection Left 75/Top 130/Right 575/Bottom 520, open DBS_Paper12.jpg, copy and paste as new layer, selection invert, press delete, selection invert, selection, modify, select selection borders 7px, Inside and Anti-alias checked, Effects - 3D Effects - Inner Bevel, select none3. With the magic wand tool click outside the rectangle, selection invert, selection, modify, contract 7px, selection, modify, select selection borders 26px, Inside and Anti-alias checked, Inner Bevel with same setting, select none

4. With the magic wand tool click outside the rectangle again, selection invert, select, modify, contract 33px, selection, modify, select selection borders 7px, Inside and Anti-alias checked, Inner Bevel with same setting, select none, with the magic wand tool click outside the frame, selection invert, selection, modify, contract 40px, press delete, selection, modify, expand 5px, open DBS_Paper18.jpg, resize 500px (aspect ratio and resize all layers checked), copy and paste as new layer, selection invert, press delete, select none, arrange layer, move down, highlight frame, add Dropshadow 1/1/40/2 #000000

5. Open DBS_PetalShower01.png, resize 650px, copy and paste as new layer, arrange layer above mask layer, open DBS_Petals01.png, resize 400px, copy and paste as new layer, image flip, move it to the left and a little up, duplicate layer, image mirror, image flip, merge down, add Dropshadow, arrange layer above PetalShower layer

6. Open DBS_HeartRoses.png, copy and paste as new layer, move it a little up and a little to the right, duplicate layer, image mirror, image flip, merge down, add Dropshadow, arrange layer above the petals

7. Highlight top layer, open DBS_RosesGiftBox01.png, resize 225px, copy and paste as new layer, move it to the left lower corner of the frame, add Dropshadow, open DBS_RosesBouquet01.png, resize 300px, copy and paste as new layer, move down, add Dropshadow, open DBS_Champagne_n_Roses.png, resize 233px, copy and paste as new layer, image mirror, move it into the right lower corner of the frame, arrange layer under the RoseBouquet, add Dropshadow

8. Highlight frame layer, open DBS_RoseGazebo.png, resize 350px, copy and paste as new layer, move it to the right and little up, add Dropshadow, with the magic wand tool click outside the Gazebo, selection invert, selection, modify, contract 5px, open DBS_Paper02.jpg, copy and paste as new layer, move the paper as far to the right as there is no pattern into the selection, selection invert, press delete, layers - arrange - move down, highlight Gazebo, merge down (with the paper layer)

9. Open DBS_DoveHeart03.png, resize 300px, copy and paste as new layer, place it on top of the Gazebo, add Dropshadow

10. Highlight Gazebo layer, open medi_vdaylove3.png, resize 45%, copy and paste as new layer, move it to the left, add Dropshadow

Now you can write down your name and/or text. Please add copyright information and save your tag as .png or .jpg! Hope you enjoyed my tut!