L&K's.... Kiki

This tut is written psp XI

This tut is translated for us by Mac , thanks , lisette and karin.

materials :

  • Plug in Simple : here                          extract all your plug ins in your psp plug in folder
  • Plug in Van der Lee Unplugged X : here                         
  • Plug in AP 01 (innovation) - Lines-Silver Lining : here     
  • Plug in Xero- porcelain : here                                      
  • L&K brushes: here                              extract to your psp brush folder
  • L&K selections : here                          extract to your psp selections folder
  • Image : here                                     extract to a folder of your choice
  • Font ChaseCallasSH : here                  open the font and minimize it
  • Tube Yoka-Fashiontube121206: here    extract to a folder of your choice
    Thanks Joke for your beautiful tube , Joke shares her tubes here

 

Jetty wrote a beautiful script, for which we are very grateful. here
You find her beautiful site here

preparation :

  • set your foreground colour to a nice dark colour matching your tube (Lisette used #5d763e)
  • set your background to a slightly lighter shade of your foreground colour (Lisette used #87A660)
       

 

  1. open a transparent size 700 x 500
  2. flood fill/ use your dark foreground colour

  3. effects / plug ins/ Greg's Factory output Vol II - Pool shadow, following settings:



    (stay on this layer)

  4. selections / load/save selection / load selection from disk - find selection L&K _les _Kiki _1


  5. followed by: effects / distortion effects - wave, following settings:


  6. layers palette / click on floating selection -> promote selection to layer


  7. and selections / deselect !!!!!

  8. change the blend mode to Lighten


    Make a copy -> window -duplicate (or use Shift + D on your keyboard), put this image aside for now


    let's move on with the tut:

  9. swap your colours, make your lighter colour your foreground colour


  10. layers / new layer

  11. selections /load/save selection / load selection from disk - find your selection L&K _les _Kiki _2

  12. flood fill/ fill with your light foreground colour

  13. selections/ deselect

  14. effects / Plug in/ Simple -> Zoom out en flip

  15. effects / Plug in / Van der Lee-> Unplugged X -Defocus, hit ok



  16. effects / 3 d / drop shadow, following settings


  17. layers / new layer

  18. selections /load/save selection / load selection from disk - find your selection L&K _les _Kiki _3

  19. flood fill / fill with your light foreground colour

  20. effects / filter/ AP 01 (innovation) - Lines-Silver Lining,->
    find Arrow - and Overlay, following settings


  21. selections / deselect

  22. lower the opacity to 42 and set your blend mode to Screen


  23. effects / edge effects / enhance


  24. open your L&K image (=707x134)

  25. edit/ copy

  26. on your working area
  27. edit/ paste as a new layer (don't touch it!!)


  28. effects/ image effects / offset, following settings:


  29. layers palette / change your blend mode to Luminance (heritage)

  30. again, swap your colours, make your dark colour your foreground colour


  31. layers / new layer !!!!

  32. brush tool / find L&K les_Kiki_1


    stamp your brush twice as in the example given


  33. layers palette / change the blend mode to multiply


  34. brush tool / find L&K les_Kiki_2



    stamp the text on your working area as in the example given:


  35. brush tool / find your L&K les_Kiki_3


    stamp this text twice on your working area as in the example given


  36. layers / new layer

  37. brush tool / find your L&K les_Kiki_4


    stamp on your working area as in the example given



  38. brush tool / find your L&K les_Kiki_5


    stamp on your working area as in example given:


  39. text tool / font ChaseCallasSH->
    Size;600->Make as ;Vector


  40. Click somewhere in your working area and type a capital -> I choose the M.

  41. objects / align -> center on canvas

  42. layers palette / convert to raster layer

  43. layers palette / change the blend mode to screen /or.. Multiply..depending on what gives the best effect to your image


  44. set your foreground as well as your background on the same colour. (preferably a colour matching your tube) (Lisette used #900000 )
       

  45. again: text tool;
    font ChaseCallasSH->Size:24->Make as ;Vector;
    Kerning on 700


  46. click somewhere in your working area and type 7 dots on your keyboard
    place these dots, if necessary use your pick tool (k)



  47. effects / 3 d / drop shadow, same settings as before

  48. layers / merge all (flatten)

  49. effects / Plug in Xero / porcelain, same settings,


    Open tube Yoka-Fashiontube121206: (532 height) or one of your own:

  50. edit/ copy

  51. on your working area
  52. edit/ paste as a new layer

  53. move tool / place your tube to your liking

  54. effects / 3d  / drop shadow, same settings as before



  55. image / add borders-> 1 pixel, use a dark colour matching your image

    export as jpg.


    Background: activate the copy image :

  56. layers / merge all (flatten)


  57. crop tool
    cut a piece from your image and double click in the center


58.effects / image effects / seamless tiling
following settings:

 

Background 2

59. Make a copy of background 1, use Shift + D on your keyboard.

60. Adjust - blur - Gaussian blur - Radius: 3

61. Effects - image effects / seamless tiling, same settings as before


Export as jpg and fill out the script

 

 

extra example : tube by Dyveke

love, lisette, karin and mac