Gear (GB)

Gear

(Engrenagem)

This tutorial is my own, any resemblance to another tutorial is just pure coincidence.

 Forbidden to share without my permission.

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: 

Initial dimensions: 900x600 px

Colors :

Foreground: 1/ #332a19

Background: 2/ #331407

color 3/ #eaebda

1/

Load the alpha_ gear channel

Selections, select all

Load image "pour fond", copy

about your work: paste into  selection

Remove the selection

(if you want to change the colors: fill the alpha with one of your colors,

new layer, paste the background image in the selection,

Blend mode luminance or your choice)

Effects, Image effects, seamless tilling: settings  default

2/

Selections, load a selection from alpha channel, sélection  1

Promote selection to layer

Effects 3 D,  Inner Bevel :

Keep selected

3/

Add a new layer

Fill with color 3

Remove the selection

Adjust, Blur, motion blur:

Layers, arrange, move down 

4/

activar a layer raster 1

Adjust, blur,  gaussien, radius a 20

Preview the layers:

result display:

5/

Add a new layer

Fill with color  2

Layers, New mask layer, from image :

Merge groupe

Adjust, Sharpness, sharpen,

Layers, duplicate

Merge down

Effects, plugins :

Alien skin Eye Candy 5 Nature, Rust : settings : Large, Dark Brown Specks

In the basic tab, put color 2

6/

Activate the top layer

load the character tube

Image, Resize a 80% all layers Unshecked

Objects, align, left  (to put on the left)

Effects 3D , drop shadow : 30/3/60/15, Black, shadow on new layer checked.

Stay in the layer (shadow)

preview:

Image effects, seamless tilling, settings : side by side

7/

Enable the layer below

Load,  Copy/paste as a new layer ,the landscape tube

Objects, align, horizontal center

Objects, align, top

Layers, arrange, Move down,  2 x

8/

At the top of the layers stack

Load, copy and paste as a new layer, the decoration " gear MM"

Image, resize a 90%, all layers unshecked

Pick tool  K (Key K to activate it)

put, Position : X  419, Y 199

(Key M to disable it)

Effects 3D, drop shadow: 5/3/60/5 , Black, shadow on new layer unshecked

Image, resize again at 90% , all layers unshecked

Don't move, the decor is in place.

Layers, arrange, Move down

9/

Load the gear_2 decoration, copy and paste as a new layer

Place as in the example

(pick tool k,  position: H 600, V 307)

10/

Activate the landscape layer (third from below)

Open, copy and paste as a new layer, deco 3

Layers, propreties, Blend mode, Overlay

(depending on your work, adapt the blend mode of the layer)

11/

Activate the second layer from the bottom (mask)

Add a new layer

Selections, load a selection from alpha channel , sélection 2

Fill with color 3

remove the selection

Effects, distotion effects, wave :

Duplicate this layer

Image, mirror, horizontal

Merge down

Effects, plugins :

AAA Filters, transparent vignette :

Edit, repeat transparent vignette

Arrange, move down

Blend mode, hard light

12/

At the top of the layers stack

Selections, Select all

Add a new layer

Effects 3D, cutout: 

Remove the selection

13/

Image, add borders, symmetrics:

2 px color 2

40 px color 3

2 px color 2

20 px color 1

2 px color 2

14/

Activate the magic wand tool, mode replace, tolerance & feather at  0

select the frame at 20 px

Effects,  reflection effects, Rotating Mirror  :

Adjust, Blur,  gaussien , radius at  20

Effects 3D, inner bevel : as previously

15/

select the frame at 40 px

aplicar o plugin: Unlimited, Bkg designer sf10I, Blur’em !...

Alien skin Eye Candy 5 Nature, Rust :  Large, Dark Brown Specks, as previously

Adjust, sharpness, sharpen

remove the selection

16/

sign your work

Attach my signature  (resize and blend mode soft light)

17/

Copy-paste , o WA, place as in the final example

(In my version 2 , I did: image negatif)

18/

Image add borders, 1 px color 2

Resize width at  950 px 

save as JPG/ jepg

contact:

My version 2: Tube from Moi-Même