Agenda

L&K's Agenda

This tut is written in PSP 9 - X

Materials:

Richard Rosenman - Grid Generator : here
Mura's Meister - Copies : here
Mura's Meister - Pole Transform : here
FM tile tools : here
L&K tube + image : here
L&K_les Agenda selection : here
Font Gala: here

Joke wrote a special script for this tutorial. Thank you so much!!! You will find the script : here on her site, page

Preparation:

Set your foreground colour to black (or a very dark colour matching your tube)
Set your background colour to white.

Open a new white image size 550 x 350 pixels.
effects / plugins / Richard Rosenman - Grid Generator, following settings:
In case you prefer another colour, you will have to use: adjust / hue and saturation. Choose a bright colour.
layers / new layer!!!!
Preset tool - rectangle or use G on you keyboard.
ALL BOXES UNCHECKED!!!!
Zoom in to the left upper corner (View / zoom in)
Draw a rectangle / size: width 2 boxes - height 5 boxes.
Use your magic wand:
Click "in" the white box.
Effects / 3D effects / Buttonize, following settings:
selections / select none
layers / duplicate
Use your move tool and place the second box.
1 box from the side
1 box from the bottom.
layers / merge / merge down!!!!
Preset tool - rectangle
skip one box ,
draw a rectangle and make sure there is an empty box as example given:
Selection - load/save selection / load selection from disk / find your L&K_les agenda selection
Hit the delete button on your keyboard.
Selections - select none.
Activate: your pentool, only Anti Alias checked!!!!!
Attention: width 1,5 for PSPX users, => PSP9 users: width 1.00
Zoom in a lot! Go to the right upper corner,
draw a line, use your pen tool, as example given:
effects / plugins / Mura's Meister Copies: following settings:
Activate the L&K_les Agenda gezicht (face) tube:
In case you're using your own tube => max. height is 320 pixels.
Edit / copy
Reactivate your working area
edit / paste as a new layer
Use your move tool and place the tube in the white area.
layers / new layer !!!!
Repeat: Preset form - rectangle or hit G on your keyboard.
Zoom in again (View / zoom in)
draw a rectangle as example given:
Layers / duplicate
Image / flip
layers / merge / merge all (flatten) !!!!!
Activate your magic wand: click in the white area of the two boxes
effects / edge effects / trace contour
keep selected!!!!!
effects - distortion effects - wind
selections - deselect
activate your tube : L&K_lesAgenda_schroef
(In case you're using different colours, colorize: adjust / hue and saturation / colorize => pick a colour)
edit / copy
on your working area
edit / paste as a new layer
use your move tool and place the screw:
layers / duplicate
place the second screw
turn the materials, make black your background colour
hide your foreground colour
Activate your text tool: Font - Gala, Size 72 (PSP9 => 48)
Create as: Vector
Type the text Agenda (or if you prefer: Diary) on your working area
Objects / align / center in Canvas
Layers - promote to raster layer
effects - plugins / MuRa's Meister - Pole transform ,
following settings. Play a bit with Angle, depending on your tube
(between 280 - 313)
effects / 3D effects / dropshadow, following settings:
Image / add borders / 2 pixels - black
(or use your own dark colour)
Edit / copy!!!!
Unhide your foreground colour and find your foreground / background gradient with following settings:
Open a new white image size 600 x 580 pixels.
layers / new layer
flood fill with your gradient.
Repeat: effects / plugins / Richard Rosenman -grid generator
first hit the button: Lock y to X
now fill in the settings for the X and Y grids!!!!

**In case you prefer another colour, you have to colorize again.
Adjust / hue and saturation / colorize => pick your bright colour**
In your layer palette / lower the opacity to (approx.) 20
decide for yourself in case you are using another colour.
edit / paste as a new layer (image is still in cache)
Place the image, using your move tool (see example given)
effects / 3D effects / dropshadow, now blur is 14
Activate your tube : L&K_les_Agenda_Klok
adjust / hue and saturation / colorize => pick a bright colour
In the original tut the following settings were used:
edit / copy
activate your working area
edit / paste as a new layer
Use your move tool and place the clock, see example given:
In your layer palette / lower the opacity of this layer to approx. 30 - 40 %, to your liking.
Activate your picture (in case you are using your own tube, just merge all layers (flatten)
edit / copy
Activate L&K_les Agenda_boek
**In case you prefer another colour, you have to colorize again.
Adjust / hue and saturation / colorize => pick your bright colour**
Use your magic wand / click in the two empty spaces:
selection / modify / expand / 5 pixels
layers / new layer
edit / paste into selection
layers / arrange / send to bottom !!!!
layers / merge / merge visible layers
selections / select none
edit / copy
activate your working area
edit / paste as a new layer
Use your move tool and place the book as example given:
Change back to colour and hide your foregrounc colour

Repeat: text tool: Font - Gala, Size 36.
The size depends on your text
Type a text e.g. Time to go .... or a day
Use your move tool to place the text next to your book
effects / 3D effects / dropshadow / same settings as before
Image / add borders / 2 pixels / use your dark colour