PLUGINS

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These are the filters used in this lesson

Simple  Here

Alien Skin Xenofex 2 Here

Mura’s Meister   Here

Alien Skin EyeCandy 5 – Nature Here

Alien Skin EyeCandy 5 – Impact  Here

EyeCandy 4000  Here

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This tutorial was created with PSP 2022 Ultimate

but can be done with other versions of Psp

The colors can be very different depending on the Psp used. . .

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Mirage céleste/Mirage in the sky

- Preparation

-Material Properties:Set the color of your foreground to color 1 -Set the color of your background to color 2

1. Open the background image  ‘’Fond - Mirage céleste’’- Promoted background layer=Raster 1

2. Effects-Plugins – Simple – Blintz

3. Effects-Plugins – Simple – Half Wrap

4. Effects-Plugins - Filters in Unlimited 2.0 - Filter Factory Gallery A - Zoom Out with these settings: 79/81/224/215

5. Adjust-Sharpness-Sharpen More

6. Effects-Edge Effects- Enhance

7. Layers-Duplicate

8. Effects-Plugins - Filters Unlimited 2.0 - Filter Factory Gallery T –Tripolis using the settings below

9. Layers-Properties-Set the Blend Mode to Overlay -Reduce the opacity of this layer to 40%

10. Layers– Duplicate

11. Effects-Plugins – Alien Skin Xenofex 2- Classic Mosaic using the settings below

12. Layers-Properties-Set the Blend Mode to Hard Light -Opacity of this layer to 100%

13. Effects-Plugins – Mura’s Meister – Perspective Tiling using the settings below

14. Selections –load/save selection –load selection from disc and select my selection: ‘’Mirage-céleste 1’’

5 times

15.Open the tube ‘’Renee-Mirage-Celeste-Image 1’’ -Edit - Copy- Activate your work -Edit - Paste as new layer

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

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- Press( M )to close the Tool

17.Open the tube ‘’Renee-Mirage-Celeste-Image 2’’ -Edit - Copy- Activate your work -Edit - Paste as new layer

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

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- Press( M )to close the Tool

19. Layers- New Raster Layer

20. Selections –load/save selection –load selection from disc and select my selection: ‘’Mirage-céleste 2’’

21. Material Properties:Set your Foreground color to color white (#ffffff)

Activate Flood Fill Tool –Fill the selection with color white

22. Edit - Copy- Activate your work -Edit - Paste as new layer ‘’Renee-Mirage-Celeste-Image 3’’

23. Objects – Align – Left – Objects - Align- Top

24. Layers-Properties-Set the Blend Mode to Hard Light

25. Layers- New Raster Layer

26. Selections –load/save selection –load selection from disc and select my selection: – ‘’Mirage-céleste 3’’

27. Activate Flood Fill Tool – Fill the selection with color white

28. Adjust- Blur-Gaussian Blur-Radius 1%

In the Layers palette-Activate Copy of Raster 1

29. Layers- New Raster Layer

30. Selections –load/save selection –load selection from disc and select my selection: – ‘’Mirage-céleste 4’’

31.Material Properties:Set your Foreground color to color No.1

 Activate Flood Fill Tool – Fill the selection with color No.1

32. Effects-Distortion Effects-Wave using the settings below

33. Layers-Properties-Set the Blend Mode to Hard Light -Reduce the opacity of this layer to 73%

34. Effects – Edge Effects- Enhance

35. Selections –load/save selection –load selection from disc and select my selection: – ‘’Mirage-céleste 5’’

36. Effects-3D- Effects- Drop Shadow with these settings: color black

37. Effects-Distortion Effects-Spiky Halo use the settings below

38. Repeat-Effects-3D- Effects- Drop Shadow with the same settings

39. Effects -User Defined Filter-Emboss 3

- Activate the top of the Layers palette

- Material Properties:Set the color of your foreground to color 3

40. Layers- New Raster Layer

41. Selections –load/save selection –load selection from disc and select my selection: – ‘’Mirage-céleste 6’’

42. Open the Airbrush tool

- Reset to default

- Then configure as follows

- Round in shape and dimensions

- Place the tool at the top of the selection and move it down along the bottom edge - Stop at the end of the selection

as shown in the following example

43. Adjust- Blur-Gaussian Blur-Radius 41%

44. Layers-Duplicate

45. Effects- Image Effects- Seamless Tiling using the settings below

46. Selections –load/save selection –load selection from disc and select my selection: – ‘’Mirage-céleste 7’’

47. Layers-Properties-Set the Blend Mode to Screen

48.Open the tube ‘’ Renee-Mirage-Celeste- Image 4.’’ -Edit - Copy- Activate your work -Edit - Paste as new layer

- Move the tube to the right side (see finished image)

49. Layers-Properties-Set the Blend Mode to Overlay -Reduce the opacity of this layer to 51%

50. Effects-3D- Effects- Drop Shadow with these settings: - 55/ 0 / 47 /74 color white

- Activate Copy(2) on Raster 1 (ground)

51.Effects-Plugins -Alien Skin EyeCandy 5 – Nature – Smoke-Tab-Settings/User Settings and select my file- Preset – ‘’Mirage-celeste-smoke’’

- Activate the top of the Layers palette

52.Open the tube ‘’ Renee-Mirage-Celeste- Image 5’’ -Edit - Copy- Activate your work -Edit - Paste as new layer

- Place the tube in the bottom left corner / Renée has chosen the following settings >>Pick Tool: (K) on your keyboard - Position X = - 52 and Position Y = 180

53.Open the tube ‘’Renee-Mirage-Celeste- Image 6’’ -Edit - Copy- Activate your work -Edit - Paste as new layer

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

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- Press (M)to close the Tool

55.Open the tube ‘’Renee-Mirage-Celeste- Image 7’’-Edit - Copy- Activate your work -Edit - Paste as new layer

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

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- Press (M)to close the Tool

Put the image aside for now, we will need it later.

- Material properties: Set the color of your foreground to color 1 - Set the color of your background to color 2

- Replace your foreground color with a Foreground/Background Sunburst gradient configured like this

57. File-Open a new transparent image in this size : 550 x 550 Pixels

58. Selections –load/save selection –load selection from disc and select my selection:–‘’Mirage-céleste 8’’

59. Activate Flood Fill Tool – Flood Fill the selection with the gradient

60. Adjust- Blur-Gaussian Blur-Radius 20%

61. Selections- Invert

62. Effects-3D- Effects- Drop Shadow with these settings: – 25/ 0 / 44 / 32 color white

63. Effects-3D- Effects- Drop Shadow with these settings: 9 / 0 / 44 / 32 color black

64. Effects-Plugins - Alien Skin EyeCandy 5 – Impact – Extrude using the settings below

65. Layers – Duplicate

66. Image -Resize -to 75% -Resize all layers unchecked

67. Effects – Image Effects- Offset using the settings below

68. Layers-Properties-Set the Blend Mode to Multiply

- Change the foreground color - color No.4 - Use the same gradient

69. Layers- New Raster Layer

70. Selections –load/save selection –load selection from disc and select my selection: –‘’Mirage-céleste 9’’

71. Activate Flood Fill Tool – Fill the selection with the gradient

72. Selections - Modify -Contract by 40 pixels 

73. Effects-Plugins – EyeCandy 4000 – FUR using the settings below( Allows you to change the color of the Fur effect.)

74. Selections –load/save selection –load selection from disc and select my selection: – ‘’Mirage-céleste 9’’

75. Effects-Plugins – EyeCandy 4000 – Drip using the settings below

76. Edit- Copy Special-Copy Merged 

- Activate the image you minimized in step 57 -Edit- Paste as new layer

77. Image -Resize -to 65%-Resize all layers unchecked

78. Objects - Align – Bottom

79.Open the tube ‘’Renee-Mirage-Celeste- Image 8’’ -Edit - Copy- Activate your work -Edit - Paste as new layer

- Place on base - see finished image

-Eraser Tool (X) Erase this part of the tube to make it appear to pass behind the circle.

80. Layers- New Raster Layer

81. Selections –load/save selection –load selection from disc and select my selection: – ‘’Mirage-céleste 10’’

82. Activate Flood Fill Tool – Fill the selection with the gradient 

83. Effects-3D- Effects- Drop Shadow with these settings:  -1 / 1 /54 / 41 color black

84. Effects-Plugins –Mura’s Meister –Pole Transform using the settings below

85. Adjust-Blur-Gaussian Blur-Radius 20%

86. Layers-Properties-Set the Blend Mode to Screen -Reduce the opacity of this layer to 48%

87. Effects-Plugins - Alien Skin EyeCandy 5 – Impact – Motion Trail using the settings below

88. Open the tube ‘’Renee-Mirage-Celeste- Image 9’’ -Edit - Copy- Activate your work -Edit - Paste as new layer

- Move the tube to the right side ( see finished image)

89. Layers- Arrange- Move Down

90. Effects-Plugins - Alien Skin EyeCandy 5 – Impact – Perspective Shadow using the settings below

91. Image -Add Borders-Symmetric checked: 1 Pixel -color black

Image -Add Borders-Symmetric checked: 10  Pixels -color white

Image -Add Borders-Symmetric checked: 1 Pixel -color black

Image -Add Borders-Symmetric checked: 40 Pixels -color white

- Add the author's watermark to your work and your own watermark

92. Image - Resize to 1005 pixels width- Resize all layers checked

-Save as JPG

Thanks for your time and enjoyment of this lesson.

Renée

This lesson has been written by Renée 16/06/2024

Edited and Update 

in  2024

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