PLUGINS

Reminder

If you are using my Filter Unlimited 2.3, it consists of 3 folders

Have a look at the folders before adding a preset

These are the filters used in this lesson

VDL Adrenaline -Camouflage Here

Alien Skin Xenofex 2 Here

FM Tile Tools Here

Mura’s Meister Here

Eye Candy 4000 Here

Alien Skin EyeCandy 5 – Impact  Here

Fotomatic – Fastfix Here

Alien Skin EyeCandy 5 –Textures Here

Vanderlee – Unplugged X  Here

AAA Frame Here

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Material Here

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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Let's start the lesson

Puzzles

- Material Properties: Set the foreground color to color number 1 -Set the background color to color number 4

1. File - Open a new transparent image in this size : 1050 x 850 Pixels

2. Activate your Flood Fill Tool - Flood fill the layer with the foreground color ( No 1)

3. Effects - Plugins– VDL Adrenaline – Camouflage use the settings below (Please note that this filter must be patched.)

4. Layers - Duplicate

5. Effects - Plugins – Alien Skin Xenofex 2 – Puzzle – Preset : Renee-Puzzle’’

(This preset must be placed in your Filter – Alien Skin Xenofex2 – Settings – Puzzle.

Go to the filter, open it, and you will see “Puzzle” under Settings. Open the folder and paste it in.)

Click on the preset to apply it.

- If you create a custom effect for this filter, you will find it on your computer. The folder location is as follows:

C/Users/AppData/Roaming/Alien skin/Xenofex2/Puzzle

6. Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow with these settings:10/10 / 65 /32  Color black

7. Effects - Plugins– FM Tile Tools – Blend Emboss using the default settings

In the layer palette - Activate the layer underneath

8. Effects - Plugins - Filters in Unlimited 2.0 – Toadies - Picasso's Another Word...  24 / 39/ 126

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

Material Properties: Set your foreground color with a foreground/background sunburst gradient configured like this

10. Layers - New Raster Layer

11. Activate Flood Fill Tool – Flood fill the layer with the gradient

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

13. Layers - Arrange - Move Down

- Activate Raster 1 in the layer palette (sol/floor from point 9)

14. Layers - New Raster Layer

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

17. Activate Flood Fill Tool – Flood fill the selection with the background color (No. 4)

18. Effects - Plugins – Eye Candy 4000 - Fur use the settings below

19. Effects - Edge Effects - Enhance

20. Reduce the opacity of this layer to 40%

- Activate the top of the layer palette

21. Layers - New Raster Layer

22. Selections –load/save selection –load selection from disc and select my selection: ‘’Puzzles - 2’’ (she will cancel the previous one)

23. Activate Flood Fill Tool – Flood fill the selection with color black

24. Selections - Modify - Contract 5 Pixels

Color Palette: Set your foreground color to gradient and select ‘’ RBF_grd_tut_1.13_009’’

Prepare a linear gradient configured like this

25. Activate Flood Fill Tool – Flood fill the layer with the gradient

26. Effects - Plugins - Alien Skin EyeCandy 5 – Impact – Bevel – Preset : Concave Edge, Exaggerated using the default settings

27. Effects - Plugins– Fotomatic – Fastfix use the settings below (Here, you can change the settings to match your color preferences.)

28. Activate your Magic Wand – Tolerance at 0 and Feather at 0

- Select the 4 empty parts of the window

29. Activate the tube ‘’ Renee-Puzzles- Pluie’’ - Edit - Copy - Activate your work -Edit - Paste as new layer

Place to your liking

SELECTIONS – INVERT

SELECTIONS – INVERT

30. Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow with these settings: 2 /2 / 100 /12 Color black

31. Layers - New Raster Layer

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

33. Activate the tube ‘’ Renee-TUBES-Puzzles -100’’ -

- Edit - Copy- Activate your work -Edit - Paste into Selection

34. Layers - Arrange - Move Down

35. Reduce the opacity of this layer to 65%  

Activate the top of the layer palette

36. Layers - New Raster Layer

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

38. Activate Flood Fill Tool – Flood fill the selection with color No. 3

39. Effects - Plugins- Alien Skin EyeCandy 5 –Textures-Brick Wall use the settings below - color No. 1 and No. 2

40. Layers - Load/save mask - Load mask from disk ‘’20/20’’ with these settings

- Layers - Duplicate 2 twice

- Layers - Merge - Merge Group

Selections remains activated

41. Layers - Duplicate

42. Effects - Plugins – Vanderlee – Unplugged X – Jalusi use the settings below – Color  : White

43. Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow with these settings: 2/1/100/19 Color black

44. Layers - Properties - Change the blend mode of this layer to Overlay

Color Palette: Set your foreground color to gradient and select ‘’ RBF_grd_tut_1.13_005’’-

Prepare a linear gradient configured like this

45. Layers - New Raster Layer

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

47. Activate Flood Fill Tool – Flood fill the layer with the gradient

48. Effects - Plugins - Filters in Unlimited 2.0  - Andrew's Filters 42 - Blue Glow... using the default settings

49. Effects - Plugins– Alien Skin Xenofex 2- Puzzle use the settings below

50. Effects - Plugins - Alien Skin EyeCandy 5 - Impact  - Extrude use the settings below

51. Effects - Plugins- Alien Skin EyeCandy 5 - Impact  - Perspective Shadow – Preset : Reflect in front –Faint

52. Layers - Duplicate

53. Image - Mirror - Mirror Horizontal (Image - Mirror in older versions of PSP)

54. Image - Resize by 58% - Resize all layers not checked

55. Pick Tool: (K) on your keyboard -Enter these parameters on the toolbar

  698 / 641

Press the ( M ) button to close the tool.

56. Activate the tube – ‘’Renee-Puzzles- ampoule.’’ Edit - Copy - Activate your work -Edit - Paste as new layer

Move the tube to the left block ( see finished image)

57. Activate the tube – ‘’Renee-Puzzles- papillon.’’ - Edit - Copy - Activate your work -Edit - Paste as new layer

Move the tube to the right block ( see finished image)

58. Image - Add Borders - Symmetric checked: 2 Pixels – Color No 2

Image - Add Borders - Symmetric checked: 10 Pixels – Color No 1

Image - Add Borders - Symmetric checked: 25 Pixels – White

Image - Add Borders - Symmetric checked: 2 Pixels – Color No 4

Image - Add Borders - Symmetric checked: 60 Pixels – White

59. Use the magic wand to select the 60 pixel border.

60. Activate the tube ''Renee-Puzzles-Cadre '' -Edit - Copy - Activate your work -Edit - Paste into Selection

61. Selections - Invert

62. Effects - Plugins – AAA Frame –Texture Frame using the default settings

63. Image – Resize 1005 Pixels width - Resize all layers checked

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

Save as JPG

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I hope you enjoyed this lesson

Renée

This lesson was written by Renée 30/05/2025

Edited and Update

2025

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