In Memory of Patt/SnowAngel



My dear friend and mentor, Patt/SnowAngel was called to Heaven suddenly on April 10, 2010. Patt tested many of the tutorials I have on this site. She touched the hearts and souls of many folks throughout the world. Girlfriend, you will be missed.

Our beloved SnowAngel, Patt, now is a real angel;
watching from Heaven above and smiling down on us with her love.
Her faith clearly showed in the Christian letters she created;
not ashamed of what lay deep in her soul.
Patt had a genuine love for creating her art;
and passing along her love of creating to the world.
With every email we shared, her sense of humor was there,
and you always felt her deep sense of care.
Fly free, SnowAngel. You earned your wings, my dear friend.
Written by Jeanne Maack
4-10-10


Monday, November 30, 2009

Simple Nativity Tutorial

SIMPLE NATIVITY 

Written in PSP9 but should be doable in later versions:

Supplies:      Nativity Scene
Star Corner Accents
Plugins:    FM Blend Emboss
        Simple Top Left Mirror 
Supplies: HERE

Step 1:  Open Nativity Scene graphic.  Duplicate twice and close original.  Minimize one copy.

Step 2:  Set Foreground Color #bc8c5b Background Color #5d0709

Step 3:  FM Tools/Blend Emboss. 

Settings:  Default

Step 4:  Add borders as follows:
6 pixels background
4 pixels foreground
6 pixels background/

Select All.  Modify/Contract 24

Step 5:  3D Cut Out:


Settings:  1/1/100/10 Black


Invert.

Blend Emboss (settings as before)

Selections None.

Step 6:  Magic Wand the inner and outer 6 pixel borders (the deep red ones).  Inner Bevel.


Settings:  #2/5/4/3/0/3/White/315/50/30

Selections None.

Step 7:  Add border 46 pixels foreground color.  Magic Wand.  Open your second copy of the graphic.  Copy and paste into selection.

Effects/Reflection/Pattern:




Settings:  38/25/335/-94/7/4/43/66

Blend Emboss.

Selections None.

Step 8:  Repeats steps #4, #5, and #6.

Step 9:  Open corner accent.  Apply Drop Shadow:

Settings: 1/1/35/4 color Foreground.  Copy and paste as a new layer.  Move to top left corner.  Simple Top Left Mirror.

Add New Raster Layer and apply your watermark.  Layers Merge/Flatten.

Add text, if you so desire; a Christmas message or your name for a tag.

Resize, if you wish.  Jpeg.


Background for stat:


Step 1:  New image 300 X 300 pixels 200 dpi Opacity 40%

Flood fill with copy of Nativity Scene graphic.

Layers Merge Flatten.

Step 2:  New Raster Layer Opacity 25%

Flood fill with background color.

Layers Merge Flatten.

Reduce size to 200 X 200 pixels.

FM Blend Emboss.

Seamless Tiling Default Settings.

Jpeg.

Assemble in Letter Creator.


This tutorial was written and designed by jeanne and is made using teaching and tips gained from the web and PSP, Animation Shop, and the other programs used, the programs listed Help feature.  Any resemblance to other tutorials available is coincidental.   Please do not share this tutorial or to place it on any web site without my permission:
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