** Ramira_eng 14-3-2006 **

L&K...Ramira

This tut is written in PSPX

Materials :

Plugin DSB flux : here
Plugin Simple : here
Plugin Eye candy 5 impact : here
Settings Eye Candy 5 impact- Glass: extract to your folder: Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Impact\Settings\ Glass here
Settings Eye Candy 5 impact -Bevel : extract to your folder Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Impact\Settings\ Bevel here
Brush Marie.L : here you'll find her group here . Thanks Mariel for granting permission to use your brush :)
Brush L&K_les Ramira : here
Selections L&K_les Ramira here
Font : here open and minimize
Images : here extract to a folder of your choice

Jetty wrote a beatiful script for this tutorial, for which we thank her very much.
The script you'll find:here . Please visit her site: here

Preparation :

We're going need three images.
In the Dutch example only two images are used, but that's because on one of the images where to faces. In case you're using your own images, this can differ.
The images in the zip provided are already feathered ( in case you're in a hurry... loll) but in the tut there will be explained how to do that with your own images.

Pick a darker colour for your foreground colour ( in the Dutch version Lisette chose (#2b616b)
For your background colour pick a lighter colour ( Lisette chose (#57b9d3)
These are the colours used in this version

Set your foreground to gradient, find your foreground/background gradient, following settings:

1.open een transparent size 500 x 500
2.Flood fill with your gradient

3.Make your dark colour your foreground colour again.

4.activate your brush and find L&K _les Ramira

stamp your brush L&K _les Ramira on your working area:

5.open the image L&K_les ramira_1.psp image
6.edit / copy

7.activate your 500 x 500
8.edit / paste as a new layer
(in case you use your own images, colorize:
adjust - hue and saturation - colorize and pick a colour matching your tubes)

9.move tool/
move the image straight down, to the bottom of your image

10.open your image L&K les ramira 2 ( flower)

11.edit / copy
12.activate your 500 x 500
13.edit / paste as a new layer
(in case you use your own imgaes: adjust/hue and saturation/ colorize. )

14. move tool /place the flower

15.open your image L&K les ramira 3. jpg

16.edit / copy
17.activate your 500 x 500
18.edit / paste as new layer

19.layer palette / change the blendmode to - > Screen

20.Layers / new layer!!!!!!!

21.repeat ; brush tool, find your MarieL brush

22.stamp the brush:

23.effects / edge effects - enhance

24.layers/ merge/ merge all layers (flatten)

25.Now use shift + D on your keyboard to make a copy. We will use that copy later on in the tut. Put it aside for now.

Let's continue

In case you're in a hurry the images in the zip are already feathered :)
L&K_les Ramira_4a_gedoezeld plaatje.psp image

26.For all others: open ramira 4.jpg in the zip provided, or your own image:
( maten=> 579 x 434)

27.Tool - Free hand selection tool
28.Feather -> 50 !!! , Anti alias = checked !!!

29.Mouse click in the linker upper corner -> first draw a line along the upper site of your working area. Lower your line a bit along the hair, make a curve towards the nose.Now move up a bit, follow the line between both women and end at the point where you started. (Don't draw your lines to straight, that doesn't look nice.)
At the end point double mouse clock and there's your selection.

30 edit/ copy

31.activate your 500x 500
32.edit / paste as a new layer
In case you're using your own images, repeat the above with the second image.

33.move tool / place your image(s) on the upper side of your working area.

34.layer palette/
play a bit with the opacity and change your opacity to somewhere between 40 and 85%.
This can differ and depends on the colours of your images, so you have to decide to your liking.

35.change your foreground to gradient:

36.swap your material

37.Text tool
find the font GangueOuais - size => 360 => Pixels - Make as =>Vector

38.Mouse click in your working area and type a capital O (Shift + O)

39.objects / align-> centre on canvas

40.layer palette => promote to raster layer

41.Edite / copy !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

42.effects / plug in dsb flux - Linear transmission,
following settings-> Horizontal

43.effects / plugin/ eye candy impact 5- Perspective Shadow,
find Wide perspective Shadow in Front

44.layer palette / change the blendmode to ->multiply

45.edit / paste as a new layer (Capital O should be still in cache)

46.layers palette / change this layer too on => multiply

47. effects / 3 d/ dropshadow

Still in a hurry :) open the preset feathered image L&K_les Ramira_5a_gedoezeld plaatje.psp image, edit - copy,
paste as a new layer / on your working area ( 500x500) and place it

48.For all others, open your image L&K les ramira 5.jpg
49 layers / new layer

50.activate your clone brush , following settings:

51.right click in your image as in the example given

52. activate your 500x500
53. place your cursor on the capital O and click a few times on it ( 6, 7,8.9..x),
till the eyes are to your liking; this differs and depends on your image.

now place your cursor in the striped capital O on the right
repeat clicking a few times in it.

54.image / ad borders -> 50, use your dark colour

Now please pay attention !!
change your gradient to
your dark background colour

56. magic wand : Notice; feather on 50 !!!

click in your border:

57 layers / new layer !!!!!!!!!!

58.effects / plug in / Alien Skin - Eye candy 5 impact - Bevel
find your setting LK_les_Ramira_bevel, ok.

59.selections / deselect !!!!

60.repeat: magic wand, change Feather to 0 !!!

again, click inside your border

61.layers / merge / merge all (flatten) !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

62.click on Delete on your keyboard

63.selections / invert !!!!!!!

64.effects / plug in / Alien Skin - Eye candy 5 impact - Glass
find your LK_les_Ramira_glass

65. selections / deselect

66. image / canvassize -> 650 x 700 pixels
Background = your dark colour
placement : centre button

67 layers / new layer !!!!

68.selections - load /save selection from disk
find your selection L&K_les _Ramira

69.flood fill/ use your light colour

70.effects / plug in /dsb flux- Spider Web, following settings:

71.selections/ modify / contract: 27

72.repeat: effects / plugins / Alien Skin - Eye candy 5 impact - Glass
find your LK_les_Ramira_glass

73. KEEP SELECTED!!!

74. flood fill / use black

(selections / deselect )

75. layers / new layer !!!

76.selections - load/save selection from disk
find your selectie L&K_les _Ramira_2

77.repeat: effects / plugin / Alien Skin - Eye candy 5 impact - Glass

78. swap your material -> flood fill / use your dark colour

79.effects / plugins /dsb - Spider Web, same settings as before
80.selections / deselect
81.effects / plugin / simple -top left mirror

82.image / add borders 2 pixels, use a dark colour
(use your drop tool to get the exact colour of the border)

83. add your text (In the dutch version Lisette wrote: "give me your eyes"
same font / size 48

use your dark colour as foreground colour, black is the background colour: