Lumières sur la ville (GB)

Les Lumières Sur la Ville

 Lights Over the City

 

This tutorial is my creation, any resemblance to any other tutorial is pure coincidence.

Prohibited from sharing without my permission.

Autorisations	Tubes, masks, backround, décos ,WA	Plugins :
On Here Credit for the images used belongs to the author  My tutorials are protected by:	Main Tube:  By : Grisi Thank you!    WA et décos, misted : by  Moi-Même  others to do during the tutorial	MuRa’s Meister Alien skin Eye Candy 5, Impact et Nature VM Natural Crescent Moon AP 01 Lines Silverlining  AAA Frames: Foto Frame

General preparation: Before starting one of my tutorials

This tutorial was created with PSP 2020, can be done with previous versions,

The alpha channel is compatible with pSP7

If you can't open alpha channel: Place the selections in your PSP selections folder 

Place the PSP scripts and gradients in the corresponding "regulated" folder.

Most of my filters are in Unlimited, check the filter folder, some work outside of it. 

Open the mask on the PSP.

Duplicate the material and work on the copies.

Remove signatures from tubes before use

Double click on presets     , they will be installed automatically 

You can adapt the colors, the Blend mode of the layers, to your work

 

 Material:

If you are using a different landscape, you will need a nightly cityscape.

You can also search for images, apply the "20 20" mask provided in the material

to make your own misted

 

Initial dimensions : 900 x 600 px

Colors :

1/  #d7d0e6

2/ #101470

3/ #3d3b7b

 

Foregroung/background

Prepare a gradient radial :

1/

Load the Canal alpha Lumières Ville

fill with gradient

Adjust, Blur, gaussien,  radius at 30 :

Effects , reflection effects, Rotating mirror:

Effects, plugins , VM Natural, Bubble Planet: how to opening

 

2/

Selections, load a selection from alpha channel (or from disk, if applicable), sélection 1

Selections, promote selection  to layer

Effects plugins :

Crescent Moon : StripTile, how to opening

 

Selections, select none

3/

layers, duplicate

Image, mirror, mirror vertical

layers, merge down

Effects , Image effects, rotating mirror, as before

Selections, load a selection from alpha channel, sélection 2

Promote selection to layer 

Keep selected

4/

Effects plugins :

AP 01, Lines Silverlining: Mixing, tous  RGB color at 255, Gap at 5:

 

Layers propreties, blend mode screen

Select none

5/

Effects 3 D drop shadow : 11/0/100/80 black, shadow on new layer checked :

Stay on   shadow layer

Effects plugins :

AP 01, Lines Silverlining: Dotty Grid , RGB color: all at 255:

 

Layers , propreties, Blend mode ,Overlay

6/

Layers, new raster layer

Selections, load a selection from alpha channel, Sélections 3

ill with color 1

Selections, Modify, contract at 15

Delete

fill with color 3

Selections, modify, contract at 5

Delete

Selections, select none

Effects, Image effects, seamless tilling, setting: Default

Effects plugins : Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 , Nature : Squint 

Em User setttings, select and apply the  preset  Squint_Lumiéres Ville

ou, Basic like this:

Edit, repeat Squint

7/

Add a new layer

Reload the Sélection 3

Load the  misted landscape: Dubai_Misted MM

Copy/paste into selection

Select none

Layers, arrange, move down

screenshot:

8/

Layers, merge visibles

Layers, Duplicate

 Reload the Sélection 3

Promote selection to layer 

select none

9/

On the layer below

Image, mirror, mirror vertical

Effects plugins: MuRa’s Meister,  perspective tilling, height at 10, the rest is unchanged :

Effects, distortion effects, Lens distortion  :

Effects 3 D drop shadow, as before

10/

Stay on the shadow layer

Effects, plugins : AP  01 lines Silverlining, Dotty grid , as before

3D effects drop shadow : 11/0/100/80  color 2, shadow on new layer unchecked

11/

On the layer above (copy merged)

Image, resize a  102%, all layers unshecked

screenshot :

12/

On the layer above (promoted selection)

Reload the sélection 3

Selections, modifiy, select the selection borders  :

Fille with color  2

(add a new layer if necessary, keep a selection and merge with the layer below)

Effects 3 D,  Iner Bevel (n°12) :

Select none

13/

Image, resize a  30% all layers unshecked

Alien Skin Eye Candy 5, Impact, Glass : select and apply  the  preset City lights

Or basic like this :

Image, resize a 70% all layers unshecked

Adjust, sharpness, sharpen

Place with the pick tool  K

( K Key on your keyboard to activate the tool)

 position :X  9, Y 15

(M key to deselect the tool)

14/

Duplicate this layer

Image, mirror, mirror  horizontal,  and, mirror vertical

Layers, merge down

Effects 3D drop shadow : 2/-2/100/5 black

15/

Duplicate this layer

Image, resize a 70% all layers unshecked

Dont move it

16/

Image, add  borders, symmetric :

1 px color 2

17/

Image, add borders, symmetric unshecked

20 px color 3 : 20 left and right, up and down at zero

20 px color 2

20 px color 1

18/

Activate the  magic wand tool , tolerance and feather at zero 

Select the two borders  (left and right ),  color 2

Promote selection to layer

Effects plugins :  AP Lines SliverLining, mixing, as before

Select none

Effects 3D drop shadow : 11/0/100/80 black, shadow on new layer Checked 

Stay on  shadow layer 

Effects plugins : AP 01, Lines SliverLining,  Dotty grid, as before

Blend Mode, Overlay

Merge  visibles

19/

Load the déco light, copy

On your work : paste as a new layer

Dont move, it's in place

20/

Load the tube  character (woman or other)

Copy/paste as a new layer

Image, Resize a 50% all layers unshecked, or according to your tube

The tube provided is in place, resize in accord to your  tube

Opcional: to soften the tube contours a little:

Select all , float, Modify, Feather at  2

Selections, invert

Delete 2 x

Select none

21/

Duplicate this layer

On the layer below

Adjust, Blur, gaussien, radius at 30

Blend Mode, screen

22/

Sign your work and attach my signature

23/

Image add borders, symmetric checked :

1 px color 2

20 px color 3

20 px color 2

20 px color 1

24/

with the magic wand, select color 2 border 

Effects plugins : AP 01, Lines SliverLining,  Dotty grid, as before

3 D effects Drop shadow : 11/0/60/20, shadow on new layer unshecked 

Select None

25/

Effects, plugins : AAA Frames,  Foto Frame,  width at 5 :

Edit, Repeat AAA Foto Frame

26/

Image, Resize width at  950 px , all layers unshecked

Adjust, sharpness, unsharp mask, soft

Save

 My version 2: Tube de Tineke’s, thanks ! Misted by me

 

Merci Alyciane pour avoir testé ce tuto

Merci Béa pour le test de ce tuto

Merci Anja pour ses traductions NL et D