PLUGINS

Reminder When you use my Filter Unlimited 2.3, you will see that it consists of three folders.

It is important that you look at the folders before adding a preset.

The following filters are used in this lesson.

Alien Skin EyeCandy 5 – Textures Here

Alien Skin EyeCandy 5 – Impact   Here

Mura’s Meister   Here

Artistiques  Here

Flaming Pear  Here

 FM Tiles Tools  Here

AAA Frame Here

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This tutorial was created with PSP 2022 Ultimate.

It can be done with other versions of PSP.

 The colors will be different, depending on the PSP used. .

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Mécanique

Mechanical Engineering

- Material Properties: Set the Foreground Color to Color 1 - Set the Background Color to Color 2

1. File-Open a new transparent image of this size: 1050 x 750 pixels

2. Activate Flood Fill Tool – Flood fill the layer with the foreground color 1

3. Effects - Plugins- Filters in Unlimited 2.0 - &<Background Designers IV> - @Night Shadow Pool use the settings below

4.Layers-New Raster Layer

5.Selections –load/save selection –load selection from disc and select my selection: ‘’Mecanique-1’’

6. Activate Flood Fill Tool –Flood fill the selection with the background color 2

7. Effects – Reflection Effects – Rotating Mirror use the settings below

8. Effects – User Defined Filter – Emboss 3- Default settings

On the same layer

9. Selections –load/save selection –load selection from disc and select my selection: ‘’Mecanique-2’’

10. Effects - Plugins - Alien Skin EyeCandy 5 – Textures- Brick Wall use the settings below

11. Selections- Promote selection to layer

12. Effects – Plugins – Mura’s Meister – Perspective Tiling use the settings below

- Activate the layer underneath (Raster 2)

13. Effects – Plugins – Artistiques – Pastels with these settings

14. Effects – Edge Effects – Enhance

- With the starting colors ( 1 and 2) - Replace your foreground with a foreground/background linear gradient configured like this.

- In the layer palette-activate Raster 1

15. Layers-New Raster Layer

16. Selections –load/save selection –load selection from disc and select my selection: ‘’Mecanique-3’’

17. Activate Flood Fill Tool – Opacity at 70- Flood fill the selection with the gradient

18. Effects – Plugins– Artistiques – Pastels use the settings below

19. Effects – Plugins– Simple – Blintz

20. Effects - Plugins - Filters in Unlimited 2.0  - ColorRave - Color Cocktail 2.1 using the default settings

21. Layers-Properties-Set the Blend Mode to Hard Light -Reduce the opacity of the layer to 77

- Activate the top of the layer palette (Promoted selection)

22. Effects – Illumination Effects –Lights –select my file - Preset ‘’Mecanique’’ ( Put it in the presets folder on your PSP.)

If you have a problem, see below ( color #0e8c77)

Your work and layer palette should now look like this (layers arranged correctly)

-In the layer palette-activate Raster 3

23. Layers– Duplicate

24. Effects- Image Effects – Page Curl (color 2) use the settings below

Repeat: Effects- Image Effects – Page Curl (color 2) use the settings below

25. Effects – Plugins – Flaming Pear – Flexify 2 use the settings below

26. Effects – Distortion Effects- Twirl -Degrees 520

27. Objects – Align - Top

28. Layers-Properties-Set the Blend Mode to Overlay - Opacity of this layer to 100

- Activate the top of the layer palette

29.Open the tube ‘’Mecanique-robot1.’’ -Edit - Copy- Activate your work -Edit - Paste as new layer

30. Pick Tool: (K) on your keyboard - Enter the following parameters on the toolbar

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Press the ( M ) button to close the tool

31. Layers-Properties-Set the Blend Mode to Overlay -Reduce the opacity of this layer to 73%

32. Open the tube ‘’Mecanique-robot 2.’’ -Edit - Copy- Activate your work -Edit - Paste as new layer

33. Pick Tool: (K) on your keyboard - Enter the following parameters on the toolbar

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Press the ( M ) button to close the tool

34. Layers-Properties-Set the Blend Mode to Luminance Legacy

Material Properties: Set Foreground Color to Color 3 - Set Background Color to Color 1

35.Layers-New Raster Layer

36. Selections –load/save selection –load selection from disc and select my selection: ‘’Mecanique-4’’

37. Activate Flood Fill Tool – Opacity at 100% – Flood fill the selection with color 3

38. Effects - Plugins - Alien Skin EyeCandy 5 – Textures – Weave -Tab/Settings/User Settings and select my file-Preset : ‘’ Mecanique-textures-Weave’’

and OK

39. Effects 3D-Effects-Drop Shadow with these settings: 0/4/52/5 Color Black

40. Layers-Properties-Set the Blend Mode to Soft Light

-In the layer palette-activate Raster 1

41. Effects - Plugins  - Filters in Unlimited 2.0 – Graphic Plus – Cross Shadow

( If you've chosen a lighter color, play with the sliders Intensity and Brightness)

- Material Properties: Foreground color stays on color number 3-set the background color to color white

- Replace at the top of the layers palette

42. Layers-New Raster Layer

43. Selections –load/save selection –load selection from disc and select my selection: ‘’Mecanique-5’’

44. Activate Flood Fill Tool – Flood fill the selection with the background color white

45. Selections – Modify– Contract by 1 Pixel

46. Activate Flood Fill Tool - Flood fill the selection with the foreground color color 3

47. Effects - Plugins - Alien Skin EyeCandy 5 – Textures- Texture Noise use the settings below

48. Effects -Plugins- Alien Skin EyeCandy 5 – Impact – Glass – Preset : Clear

49. Effects – Distortion Effects– Spiky Halo with these settings

50. Effects – Edge Effects- Enhance

51.Layers-New Raster Layer

52. Activate Flood Fill Tool – Flood fill the layer with color white

53. Layers- New Mask Layer-From Image and select Mask – ‘’Narah_Mask_1027’’

- Layers-Merge -Merge Group

54. Image - Resize by 50 %-Resize all layers not checked

55. Objects – Align - Bottom–Objects- Align -Left

56. Layers – Duplicate

57.Image - Mirror - Mirror vertical ( Image - Flip in older versions of PSP)

58. Layers-Merge-Merge Down

59. Effects – Plugins – FM Tiles Tools – Saturation Emboss using default settings

60. Text Tool-Use the font provided to write the text- MECANIQUE (Pay attention to settings)

- Convert to Raster layer

61. Effects -Distortion Effects - Wave use the settings below

- Put it in the right place

62. Open the text ‘’Mecanique-texte’’ - Edit - Copy- Activate your work -Edit - Paste as new layer

-Place to your liking

63. Open the tube ‘’Mecanique-deco 1’’ - Edit - Copy- Activate your work -Edit - Paste as new layer

64. Layers-Properties-Set the Blend Mode to Soft Light

65. Layers-Arrange-Move Down- Above Raster 3 in the layer palette

66. Move slightly to the left (optional)

- Replace at the top of the layers palette

67. Activate tube ''Renee-TUBES-Mecanique-1’’

- Image - Resize to 48%

- Edit - Copy- Activate your work -Edit - Paste as new layer – Move it in the right place ( see finished image)

68. Reduce the opacity of this layer to 55%

69. Activate the tube of your choice. – Renée chose this one. ‘’Renee-TUBES-Mecanique-2’’ –Image - Resize to 75%.

- Edit - Copy- Activate your work -Edit - Paste as new layer and move

70. Apply shadow to these two tubes to your own taste.

71. Image - Add Borders-Symmetric checked: 1 Pixel – Color 1

- Image - Add Borders-Symmetric checked: 20 Pixels –White

72. Selections – Select All

73. Image - Add Borders-Symmetric checked: 1 Pixel – Color 3

- Image - Add Borders-Symmetric checked: 45 Pixels – White

74. Selections – Invert

75. Effects – Plugins – AAA Frame – Frame Works use the settings below

76. Selections – Invert

77. Effects – Plugins – AAA Frame – Foto Frame use the settings below

78. Activate the tube ‘’Mecanique-Deco- Cadre Edit - Copy- Activate your work -Edit - Paste as new layer

79. Add the author's watermark to your work and your own watermark.

80. Layers-Merge-Merge All (flatten)

81. Image -Resize 1005 Pixels width - Resize all layers checked.

Save as JPG

I appreciate your attention and engagement with this lesson.

Renée

Renée wrote this tutorial on 13/09/2024

I have edited and updated it.

in  2024

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